2011 Senate Bill 168

Exempt road projects from “wetland mitigation” mandate

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 17, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38)

To prohibit the Department of Environmental Quality from imposing a “wetland mitigation” requirement on a road project within the right of way of an existing road. “Wetland mitigation” is generally requiring a new swampy area to be created if an existing one is filled in.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, and Great Lakes