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• <br />g. <br />Restore rare local or regional wetlands as identified in local wetland <br />or water management plans. Wetlands that are recognized to be rare <br />within areas or regions of the state may be restored and protected with the <br />exceptional natural resource value method of allocating wetland credits if <br />they are identified in a local or regional plan as a high priority for <br />restoration and protection and approved by the TEP. <br />4. "Restore" definition. The word restore in this subpart means projects <br />that: <br />a. Restore vegetation of an exceptional wetland that had been previously <br />degraded or converted to a different type by human activity. <br />Restoration of vegetation shall be limited to reestablishment and <br />maintenance of permanent native, noninvasive vegetation. <br />PlikaCSI:0111 <br />014 <br />• <br />Restore natural hydrology of an exceptional wetland. Restoration of <br />hydrology can include either putting water back on a site where it had <br />been removed or removing water from a site where some wetland <br />functions had been degraded by impounding of excess water. For example, <br />restoration of the natural hydrology of a white cedar swamp that had been <br />degraded by improper installation of a culvert would be considered <br />restoration of the natural hydrology of an exceptional wetland. <br />5. Determination and allocation of New Wetland Credit <br />(NWC) and Public Value Credit (PVC) under <br />"Exceptional Natural Resource Value Projects ". For the <br />purposes of this subpart, NWC and PVC may be determined by the following <br />guidelines and examples: <br />a. NWC should only be allowed for actions that restore some wetland <br />functions by restoration of native vegetation or restoration of natural <br />hydrology. The following are examples of allocation of credit under this <br />part of the rule that are consistent with the goal of no -net loss of wetland <br />functions and values: <br />1. Up to 100% NWC based on an evaluation of the <br />replacement site with current version of MNRAM or by <br />ge" use of another BWSR approved wetland evaluation <br />method. For example, recommend that the percentage of <br />� 0 NWC correspond to the percent of functional ratings in <br />MNRAM that are increased by at least one level as a result <br />Olaf P4C) of the restoration of vegetation or hydrology. For example, <br />r if restoration of hydrology or ve vegetation of the replacement <br />1 Y gY g P <br />wetland increases 50% of the functional ratings by at least <br />one level (low to medium, medium to high, etc.), <br />g ) <br />• <br />(SI° <br />recommendation is to allocate 50% NWC for the wetland <br />area restored with approval of the TEP. <br />EXCEP NAT RES Guid FINAL.doc <br />3 <br />