Permit Application Review
This analysis should be completed within 1.5 weeks of the application becoming technically complete and includes checking for site plans without required items, incorrect wetland classifications, simple avoidance opportunities, vague project purpose, project does not qualify for a GP.
What is the Fatal Flaw Analysis
an unconfirmed allegation of a violation received from the public, staff, another agency, etc. which is always recorded in the incident reporting database, Bear within a week.
The easiest tool to use to figure out what projects need technical review or a shapefile.
What is the Ecologist's Dashboard?
This amendment type requires DWE review for documentation of wetland boundary re-evaluation and may include calling it technically incomplete until additional materials are received in June.
What is a permit extension?
A Vermont Wetland Permit is required before doing any upgrade, maintenance, or repair, including the clearing of vegetation or adding of fill, to this feature in a buffer or wetland. May have been used by vehicles presently or in the past.
What is a Travel Way?
(Roads guidance)
DWE should complete this review in 30 days of the application being found admin complete. The review should include drafting of the permit or submitting a letter to the applicant.
What is Technical Review.
This option is used in instances where the violation is minor and it is likely that passive regrowth would allow the site to restore. One follow-up visit within a year and a half is recommended for passive restoration. Do not close out in wetland database unless you verify compliance. If compliance isn’t reached in 5 years, close out in BEAR (Code: 3a Violation Found – No Action Taken).
What is "Compliance Letter Only"?
These should be dropped from your tasks when permit application review is piling up.
VSWI edits.
What is a minor amendment?
Occurs when a skidder travels over a wetland and causes an alteration in hydrology and is not smoothed out at the closing of the logging job. This is a violation of the VWR and Logging Job AMPs.
What is excessive rutting?
(Silviculture Guidance)
This portion of the draft permit needs to be sent to the manager for approval before the draft is placed on notice.
What are unique permit conditions? (conditions not included in the template)
A permit type where fees are charged for those areas that are restored (0.75/sqft wetland), as well as those that are proposed to remain (1.50/sqft wetland).
What are After-The-Fact Permits?
These VSWI changes should only be initiated when requested by the public or special circumstances that are screened by the Manager. (3 total)
What are VSWI removals, map changes close to VSWI (<20 ft), addition of a presumptive wetland when not associated with an impact?
Is noticed for 14 days and costs $240.
What is a Permit Extension?
When a previous wetland classification is honored. (3 parts)
What a classification after 2010 whose boundaries have not substantially changes and the cover type is the same?
(Expiration of wetland class guidance)
These requests are received within 15 days of the public notice and the request must be honored.
What is a request for a public meeting?
Drafts are saved in the project folder and an email sent to the Program Manager to review and send to the Director for signature. Must include compliance directives and reasonable timelines. Non-compliance needs to be followed up with a case if not addressed.
What is an NOAV?
Is the wetland depicted in the right location?
Is the wetland correctly depicted as contiguous or presumptive?
Does the map match the database, application, draft permit?
Are all of the presumptive wetlands in the map called out in the permit?
What is the Ecologist Draft Map review checklist?
An amendment type which requires no technical review and is drafted by the Administrative Technician.
What is an administrative amendment?
A buffer that doesn't exist because of VT's oddly worded exclusion in the Statutory definition of wetland.
What is an area of land adjacent to a wetland used to grow food or crop?
waiting for information from applicant
waiting for check payments
waiting for applicant comment responses
waiting for delineation re-evaluation documentation
What are reasons to set "clock stop"?
DWE found violations which are new, egregious, or associated with a previous JD or permit.
What is "Ecologist found violation" entry point?
a "determination" category in the database that is for adding a presumptive Class II wetland to the VSWI. The draft permit must include the determination decision and have the draft map posted concurrently with the permit.
What is Class III to Class II (map addition)?
Used for impact increases when they are under 5,000sqft, unless otherwise decided by Ecologist and Manager.
What is the Major Amendment application form?
When placed in a buffer zone, this feature shall not be regulated as a wetland and alterations shall be regulated unless non-substantial.
What is an Existing Constructed Feature?
(Constructed feature guidance)