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  2. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of ...

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    One likely result is that case-by-case evaluations will then be required to determine if regulatory jurisdiction exists, the length of time to obtain section 404 permits will be longer than in the past. If federal jurisdiction is diminished, the responsibility to protect affected wetlands falls on states and local governments.

  3. Mitigation banking - Wikipedia

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    Under Section 404 of the CWA, a permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers is required to conduct certain activities that may impact wetlands. The developer must submit a Public Notice to their respective district of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) requesting to carry out a project and associated ecological impacts on a wetland.

  4. United States regulation of point source water pollution

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    The permits (excluding most stormwater management permits) also specify procedures for collection of wastewater samples and the test methods that will be used to analyze the samples. [18]: 3–2 [18]: 8–11 Types of permits. Individual – A unique permit is issued for each discharger.

  5. Clean Water Act - Wikipedia

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    Mountaintop removal mining requires a section 404 permit when soil and rock from the mining operation is placed in streams and wetlands (commonly called a "valley fill"). Pollutant discharges from valley fills to streams also requires an NPDES permit.

  6. United States Army Corps of Engineers - Wikipedia

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    The geographic extent of waters of the United States subject to section 404 permits fall under a broader definition and include tributaries to navigable waters and adjacent wetlands. The engineers must first determine if the waters at the project site are jurisdictional and subject to the requirements of the section 404 permitting program.

  7. No net loss policy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Clinton Administration’s commitment was to increase the fairness and flexibility as well as speed of permit issuances over dredged or fill materials into waters as a part of the implementation of the Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. It also aimed to resolve the differences in the delineation of wetlands area.

  8. Wetlands of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Determining which wetlands are regulated under section 404 of the Clean Water Act [6] or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act is termed "jurisdictional determination". Determining the boundary of wetland, whether jurisdictional under sections 404 or 10, or not jurisdictional but still meeting the technical definition of a wetland, that is ...

  9. Nonpoint source water pollution regulations in the United States

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    After section 208's failure to control NPS water pollution, in 1987 Congress passed the Water Quality Act which included a new section 319 to address the problem of nonpoint sources. [30] This provision, also non-regulatory, authorizes EPA to fund demonstration programs and provide technical assistance to state and local governments.