Section 1778.5 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 7.8. >> Article 1.
1778.5
. "Permittee" means a public or private person or entity that
meets all of the following conditions:
(a) Has received a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the federal
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.) for the removal or
filling of wetlands, subject to a condition that allows the permittee
to compensate for the wetland loss through participation in a
wetland mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Proposes to compensate for the loss of the wetlands through
participation in a wetlands mitigation bank pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Proposes the discharge at a site within a qualifying urban
area and not more than 40 miles from a bank site with sufficient
acreage of the same types of wetlands that will provide suitable
replacement habitat for the values that may be lost from the
conversion of the existing wetlands.