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3 July 2025 – USACE seeks public comments on new NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps Regulatory Program and Section 408 Program. View the Regulatory Announcement below for details.

16 June 2025 Army Corps of Engineers announces proposal to renew and revise nationwide permits The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it has prepared its proposal to renew and revise 56 of 57 existing nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. See link for more details.

8 May 2025 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encourages use of Regulatory Request System for an improved permitting experience View full Regulatory Announcement below.

On April 14th, 2025, USACE issued a Special Public Notice (SPN) announcing the development of special emergency processing procedures for activities subject to Executive Order 14156, Declaring a National Energy Emergency. The SPN, along with the associated "Alaska District SOP for Processing of Permit Applications in Emergency Situations Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14156 and 33 CFR 325.2(e)(4), 26 March 2025", are posted on the Special Public Notice page.

On October 10^th 2024 the USACE issued a Special Public Notice, Pacific Ocean Division Regulatory Action Prioritization, See Special Public Notice page for details.

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Below are regulatory announcements, in chronological order, which are both current and historical. Current announcements provide information regarding ongoing regulatory processes and happenings. Historical announcements remain posted, as long as they remain up-to-date and applicable, to provide the public with a transparent record of changes and improvements to our program.

3 July 2025 – USACE seeks public comments on new NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps Regulatory Program and Section 408 Program:

USACE Regulatory

Published July 9, 2025

Expiration date: 8/4/2025

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The Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced we are seeking comments on an interim final rule that establishes new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations at Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 333 for the USACE Regulatory Program and the USACE Section 408 Program. The interim final rule became effective on July 3, 2025 for Regulatory Program permit applications and Section 408 permission requests submitted to the USACE on or after July 3, 2025. The new USACE NEPA implementing procedures at 33 CFR 333 replace the Corps Regulatory Program’s previous NEPA implementing procedures at 33 CFR 325, appendix B.

A public notice soliciting comments on the interim final rule was published in the July 3, 2025, Federal Register at

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12360/procedures-for-implementing-nepa-processing-of-department-of-the-army-permits. Department of the Army and USACE will accept written comments through August 4, 2025. Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal at www.regulations.gov at docket number COE-2025-0006.”