Section 401 Water Quality Certification

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Water Quality Certifications
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Pre-filing Meeting Request

DNR Chapter 61 rule requires a minimum of 30 days after submitting the Pre-Filing Meeting Request before submitting the certification request.

Send the pre-filing meeting request to Section401WQC@dnr.iowa.gov

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Certification Request

Only submit the certification request when you are certain that the project will not change due to comments received during all required public notice periods.

Send the certification request to Section401WQC@dnr.iowa.gov

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DNR 401 Public Notices

Public comments may be submitted via email to Section401WQC@dnr.iowa.gov or by mail to:

Iowa DNR
Attn: Section 401 Water Quality Certification
6200 Park Ave Ste. 200
Des Moines, IA 50321

Current Public Notifications:

  • Mike Miller, Notice #2025-0030
    Notice Expiration Date: March 15, 2025
    County: Dickinson
  • USACE 2014-1163
    Notice Expiration Date: March 20, 2025
    County: Entire length of Mississippi River (River Miles 361.4 to 614.0) bordering Iowa. 
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Additional Resources

Iowa's River Restoration Toolbox

Iowa’s River Restoration Toolbox is a series of best management practices developed to assist designers in stream stabilization and restoration projects in Iowa with proven techniques with emphasis on incorporating natural materials, such as logs, stone, and live plantings. 

Among the dozens of techniques described in the Toolbox are longitudinal peaked stone toe protection, j-hook vanes, rock arch rapids, oxbows, riparian corridor restorations, and tree/shrub plantings. It delivers a consistent, relevant assessment method and reviewable design checklists to aid decision making among multidisciplinary teams (i.e. – restoration practitioner, engineer, project manager, funder, biologist, etc.). 

The toolbox also provides detailed drawings and specification requirements to make natural stabilization projects more biddable.

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Contact Information

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Attn: Section 401 Water Quality Certification
6200 Park Ave Ste. 200
Des Moines, IA 50321
Email: Section401WQC@dnr.iowa.gov

U.S. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Clock Tower Building – PO BOX 2004
Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
Phone: 309-794-5057
Email: iowaregulatory@usace.army.mil

U.S. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
8901 South 154th Street
Omaha, NE 68138-3611
Phone: 402-896-0896
Email: NE404Reg@usace.army.mil

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