Permitting Overview

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The decision whether to grant or deny a permit is based on a public interest review of the probable impact of the proposed activity and its intended use. Benefits and detriments are balanced by considering effects on items such as:

• conservation
• economics
• aesthetics
• ag production
• wetlands
• cultural values
• navigation
• water quality
• water supply
• energy needs
• safety
• public welfare
• general environmental concerns
• private ownership

The following general criteria will be considered in the evaluation of every application:

• the relative extent of the public and private need for the proposed activity;
• the practicability of using reasonable alternative locations and methods to accomplish the objective of the proposed activity;
• the extent and permanence of the beneficial and/or detrimental effects which the proposed activity is likely to have on the public and private uses to which the area is suited.

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