An e-group has been established to share news and develop strategies in response to Michigan Governor Granholm's ill-chosen proposal to repeal the state's wetlands law and turn over responsibility to the federal government, which would leave MIchigan with the weakest wetland protection program in the Great Lakes. Those who sign up and join the group can exchange e-mail messages and access backgound documents. It's time to extinguish this proposal once and for all.
DEQ summarizes the document below as follows:
The proposed repeal of Part 303,
Wetlands Protection, of the Natural Resources and Environmental
Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended, and relinquishment of the
federal Section 404 authority to the United States Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) has resulted in questions regarding the scope of
federal jurisdiction under Section 404. This paper will summarize the
current status of federal Section 404 jurisdiction in general, and how
this might apply in Michigan.
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