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Attachment A

2012 Notification Procedures and Requirements for
Certified Nationwide Permits

Notification Requirements:

(In the following discussion, a “Pre-construction Notification” (PCN) is the document submitted
to the Corps; a “notification” is the document submitted to the State Water Board and Regional
Water Board.)

Applicants for the 2012 certified Nationwide Permits (NWPs) are required to submit notification
to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and Regional Water Quality
Control Board (Regional Water Board) as directed below.

Applicants enrolling under NWPs 5, 6, 11, 12, 20, 22, 28, 32, and 36 are required to submit a
signed notification and fees. Applicants enrolling under NWPs 1, 4, 9, and 10 are not required
to submit a notification or fees to the State Water Board or a Regional Water Board. The fact
that an applicant does not need to submit a notification or pay a fee does not relieve the
applicant from adhering to all other conditions of this Certification. Failure to comply with the
conditions listed in this Certification may subject a permittee to administrative and/or judicial
enforcement.

Notification Procedures and Instructions:

The notification shall be submitted on the 2012 Certified Nationwide Permit Notification Form,
which is provided below.

The signed notification shall be received by the appropriate Regional Water Board, with a copy
to the State Water Board, not less than 45 days before any activity which may result in a
discharge is commenced. To avoid project delays, the applicant should submit the notification
as early as possible.

Note that projects requiring compensatory mitigation or which may affect federal or state
endangered or listed species do not qualify for CEQA exemptions, and are thus would not meet
the conditions of this certification. In this case, an application for an individual certification
should be submitted to the appropriate Regional Water Board or, if the project may discharge to
the jurisdiction of more than one Regional Water Board, then the application should be
submitted to the State Water Board.

Response to Notifications:

The Regional Water Board is responsible for responding to a notification. Response to
notifications will be either a Notice of Exclusion (NOE), which informs the applicant that the
proposed activity is not qualified for enrollment under this certification, or a Notice of
Applicability (NOA), informing the applicant that the proposed activity is qualified for this
certification. A NOE may be rescinded and a NOA may be issued upon receipt of additional
information requested by Regional Water Board staff.

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