STEP 1 - IDENTIFY THE 

 PROJECT AREA 



STEP 2 - DETERMINE WHETHER 

 AN ATYPICAL SITUATION EXISTS 



APPLY PROCEDURES 

 IN SECTION F 



- DETERMINE HOMOGENEITY 

 OF VEGETATION 



STEP 4 - DETERMINE THE TYPE AND 



NUMBER OF LAYERS IN EACH 



PLANT COMMUNITY 



STEPS - DETERMINE WHETHER 



NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 



ARE PRESENT 



APPLY PROCEDURES IN 

 SECTION G 



STEP 6 - ESTABLISH BASELI 



^ 



STEP 7 - ESTABLISH TRANSECT LOCATIONS 



STEP 8 - DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF 



REOUIRED OBSERVATION POINTS ALONG 



TRANSECTS 



STEPS 9 AND 10 - CHARACTERIZE AND 



SYNTHESIZE VEGETATION DATA FOR 



FIRST OBSERVATION POINT 



STEP 11 -CHARACTERIZE SOIL FOR 

 FIRST OBSERVATION POINT 



STEP 12 -CHARACTERIZE HYDROLOGY 

 FOR FIRST OBSERVATION POINT 



STEP 13- DETERMINE 

 WHETHER HYDROPHYTIC 

 VEGETATION IS PRESENT 



AREA AT FIRST 



OBSERVATION POINT 



IS NOT A WETLAND 



Figure 16. Flowchart of steps involved in 

 making a comprehensive wetland determina- 

 tion (Section E) (Continued) 



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