Index 



Adirondack-New England, 96 

 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, 45 

 Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP), 77, 79 

 Alaska, 3, 16, 19, 25, 30, 52, 72, 87, 88, 99, 127, 132, 



148, 152, 157, 192 

 Alcovy River Swamp, Ga., 42 



American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), 154 

 American Mining Congress (AMC), 155 

 American Paper Institute/National Forest Products 



Association, 152, 154, 155 

 American Petroleum Institute (API), 155, 159 

 American Waterways Operators, Inc., 154 

 Anchorage (Alaska) Wetland Plam, 19 

 Arkansas, 78, 194 

 Atlantic City, N.J., 127 

 Audubon Society, 13, 84 

 Avoyelle's Sportsmen's League v. Alexander, 176 



Bass Angler's Sportsmen Society, 84 



best management practices (BMPs), 132, 143, 170 



Blackstone River, Mass., 45 



Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Del., 41 



Bureau of Reclamation, 74 



Cache River, 111., 5, 44 



California, 8, 52, 73, 99, 108, 111, 120, 123, 170, 172, 



188, 191, 194 

 California Supreme Court, 191 

 Canada, 52 

 capabilities of States, 187-195 



implementation problems, 193-195 



agency fragmentation, 195 



funding, 193 



inadequate technical information and expertise, 194 



interest in assuming 404 permitting, 195 



general attitudes, 193 • 



monitoring and enforcement, 194 

 State and Federal regulatory programs, overlapping of, 

 189-193 



activities and areas, 189 



implementation procedures, 192 

 Carter, President Jimmy, 38, 78 

 Cedarburg Bog, Milwaukee, Wis., 47 

 Charles River Basin, Mass., 4, 37, 45 

 Chesapeake Bay, 47, 52, 60, 124 

 Coastal Zone Management program, 75, 83 

 Congress: 



House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 

 167 

 Connecticut, 84 



Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Fla., 41 

 Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 118, 129 

 Cranesville Swamp, W. Va., 40 

 Currituck Sound, N.C., 48 



Delaware, 41 



Department of Agricuhure (USDA), 12, 90 



Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service 

 (ASCS), 73, 77, 78, 112 



Farmers Home Administration, 77, 80 



Payment-in-Kind Program (PIK), 9, 15 



Secretary of, 73 



Soil Conservation Service (SCS), 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 

 90, 91, 148, 171 



Water Bank Program, 9, 12, 15, 19, 20, 73 

 Department of Commerce: 



Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 

 187 



Secretary of, 83 

 Department of the Interior, 13, 69 



Secretary of, 77, 84 

 Department of Justice, 180, 181 

 District of Columbia, 72 

 Ducks Unlimited, 13, 84 



East Everglades Management Plan, 134 

 effects of the 404 program, 141-161 

 delay costs, 156 



length of delays, 157 

 percentage of permits delayed, 156 

 sources of delay, 157 

 distribution of costs, 160 

 effects on wetlands, 141-145 



benefits of the 404 program to regulated sectors, 146 

 effects on development activities, 145 

 general objections by regulated sectors, 147 

 congressional intent, 149 

 program administration, 151 

 program effects not reflected in permit data, 142 

 program effects reflected in program data, 143 

 specific impacts, 152 

 modifications costs, 155 

 opportunity costs, 159 

 processing costs, 154 

 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 11, 141, 154, 171 

 Environmental Law Institute, 77 



Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 10, 13, 17, 18, 

 70, 71, 75, 76, 133, 135, 155, 158, 167, 169, 187 

 Office of Research and Development (ORD), 77 

 Everglades National Park, Fla., 42 

 Executive Order 11988, Flood Plain Management, 74 

 Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands, 17, 74, 

 78, 80, 171 



Farmers Home Administration, 12 



Federal Crop Insurance Agency, 80 



Federal Emergency Management Agency, 76 



Federal Office of Coastal Zone Management, 75 



Federal programs, 69-81 



acquisition and incentive programs, 72 



Agriculture Conservation Program, 77 



agricultural conversions, 77 

 Federal tax, 78 



assistance to States and localities, 75 



205 



