Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Permitting topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
County planning director urges targeted permits and frequent agency coordination
Summary
Lincoln County planning director Jesse Hag urged proposers to use the joint application for Montana streams and to break work into smaller permit areas; he said agencies are meeting regularly to coordinate reviews.
Jesse Hag, Lincoln County director of planning and floodplain administrator, told contractors that permitting will drive how much work is allowable and where. He said the county and agencies are meeting weekly and recommended submitting project‑specific applications rather than a single large permit for the whole watershed.
"The key to the permitting is just going to be good communication," Hag said, and he outlined the joint application for proposed work in Montana streams that goes to the county floodplain office, Fish, Wildlife & Parks (for a 124 permit) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (for any 404 issues). Hag said DEQ and the State Historic Preservation Office may also need to be consulted depending on the reach and materials involved.
Hag advised proposers to break the work into smaller, better‑defined reaches so regulatory reviews can focus on the particular impacts of equipment in a given channel segment; that approach, he said, will also help reduce the number of private right‑of‑entry agreements the county needs to secure.
