Well I can tell you what Jersy went through is REAL and IT IS THE SAME ACCROSS ALLL THE US. Wheather people want to admitt it or not, I went through what he did and it is TOUGH!! Yes I think pond boss really needs to research on this. It is that important!!!We sit here talking about building lakes and ponds all the time and its possible that we are breaking the law. Actually we breakng the law with out a 404 permit! I got my 404 permit because my stream is some what intermitent. But NOW! I am paying for it on the tail end of the project, because after a year the pond is STILL 4 feet from the top!!! and only about 5 to 6 acres instead of 9.3 acres...This has been my battle with this project, not enough water shed.
Now saying that, I have made several segestions about froming a group to confront the Core, and what ever goverment aggency, but NO ONE want to step forward!! But this is what we are going to need if we want to overcome this major obstecle!!!