Evidence item

The USACE manual says sufficiently drained areas lacking hydrophytic vegetation or wetland hydrology do not qualify as wetlands. DIRECT_TEXT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 23238

Source: Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9cbc0e36a97456f19fd925ab14a55317aa6eeaa5bfa22f6a7ef15e00a1c7b64e

Exact excerpt

A drained hydric soil is one in which sufficient ground or surface water has been removed by artificial means such that the area will no longer support hydrophyte vegetation... the area will not qualify as a wetland if the degree of drainage has been sufficient to preclude the presence of either hydrophytic vegetation or a hydrologic regime that occurs in wetlands.

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Claim	Direction	Relevance	Steps	Counted
336f3149	SUPPORT	DIRECT	0	yes

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