Validity of Performance Criteria and a Tentative Model for Regulatory Use in Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Permitting |
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Authors: | Andree Breaux Feride Serefiddin |
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Institution: | (1) PMB No. 429, 484 Lake Park Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 , US;(2) School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S-4M1, Canada , CA |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to develop the principles for a manageable and practical set of performance criteria that will
reasonably assure no net loss in a situation in which it cannot be absolutely assured. To this end, the performance criteria
proposed for 116 compensatory wetland projects on file with the Army Corps of Engineers in San Francisco, between 1988 and
1995, were examined. The trends discerned in the project proposals were analyzed and evaluated in light of the current state
of wetland science. Specific suggestions for the development of uniform criteria in each of four major wetland types—riparian,
perennial tidal, perennial nontidal, and seasonal—are discussed, and a system of regulation tying qualitative assessment with
quantitative requirements is outlined as a reasonable solution to the enforcement of the no-net-loss policy. |
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Keywords: | : Wetlands Compensatory mitigation projects 404 permits Clean Water Act Performance criteria San Francisco California |
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