Statute · California Fish and Game Code
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 1778.5 — General Provisions
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 1778.5
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Fish and Game Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1994-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
“Permittee” means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions:
Citator
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 1778.5 — General Provisions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
“Permittee” means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions:
(a) Has received a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.) for the removal or filling of wetlands, subject to a condition that allows the permittee to compensate for the wetland loss through participation in a wetland mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Proposes to compensate for the loss of the wetlands through participation in a wetlands mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Proposes the discharge at a site within a qualifying urban area and not more than 40 miles from a bank site with sufficient acreage of the same types of wetlands that will provide suitable replacement habitat for the values that may be lost from the conversion of the existing wetlands.