Fish & G. Code, § 1778.5 · Article 1. General Provisions
Fish & G. Code, § 1778.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Permittee” means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions:
(a) Has received a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.) for the removal or filling of wetlands, subject to a condition that allows the permittee to compensate for the wetland loss through participation in a wetland mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Proposes to compensate for the loss of the wetlands through participation in a wetlands mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Proposes the discharge at a site within a qualifying urban area and not more than 40 miles from a bank site with sufficient acreage of the same types of wetlands that will provide suitable replacement habitat for the values that may be lost from the conversion of the existing wetlands.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.
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