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EPA > Wetlands > Wetlands Fact Sheet > Section 401 Certification and Wetlands |
 | | State/Tribal Authority under Section 401 Under Section 401, States and Tribes can review and approve, condition, or deny all Federal permits or licenses that might result in a discharge to State or Tribal waters, including wetlands. |
| | The major Federal licenses and permits subject to Section 401 are Section 402 and 404 permits (in nondelegated States), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower licenses, and Rivers and Harbors Act Section 9 and 10 permits. |
| | Section 401 certification allows States to address associated chemical, physical and biological impacts such as low dissolved oxygen levels, turbidity, innundation of habitat, stream volumes and fluctuations, filling of habitat, impacts on fish migration, and loss of aquatic species as a result of habitat alterations. |
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