ORIGINAL HOUSE 

 BILL NO. 0048A 



ENROLLED ACT NO. 74, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



FIJTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 

 1991 GENERAL SESSION 



(ii) Geographical limitations for the application of 

 mitigation bank credits; 



(iii) Criteria for the use, banking or sale of banked 

 credits; 



(iv) The approval by the department for the earning, 

 using, banking, transfer or selling of mitigation bank credits; 

 and 



(v) Requirements for the maintenance and svibmission by 

 the department of records concerning ecological value losses, 

 and credit and debit accounts for each mitigation bank. 



Section 2. W.S. 35-11-103 (c) (vi ) and by creating new para- 

 graphs (x) through (xiii) is amended to read: 



35-11-103. Definitions. 



(c) Specific definitions applying to water quality: 



(vi) "Waters of the state" means all surface and 

 ground water, including waters associated with wetlands, within 

 Wyoming; 



(x) "Wetlands" means those areas in Wyoming having all 

 three (3) essential characteristics: 



(A) Hydrophytic vegetation; 



(B) Hydric soils; and 



(C) Wetland hydrology. 



(xi) "Compensatory mitigation" means replacement, sub- 

 stitution, enhancement or protection of ecological functions and 

 values to offset anticipated losses of those values caused by 



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