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Program Type 



State 



Name of Program 



Administering Agency 



Implementation Method 



Legal Authority 



Resources (Funds and Staff) 



Lands Covered 



Inventory and Classification 



Activities Regulated 



Exemptions 



Lands Covered 



Compliance 



Education 



Problems 



Success 



EPA Role 

 Needed from EPA 

 Taking Issues 

 Mitigation 



Cumulative Impacts 



Other Programs 

 California 



Agency Coordination - Recent analysis of state 

 wetland regulations which evaluated 5 9 relevant 

 state statutes 



Resources Agency coordinates all state agencies 

 that regulate wetlands: (1) Department of Fish 

 and Game, (2) State Lands Commission and 

 Division, (3) Reclamation Board, (4) Department 

 of Water Resources, (5) San Francisco Bay 

 Conservation and Development Commission, (6) 

 Coastal Commission, (7) State Coastal 

 Conservancy, (8) State Water Resources Control 

 Board and Regional Boards, (9) Department of 

 Parks and Recreation, (10) Department of Boating 

 and Waterways, (11) Department of Conservation, 



(12) Department of Forestry, and (13) Office of 

 Planning and Research 

 Issue permits 



Review and comment on proposals whose authority 

 lies with another agency 

 Administer state owned lands 

 See discussions for various state agencies 

 Unknown 



(10 percent of California's original wetlands 



remain) 



NWI maps have been developed for San Francisco 



Bay area 



Development, mining, farming, maintenance or 



alteration activities 



Not applicable here — see further discussion on 



each agencies' program 



All as defined by EPA section 404(b) (1) guidelines 



See discussions for various state agencies 



Published permit handbook 



Published permit handbook 



Coordination program has been extremely 



successful in coordination of various resource 



agencies comments 



None 



Provide strong section 404 enforcement posture 



Cases have occurred 



California Fish and Game has a policy similar to 



USFWS 



Assessment is on a subjective qualitative basis 



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