South Pacific Division References and Public Notices 

Regulatory Guidance Letters 

Regulatory Program Laws, Regulation and Guidance

Federal Register Documents

• Final Rule for Regulatory Programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 33 CFR Parts 320 – 330, November 1986 
• Final Rule Establishing an Administrative Appeal Process for the Regulatory Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 33 CFR 331, March 2000.
• Compensatory Mitigation for Loses of Aquatic Resource (33 Part 332), April 2008
• Reissuance of Nationwide Permits, February 2012   
• Reissuance of Nationwide Permits (correction), March 2012     

District Guidance and Agreements    

• Minimum Standards for Acceptance of Preliminary Wetlands Delineations, January 2016
• Regional Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines
• Field Level Agreement with EPA Region 9 on Enforcement, September 2009
• Field Level Agreement with USFWS-Sacramento Field Office, March 2010
• Field Level Agreement with EPA Region 8 on Enforcement, September 2010
• Sacramento District Section 106 Guidelines February 2011     
• Interagency Understanding with EPA Region 8 on 404(q) Local Procedure, April 2011
• Minimal Information for Section 7 Consultations 
• Memorandum of Understanding with EPA Region 8 on Jurisdictional Determination Process, April 2012
• Programmatic Agreement among the Sacramento District, Utah SHPO, ACHP, FHWA, and UDOT Regarding Section 106 Implementation, June 2013 
• Memorandum of Understanding between Regulatory Division, Walla Walla District, and Regulatory Division, Sacramento District Designating Walla Walla District as Lead District for Regulatory Actions in the State of Nevada occuring within Boundary Lands of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation, within the Upper Owyhee, ID/NV Watershed June 2013
• Memorandum Designating Albuquerque District as Lead District for Regulatory Program Coordination with the Navajo Nation, July 2013 

Jurisdictional Information

• Headquarters Jurisdictional Information Page
• Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual 
• National Wetland Plant List (NWPL)

Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Delineation Manual:  Arid West Region

• Arid West Supplement (Version 2.0) 
• Arid West Supplement Version 2.0 Data Form 
• Ordinary High Flows and the Stage-Discharge Relationship in the Arid West Region           

Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Delineation Manual:  Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast

• Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Supplement Version 2.0 
• Western Mountain Data Form (pdf)       

 Ordinary High Water Mark

• A Field Guide to the Identification of the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) in the Arid West Region of the Western United States 
• A Guide to Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) Delineation for Non-Perennial Streams in the Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region of the United States, ERDC, Aug 2014 
• RDM 2015-2: Identifying the OHWM on the Great Salt Lake, Sep 2015  

Other References  

• Discussion of 404(b)(1) Alternatives Analysis, by Yocom, et al, 1989
• Hydrology of Vernal Pools on Non-Volcanic Soils in the Sacramento Valley, Hans and Stromberg
• Wetland Buffers Use and Effectiveness, Washington State Department of Ecology, February 1992
• Assessing Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Sites to Aid in Establishing Mitigation Ratios, Wetlands, Vol. 22, No.2, June 2002
• Natural Lands Management Cost Analysis 28 Case Studies, Center for National Lands Management, Oct 2004
• Natural Channel Design Review Checklist from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, January 2008
• Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Wetlands 
• Streamside Forest Buffer Width: A LITERATURE REVIEW, Sweeney and Newbold, June 2014 
• Implementing Financial Assurance for Mitigation Project Success, IWR Whitepaper, Mar 2016 
• Congressional Research Service Report: Evolution of the Meaning of Waters of the United States, August 2016 
• Compensatory Mitigation Site Protection Instrument Handbook for the Corps Regulatory Program July 2016