I’ve posted this advice before, but it fits this thread too.
If you own land and are thinking of building, there are a few steps you need to take first.
1. Kill everything living there; dispose of remains off-site.
2. Fill in everything that ever looked like a mud puddle.
3. Kill/remove all moisture loving plant life. Wetlands vegetation is the kiss of death.
4. If there is a perched water table (clay layer near the surface which slows or prevents surface water from percolating into the substrata) punch lots of holes through it and fill them with gravel for easy drainage.
5. Be prepared for some minor official to tell you “sorry, your land is designated on the wetlands map” and to pay lots of money to challenge the map.
Normally I’d say check the map first, but any questions about it puts you on their radar screen, maybe before you can correct the “deficiencies”.
5. Be prepared for some minor official to tell you “sorry, your land is designated on the wetlands map” and to pay lots of money to challenge the map. - JimRed
It is more to you point #5 JimRed of where the EPA is going. The comunists of old wanted to "own" all land, natural resources (i.e water) and minerals. But the Neo-communist simply want to "control" all of these (like fascists) via the EPA. This is what they want. And in order for you to possibly change anything, you have to pay...them. See my tagline.
For real change in the EPA, the endangered species act has to be changed drastically along with the EPA's ability to designate viable land as wetland.