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Agreed. If you're applying for a job, the credential may help get you in the door. But if, in the interview, you can articulate your philosophy toward professional enforcement and legally defensible documentation practices like Dave did above, that's what's really going to sell you.

Thanks for clarifying that, Maria. So what exactly is your permitting question with this one then? You're wondering if it falls under "Utility (Misc.)" code provisions?

Thanks! No, I appreciate that perspective. I imagine a lot of building departments are full-time in office since you have permit counters and inspectors, etc. We've always been more heavily paperwork focused with little/no actual facetime with applicants. I think WFH becomes more critical in...

Looks like us Feds are headed back five days/week pretty soon, which will be a big adjustment for our district considering we're only in office one day/week right now. Plus, our main office is in downtown Los Angeles, which is a beast for most folks to commute to. For those who have completed...

Thanks for the update. Monarchs are common enough in SoCal that I imagine we'll be consulting on them quite a bit. Is it just me or does it seem like proposed ESA listings increased during the Biden administration? Over the past couple years, our district has had new critical habitat proposed...

Yeah, my impression is that they're relatively "hands off." For ADEQ to assume that chemicals leaking into the ground will all just combine and become 100% inert does seem like fantastical thinking. Sounds like they just didn't want to deal with the problem. Our district includes southern...

I had a laundry room remodel completed last summer and the contractor actively discouraged me from getting permits. I went ahead and handled the permitting myself and found my local jurisdiction to be extremely accommodating. I even let my 10-year-old son handle the site/floor plan drawings (see...

ADEQ explored, and almost took over, federal Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting a few years ago (the Corps generally issues CWA 404 permits but states have the ability assume the program if they want to). I recall ADEQ's proposed fees for CWA 404 permits was one of the issues that came up...

Good morning, Maria. Since you're permitting a building/structure, I think posting right here in the Building & Planning forum should work. 🙂 Don't worry too much about posting in the right forum, just do your best. I'll move your post (and you'll be notified) if I think the topic really...

USACE Regulatory requires that permittees submit a "Certificate of Compliance." The certification is a super basic one-page form in which the permittee documents that they completed the work in accordance with the permit terms and conditions. It can be downloaded here...

Sounds like you would have at least completed plan review in the 2.5 months between application submittal and the withdrawal/refund request? That being the case—and like what @Emily C related above—it makes sense to me that you wouldn't grant the refund. I would think that staff labor costs...

Looks like this legislation finally collapsed a couple weeks ago. There was some 11th-hour negotiating to try and get a bill passed ahead of the next Congress but differences re: NEPA reform couldn't be worked out.

Thanks, @W3 Planning and Research, for the suggestion to check the fire code. I checked the 2018 IFC (that's the one you operate under, right Maria?) and noted the table shown in Section 6104.3. The table specifies minimum separation between propane containers and buildings/public ways/lot...

The New York City Building Codes GPT incorporates the following codes, accessed at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/new-york/new-york-city: 2022 New York City General Administrative Provisions for Construction Codes (Jul 2022) 2022 New York City Fuel Gas Code (Jul 2022) 2022 New York City...

The 2015 I-Codes GPT incorporates the following codes, accessed at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/i-codes/2015-icodes: 2015 International Zoning Code (IZC) 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (May 2014) 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (Dec 2015) 2015 International...

The 2018 I-Codes GPT incorporates the following codes, accessed at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/i-codes/2018-icodes: 2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Apr 2023) 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (Nov 2020) 2018 International Residential Code (Jan 2023) 2018...

The 2021 I-Codes GPT incorporates the following codes, accessed at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/i-codes/2021-icodes: 2021 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Aug 2021) 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (Nov 2024) 2021 International Residential Code (Jun 2024) 2021...

Understood :) . I suggest checking out the JD educational materials for the Corps' Regulatory Request System (i.e., our new electronic submittal system launched earlier this year). See the RRS jurisdiction page at: https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs/home/jurisdiction Read through the Q&As on that...

Kind of like @RavenGirl56, sounds like you have a situation where a non-Corps entity—in your case, the State of Ohio (Ohio EPA)—is the one wanting to see an AJD, not the Corps. That's too bad because it sounds like you're talking about clearly non-jurisdictional features here, i.e., the...

Yes, absolutely, it's the Corps' practice to always honor JD requests unless impractical to do so. You might want to take a look at RGL 16-01 and RGL 16-01 Q&As, which explain the differences between AJDs, PJDs, and "No JD Whatsoever" situations. Per the RGL, regulators should be having...