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What are relevant permits and regulations? Which agencies will need to be involved?
Riparian revegetation projects may require compliance and/or coordination with the following environmental laws and agencies:
- California Environmental Quality Act compliance (Required compliance with CEQA depends on funding source and potential impacts of project);
- National Environmental Policy Act compliance (Required compliance with NEPA depends on funding source and potential impacts of project);
- Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended, 33 U.S.C 1251, et seq. (involves U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board);
- Compliance with state and federal endangered species acts (involves CDFG, USFWS, NOAA Fisheries)
http://ceres.ca.gov/topic/env_law/cesa/summary.html and
http://endangered.fws.gov/; and - Private property access agreements.
o Section 404 permits for fill of waters of the United States or associated wetlands
o Section 401 waiver of water quality certification from the RWQCB
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