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statement on wetlands/permit 26



HI ALL: I thought this might be of intrest to most of us.
											VAN ATKINS


>Date:         Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:11:00 -0500
>Reply-To: "BIANCHI, John" <JBIANCHI@AUDUBON.ORG>
>Sender: NAS Chapter Communications officers
<CHAPTER-COMMUNICATOR@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG>
>From: "BIANCHI, John" <JBIANCHI@AUDUBON.ORG>
>Subject:      statement on wetlands/permit 26
>To: CHAPTER-COMMUNICATOR@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     FOR MORE INFORMATION
>MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2000                             PERRY PLUMART 202/861-2242
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>DANIEL P. BEARD
>STATEMENT ON
>ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
>WETLANDS GENERAL PERMITS
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>President Clinton's goal to achieve a net gain of one million acres of
>wetlands by 2005 is a step closer to realization with these new permits.
>Today's release of new permits for development marks an important step
>forward in the nation's effort to protect wetlands.
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>These new permits will help reduce flooding by imposing sensible
>restrictions on building in flood plains.  It is hard to sympathize with
>developer's claims that it will take longer to get a permit to build in
>flood-prone areas. Under the old permits shopping malls and office parks had
>a high probability of being flooded.  It is hard to do business underwater.
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>While Audubon believes more needs to be done to protect wetlands, these new
>permits do represent significant progress.
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