2E Modifying provisions relating to wetland conservation; modifying certain agency service application requirements; authorizing the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) to issue penalty orders for certain violations; authorizing local government units to require a deed restriction for certain drained wetlands, prohibiting ponds created for stormwater management requirements from being used to satisfy replacement requirements; modifying certain wetland replacement siting requirements; modifying certain replacement plan exemptions for agricultural activities, drainage, federal approvals, utilities and public works; modifying de minimis footage requirements; authorizing the board to develop rules addressing the application and implementation of exemptions and providing for estimates and reporting of exempt wetland impacts; authorizing the board to develop a professional wetland delineator certification program; specifying certain procedures for wetland boundary or type determination appeals of decisions to local government units; modifying appeal requirements; requiring the board to establish a fee schedule to defray certain administrative costs of appeals; modifying local comprehensive wetland protection and management plan content requirements; granting the board certain rulemaking authority; appropriating money to the board to support implementation of the wetland conservation act, to make grants to local units of governments to improve response to major wetland violations, to provide certain oversight and technical support to local governments, staff to monitor and enforce wetland replacement and wetland bank sites, to develop a comprehensive state wetland restoration vision and plan, to inventory wetland mitigation opportunities and water quality and watershed improvement projects and to conduct a region wide wetland mitigation siting analysis for northeastern Minnesota; repealing a certain provision relating to approved development exemptions
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