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21 Cards in this Set
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Clean Water Act |
1972 and 1977 federally protected wetlands and pollutant discharges. |
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Clean Water Act section 208 |
NON point water source pollutant Includes most sources of storm water runoff, including municipal drainage, mines, landfills, construction sites,buildings and paved areas. |
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Clean Water Act Section 201 |
Point source pollutant discharges to waters of the US. includes industrial discharges, and water and sewage plants. |
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Clean Water Act Section 404 |
Regulatory tools protecting wetlands at the federal level. |
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Estuarine |
Associated with the interface between tidal and non tidal waters |
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Lacustrine |
associated with inland bodies of standing water |
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Palustrine |
associated with inland istes not dependent on stream lake or oceanic water. |
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Wetland mitigation strategies include: |
(5) avoidance/minimization, restoration, enhancement, creation or establishment, reallocation or replacement |
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Flood Plane Management strategies |
Modify susceptibility to flood losses (policy), Modify physical impacts (dams), modify social impacts (flood insurance), restore and preserve natural/cultural resources. |
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Wetland mitigation Plan 7 Steps |
Statement of objectives of the mitigation Assessment of the wetland values or resources that will be lost /replaced. Statement of location elevation and hydrology of the new site. Description of what will be planted where when Monitoring and maintenance plans Contingency plan Guarantee the work will be performed as planned. |
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Hydrophilic plants |
often used to identify wetlands, also the presence of hydric soils. |
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Hydric Soils |
saturated flooded or ponded long enough to develop anaerobic conditions in their upper layers. |
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LID Low Impact Development |
is a sustainable storm water management strategy emphasizing a holistic approach to site design and use rain water for secondary use. |
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Environmental Impact Statement |
Notice of intent, Draft of EIS, Final EIS, Record of decision. |
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Base Flood defined by FEMA |
flood having 1 percent prob of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, also called 100 year flood. |
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Benthic |
pertaining to the bottom of a stream lake sea or ocean. |
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colluvium |
soil that is being transported slowly down slope due to gravitational creep |
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Eutrophication |
excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen. |
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Bicycle Path Classifications |
Class I separated II striped III shared |
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Nitrogen Phosphorous Potassium |
N P K |
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SRI Index for concrete |
0= Black <<<< 100=White |
