Section 3708.110 Permit Application

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 CONSERVATION › CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Part 3708 FLOODWAY CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS › Section 3708.110 Permit Application

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Section 3708

Section 3708.110  Permit

Application

Applicants for permits shall

submit the following information and materials.  For projects involving

construction at more than one location, separate permit applications shall be

submitted for each location.

a)         Application Form

1)         Applications for permit shall be made by submitting a

completed application for permit form furnished by the Department.  As a

minimum, the following information shall be provided:

A)        Name and address of applicant;

B)        Site location (including legal description) of the property,

drawn to scale, on the regulatory floodway map, indicating whether it is

proposed to be in an incorporated or unincorporated area;

C)        Name of stream or body of water affected;

D)        Description of proposed activity;

E)        Statement of purpose of proposed activity;

F)         Anticipated dates of initiation and completion of activity;

G)        Names and mailing addresses of the owner of the subject

property if different from the applicant; and

H)        Signature of applicant or the applicant's agent.

2)         Other requirements related to the application form include:

A)        If the applicant is a corporation, the president or other

authorized officer shall sign the application form;

B)        If the applicant is a county, city or other political

subdivision, the application form shall be signed by an authorized officer;

C)        If the applicant is a partnership, each partner shall sign the

application form; and

D)        If the applicant is a land trust, the trust officer shall sign

the name of the trustee by him (her) as trust officer.  A disclosure affidavit

must be filed with the application, identifying each beneficiary of the trust

by name and address and defining the respective interests in the trust.

b)         Permit Application Fee

The

application fees are described in Section 3708.115

; and

D)        If the applicant is a land trust, the trust officer shall sign

the name of the trustee by him (her) as trust officer.  A disclosure affidavit

must be filed with the application, identifying each beneficiary of the trust

by name and address and defining the respective interests in the trust.

b)         Permit Application Fee

The

application fees are described in Section 3708.115.

c)         Plan and Data Requirements

1)         Plans of the proposed activity shall be provided that include

as a minimum:

A)        A vicinity map showing the site of the activity, name of the

waterway, boundary lines, names of and distance of nearest town, community or

other identifying location, names of roads in the vicinity of the site, graphic

or numerical scale, and north arrow;

B)        A plan view of the project and engineering study reach showing

existing and proposed conditions including principal dimensions of the

structure or work, elevations in mean sea level (1929 adjustment) datum,

adjacent property lines and ownership, drainage and flood control easements,

distance between proposed activity and navigation channel (when the proposed

construction is along a commercially navigable body of water), regulatory

floodway limit, flood plain limit, location and orientation of cross-sections,

north arrow, and a graphic or numerical scale;

C)        Cross-section views of the project and engineering study reach

showing existing and proposed conditions including principal dimensions of the

work as shown in plan view, existing and proposed elevations, normal water

elevation, 10-year frequency flood elevation, 100-year frequency flood

elevation, and graphic or numerical scales (horizontal and vertical);

D)        A seeding or stabilization plan for the disturbed areas; and

E)        A copy of the regulatory floodway map, marked to reflect any

proposed change in the regulatory floodway location

n in plan view, existing and proposed elevations, normal water

elevation, 10-year frequency flood elevation, 100-year frequency flood

elevation, and graphic or numerical scales (horizontal and vertical);

D)        A seeding or stabilization plan for the disturbed areas; and

E)        A copy of the regulatory floodway map, marked to reflect any

proposed change in the regulatory floodway location.

2)         Engineering calculations and supporting data shall be

submitted showing that the proposed work will meet the permit criteria of

Section 3708.70.

3)         If the regulatory floodway delineation or base flood elevation

will change due to the proposed project, the application will not be considered

complete until the Department has indicated conditional approval of the

regulatory floodway map change and the completed request for the regulatory

floodway map change has been submitted to FEMA.

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