Compensating for wetland losses under the Clean Water Act / Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Wetlands > Law and legislation > United States. Wetland conservation > Government policy > United States. Wetland mitigation banking > United States. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Wetland conservation > Government policy Wetland mitigation banking Wetlands > Law and legislation United States
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Table of Contents:

Cover
Front Matter
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgment of Review Participants
Preface
Contents
Tables and Figures
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Outcomes of Wetland Restoration and Creation
3 Watershed Setting
4 Wetland Permitting: History and Overview
5 Compensatory Mitigation Mechanisms Under Section 404
6 Mitigation Compliance
7 Technical Approaches Toward Achieving No Net Loss
8 Institutional Reforms for Enhancing Compensatory Mitigation
References
Appendixes
Appendix A Survey of Studies: Comparison of Mitigation and Natural WetlandsAppendix B Case Studies
Appendix C Analyses of Soil, Plant, and Animal Communities for Mitigation Sites Compared with Reference Sites
Appendix D California Department of Fish and Game, South Coast Region; Guidelines for Wetland Mitigation
Appendix E Examples of Performance Standards for Wetland Creation and Restoration in Section 404 Permits and an Approach to Developing Performance Standards
Appendix F Memorandum for Commanders, Major Subordinate Commands, and District Commands, April 8, 1999Appendix G Army Corps of Engineers Standard Operating Procedures for the Regulatory Program
Appendix H Selected Attributes of 40 Common Wetland Functional Assessment Procedures
Appendix I Functions, Factors, and Values Considered in Section 404 Permit Reviews
Appendix J Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Glossary
Index

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