PROPOSED REVISIONS 



TO THE 



FEDERAL MANUAL FOR DELINEATING WETLANDS 



August 14, 1991 



Proposed revisions to the "Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating 



Jurisdictional Wetlands" (the Federal Manual) were published in the Federal Register on 



August 14, 1991. The public is invited to review and provide technical comments on the 



proposed revisions during the 60-day review period which ends on October 15, 1991. 



Implemented in March 1989, the Federal Manual is used by the Enviroimiental 

 Protection Agency (EPA), Army Corps of Engineers (CE), Department of Agriculture Soil 

 Conservation Service (SCS) and Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 

 to identify and delineate wetlands. The Federal Manual provides guidance on the technical 

 criteria, field indicators and other sources of information necessary to make consistent 

 wetland jurisdictional determinations. 



During the 60-day review period, the four agencies will be coordinating interagency 

 field testing of the proposed revised Federal Manual. The results of these tests will be 

 reviewed, in conjunction with the comments received from the public, in finalizing the 

 revised Federal Manual. 



Written comments should be made to Gregory Peck, Chief, Wetlands and Aquatic 

 Resources Regulatory Branch, Mail Code (A-104F), U.S. EPA, 401 M. Street, SW, 

 Washington, D.C. 20460. Comments are due on or before October 15, 1991. 



FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 

 SPA'S WETLANDS PROTECTION HOTLINE 



1-800-832-7828 



