Exemption Summaries:
Agriculture
Contact your LGU or the Anoka Conservation District (ACD) for a more comprehensive description of the WCA exemptions to determine if your activity will meet all exemption requirement. Wetland replacement is generally not required for impacts to wetlands as follows.
- Wetlands that have been cropped or required to be set
aside (type 1 and type
2 wetlands only) at least 6 of the 10 years prior to January 1, 1991.
- Areas enrolled in the Federal Conservation Reserve Program
that have been cropped or set aside (type
1 and type 2 wetlands only)
at least 6 of the 10 years prior to program enrollment and was not restored
with assistance from a private or public restoration program.
- Wetlands that have received a commenced drainage determination
by the federal Food Security Act of 1985 with drainage commenced prior
to 1996.
- Type 1 wetlands
on agricultural land except bottomland hardwood wetlands.
- Type 2 or
Type 6 wetlands that are up
to two acres in size located on agricultural land.
- Type 1, 2, or 6 portions of larger wetland complexes,
provided the activity is part of a conservation plan approved by the ACD.
- Aquaculture activities including pond excavation and
associated access roads and dikes authorized by the USACE.
- Wild rice production projects authorized by the USACE.
- Normal agricultural practices to control noxious or
secondary weeds as defined by rule of the commissioner
of agriculture.
- Activities on land enrolled in the Federal Food, Agricultural, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 with several conditions.
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