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16 U.S.C. § 3824

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/us/usc/t16/s3824
Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH58
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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If the actions of an unrelated person or public entity, outside the control of, and without the prior approval of, the landowner or tenant result in a change in the characteristics of cropland that would cause the land to be determined to be a wetland, the affected land shall not be considered to be wetland for purposes of this subchapter. (Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1224, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1424, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3576.)

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