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One-stop shop for submitting permit applications, pre-construction notifications, jurisdictional determination requests, and more!

Contact Information

Regulatory Division HQ 

(CT, MA, NH, RI)  

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

New England District 

696 Virginia Road 

Concord, MA 01742-2751 

978-318-8338 

Maine Project Office 

442 Civic Center Drive, Suite 350 

Augusta, ME 04330 

978-318-8916 

Vermont Project Office  

11 Lincoln Street, Room 210 

Essex Junction, VT 05452 

802-872-2893 

Nationwide Permits

  1. Aids to Navigation 

  1. Maintenance 

  2. Fish and Wildlife Harvesting, Enhancement, and Attraction Devices and Activities 

  3. Scientific Measurement Devices 

  4. Survey Activities 

  5. Outfall Structures and Associated Intake Structures 

  6. Oil and Gas Structures on the Outer Continental Shelf  

  7. Structures in Fleeting and Anchorage Areas  

  8. Mooring Buoys 

  9. Temporary Recreational Structures 

  10. Oil or Natural Gas Pipeline Activities 

  11. Bank Stabilization 

  12. Linear Transportation Projects 

  13. U.S. Coast Guard Approved Bridges 

  14. Return Water From Upland Contained Disposal Areas 

  15. Hydropower Projects 

  16. Minor Discharges 

  17. Minor Dredging 

  18. Response Operations for Oil or Hazardous Substances 

  1. Removal of Vessels  

  2. Approved Categorical Exclusions 

  1. Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Enhancement, and Establishment Activities 

  2. Modifications of Existing Marinas 

  3. Residential Developments 

  1. Maintenance of Existing Flood Control Facilities 

  2. Completed Enforcement Actions 

  3. Temporary Construction, Access, and Dewatering 

  4. Cranberry Production Activities 

  5. Maintenance Dredging of Existing Basins  

  6. Boat Ramps 

  7. Emergency Watershed Protection and Rehabilitation 

  8. Cleanup of Hazardous and Toxic Waste 

  9. Commercial and Institutional Developments 

  10. Agricultural Activities 

  11. Reshaping Existing Drainage and Irrigation Ditches 

  12. Recreational Facilities 

  13. Stormwater Management Facilities 

  14.  Mining Activities 

  15. Repair of Uplands Damaged by Discrete Events 

  16. Discharges in Ditches 

  1. Commercial Shellfish Mariculture Activities 

  1. Land-Based Renewable Energy Generation Facilities 

  2. Water-Based Renewable Energy Generation Pilot Projects 

  3. Removal of Low-Head Dams 

  4. Living Shorelines 

  5. Seaweed Mariculture Activities 

  1. Electric Utility Line and Telecommunications Activities 

  2. Utility Line Activities for Water and Other Substances 

  3. Water Reclamation and Reuse Facilities 

  4. Activities to Improve Passage of Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms 

NWP General Conditions 

Regional General Conditions 

State WQC

EPA WQC 

CRMC CZM 

NYDOS CZM

General Permit for Rhode Island

Rhode Island Regional General Permits (RGPs) Continued to be Utilized

Available Rhode Island RGPs (March 15, 2026): 

  • GP 3, Moorings  

  • GP 4, Pile-supported structures and floats, including boat lifts/hoists, other miscellaneous structures and work 

  • GP 7, Dredging, disposal of dredged material, beach nourishment and rock removal and relocation  

  • GP 10, Aquatic habitat restoration, establishment and enhancement activities (for dam removals)