Section 401 Water Quality Certification
Isolated Wetland Permit
Wetland Ecology Section

For information about environmental mitigation requirements, surface coal mining projects and Ohio Department of Transportation projects, go to the Environmental Mitigation and Special Permitting Section page.

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	Lorain County Sanitary Sewer Project - final certification and permits to install
	Final Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the U.S. EPA Vessel General NPDES permit
	Draft rule revisions are available for review and comment.
	New Steel International, MMK Americas facility - final certification and permit
	Ohio River Clean Fuels / Baard Energy - final certification and permit
	Final Section 401 Water Quality Certifications for Nationwide Permits
	Wetland/Stream Mitigation Rules Workgroups

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This home page contains the following:

• 401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permit Introduction
• Links to 401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permit Web Pages
• Application Reviewer Contact Information
• Wetland Ecology Group Introduction
• Link to Wetland Ecology Group Web Pages
• Wetland Ecology Group Contact Information
• Mailing Address

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401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permits

The 401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permit Section reviews applications regarding projects that would physically impact waters of the state, including streams, lakes and wetlands.

The responsibilities of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permit Section are regulatory, and include: 

401 Water Quality Certification application reviews   Isolated Wetland Permit application reviews

The following are Links to pages within this Web site that relate to these two regulatory reviews:

Background Page 401 Water Quality Certification Page Isolated Wetland Permit Page Documents Page

Mitigation Page Contacts Page Fees Page What's New Page

Application Reviewer Contact Information

Application Completeness Reviews: Jeff Boyles (614) 644-2012

All Projects (except surface coal mining and Ohio Transportation projects):  Staff are assigned specific watersheds.

For a higher quality printable map click PDF map [PDF 603K]

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Wetlands Ecology Group

The Wetlands Ecology Section performs wetland research with the goal of developing wetland biocriteria for Ohio.

The responsibilities of the Wetlands Ecology Section are non-regulatory, and include:

Wetland research   Wetland bioassessment   Wetland biocriteria development

The following are Links to the Wetland Ecology web page and wetland ecology information:

Wetland Ecology Group ORAM Version 5.0 Scoring Forms (final 2-1-01) [PDF 434K] ORAM Version 5.0 Field Scoring Form (final 2-1-01) [PDF 23K] Version 5.0 Users Manual (final 2-1-01) [PDF 1,321K] Version 5.0 Score Calibration (8-15-00) [PDF 427K] Vegetative Index of Biotic Integrity (VIBI) Amphibian Index of Biotic Integrity (AmphIBI)

Wetland Ecologist Contact Information:

Mick Micacchion (614) 836-8779          Brian Gara (614) 836-8787
 

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Mailing Address:

Ohio EPA
Division of Surface Water
Attn: Randy Bournique
50 West Town Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 1049
Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049
Fax(614) 644-2745

For questions about this Section, contact Randy Bournique, Manager (614) 644-2013