AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CHESAPEAKE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

1. Page 1, introduced, line 30, after applicant

strike

shall

insert

may

2. Page 1, introduced, line 33, after banks

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as long as: (1) the bank provides the same type of wetland as the impacted site or provides the same physical and biological functions; (2) for impacts within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, is in the same U.S.G.S. cataloging unit, or an adjacent unit within the same river watershed, as the impacted site; (3) the bank is ecologically preferable to practicable on-site and off-site individual mitigation options, as defined by federal wetland regulations; and (4) the bank has been approved by a process that included public review and comment

3. Page 1, introduced, line 39, after banks

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as long as: (1) the bank provides the same type of wetland as the impacted site or provides the same physical and biological functions; (2) for impacts within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, is in the same U.S.G.S. cataloging unit, or an adjacent unit within the same river watershed, as the impacted site; (3) the bank is ecologically preferable to practicable on-site and off-site individual mitigation options, as defined by federal wetland regulations; and (4) the bank has been approved by a process that included public review and comment

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as long as: (1) the bank provides the same type of wetland as the impacted site or provides the same physical and biological functions; (2) for impacts within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, is in the same U.S.G.S. cataloging unit, or an adjacent unit within the same river watershed, as the impacted site; (3) the bank is ecologically preferable to practicable on-site and off-site individual mitigation options, as defined by federal wetland regulations; and (4) the bank has been approved by a process that included public review and comment.