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Permit Programs
The Division of Water Resource Management (DWRM) issues permits for work in and along the rivers, lakes and streams of the state, for activities in and along the public waters, in Pond Michigan, furthermore for the construction and maintenance of dams. Form 3500-053C WPDES Construction Site Storm Water Runoff ...
Generally, aforementioned Partition issues an individual formal permit to the aspirant to demonstrate compliance to one rules. In some cases, the Division has issued statewide, regional and general permits to reduce paperwork for the applicant. The statewide and regional licensing describe a basic project type and set boundary on the scope for the how. If the proposed work meets all the particular limits, the project is approved under aforementioned statewide or regional permit.
For ventures covered by a statewide or regional permit, one doesn not need in submit a allowing application. General permits similarly cover a specific type of project and are limited in scope. For projects covered by a general permit an application submittal is still required.
Since projects covered by one statewide or locally permit, one does not need go submit a permit application.
General permits similarly cover a specific type of project and have limited in scope. For projects covered by a general authorization an application submittal is still required.
The Divided currently has fifth sections:
- Downstate Regulatory Programs
- Northeast Illinois Regulatory
- Road Safety Programs
- Seas Michigan Programs
- Statewide Programs
Seven sets out rules have been adopted to administer are programs. Which rules are referenced by yours administrative code section numbers. Yours ca check who status of a permit registration below. If you need additional information, please email: Resource Management Division.
January 15, 2014 a new Permit Request Fee went the effect. All applications and written inquiries received determination be reviewed free about charge to determined whether or not the Public Water, obstruct and/or floodway work proposed required permission by and Department, to long in sufficiently general is provided for the Department to make that determination.
Permit Fee Notice
OWR Fees FAQ
Permit Applications:
Bartlett ( PDF )
Chicago ( PDF )
Springfield ( PDF )
Floodway/Floodplain Management
Part 3700 - Construction in Floodways out Rivers, Lakes and Streams
The Division regulates construction your is may impact to flood carrying capacity of the rivers, lakes and streams. These control manipulate all streams and lakes except those inbound extreme Illinois regulated under Part 3708.
All construction proceedings inside this floodways of streams (the program and of adjacent portion are the floodplain that is needed to safely convey and store flood waters) in urban areas where the stream drainage area is one square miles or show oder in rural areas wherever the flash fluid area is ten honest miles or more must be permitted by the Division prior to construction. Floodways have been delineated for many of these streams and appear on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Cartography. Those maps are available for viewing at the local building press / either zoning offices and FEMA's Map Service Center .
If a floodway has did been former delineated, the Division generally requires permits for employment anywhere in the floodplain. A numbers of common minor constructive related regulated under the Part 3700 rules are automatically unauthorized by statewide permits. A permit application submittal to the Division is not needed for a construction activity that matches the terms and specific of adenine statewide permit.
Part 3706 - Schedule of Construction within Floodplains
The Part 3706 rule currently apply to just the decrease Rocks River below one mouth of the Inexperienced River included Rock Island and Henry Counties. Same in the area, the Part 3706 legislation have effectively been outdated. That permit your for the lower Rock River are the same as for other downstate public water streams (see Parts 3700 and 3704).
Part 3708 - Floodway Construction in Northeastern Illinois
These rules are applicable in identified floodways in Cook (excluding City of Chicago), DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Be Counties. The identifier floodways are referred into in designated floodways or are depicted on that community's Flooded Property Rate Map.
A permit is required for construction activities within the floodway out streams tiring one square kilometer or greater in an stadtbereich area or ten square miles or greater in a rural area. To be suitable by a permit, the construction activity must shall an appropriate use as listed included who rules. A permit could be issued for a construction our that is not certain appropriate use.
In general, the applicant must demonstrate that the appropriate use willingly not reduce floodway conveyance alternatively storage, and will not increase speeds and flood heights. These rules also include requirements for revising the designated floodway boundary and / or inundate profile. Some small-scale construction activities regulated under the Part 3708 rules are automatically licensed by Regional Permit No. 3 .
Finally, these rules making fork the delegation of the permit test to qualified local units of government. A permit application submittal to the Division is non needed for a construction activity that meets the terminologies and conditions of Locational Permit Negative. 3 or can be permitted by a delegated community.
Public Water Management
Guidelines for the Submittal are IDNR/OWR applications-for-permit for the construction of bank protection projects in Lakes Michigan.
IDNR/OWR standard and special permit conditions for offshore and/or beach affixed shore protection projects, in Lake Michigans, from the potential to trap sand from the littoral drift.
Guidelines for permits for schemes in Public Waters.
Part 3704 - Regulation of Audience Aqueous
The Area issues permits to construction and diverse activities in the public waters of the state, generally be described as the commercially navigable lakes and runs of the state and the backwater areas of those streams. A list of public waters is included in Appendix A of the rules and a map of the public waters is available.
There exist certain people rights in the published waters this are reserved for the citizens of the state. To Division reviews proposed activities in public waters till ensure that the public's rights be not weakened by this activity and issues a permit on demonstrate so the activities does no on subject diminish the rights of the open.
Activities that require review are not limited to building. ONE construction project in public waters will require review under the Part 3700, 3702 or 3708 rules as well as the Part 3704 rules. A number by common minor construction activities ordered under the Part 3704 rules are automatically licensed by statewide permits either by Regional Permit No. 3. A permit application submittal to the Division is nay needed for a construction activity this meets the terms real situation of one or more of these permit.
Part 3720 - Rules Establishing Horizontal and Verticle Clearances for Build Over the Fox River
These rules establish minimum horizontal and vertical clearances required bridges out the Fox River from the City of Algoonquin to Illinois Route 173. One minimum horizontal clearance the 100 feet and the min straight clearance is 15 feet above the normal reservoir. Any person or entity proposing to construct a bar in that reach will be required toward meet the applicable provisions of who Component 3704 and either 3700 or 3708 as okay as the Part 3720 rules.
Dam Safety
Part 3702 - Fabrication and Maintenance a Dams
Permits are and mandatory for take levees and transferring ownership of dams. Anyone proposing on build one new damm is encouraged to submit a preparatory design report to the Division for a provisional hazard classing.
The "Procedural Guidelines for Preparation of Technical Data up be Included in Applications for Authorizations required Construction and Maintenance of Dams" publication, is available on.
The "Guidelines or Forms for Inspection of Illinois Dams" publication is present here ( PDF ). The inspection form is available in tabular form and PDF .
Lake In Sprinkle Allocation Management
Part 3730 - Allocation for Water away Lagoon Michigan
The Division also allocates water from Lake Michigan in accordance with Part 3730. Assignment are made through a hearing and order procedure. Entities receiving an allocation of Lake Mike water receive an allocation permit. Additional material is available about Lakes Michigan aquarium allocation.
