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Regulatory Program Workshops

Regulatory Program Workshops are held regularly  to provide the public with the information about Corps permit requirements and updates on program execution in the Sacramento District.  The workshop is open to interested parties, including the regulated public, consultants, environmental organizations, and Federal, State, and local agencies.

Past Workshop Materials

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 18, 2026

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Regulatory Program Update
  3. Mitigation Bank/IN-Lieu Fee Update
  4. 2026 Nationwide Permits - Changes
  5. SPK Regional Conditions
  6. Nationwide Permit Process
  7. Complete Pre-Construction Notification

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/PJhLzvlUtHo

Regulatory Program Workshop – December 17, 2025

Agenda

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Regulatory Updates
  3. Introduction to RRS
  4. Regulatory Complete Application Requirements
  5. Closing Remarks

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/0nwnjVm8StE

Regulatory Program Workshop – June 4, 2025

Agenda

  1. Introduction
  2. 404/408 Integration
  3. Exemptions
  4. SPD Mitigation Ratio Setting Checklist
  5. Questions

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/pzShtaBepJQ

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 19, 2025

Agenda

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Clean Water Act (CWA) Jurisdiction
  3. Aquatic Resource Delineation Reviews (What the Corps looks at)
  4. Quantifying Impacts to Aquatic Resources
  5. Sacramento District Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, Letter of Permission
  6. Wetland Delineation Electronic Data Sheet Demo
  7. Closing Remarks

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/3jMZGqt6km0

Regulatory Program Workshop – January 15, 2025

Agenda (Video Timestamps)

  1. Opening Remarks (00:00:00)
  2. Mitigation Rule (00:02:00)
  3. Mitigation Bank Overview and Mitigation Bank Best Management Practices (00:27:00)
  4. How to find credits in RIBITS (Regulatory In-Lieu Fee and Bank Information Tracking System) (01:03:33)
  5. RGP 16 (Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Activities) (01:29:19)

Video recording: https://youtu.be/BxwHZH7ijLE

Archive (2024 and Earlier)
2024
Regulatory Program Workshop – November 20, 2024

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Regulatory Program Updates
  2. Regulatory Program Permit Types and Process Overview Part A
  3. Regulatory Program Permit Types and Process Overview Part B
  4. Regional General Permit 8 (Emergency Repair and Protection Activities)
  5. Regional General Permit 3 (Boat Docks and Appurtenant Structures)

Video recording: https://youtu.be/Q4ABEBsHOjE

Regulatory Program Workshop – June 13, 2024

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. RRS Notice
  3. Permit Types and Submittal Requirements
  4. Aquatic Resources Delineation Minimum Standards

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/5RXtGq2YXlU

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 29, 2024

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Regulatory Program Brief
  2. Lake Tahoe Basin
  3. Lake Tahoe Regional General Permit (RGP)
  4. Unauthorized Activities
  5. 401 Water Quality Certification Rule Process

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/yxQ2ya_Y9lQ

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 14, 2024

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. RPW Reg Program Brief.pdf
  2. RGP 8 Presentation TR and H.pdf
  3. Aquatic Resource Spreadsheet.pdf
  4. AR Delineation issues.pdf
  5. Map and Drawing Standards.pdf
  6. Complete PCN Issues RPW Presentation.pdf

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/gs_b4PoOs2k

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 8, 2024

Video recording: https://youtu.be/e2Ixd2doqH0

2023
Regulatory Program Workshop – December 13, 2023

Video recording: https://youtu.be/57gDsBeqvqs

Regulatory Program Workshop – December 8, 2023

Video recording: https://youtu.be/vsLWTUVpoIE

Regulatory Program Workshop – November 1, 2023

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Submitting Requests Electronically
  3. Section 401 Water Quality Certification Process in Utah
  4. Programmatic General Permit 10
  5. Assessing Indirect Impacts to Aquatic Resources

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/VKL7JGXhRzk

Regulatory Program Workshop – September 15, 2023

Agenda & Presentation Materials:

  1. Section 408 Permission Overview
  2. Considerations in Addition to RGP 8
  3. Regional General Permit 8 for Emergency Repair and Protection Activities

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/ldsyGq2C1T0

Regulatory Program Workshop – June 9, 2023

Agenda:

  1. Common PCN Issues
  2. Lead Federal Agency Determinations
  3. Minimum Standards for Aquatic Resource Delineations
  4. South Pacific Division Map and Drawing Standards
  5. California Statewide Wildfire Activities RGP
  6. Questions

Recorded presentation (YouTube)

Regulatory Program Workshop – January 20, 2023

Subject: Section 106, 2022 Waters of the U.S. Rule, and Permit Compliance

Recorded presentation (YouTube)

2022
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 15, 2022

Subject: Endangered Species Act Consultation, Section 408/404 Integration, and Indirect Effects

Recorded Presentation (YouTube)

Regulatory Program Workshop – January 21, 2022

Subject: Compensatory Mitigation and the Mitigation Rule

Recorded presentation (YouTube)

2021
Regulatory Program Workshop – October 22, 2021

Subject: Jurisdiction Pre-NWPR

  1. Jurisdiction - Return to Pre-CWR Regulations and Guidance
  2. Aquatic Resource Delineation Submittals
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 16, 2021

Subject: Delineation Tools and Requirements

  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Minimum Standards for Acceptance of Preliminary Aquatic Resource Delineations
  3. Updated Map and Drawing Standards for the South Pacific Division Regulatory Program
  4. Ordinary High Water Mark
  5. Streamflow Duration Assessment Method – Introduction
  6. Final Remarks/Questions

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/y8BO3U8YITw

Regulatory Program Workshop – June 22, 2021

Subject: Lake Tahoe Basin Permitting

Watch the Lake Tahoe Basin Regulatory Program Workshop

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 10, 2021

Subject: Mitigation Plans, 401 Cert, Indirect Effects

Regulatory Program Workshop Presentation

Regulatory Program Workshop – January 15, 2021

Subject: Permit Application Review and Processing

Regulatory Program Workshop Presentation

2020
Regulatory Program Workshop – October 23, 2020

Subject: Jurisdiction - Navigable Waters Protection Rule

  1. Clean Water Act Jurisdiction - Navigable Waters Protection Rule Slides
  2. Presentation Video
Regulatory Program Workshop – September 17, 2020

Subject: Jurisdiction - Navigable Waters Protection Rule

  1. Navigable Waters Protection Rule Slides
  2. Recorded Presentation
Regulatory Program Workshop – February 20, 2020

Subject: Navigable Waters Protection Rule - (Sacramento, CA)

  1. Navigable Waters Protection Rule
  2. Presentation Video
2019
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 30, 2019

Subject: Permits - Boundaries - Minimum Standards (Reno)

  1. Minimum Standards for JDs and Drawings
  2. Complete Application Packages
Regulatory Program Workshop – January 18, 2019

Subject: Permits - Sections 408, 404/10 Overview/Integration and Endangered Species Act Coordination and Compliance (Sacramento)

  1. Sacramento District Regulatory Program Execution and Performance
  2. Section 408 Overview
  3. Regulatory Program Summary
  4. Integration of Section 408 with Section 404/10 Regulatory Program
  5. Information required for ESA compliance; Process Overview; Tips
2018
Regulatory Program Workshop – October 26, 2018

Subject: Jurisdiction - how the 2015 Clean Water Rule changes jurisdictional determinations in California (Sacramento)

  1. Sacramento District Regulatory Program Execution and Performance
  2. Clean Water Rule Presentation
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 13, 2018

Subject: Permits - Alternative Analysis 404(b)(1) (Sacramento)

Alternative Analysis 404(b)(1)

Regulatory Program Workshop – April 13, 2018

Subject: Permits - Aquatic Resource Jurisdictional Determinations; Scope of Analysis (Sacramento)

  1. Aquatic Resource Delineations and JDs
  2. Scope of Analysis
Regulatory Program Workshop – January 19, 2018

Subject: Permits - Compliance with NHPA 106 (Sacramento)

  1. Section 106 NHPA – a Short Overview
  2. Cultural Resources – New Initiatives
  3. SHPO’s Viewpoint
2017
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 14, 2017

Subject: Permits - Complete Applications and Mitigation Standards (Sacramento)

  1. Contents of a Complete Application
Regulatory Program Workshop – April 14, 2017

Subject: Permits - Permitting Overview (Sacramento)

  1. Third Party Compensatory Mitigation Update
Regulatory Program Workshop – January 27, 2017

Subject: Delineations - Jurisdictional Determinations (Sacramento)

  1. Overview and Jurisdiction
  2. Delineation Information
2016
Regulatory Program Workshop – October 7, 2016

Subject: Permits - Compensatory Mitigation (Sacramento)

  1. Overview of Compensatory Mitigation
Regulatory Program Workshop – July 22, 2016

Subject: Permits - Section 408 and Integration with Clean Water Act Section 404 & Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 (Sacramento)

  1. Section 408 Primer
  2. Integration of Section 408 with Section 404/10 Regulatory Program
Regulatory Program Workshop – April 1, 2016

Subject: Permits - Compliance with ESA and NHPA 106 (Sacramento)

  1. Introduction: Permit Compliance with Other Laws
Regulatory Program Workshop – March 31, 2016

Subject: Permits - Compliance with NHPA 106 (Bountiful)

Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

Regulatory Program Workshop – March 16, 2016

Subject: Permits - Permitting Overview and Complete Application (Bountiful)

  1. 2016 Minimum Standards for Delineation
Regulatory Program Workshop – February 16, 2016

Subject: Permits - Aquatic Resource Delineation and Mapping Standards, OHWM, PCN, and Mitigation (Durango)

  1. Introduction
  2. Wetland Delineation
Regulatory Program Workshop – January 22, 2016

Subject: Jurisdiction (Sacramento)

  1. Jurisdiction Presentations
  2. Regulatory Brief
2015
Regulatory Program Workshop – May 1, 2015

Subject: Permits - Complete Application (Sacramento)

  1. Contents of a Complete Application
  2. Regional Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines (2015)
Regulatory Program Workshop – February 13, 2015

Subject: Permits - Compliance with Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines (Sacramento)

  1. Case Study Introduction
2014
Regulatory Program Workshop – October 10, 2014

Subject: Jurisdiction (Sacramento)

  1. Overview of Authorities and Jurisdiction
Regulatory Program Workshop – June 27, 2014

Subject: Permits - Compensatory Mitigation (Sacramento)

  1. Mitigation Banks and In Lieu Fee Programs - CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Regulatory Program Workshop – March 14, 2014

Subject: Permits - Compliance with NEPA and CWA 401 (Sacramento)

  1. National Environmental Policy Act
2013
Regulatory Program Workshop – December 5, 2013

Subject: Permits - Compliance with ESA and NHPA 106 (Sacramento)

  1. Section 7 of Endangered Species Act
Regulatory Program Workshop – September 26, 2013

Subject: Permits - Types and Process (Sacramento)

  1. Permit Overview
  2. Standard Permits
Regulatory Program Workshop – June 7, 2013

Subject: Jurisdiction (Sacramento)

  1. JDs and Delineation
  2. Regulatory Performance and Execution