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"bgInc. - You'll go where we want you to go" <tom.otoole@jhu.edu> wrote:
> "Brian Raines (TheChesapeakeBay.com)" wrote:
>
> >Tulloch Ditching is Destroying Vital Wetlands in Virginia
> >
> >Last summer a Federal Court of Appeals decision struck down somethingknownas
> >the "Tulloch Rule" (pronounced "Tul-ic") thus allowing the drainage of vast
> >tracts of Virginia wetlands. In Southeastern Virginia alone, the Chesapeake
> >Bay Foundation (CBF) estimates that over 3,000 wetland acres havebeendrained
> >or are about to be drained and another 5,000 acres are under immediatethreat.
> >Conservative statewide estimates suggest wetland losses may exceed 500,000
> >acres.
>
> Are developers then allowed to reclassify these lands as non-wetlands.
> That's some nice loophole for people who don't give a shit about the bay.

The bottom line is this...

Under this Rule, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulated excavation
activities in wetlands through the traditional Clean Water Act permitting
process. When the Court struck down the Rule, the Corps concluded it lost its
ability to oversee the great majority of ditching and draining activities.

The result is a borderline free for all.

But, Governor Gilmore has publicly committed himself to reversing Virginia�s
long-term loss of wetlands during his administration.  He needs to hear public
opinion that immediate action is required.

http://TheChesapeakeBay.com/tulloch.shtml

Brian Raines
Publisher, TheChesapeakeBay.com
http://TheChesapeakeBay.com
harbormaster@TheChesapeakeBay.com

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