Clean Water Act Section 404(q) Memorandum of Agreement

The purpose of this Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Department of the Army is to establish policies and procedures to implement Section 404(q) of the Clean Water Act to "minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, duplication, needless paperwork an delays in the issuance of permits."

Program
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...