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CWA and other regulations |
CWA, Phil of wetlands. Safe Drinking Water Act. Ocean dumping act. oil pollution Act |
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Transitional wetland |
Wetland between a terrestrial system that's higher up and a deep water aquatic system |
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Depressional wetland |
A sunken area of wetland that is exposed to groundwater for part or all of the Year between two higher up Plains of terrestrial system |
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US Army corpse definition |
Those areas that are any dated or saturated by surface or groundwater, hydrology, at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation, hydrophytes, typically adapted for life and saturated soil conditions, hydric soils, Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. |
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Wetland function abiotic |
Flood mitigation. Storm abatement. Aquifer recharge. Water quality, nutrient retention, sediment trapping. Bank stabilization |
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Wetland function biotic |
Wildlife habitat. Aquatic habitats. Downstream / in Basin food chain support. |
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Wetland functions human |
Active Recreation. Passive Recreation. Resource Harvest |
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Wetland alterations water level |
Draining. Channeling. Construction of dams. Filling. Water extraction. Highway Construction. |
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Wetland alterations nutrient level |
Sewage. Agricultural runoff. Sediments. |
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Wetland alterations other human disturbances |
Discharge of toxic substances. Acid mine drainage. Mineral extraction, phosphates, gravel, sand. Peat extraction. |
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Wetland alterations natural disturbances |
Subsidence. Drought. Hurricanes. Erosion. Biotic effects, eat outs |
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Clean Water Act |
Purpose, restore and maintain chemical, physical and biological Integrity To Us Waters. Safe for fishing and swimming. Eliminate all uncontrolled pollutant discharge. Definition of pollutant includes dredge soil materials. |
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Agencies responsibilities Army Corps of Engineers |
Administers the day-to-day program, including individual permit decisions and jurisdictional determinations. Enforces section 404 provisions. |
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Agencies responsibilities Environmental Protection Agency |
Develop then interprets environmental criteria used in evaluating permit applications. Determine scope of geographic jurisdiction. Identifies activities that are exempt. Review / comments on individual permit applications. Has authority to veto the core permit decisions, section 404 C. Enforces section 404 provisions |
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Section 404 of Clean Water Act, permit required to place fills dredge material into Waters of United States. Regulated activities |
Discharge of dredge or fill materials. All Landscaping using mechanical equipment. Draining that alters destroys Wetlands. Judging of wetlands which includes redeposit of materials. Pilling, change of character of wetland. |
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Section 404 of Clean Water Act Exempted activities |
Normal farming, silviculture, ranching. Emergency repairs. Construction of farm ponds, irrigation ditches, Farms Forest Roads. Maintenance of draining ditches. Prior converted cropland, conversion before 1985. |
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Section 404 permits |
General permits, granted for activities that have only minimal individual or cumulative impacts. Eliminates individual review. Little delay or paperwork. No permit needed, pre-authorized activities. |
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Section 404 permits, individual permits |
For activities which may have more than minimal impacts. Permit decision based on, probable effects of proposed action, compliance with 404 b 1 guidelines, consideration of views of usfws State resource agencies. Applicant provides to acoe, alternative analyst, data for factual determination, water quality, contaminants, T&E species, water supply, aquatic ecosystem, cultural resources. Mitigation, avoidance, minimization, compensation. |
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404 b 1 guidelines |
Alternatives. Significant degradation of water quality. Violation of other laws. Minimize potential impacts |
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Court decisions affecting definition of waters of us. Solid Waste agency of Northern Cook County vs USA Coe, 2001 |
Isolated Waters. Migratory bird will not valid. Need to show hydrological connection. |
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Court decisions affecting definition of waters of us. Rapidos versus United States, 2006 |
Navigational Waters. Split Decision. Unclear direction |
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Jurisdictional Waters, Rapanos |
Traditional navigable Waters. Adjacent Wetlands. Tributaries to navigable Waters. Adjacent wetlands. |
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Clean water rule, 2015 |
Traditional navigable Waters. Tributaries to traditional Waters. Adjacent Wetlands within maximum of 1500 ft of ordinary hwm. Isolated Waters with a significant Nexus to a hundred year flood plain, and Waters with his significant Nexus within 4000 fee of jurisdictional waters. |
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Executive order of D Trump |
Navigable Waters free from pollution and promoting economic growth. Review clean water rule. Rescind clean water Rule. Acoe and EPA interpret navigable Waters / Antonin Scalia in rapinos versus us |
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Oregon Phil / removal law, Department of State lands |
Regulated activities, removal and Phil activities over 50 cubic yards. Salmon ated habitat no minimum. ExTempted activities, normal farming, forestry and ranching practices, converted Wetlands, maintenance |
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Mitigation strategies |
Avoidance. Minimisation. Compensation. |
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Forms of compensation mitigation |
Restoration. Enhancement. Creation. Banking. Payment in lieu of. |