790 • Wetlands: Their Use and Regulation 



Table 25.— Values Protected by State Wetlands Regulatory Progams in New England 



Connecticut 



Salt Fresh 



Flood control P P 



Water quality — P 



Recreation P P 



Fish P P 



Wildlife P P 



Esthetics P P 



Water supply — P 



Erosion P P 



Sediment capture P P 



Shellfish production P — 



Navigation P — 



Ground water — — 



Vegetation — — 



P- Protected. 



— = Not protected. 



NA = Not applicable. 



SOURCE: Data from OTA's New England case study- 



Maine 



Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



Table 26.— Exemptions by State Wetland Regulatory Programs in New England 



Connecticut 



Salt Fresh 



Farm ponds — • 



Farming — • 



Boat moorings — • 



Municipal water supply — • 



Uses incidental to residential 



property — • 



Navigation aids • — 



Public health emergencies ... • — 



Mosquito control • — 



Snow dumping — — 



Maintenance and repair — — 



Some requirements for 



sewage disposal — — 



Utility maintenance — — 



Emergency work — — 



Silviculture — — 



Small wetlands (size limits 



vary by State) — — 



Riverbank cut and fill 



with conditions — — 



•^Exempted activities. 

 — = Activities regulated. 

 NA = Not applicable. 



SOURCE; Data from OTAs New England case study 



Maine 



Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



Salt 



Fresh 



NA 

 NA 

 NA 

 NA 



NA 

 NA 

 NA 

 NA 

 NA 

 NA 



NA 

 NA 

 NA 

 NA 



NA 



NA 



does not apply to forested wetland species (10). Pol- 

 icies of New Jersey's Hackensack Meadowlands 

 Development Commission are less stringent than 

 the 404 program. For example, the commission al- 

 lows nonwater-dependent uses of wetlands. It is 

 only because of the 404 program that such projects 

 may be denied or mitigation measures may be re- 

 quired (7). Projects that are smaller than a specified 

 size often are not regulated by State programs, 



thereby providing convenient loopholes for devel- 

 opers who scale their projects just outside of regu- 

 latory control. 



In another case, the provisions of the New Jersey 

 Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) gen- 

 erally are similar to section 404 but have some 

 features that are more, or less, stringent. For ex- 

 ample, this act prohibits major development in wet- 



