. Under the regional permit I'm limited to 300' of streambed and 1/10th acre of wetlands.
You are correct that any pond that impacts less than 300 linear stream feet does not need mitigation. Mine impacted about 1100 feet since we covered two ditches. Bottom line we were told we had to pay about $500-$600 for every foot over 300 feet, or mitigate by blocking off other land.
I searched for a while for a lawyer to get some help, but did not find one. I probably did not look hard enough
Looking at the posts coming from Omaha, it looks to me like the COE may no longer know how to do its real job of managing the waters of the United States. Maybe its what we get for hiring environmentalists instead of civil engineers.
