PROJ00455

• Contract/PO #: C153583
• Contractor Name: Ute Water Conservancy District
• Water District: 0
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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INFORMATION PAPER
NATIONWIDE GENERAL PERMIT NUMBER 12
UTILITY LINES, INCLUDING INTAKE AND OUTFALL STRUCTURES

A nationyide general permit is a Department of the Army
permit that is issued on a nationwide basis for a specific
category of activities that are substantially similar and cause
minimal environmental impacts. Nationwide permits are designed
to alloy the york to occur yith little delay or paperyork. An
individual permit application is not required for an activity
covered by a nationyide permit.

The Corps of Engineers has issued a nationyide permit for
the discharge of material for backfill or bedding for utility
lines, including outfall and intake structures, Drovided that
there ~ ~ chanQe in Dreconstruction bottom contours (excess
material must be removed to an upland disposal area). A "utility
line" is defined as any pipe or pipeline for the transportation
of any gaseous, liquid, liquifiable, or slurry substance, for any
purpose, and any cable, line, or wire for the transmission for
any purpose of electrical energy, telephone and telegraph
messages, and radio and television communication. (The utility
line and outfall and intake structures will require a Section 10
permit if they are in navigable waters of the United States.)

This nationwide general permit satisfies the requiremen~s of
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The enclosed special
conditions must be followed in order for this nationwide permit
to be valid.

FOR HORE INFORHATION, WRITE TO ~HE GRANO JUNCTION REGULATORY
OFFICE, U. S. ARHY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SACRAMENTO OISTRICT, 764
HORIZON ORIVE, ROOM 211, GRANO JUNCTION, COLORADO 81506-8719 OR
~ELEPHONE [phone].

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as stated

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