MWRD and IDOT Permitting
IDOT, MWRD, IEPA permits and more
Sevee & Maher Engineers' (SME) specialty is getting our clients' projects permitted as quickly as possible. Our firm has developed a close relationship with regulatory agencies like the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation Department (MWRD), and we can successfully navigate their stringent permitting standards. We have offered permitting expertise for numerous types of projects including water main, roadway widening, public alleys, stormwater detention plans, grading, erosion, and sedimentation control plans.
SME has experience with these types of permitting:
- MWRD Slug Control Plans/RD-118 Discharge Permits
- OUC Permitting
- Highway permits:
- IDOT, Cook County, DuDOT, KDOT, various townships, various municipalities
- Sanitary permits
- IEPA Sanitary Construction, MWRD, Fox Metro WRD, Fox River WRD, Lake County Public Works, DuPage County Public Works, Mission Brook Sanitary District, Flagg Creek WRD, various municipalities
- MWRD's required Discharge Authorization Requests (DAR) *required for all Industrial Users under the District's Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance (SWCO) and the EPA's Code of Federal Regulations
- Water permits
- IEPA Water Construction, Illinois American, various municipalities
- Stormwater permits
- MWRD, Lake County, McHenry County, DuPage County, Kane County, Will County
- Erosion Control permits
- IEPA NPDES (NOI), Kane DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District, Indiana NPDES (NOI)
- Environmental/Historical
- IHPA SHPO clearance
- IDNR EcoCAT
- USFW
- FEMA
We now also offer assistance and professional certification for MWRD's required Discharge Authorization Requests (DAR). This form is a required submittal for all Industrial Users under the District's Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance (SWCO) and the EPA's Code of Federal Regulations. With our experience with MWRD, we are comfortable with the format and specific phrasing of information they expect to limit comments and accelerate the process for our clients.