The Kansas Water Office announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use the Kansas Stream Mitigation Guidelines as the primary tool to evaluate stream impacts and mitigation proposals for new permit actions in Kansas, including tribal lands. The guidelines will be effective November 30, 2008. http://www.kssos.org/pubs/register%5C2008%5CVol_27_No_47_November_20_2008_p_1727-1770.pdf p. 1728. for announcement and http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/regulatory/compensatory%20mitigation/KSMG%20Final%2030%20Oct%202008%20signed.pdf for guidance document