Complete 2026 reference for all USACE Nationwide Permits. Find acreage limits, PCN requirements, and compliance guidance.
Nationwide Permit 1 authorizes the placement of aids to navigation and regulatory markers in navigable waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 2 authorizes the construction of structures within artificial canals.
Nationwide Permit 3 authorizes the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of previously authorized, currently serviceable structures or f…
Nationwide Permit 4 authorizes the installation of devices and the conduct of activities related to the harvesting, enhancement, and attr…
Nationwide Permit 5 authorizes the installation of devices used to measure and record scientific data.
Nationwide Permit 6 authorizes various survey activities in waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 7 authorizes the construction of outfall structures and associated intake structures, provided the activities have been…
Nationwide Permit 8 authorizes structures such as platforms, buoys, and other devices used for oil and gas exploration, development, and …
Nationwide Permit 9 authorizes the placement of structures in established fleeting and anchorage areas to facilitate the safe mooring of …
Nationwide Permit 10 authorizes the placement of non-commercial mooring buoys in navigable waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 11 authorizes the placement of temporary structures for recreational use in navigable waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 12 authorizes activities required for the construction, maintenance, repair, and removal of oil and natural gas pipelin…
Nationwide Permit 13 authorizes bank stabilization activities necessary for erosion control or prevention in various waterbodies.
Nationwide Permit 14 authorizes activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, or improvement of linear transportatio…
Nationwide Permit 15 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States associated with the constructi…
Nationwide Permit 16 authorizes the return water from an upland contained dredged material disposal area back into waters of the United S…
Nationwide Permit 17 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States and structures or work in navigab…
Nationwide Permit 18 authorizes minor discharges of dredged or fill material into all waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 19 authorizes minor dredging activities in navigable waters of the United States.
Nationwide Permit 20 authorizes activities conducted in response to oil or hazardous substance spills or releases.
Nationwide Permit 21 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States associated with surface coal mini…
Nationwide Permit 22 authorizes the removal of sunk, abandoned, or disabled vessels, along with other man-made obstructions to navigation.
Nationwide Permit 23 authorizes activities undertaken, assisted, authorized, regulated, funded, or financed, in whole or in part, by anot…
Nationwide Permit 24 authorizes any activity permitted by a state or Indian Tribe that has assumed the Section 404 permit program under t…
Nationwide Permit 25 authorizes discharges of material such as concrete, sand, rock, or other fill into tightly sealed forms or cells whe…
Nationwide Permit 27 authorizes activities in waters of the United States associated with the restoration, enhancement, and establishment…
Nationwide Permit 28 authorizes the reconfiguration of existing docking facilities within an authorized marina area.
Nationwide Permit 29 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction or…
Nationwide Permit 30 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States and maintenance activit…
Nationwide Permit 31 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States and structures or work in navigab…
Nationwide Permit 32 authorizes any structure, work, or discharge of dredged or fill material remaining in place or undertaken for mitiga…
Nationwide Permit 33 authorizes temporary structures, work, and discharges of dredged or fill material, such as cofferdams, that are nece…
Nationwide Permit 34 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States for various activities associa…
Nationwide Permit 35 authorizes the removal of accumulated sediment for the maintenance of existing marina basins, boat slips, and access…
Nationwide Permit 36 authorizes activities required for the construction, repair, or replacement of boat ramps in waters of the United St…
Nationwide Permit 37 authorizes work done by or funded by specific federal agencies to address emergency situations requiring immediate w…
Nationwide Permit 38 authorizes specific activities required to contain, stabilize, or remove hazardous or toxic waste materials.
Nationwide Permit 39 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction…
Nationwide Permit 40 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for various agricultura…
Nationwide Permit 41 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the purpose of r…
Nationwide Permit 42 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction…
Nationwide Permit 43 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction of…
Nationwide Permit 44 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for various mining acti…
Nationwide Permit 45 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material and site excavation into all waters of the United States to restor…
Nationwide Permit 46 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into certain non-tidal ditches that have been determined to be …
Nationwide Permit 48 authorizes structures, work, and discharges of dredged or fill material necessary for both new and continuing commer…
Nationwide Permit 49 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States associated with the …
Nationwide Permit 50 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States associated with undergr…
Nationwide Permit 51 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction, e…
Nationwide Permit 52 authorizes structures, work, and discharges of dredged or fill material for the construction, expansion, modificatio…
Nationwide Permit 53 authorizes structures, work, and discharges of dredged or fill material associated with the removal of low-head dams.
Nationwide Permit 54 authorizes the construction and maintenance of living shorelines for bank stabilization in coastal waters, including…
Nationwide Permit 55 authorizes the installation of structures in marine and estuarine waters, including those anchored to the seabed ove…
Nationwide Permit 57 authorizes activities required for the construction, maintenance, repair, and removal of electric utility lines and …
Nationwide Permit 58 authorizes activities required for the construction, maintenance, repair, and removal of utility lines specifically …
Nationwide Permit 59 authorizes the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction…
Nationwide Permit 60 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material and structures or work in navigable waters to restore or enhance t…
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