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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780006603321

Titolo

Compensating for wetland losses under the Clean Water Act [[electronic resource] /] / 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-13302-5

0-309-50290-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/6918

Soggetti

Wetlands - Law and legislation - United States

Wetland conservation - Government policy - United States

Wetland mitigation banking - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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 Wetlands""""Appendix 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, 1999""""Appendix 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""