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the monitoring provisions in part 8420.0750 are fulfilled. A local government unit may decline to certify all wetlands within its jurisdiction or, based on a comprehensive local water plan, a local government unit may elect to certify wetlands for deposit into the wetland bank only in selected areas, for example, high priority regions and areas. If the local government unit elects to reject or limit banking, it must do so by rule or ordinance, as applicable. Subp. 3. Annual report. Each.local government unit participating in the wetland bank shall submit an annual report to the board on a form prescribed by the board. SA: MS s 14.06; 103B.101; 10311.3355 HIST: 18 SR 274 8420.0740 PROCEDURES. Subpart 1. Deposits and credits. A. Restored wetlands are eligible for deposit into the wetland bank. Created wetlands are eligible for deposit in the wetland bank in counties in which 80 percent or-more-of the presettlement wetlands are intact. In other counties,- created wetlands are eligible for deposit in the bank only if they are created by excavation in nonwetlands, by dikes or dams along public or private drainage ditches, or by dikes or dams associated with the restoration of previously drained or filled wetlands. Modification or conversion of nondegraded naturally occurring wetlands from one type to another are not eligible for enrollment in a statewide wetlands bank.. B. Wetland replacement credits approved before July 1, 1993, are eligible for deposit into the state wetland banking system if the wetland replacement credit was authorized by a public agency specifically for a wetland bank that has been approved by the commissioner. Also, wetland replacement credits that have been deposited in a local government unit bank before July 1, 1993, and after January 1, 1992, are eligible for deposit into the state wetland banking system if the deposit meets all the criteria in parts 8420.0700 to 8420.0760 based on a site inspection and review by the board and the commissioner. C. After July 1, 1993, wetlands restored or created without prior local government unit approval as specified in this part are not eligible for deposit into the wetland bank. D. The minimum wetland acreage eligible to establish an account in the wetland bank is 0.1 acres. E. There is no maximum wetland acreage eligible for deposit in the wetland bank. The local government unit, upon recommendation of the technical evaluation panel, must identify the acreage that will receive credit. As an incentive to encourage the deposit of small wetlands, the local government unit shall assign credit to wetland acreage as follows: Wetland Credit Acreage 64