Abstract
I. Introduction
II. What Is a Wetland? ... A. Predominance of Hydric Soil ... B. Wetland Hydrology ... C. Hydrophytic Vegetation
III. USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Delineation Procedure
IV. Swampbuster Violations
V. Criticism of the Current System
VI. New Developments Concerning Delineation Procedures
VII. Alternatives to the Farmer Who Has a Wetland ... A. Is This a Wetland? ... B. Is the Wetland Subject to Swampbuster? ... 1. Commenced Determinations ... C. Questions for SCS ... 1. Artificial Wetlands ... 2. Farmed Wetlands ... 3. Natural Conditions ... 4. Highly Erodible Land Compliance ... D. What Can Be Done with Jurisdictional Wetlands? … 1. Convert the Wetland ... 2. Minimal Effect ... E. Options When a Wetland Has Been Converted … 1. Reliance on Erroneous SCS Information ... F. Questions for the Agricultural stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) … 1. Third Party Exemption ... 2. Good Faith/Graduated Sanctions ... G. Challenge Jurisdiction
VIII. Conclusion
Recommended Citation
Justin Lamunyon,
Wetlands and the Swampbuster Provisions: The Delineation Procedures, Options, and Alternatives for the American Farmer,
73 Neb. L. Rev.
(1994)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol73/iss1/9