Public Notice: Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification request for Programmatic General Permit SAJ-83 in Indian Country where the Seminole Tribe of Florida does not have Treatment in a Manner Similar to a State

Summary

R4 EPA has received a request for CWA Section 401 water quality certification for the Programmatic General Permit (PGP) SAJ-83 for discharge of fill material within the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation (BCSIR), including McDaniels Ranch, from the Jacksonville District of the Army Corps of Engineers. The PGP authorizes filling waters of the United States (WOTUS) for the following minor activities: single family home sites, utility lines, recreational facilities, boating, agricultural use, commercial use, government facilities, water control activities, ditch maintenance, ditch relocation & improvement, and road construction involving the permanent placement of fill material in up to 50 acres of waters of the United States per year, not to exceed a total of 100 acres of WOTUS at the BCSIR over a five–year period.

Applicants or Respondents

Related Documents

• Public Notice SAJ-83 (pdf) (189.67 KB)
  Provides summary of activities authorized by Programmatic General Permit SAJ-83 and process for commenting on the reissuance of the Clean Water Act 404 permit application.
• Draft Permit SAJ-83 (pdf) (1.68 MB)
  Draft permit of Programmatic General Permit SAJ-83 for Clean Water Act 404 activities on Big Cypress Reservation