SECTIONS 1793-1796 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 1793-1796

1793. A permittee shall provide compensation pursuant to Section
404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.). The
department shall classify the wetlands that the permittee will
remove according to wetland type, consistent with Article 4
(commencing with Section 1790).

1794. Compensation pursuant to Section 1793 is subject to the
condition that the operator establish the trust or bond required by
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1786
and, in addition, is subject to the following conditions:
(a) The full payment shall be used to purchase credits in the
mitigation bank site.
(b) The payment shall provide for purchase of bank site wetland
acreage required by Section 1793 that has the same hydrologic,
vegetative, and other characteristics as the system for which it will
serve as mitigation.
(c) A permittee shall not participate in a wetlands mitigation
bank if a net loss of wetland habitat values or acreage occurs.

1795. After payment to the operator pursuant to this article, the
permittee has no further obligations with respect to the operation of
the bank site to which payment was made, unless the permittee has an
equity involvement in the bank.

1796. No bank site shall be qualified under Section 1785 on or
after January 1, 2015.