Issuance of permits
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Unless the economic, social and other benefits to be derived from the activity proposed compel a departure from these guidelines, the agency shall not issue a permit for regulated activities in the following wetlands unless the findings set forth below are made.
(1)Wetlands rated1.
The proposed activity:
(i)would be compatible with preservation of the entire wetland; and
(ii)would not result in degradation or loss of any part of the wetland or its associated values.
(2)Wetlands rated 2.
The proposed activity:
(i)would result in minimal degradation or destruction of the wetland or its associated values; and
(ii)is the only alternative which reasonably can accomplish the applicant's objectives; or
(iii)alternatively to subparagraph (ii), is the only alternative which provides an essential public benefit.
(3)Wetlands rated 3.
The proposed activity:
(i)would result in the minimum possible degradation or destruction of any part of the wetland or its associated values;
(ii)is the only alternative which reasonably can accomplish the applicant's objectives; and
(iii)would, weighing the benefits of the activity against its cost and the wetland values lost, provide a net social and/or economic gain to the community.
(4)Wetlands rated 4.
The proposed activity is the only alternative which reasonably can accomplish the applicant's objectives.