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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Section 404"”.
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Differing perceptions and the resulting uncertainty of public policy: An examination of the Clean Water Act's Section 404 Regulatory Program
A principal planning function is to formulate and implement policies which are designed to ameliorate perceived societal problems. Much of the planning literature therefore centers on the preparation of comprehensive plans or the formulation of public policy. Despite this attention, plans and …
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Assessment of Section 404 Wetland Mitigation Compliance and No-Net-Loss in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District
The United States Corps of Engineers is a federal agency responsible for regulating impacts to wetlands. Permit applications requesting authorization to impact wetlands are reviewed using a three step sequence: avoidance, minimization and compensatory mitigation. A national goal of no net loss of …
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Banking on offsets: a political ecological and eco-geomorphic analysis of Section 404 compensatory stream mitigation banking in Illinois and Missouri
… and protect the environment. One such example is Section 404 of the U.S. Clean Water Act. Section 404 is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ('the Corps') and the Environmental Protection Agency. Section 404 pertains to the dredging and filling of jurisdictional streams and wetlands …
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Wetland mitigation banking as a tool for conservation
… proposes that wetland mitigation banking under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act be employed by land trusts and conservation groups to generate revenue for funding land acquisitions and on-going stewardship for both wetland and wetland-related upland habitats threatened or impacted by …
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Assessment of Wetland Mitigation in South Dakota
… and the Environmental Protection Agency through Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, wetland mitigation has become common in the last several decades. The goal of this project was to review wetland mitigation in South Dakota by 1) reviewing federal and state wetland policies and regulations; 2) …
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Are voluntary internal controls-related audit report disclosures informative in IPOs?
… public offering (IPO) companies are exempt from Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, leaving investors to assess the quality of an IPO company’s internal controls, which affect the quality of management-provided financial information, without an opinion on internal controls …
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Causes of the decline in the loss of vegetated palustrine wetlands in the U.S. 1955 - 2009
… Wetland Reserve Program and The Clean Water Act Section 404 permits; prices of corn, soybeans and wheat; and the percent of wetlands remaining. The results indicated agricultural policies and Clean Water Act Section 404 permits and wetland loss rates were negatively correlated and prices of corn, …
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A Comparison of Four Wetlands Assessment Procedures Relevant to the Alluvial Valleys of East Texas
… wetland functional condition in support of the Section 404 Clean Water Act program. Four of these are: <em>Forested Wetlands in Alluvial Valleys of the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States</em> (SEHGM); <em>A Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to the …
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Opportunities for Standardization in Monitoring of Best Management Practices in the Southeastern United States
… activities from the permitting process of Section 404 as long as federally accepted best management practices are implemented to control nonpoint source pollutants. To demonstrate that these practices are being implemented, states are now inspecting and reporting on best management practice …
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Audit committee, corporate governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
… to other internal control requirements, i. e. Section 404 "Assessment of internal control", Section 302 "Internal control certifications" and Section 201 "Services outside the scope of practice of auditor".
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Analysis of In-Lieu Fee Programs in providing Wetland and Stream Compensatory Mitigation
The nation's Section 404 permitting program, of the Clean Water Act (CWA), represents one of the longest regulatory histories of designing and implementing credit trading programs to satisfy regulatory requirements. The role and the function of in-lieu fee (ILF) programs in supporting this …
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IT governance in small and medium enterprise post Sarbanes Oxley
… prior to the mandated implementation of Section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), which oversees the requirements for companies to ensure they have adequate controls in place to safeguard financial data and reporting. Compliance efforts with SOX have disproportionately impacted the finances of …
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Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in San Francisco Bay: The Potential for Thin Layer Sediment Application to Enhance Tidal Marsh Resiliency through This Century
… related impacts. However, policy impediments in Section 404 permitting regulations for wetland fill need adjusting to account for climate change adaptation strategies in order to preserve existing tidal marsh habitat through the century. Planning and budgeting for future adaptation strategies is …
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Evaluating the Long-Term Morphological Response of a Headwater Stream to Three Restoration Techniques
… growing since the addition and modification of Section 404 to the Clean Water Act. Many projects follow the guidelines of Natural Channel Design and use in-stream structures to stabilize stream channels. Post-project monitoring rarely exceeds 3-5 years, and the lack of guidance, funding, and …
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Wetland mitigation banking in the Chicago area: an assessment of ecological outcomes and compliance with performance standards
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972, requires that development projects causing negative impacts to wetlands must provide compensation for wetland losses through the wetland mitigation process. The Army Corps prefers that compensation is provided …
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The Builders versus the Birds: Wetlands, People and Public Policy in the United States, Florida and Hillsborough County
This thesis is an interdisciplinary analysis of humans' relationship to the natural environment, specifically how wetlands are reflected in our legislative decisions. Our perceptions of wetlands and our relationship to the environment are influenced by our locality, history, and inter-generational …
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Essays in applied econometrics
… cost faced by the companies subject to the Section 404. Chapter 3: Is There a Kuznets Curve for Brazil?: An Investigation Using Bayesian Model Averaging and Nonparametric Model Selection. Brazil has become one of the major emerging countries in the world, registering a promising development …
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Investigating the Relationship between Governance Mechanisms and the Disclosure of IT Control Weaknesses
… financial reporting systems as reported under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. More specifically, this dissertation examines the association between organizational governance mechanisms and the occurrence and subsequent disclosure of IT control weaknesses. Despite the adverse …
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Ecohydrology of Natural and Restored Wetlands in a Glacial Plain
… reason for the massive wetland loss in the past. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the 1989 federal mandate of “no net wetland loss” supported increased efforts for wetland restoration and creation to compensate for two centuries of ecosystem degradation. Hydrology is a critical driver for …