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References

QMS Processes

These are internal process documents which will affect how permit applicants and their representatives will work with SPD subordinate districts.  These documents are for “Information Only.”  The controlled versions reside on the SPD QMS SharePoint Portal. Please verify that the version of any document  is the current one prior to proceeding.

12501-SPD Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Mitigation Ratios

12502-SPD Regulatory Program Emergency Procedures 

12503-SPD Regulatory Administrative Appeal Process

12504-SPD Essential Fish Habitat Procedures

12505-SPD Uniform Performance Standards for Compensatory Mitigation Requirements

Rescinded QMS Processes
QMS 12510 - Please contact the appropriate District for questions regarding Approved Jurisdictional Determinations (AJDs) on Irrigated lands. 

QMS 12509 – This QMS has been rescinded due to lack of conformance with the interim final NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps regulatory Program and Section 408 Program. Please  contact the appropriate District for questions regarding preparing and coordinating an EIS. 

Forms

Practitioners, the public, and our regulators now have easy access to the full suite of Regulatory ENG forms. Please click the link below for more details and access to the new webpage.

USACE Regulatory ENG Forms 

Regional Guidelines and Standards

The following documents have been developed for use within all of South Pacific Division's (SPD) subordinate districts.  They were developed to assure consistency within the Regulatory program across SPD and to aid the Regulated public in developing acceptable submittals.

Regional Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines

Regional Mapping Standards

 

Mitigation Banking Templates

March 2, 2017 Template Public Meeting Presentation

 

Agreements

Public Notices

Under the Corps' Regulatory Program, a public notice is the primary method for advising all interested parties of a proposed activity for which a permit is sought.  Public notices are also published to inform the public about new or proposed regulations, policies, guidance or permit procedures.

Public Notices published by the South Pacific Division (SPD) under the Regulatory Program are posted on this page. SPD public notices are primarily published to inform the public about new or proposed guidance, templates, procedures, and regional general permits, which are applicable to more than one of SPD's subordinate districts.  Once a public notice is available on-line, notification of the SPD Public Notice is sent to individuals on the mailing lists of the appropriate districts by each of the affected districts .

Public Notices

Cancellation of Banking Agency Management Team Public Meeting

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division
Published Oct. 16, 2025
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, including its Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Natural Resources Agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT), collectively known as IRT agencies, is postponing the virtual public meeting previously scheduled for October 27, 2025 due to the lapse in federal government appropriations. The purpose of this meeting was to provide mitigation banking updates and solicit input from stakeholders. The meeting will be rescheduled at a later date.

AUTHORITY: The IRT agencies entered into an interagency Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Mitigation and Conservation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Programs in California (MOU) in 2006, which established the Banking Agency Management Team (BAMT) and the California Interagency Mitigation Bank Project Delivery Team (PDT) to improve consistency in mitigation and conservation banking throughout the state of California. The MOU was updated and executed in 2011. Pursuant to the 2011 MOU, the BAMT, in coordination with the PDT, is responsible for hosting public meetings to provide updates on templates, guidance, processes, etc., or to address areas for improvement in mitigation and conservation banking.

MEETING DESCRIPTION: The BAMT and the PDT are postponing the October 27, 2025, public meeting due to the lapse in government appropriations. The meeting will be rescheduled once the federal government fully reopens. 

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Laura Shively at (916) 557-5258 or email at Laura.b.shively@usace.army.mil.