Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits.

Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removalcredits. Provides the Department of Environmental Quality theauthority to allow applicants for permits with stream mitigation requirements to satisfy all or part of the requirements through damremoval credits generated in the same or adjacent stream or watershedbasin. A dam removal credit is defined in the bill as a credit generatedthrough the removal of a significant obstruction, which is also definedin the bill. The bill includes certain requirements with which the applicant must comply in order to use dam removal credits from anadjacent river watershed.