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(4) Contains any type of palustrine natural community of | | which there are 20 or fewer occurrences in the State; |
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| | | (5) Contains any of the following resources: |
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| | | (a) Habitat for species appearing on the official | | state or federal lists of endangered or threatened | | species when there is evidence that the species is | | present; |
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| | | (b) As defined by rule by the Commissioner of | | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, whether or not the | | resource has been mapped, high-value and moderate- | | value deer wintering areas; deer travel corridors; | | high-value and moderate-value waterfowl or wading | | bird habitats, including nesting and feeding | | areas; shorebird nesting, feeding or staging | | areas; or seabird nesting islands; or |
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| | | (c) Critical spawning and nesting areas for | | Atlantic salmon as defined by rule by the Atlantic | | Salmon Commission whether or not mapped; |
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| | | (6) Is located within 250 feet of the normal high | | water line and within the same watershed of any lake or | | pond classified as GPA under section 465-A; |
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| | | (7) Is a bog dominated by ericaceous shrubs, sedges | | and sphagnum moss and usually having a saturated water | | regime, except that applications proposing reclamation | | of previously mined peat bogs may be considered; |
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| | | (8) Is land adjacent to the main stem of a major | | river, as classified in section 467, that is inundated | | with floodwater during a 100-year flood event and that | | under normal circumstances supports a prevalence of | | wetland vegetation, typically adapted for life in | | saturated soils; or |
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| | | (9) Contains at least 20,000 square feet of aquatic | | vegetation, emergent marsh vegetation or open water, | | except for artificial ponds or impoundments, during | | most of the growing season in most years; except that | | cranberry cultivation is allowed more than 250 feet | | from the edge of the area of aquatic vegetation, | | emergent marsh vegetation or open water. |
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| | | A project to cultivate indigenous cranberries may be located in | | wetlands described in subparagraphs (6) and (7) only if |
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