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Articles
Expanding the State's Role in Implementing Section 404 CWA Assumption: Necessary, Wise and Workable, by Leah Stetson, with an introduction by Jeanne Christie, ASWM, July 2009 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/expanding_states_role_implementing_section_404_ cwa_assumption_rev'd_july_09.pdf
ECOS July 2009 Green Report Features ASWM’s article, “Expanding States’ Role in Implementing Sec. 404 CWA Assumption: Necessary, Wise and Workable.” (July 2009) http://www.ecos.org/files/3723_file_July_2009_Green_Report.pdf
Clean Water Act S404 Assumption: What Is It, How Does It Work, and What Are the Benefits? by David Evans, May-June 2009 http://aswm.org/swp/assumption/evans_2009.pdf
Fact Sheets
ASWM Fact Sheets on State Assumption http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/factsheets_0509.pdf
EPA Fact Sheet on State 404 Assumption http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/fact23.html
State/Tribal Assumption of Section 404 Program
w Overview of Section 404 Assumption - explains how States and Tribes can take a more active role in administering the Section 404 program. w Text of State Program Regulations, 40 CFR 233 (PDF) (42 pp, 98K) - specifies the procedures and criteria used by EPA in assessing State assumption of section 404 programs. w Text of Tribal Assumption Regulations (PDF) (7 pp, 18K) - (40 CFR, Part 233, Subpart G) regulations that specify the procedures and criteria used by EPA in assessing Tribal assumption of section 404 programs.
State Feasibility Studies on Assumption
Section 404 Assumption Feasibility Study – Minnesota, 1989 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/404_assumption_feasibility_study_0509.pdf
“Consolidation of State and Federal Wetland Permitting Programs Implementation of House Bill 759 (Chapter 2005-273, Laws of Florida) Florida Department of Environmental Protection, September 30, 2005” (evaluates assumption in Florida) http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/consolidation_program.pdf
Resources
Michigan Legislators Vote in Support of State-run Wetland Program ASWM's Compleat Wetlander post by Jeanne Christie (10/5/09) http://aswm.org/wordpress/?p=588
Clean Water Act http://www.aswm.org/fwp/rapanos_state2006.htm#cwa1
Background Information on State Assumption (Michigan and New Jersey)
	Michigan’s 404 Program By Brian J. Considine – Michigan Bar Journal – November 2006 http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article1076.pdf
	Assumption, New Jersey Style By Susan Lockwood – National Wetlands Newsletter – 1994 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/assumption_nj_style.pdf
State's Investigations on Section 404 Assumption
	Kentucky Task Force on CWA Section 404 Program Assumption (PowerPoint Presentation) by Greg Peck and Jim Giattina, go to: www.water.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6E5749BB-FE49-4462-94BF-3926F3730ACB/0/ 404 Greg_PeckJim_Giattina assumption .ppt
	Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet's Status Report to the General Assembly on the Kentucky Clean Water Act Section 404 Task Force http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/404eppc_final_report.pdf EPA's Role Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Kentucky 404 Task Force Meeting 2005 Volume 1 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/404_review_ky_tf_vol1.pdf Volume 2 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/404_review_ky_tf_vol2.pdf
	Pursuing Clean Water Act 404 Assumption: What States Say About the Benefits and Obstacles By Kathy Hurld & Jennifer Linn – EPA – May 2008 http://www.aswm.org/calendar/state2008/hurld.pdf
Section 404 State Assumption Regulations http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/pdf/40cfrPart233.pdf
404(b)(1) Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/wetlands/pdf/40cfrPart230.pdf
State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends and Model Approaches by the Environmental Law Institute, March 2008 http://www.aswm.org/swp/assumption/50_state_wetland_comparison.pdf

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