Permit Types
GP 1 – Fish Habitat Enhancement Structures:
This permit is used for the installation of fish habitat structures that have been approved by the PA Fish & Boat Commission.

GP 2 – Small Docks & Boat Launching Ramps:
This permit authorizes the installation of pile-supported and floating docks on Lakes.

GP 3 – Bank Rehabilitation, Bank Stabilization, & Gravel Bar Removal:
This permit authorizes projects that involve bank stabilization or gravel bar removal on/in streams.

GP 4 – Intake & Outfall Structures:
This permit is used for projects such as the installation of a dry fire hydrant or a “clean water” drainpipe outfall.

GP 5 – Utility Line Stream Crossings:
The GP-5 applies to any utility line (gas, oil, sewer or water) that crosses under or over a stream or

GP 6 – Agricultural Crossings & Ramps:
This permit is to be used when crossings and ramps are installed for agricultural purposes.

GP 7 – Minor Road Crossings:
This permit can be utilized when establishing a permanent road (not a parking lot) crossing through a wetland or stream using a bridge or culvert or clean fill material.

GP 8 – Temporary Road Crossings:
This permit is used to establish a temporary culvert or bridge crossing.

GP 9 – Agricultural Activities:
This permit authorizes agricultural activities (grassed waterways, terraces, diversions, waste storage facilities, spring development or minor drainage) that encroach into streams or their flood ways.

GP 11 – Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation, or Replacement of Water Obstructions and Encroachments (reviewed by PADEP Southcentral):
The maintenance, testing, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of existing currently serviceable water obstructions or encroachments.

A submission for a GP requires at a minimum 3 copies of the following be submitted:
General Permit Registration Form
Municipal and County Notification
Sketch plan or similar site drawing
Cross Section drawing
Project Location Map (copy of USGS Topographic map)
PA Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) with Clearances
Project Screening Form
Erosion and Sediment Control Plans are needed for areas over 5,000 sq. ft disturbance.