associated with moderate or high levels of human disturbance or 

 substantial wetland habitat impacts including, but not limited to, 

 medixim and high density residential, multifamily residential, 

 active recreation, and commercial and industrial land uses, 

 o. "High quality wetlands" are those regulated wetlands which meet 

 the following criteria: 



1) No, or isolated, human alteration of the wetland 

 topography ; 



2) No human-caused alteration of the hydrology or else the 

 wetland appears to have recovered from the alteration; 



3) Low cover and frequency of exotic plant species; 



4) Relatively little human-related disturbance of the native 

 vegetation, or recovery from past disturbance; 



5) If the wetland system is degraded, it still contains a 

 viable and high quality example of a native wetland community; 

 and 



6) No known major water quality problems. 



p. "Hydric Soil" means a soil that is saturated, flooded or 

 ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic 

 conditions in the upper part. The presence of hydric soil shall be 

 determined following the methods described in the "Federal Manual 

 for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands", 

 q. "Hydrophytic vegetation" means macrophytic plant life growing in 

 water or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in 

 oxygen as a result of excessive water content. The presence of 

 hydrophytic vegetation shall be determined following the methods 

 described in the "Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating 

 Jurisdictional Wetlands". 



r. "In-kind compensation" means to replace wetlands with substitute 

 wetlands whose characteristics closely approximate those destroyed 

 or degraded by a regulated activity. It does not mean replacement 

 "in-category. " 

 s. "Isolated wetlands" means those regulated wetlands which: 



1) are outside of and not contiguous to any 100-year 

 floodplain of a lake, river, or stream; and 



2) have no contiguous hydric soil or hydrophytic vegetation 

 between the wetland and any surface water. 



t. "Low intensity land use" includes land uses which are associated 

 with low levels of human disturbance or low wetland habitat 

 impacts, including, but not limited to, passive recreation, open 

 space, or agricultural os forest management land uses, 

 u. "Mitigation" includes avoiding, minimizing or compensating for 

 adverse wetland impacts. Mitigation, in the following order of 

 preference is: 



1) Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain 

 action or parts of an action; 



2) Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of 

 the action and its implementation, by using appropriate 

 technology, or by taking affirmative steps to avoid or reduce 

 impacts ; 



3) Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating or 

 restoring the affected environment; 



