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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Stream Mitigation Protocol Compendium - 2004

This document is intended as a reference that can be consulted by regulatory agencies, resource managers, and restoration ecologists in order to select, adapt, or devise stream assessment methods appropriate for impact assessment and mitigation of fluvial resources in the CWA Section 404 Program.


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