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under current EPA rules. States and localities should also have the flexibility to 

 develop programs that will achieve the national goal of "no overall net loss of 

 wetlands" without requiring them to adopt exactly the same provisions and standards 

 as the Section 404 program. 



Maintain and Expand the Use of General Permits : 



Routine, incidental and minor wetlands altering activities should continue 

 to be covered by the current general permit and additional general permits should be 

 developed where warranted. 



Untangle Agricultural Activities from the Section 404 Program : 



Agriculture is subject to both the Swampbuster program of the Food 

 Security Act of 1985 and the Clean Water Act's Section 404 program, which has 

 caused significant confusion and undue hardships. Congress should untangle 

 agricultural activities from coverage under the Section 404 program and make the Soil 

 Conservation Service the lead agency with respect to delineation of agricultural lands 

 and the issuance of any necessary 404 permits on such land. 



Mapping and Public Notice : 



Congress must ensure that the nation's Federal jurisdictional wetlands 

 are mapped and that these maps are posted in county and parish court houses near 

 the property records, when the maps are available. In the meantime. Congress must 

 direct the Corps to post notices about the program in the court houses of every 

 county and parish where Federal jurisdictional wetlands may exist. 



