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Wetlands and Environmental Legislation Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Roy R. Carriker
Roy R. Carriker*
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University of Florida
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Abstract

The federal government program for wetlands regulation is administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Proposals for amending and/or reforming the Section 404 program are included in Congressional deliberations regarding Clean Water Act reauthorization. Specific issues of public policy include the definition of “waters of the United States”, criteria for delineation of jurisdictional wetlands, definition of activities exempt from regulation, mitigation and classification of wetlands, and issues of property rights.

Keywords

wetlands regulationwetlands delineationwetlands mitigationwetlands classificationproperty rightswetlands policy

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Invited Papers and Discussions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1994 , pp. 80 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1994

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