Appendix C - Biological Resources Supporting Information COMBINED

49 b. Specifically identified in a water quality control plan as a wetland or other water of the state; c. Resulted from historic human activity, is not subject to ongoing operation and maintenance, and has become a relatively permanent part of the natural landscape; or d. Greater than or equal to one acre in size, unless the artificial wetland was constructed, and is currently used and maintained, primarily for one or more of the following purposes (i.e., the following artificial wetlands are not waters of the state unless they also satisfy the criteria set forth in 2, 3a, or 3b): i) Industrial or municipal wastewater treatment or disposal, ii) Settling of sediment, iii) Detention, retention, infiltration, or treatment of stormwater runoff and other pollutants or runoff subject to regulation under a municipal, construction, or industrial stormwater permitting program, iv) Treatment of surface waters, v) Agricultural crop irrigation or stock watering, vi) Fire suppression, vii) Industrial processing or cooling, viii) Active surface mining – even if the site is managed for interim wetlands functions and values, ix) Log storage, x) Treatment, storage, or distribution of recycled water, xi) Maximizing groundwater recharge (this does not include wetlands that have incidental groundwater recharge benefits), or xii) Fields flooded for rice growing. Section 1602 of the California Fish and Game Code (Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements) The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has jurisdiction over the bed and bank of natural drainages according to provisions of Section 1601 and 1602 of the California Fish and Game Code (2003). Activities that would disturb these drainages are regulated by the CDFW via a Streambed Alteration Agreement. Such an agreement typically stipulates that certain measures will be implemented which protect the habitat values of the drainage in question. aA -----------