Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland mitigation
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Concerning Wetlands Mitigation Required Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Wetland mitigation
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309074320
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Recognizing the importance of wetland protection, the Bush administration in 1988 endorsed the goal of "no net loss" of wetlands. Specifically, it directed that filling of wetlands should be avoided, and minimized when it cannot be avoided. When filling is permitted, compensatory mitigation must be undertaken; that is, wetlands must be restored, created, enhanced, and, in exceptional cases, preserved, to replace the permitted loss of wetland area and function, such as water quality improvement within the watershed. After more than a dozen years, the national commitment to "no net loss" of wetlands has been evaluated. This new book explores the adequacy of science and technology for replacing wetland function and the effectiveness of the federal program of compensatory mitigation in accomplishing the nation's goal of clean water. It examines the regulatory framework for permitting wetland filling and requiring mitigation, compares the mitigation institutions that are in use, and addresses the problems that agencies face in ensuring sustainability of mitigated wetlands over the long term. Gleaning lessons from the mixed results of mitigation efforts to date, the book offers 10 practical guidelines for establishing and monitoring mitigated wetlands. It also recommends that federal, state, and local agencies undertake specific institutional reforms. This book will be important to anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of the "no net loss" issue: policy makers, regulators, environmental scientists, educators, and wetland advocates.
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Concerning Wetlands Mitigation Required Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
America's Wetlands
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780876148273
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the many kinds of wetlands in the United States and introduces the wide variety of plants and animals that depend on them.
Banks and Fees: The Status of Off-Site Wetland Mitigation in the United States
Author: Environmental Law InstitutePublisher: Environmental Law Institute
ISBN: 9781585760466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Administration's New Wetlands Policy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Reauthorization of the Clean Water Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries, and WildlifePublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1714
Book Description
Lawyers, Swamps, and Money
Author: Royal C GardnerPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610910257
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Lawyers, Swamps, and Money is an accessible, engaging guide to the complex set of laws governing America's wetlands. After explaining the importance of these critical natural areas, the book examines the evolution of federal law, principally the Clean Water Act, designed to protect them. Readers will first learn the basics of administrative law: how agencies receive and exercise their authority, how they actually make laws, and how stakeholders can influence their behavior through the Executive Branch, Congress, the courts, and the media. These core concepts provide a base of knowledge for successive discussions of: the geographic scope and activities covered by the Clean Water Act the curious relationship between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency the goal of no net loss of wetlands the role of entrepreneurial wetland mitigation banking the tension between wetland mitigation bankers and in-lieu fee mitigation programs wetland regulation and private property rights. The book concludes with insightful policy recommendations to make wetlands law less ambiguous and more effective. A prominent legal scholar and wetlands expert, professor Royal C. Gardner has a rare knack for describing landmark cases and key statutes with uncommon clarity and even humor. Students of environmental law and policy and natural resource professionals will gain the thorough understanding of administrative law needed to navigate wetlands policy-and they may even enjoy it.
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