 | As I continue posting common terms and definitions used in the wetlands regulatory world, I want it noted that a good portion of these definitions come from the Wetlands Management Book, Environmental Laboratory (ERDC/EL SR-00-16) by Carolyn B. Schneider and Steven W. Sprecher, December 2000. I am selecting terms that are NOT in the controversial range of the current and changing definitions being debated by the courts now. |
Terms
Corps permit - Permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for activities regulated under authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1413).
Cowardin system - System for classifying wetlands developed by Cowardin et al. (1979) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and used in National Wetlands Inventory maps.
Creation - Compensatory mitigation that establishes a wetland in an area not previously a wetland.
Depressional wetland - Wetland whose primary source of water is precipitation or runoff from the adjacent landscape (Brinson 1993).
Discharge of fill material - "Any addition of fill material into, including any redeposit of dredged material within, the waters of the United States. The term includes but is not limited to, the following: the addition of dredged material to a specified discharge site located in waters of the U.S.; the runoff or overflow from a contained land or water disposal area; and any addition, including redeposit of dredged material, including excavated material, into waters of the U.S. which is incidental to any activity, including mechanized land clearing, ditching, channelization, or other excavation." (33 CFR 323.2(d))
Fill material - "Any material used for the primary purpose of replacing an aquatic area with dry land or of changing the bottom elevation of any waterbody. The term does not include any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste, as that activity is regulated under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act" (33 CFR 323.2(e)).
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) - One possible outcome of an Environmental Assessment done by the Corps on each Section 404 individual permit application; not just specifically used on Section 404 permits but also a term generally used in association with Environmental Assessments required by environmental law for a variety of reasons.
General permit - A Corps permit for activities that are substantially similar in nature and cause only minimal individual and cumulative environmental impacts, or are under regulatory control exercised by another Federal, state, or local agency provided it has been determined that the environmental consequences of the action are individually and cumulatively minimal (33 CFR 325.5(c)).
Corps permit - Permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for activities regulated under authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1413).
Cowardin system - System for classifying wetlands developed by Cowardin et al. (1979) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and used in National Wetlands Inventory maps.
Creation - Compensatory mitigation that establishes a wetland in an area not previously a wetland.
Depressional wetland - Wetland whose primary source of water is precipitation or runoff from the adjacent landscape (Brinson 1993).
Discharge of fill material - "Any addition of fill material into, including any redeposit of dredged material within, the waters of the United States. The term includes but is not limited to, the following: the addition of dredged material to a specified discharge site located in waters of the U.S.; the runoff or overflow from a contained land or water disposal area; and any addition, including redeposit of dredged material, including excavated material, into waters of the U.S. which is incidental to any activity, including mechanized land clearing, ditching, channelization, or other excavation." (33 CFR 323.2(d))
Fill material - "Any material used for the primary purpose of replacing an aquatic area with dry land or of changing the bottom elevation of any waterbody. The term does not include any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste, as that activity is regulated under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act" (33 CFR 323.2(e)).
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) - One possible outcome of an Environmental Assessment done by the Corps on each Section 404 individual permit application; not just specifically used on Section 404 permits but also a term generally used in association with Environmental Assessments required by environmental law for a variety of reasons.
General permit - A Corps permit for activities that are substantially similar in nature and cause only minimal individual and cumulative environmental impacts, or are under regulatory control exercised by another Federal, state, or local agency provided it has been determined that the environmental consequences of the action are individually and cumulatively minimal (33 CFR 325.5(c)).
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