Army Corps Seeks Input on Wetland Permit Form Updates
Published Date: 12/9/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants your thoughts on updating some forms they use to check water and land areas. This change aims to make the process clearer and easier, while keeping the paperwork light. If you have ideas or concerns, send them in by February 9, 2026—your input helps shape how they work and saves time for everyone!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Paperwork Time Burden for Corps Forms
The Corps' collection imposes a total annual time burden of 85,810 hours across 112,538 respondents and 161,230 annual responses. Individual form burdens include: ENG 6247 (JD Request) — 16,891 respondents, 10 minutes per response, 2,815 annual hours; ENG 6249 (Preliminary JD) — 1,500 respondents, 25 minutes per response, 625 annual hours; ENG 6250 (Ordinary High Water Mark) — 39,980 respondents, 30 minutes per response, 19,990 annual hours; ENG 6116 wetland data sheets — 48,692 respondents, 30 minutes per response with 2 responses each, 48,692 respondents producing 97,384 responses and 48,692 annual burden hours.
Planned Approved JD Form (2.5 hrs)
The Corps plans to add a designated Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) form to this collection to be used when a final WOTUS rule takes effect. The proposed AJD form (to be developed) is estimated to average 2.5 hours per response, with 5,475 respondents and 13,687.5 annual burden hours.
Two WOTUS Regimes in Use Now
As of this notice, the agencies are applying two different regulatory regimes for "waters of the United States": the Amended 2023 Rule in 24 States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories, and the pre-2015 regime (consistent with the Supreme Court's Sackett decision) in the remaining 26 States. The agencies issued a proposed rule on November 20, 2025 that could lead to revisions in how the Corps implements related information collections.
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