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'^.~ater BilllBoard ponds adjacent to wetlands. (In all counties, not just those with more than 80 percent of wetlands remaining.) *etland Planning The bill would have allowed wetlands to be classified based on function to: -vary the application of sequencing standards; -vary wetland replacement standards based on a functional assessment; and then •replace wetlands at less than a 1 acre for 1 acre ratio, pro- ~vided that there was no net loss of public values and bio- logical diversity within the plan area; •allow additional replacement credit for any project that in- creased the public value of wetlands, including those activities on adjacent uplands; and -vary wetland exemption standards based on a functional assessment; and then •adjust the application of the type 1 and type 2/6 exemptions to non-ag land; •adjust the road and deminimus exemptions to reflect regional conditions. *Sequencing -The bill would have provided for determination without written alternatives analysis for small projects impacting less than 20,000 square feet. (In all counties, not just the counties with greater than 80 percent of their wetlands remaining.) ildlife Habitat Improvement -The bill would have exempted deposition of one-half acre of spoil resulting from excavation within a wetland for wildlife habitat improvement purposes. (In all counties, not just. those with greater than 80 percent of their wetlands remaining.) AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES The bill would have: *defined agricultural land more broadly as: (1) land used for horticultural, row, close grown, pasture, and hayland crops; growing nursery stocks; and animal feedlots; and (2) contiguous land and buildings under the same ownership, including farmyards, associated with the lands listed in clause (1). *exempted type 6 wetlands less than two acres on ag land. *exempted type 1, type 2 and type 6 parts of larger wetlands on ag land (as per an approved conservation plan) to allow for efficient farming operations. *allowed replacement credit for vegetative restoration of farmed wetlands. *allowed replacement credit for maintaining wetlands restored under an expiring conservation agreement. SMALL LANDOWNERS & DEVELOPERS *Deminimus. -The bill would have exempted the following amounts of wetlands as part of a project, that are not type 3, 4, or 5, regardless of the total amount of wetlands filled as part of a project: (i) 10,000 square feet outside of shoreland wetland protection zones in counties or watersheds with more than 80 percent of their presettlement wetlands remaining; (ii) 5,000 square feet of wetland outside of shoreland wetland protection zones in counties or watersheds with more than 50 percent and less than 80 percent of their presettlement wetlands remaining; (iii) 2,000 square feet of wetland outside of shoreland wetland protection zones in counties or watersheds with less than 50 percent of their presettlement wetlands remaining; or (iv) 400 square feet of wetland in shoreland wetland protection zones, except that in counties with greater than 80 percent of their presettlement wetlands remaining, the local government would have been able to increase the deminimus amount to 1000 square feet in the 2