Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Memorandum to the Field on Adaptation of National Research Council Compensatory Mitigation Guidelines

Model "Operational Guidelines for Creating or Restoring Wetlands that are Ecologically Self-Sustaining" for aquatic resource impacts. The purpose of the guidelines is to identify the basic requirements for mitigation success and assist in mitigation site selection.


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