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(4) Contains any type of palustrine natural community of | which there are 20 or fewer occurrences in the State; |
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| (5) Contains any of the following resources: |
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| (a) Habitat for species appearing on the official | state or federal lists of endangered or threatened | species when there is evidence that the species is | present; |
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| (b) As defined by rule by the Commissioner of | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, whether or not the | resource has been mapped, high-value and moderate- | value deer wintering areas; deer travel corridors; | high-value and moderate-value waterfowl or wading | bird habitats, including nesting and feeding | areas; shorebird nesting, feeding or staging | areas; or seabird nesting islands; or |
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| (c) Critical spawning and nesting areas for | Atlantic salmon as defined by rule by the Atlantic | Salmon Commission whether or not mapped; |
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| (6) Is located within 250 feet of the normal high | water line and within the same watershed of any lake or | pond classified as GPA under section 465-A; |
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| (7) Is a bog dominated by ericaceous shrubs, sedges | and sphagnum moss and usually having a saturated water | regime, except that applications proposing reclamation | of previously mined peat bogs may be considered; |
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| (8) Is land adjacent to the main stem of a major | river, as classified in section 467, that is inundated | with floodwater during a 100-year flood event and that | under normal circumstances supports a prevalence of | wetland vegetation, typically adapted for life in | saturated soils; or |
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| (9) Contains at least 20,000 square feet of aquatic | vegetation, emergent marsh vegetation or open water, | except for artificial ponds or impoundments, during | most of the growing season in most years; except that | cranberry cultivation is allowed more than 250 feet | from the edge of the area of aquatic vegetation, | emergent marsh vegetation or open water. |
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| A project to cultivate indigenous cranberries may be located in | wetlands described in subparagraphs (6) and (7) only if |
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