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place within public Publicly funded wetland <br /> waters wetlands. One restoration credits would <br /> proposal advanced be used to replace public <br /> during the session was road impacts, other than <br />. for the DNR to serve as ®T road impacts, in <br /> the WCA local govern- public waters wetlands <br /> ment unit for projects authorized by DNR <br /> impacting public ~rmit. The current draft <br /> waters wetlands. This language would need to <br /> would entail DNR be amended to exclude <br />For more information about Waters using two impacts authorized by <br />these legislative initiatives or processes for project the DNR for new roads <br />appropriations, please contact reviews, the current and additional traffic <br />Kent Lo~esmoe, DN14 6~aters process for public capacity lanes to be <br />director, at 651/296-410, or waters and the WCA replaced by the state. <br />John Linc Stine, Per»aits and process for public Separate authorization <br />Land Use administrator, at waters wetlands. language would allow <br />651/296-0440. Uniform wetland local public transporta- <br /> project sequencing and tion authorities to buy <br /> wetland replacement wetland replacement <br /> requirements for public credits to replace public <br /> waters wetlands and waters wetland impacts <br /> WCA wetlands. If authorized by DNR <br /> adapted, this would permit. <br /> specify in DNR law the Drainage of public <br /> avoidance and minimi- waters wetlands im- <br /> nation procedures used patted by public ditch <br /> by the WCA and would proceedings would be <br /> also have the DNR addressed in a manner <br /> using the WCA wet- similaz to the WCA <br /> land replacement tables procedures, where public <br /> for projects impacting waters that have existed <br /> public waters wetlands. for more than 25 years <br /> This would establish a and have been drained as <br /> minimum wetland pazt of a ditch proceed- <br /> replacement ratio of ing would need to be <br /> 1:1 for public waters replaced by the public <br /> wetlands located on ditch authority. <br /> agricultural land or in <br /> the counties having <br /> greater than g0 percent <br /> of their presettlement 1SC 3 3 C C <br /> wetlands, and amini- ~ <br /> mum 2:1 replacement <br /> ratio for non- 'cul- Red River Basin activities <br /> tural wetland impacts. funded include: <br />4 <br />