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TABLE 3. State Wetland Programs (continued) 



State 



Coverage State/Local Role 



Massachusetts coastal/ 

 Inland 



State and local 

 regulation 



Michigan inland State regulation 



Program 



State permits required in some in- 

 stances for fill or alteration of 

 wetlands in coastal areas; local 

 permits also required. Local per- 

 mits required for alteration of 

 inland wetlands. State permits 

 may be required. 



Permits required for dredging, fill- 

 ing or construction on bottomland, 

 and creating or interfering with 

 an inland lake, stream or artificial 

 channel. 



Mississippi coastal 



State regulation 



Permits required for regulated ac- 

 tivities including dredging and 

 dumping; many exemptions. 



New Hampshire coastal/ 

 inland 



State regulation 



New Jersey coastal State regulation 



New York 



North 

 Carolina 



coastal 

 (tidal) 



coastal 



Rhode Island coastal/ 

 inland 



State or local 

 regulation 



State regulation 



State regulation 



State permit required to excavate, 

 dredge or fill lands in or ad- 

 jacent to tidal or inland waters; 

 notice to local governments and 

 abutting landowners required. 



State permits required for dredging, 

 removing or filling a wetland; ag- 

 ricultural activities are exempted. 

 An inventory is required. 



State permits required for wetlands 

 alteration; State inventory required. 



State permits required for excavation; 

 may be denied on certain grounds. 

 Abutting landowners to be notified. 



State designates coastal wetlands 

 by order, and limits use; permits 

 required for depositing materials 

 on intertldal salt marshes. State 

 permit required for altering inland 

 wetlands. 



