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protective program for certain highly threatened or particularly valuable 

 wetland areas. 



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TABLE 3. State Wetland Programs 



State 



Coverage 



State/Local Role 



Program 



Alabama 



coastal 



State regulation 



California coastal 



Connecticut coastal 



inland 



Delaware coastal 



Georgia 



Maine 



coastal 



coastal 



Maryland coastal 



After a State plan has been 

 completed, permits are required 

 for activities in the coastal 

 zone (dredging, dumping, certain 

 structures) which alter tidal 

 movement or damage flora and fauna. 



regional regulation Permit required for development up 

 to 1000 yards from mean high tide, 

 and for fills within 100 feet of 

 San Francisco Bay shoreline. 



State regulation 



local regulation 



State regulation 



State regulation 



State and local 

 regulation 



State regulation 



Permit required for all regulated 

 activity; State inventory re- 

 quired. 



State regulates if local units do 

 not; local regulation resumes upon 

 State approval of local program. 



Permits required for activities in 

 coastal wetlands. 



Permits required for activities 

 in coastal marshlands. 



Local permits required for fill- 

 ing, dumping, dredging, or sewage 

 discharge into coastal wetlands; 

 State may disapprove permit. 



State and local permits required 

 for activities in State wetlands; 

 State permits for many activities 

 include dredging, filling, and re- 

 moving on private wetlands; coastal 

 wetlands to be inventoried. 



