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6) Timing. 



A. Where feasible, compensatory projects shall be completed 

 prior to activities that will disturb wetlands, and 

 immediately after activities that will temporarily 

 disturb wetlands. In all other cases, except for category 

 I wetlands, compensatory projects should be completed 

 prior to use or occupancy of the activity or development 

 which was conditioned upon such compensation. 

 Construction of compensation projects shall be timed to 

 reduce impacts to existing wildlife and flora. 



7) Cooperative Restoration, Creation or Enhancement Projects. 



A. The [Approval authority] may encourage, facilitate, and 

 approve cooperative projects wherein a single applicant 

 or other organization with demonstrated capability may 

 undertake a compensation project with funding from other 

 applicants under the following circumstances: 



i. restoration, creation or enhancement at a particular 

 site may be scientifically difficult or impossible; or 

 ii. creation of one or several larger wetlands may be 

 preferable to many small wetlands. 



B. Persons proposing cooperative compensation projects 

 shall: 



i. submit a joint permit application; 



ii. demonstrate compliance with all standards; 



iii. demonstrate the organizational and fiscal capability 



to act cooperatively; and 



iv. demonstrate that long term management can and will be 



provided. ,,: - 



. Mitigation Plans 



All wetland restoration, creation and/or enhancement projects 

 required pursuant to this chapter either as a permit 

 condition or as the result of an enforcement action shall 

 follow a mitigation plan prepared by qualified wetland 

 professionals approved by the [Approval Authority] . The 

 applicant or violator shall receive written approval of the 

 mitigation plan by the Approval Authority prior to 

 commencement of any wetland restoration, creation or 

 enhancement activity. Unless the [Approval Authority], in 

 consultation with qualified wetland professionals, 

 determines, based on the size and nature of the development 

 proposal, the nature of the impacted wetland, and the degree 

 of cumulative impacts on the wetland from other development 

 proposals, that the scope and specific requirements of the 

 mitigation plan may be reduced from what is listed below, the 

 mitigation plan shall contain at least the following 

 components : 



1) Baseline Information. A written assessment and 

 accompanying maps of the: 



-impacted wetland including, at a minimum, wetland 

 delineation; existing wetland acreage; vegetative, faunal 



