Stakeholder Forum on Federal Wetlands Mitigation

Sponsored by:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Maryland Department of the Environment,
National Aquarium in Baltimore

Facilitated by:
Environmental Law Institute

October 1-2, 2001
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Knott Harbor View Room
Baltimore, MD

Summary of Forum

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Presentations

• Suzanne van Drunick, National Academy of Sciences
  • Audio recording
  • Slides (435K)
• Peg Reese, General Accounting Office
  • Audio recording
  • PowerPoint presentation (207K)
• James Robb, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
  • Audio recording
  • PowerPoint presentation (629K)
• Glenn Page, The National Aquarium - Baltimore
  • Audio recording
  • PowerPoint presentation (3.45M)

Welcome

• John Meagher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Gary Setzer, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Glenn Page, National Aquarium in Baltimore
  • Audio recording

Facilitated Discussions

• Identification of additional technical, programmatic, and policy issues
• Top Technical Issues/Recommendations
  • Audio recording
• Top Policy Issues/Recommendations
  • Audio recording
• Top Programmatic Issues/Recommendations
  • Audio recording

Wrap-Up

• John Goodin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Audio recording

Additional Links

• EPA, Wetlands Division - With links to policy and technical documents
  • http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands
• NAS study: ”Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act”
  • http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10134.cfml
• GAO study: ”Wetlands Protection: Assessments Needed to Determine Effectiveness of In-Lieu-Fee Mitigation”
  • http://www.gao.gov
    • Click ”GAO Reports”
    • Click ”Find GAO Reports”
    • Enter: GAO-01-325
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Study
  • http://www.state.in.us/idem/owm/planbr/401/mitigation_monitoring.cfml
• USACE IWR Study: ”Review and Analysis of In Lieu Fee Mitigation in the CWA Section 404 Permit Program”
  • http://www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/iwr/pdf/IWRReport_ILF_Nov00.PDF
• Report by EPA Region VI in Dallas
  • http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/ecopro/em/permits/index.cfm
• ELI Wetland Mitigation Banking Study
  • http://www.eli.org/Program_Areas/WMB/banksfees.cfm