Visit Your DEQ Online Help page to learn more, access training materials and see the upcoming schedule of live training webinars on how to register with YDO. All application materials must be submitted through Your DEQ Online. This decision applied nationwide and required a temporary return to the EPA's 1971 rule. ĭEQ has a new online permitting portal! Applicants for 401 Water Quality Certifications now apply through Your DEQ Online. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order which vacated and remanded the EPA's 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule. Please contact the 401 Program with any questions regarding these requirements or the submittal process using Your DEQ Online.

DEQ returned to implementing all requirements and procedures of the 2020 EPA 401 Rule until further notice. As of April 7, 2022, all applicants for new 401 certification are required to submit to DEQ a pre-filing meeting request at least 30-days prior to a request for certification. Forms for both of these requests can be found on DEQ's 401 Resources page and should be submitted through Your DEQ Online. The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision reinstating the 2020 EPA 401 rule. The EPA Administrator signed a new proposed 401 rule, published in the Federal Register, initiating the public comment period which closes on Aug. Action on Climate Change arrow_drop_down.

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