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Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources Guidance Documents
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- Guidance on Protection of Shorelines - 9/14/07 (27 Kb, 6 pages)
- Investigating Fish Mortalities in New York State (1.27 Mb, 38 pages, April 1990), Appendices (192 Kb, 10 pages)
- Policy Memorandum 87-1: Confirmation of Freshwater Wetlands Determinations and Delineations (1.66 Mb, 5 pages, August 1987)
- Memorandum: Interpretation of Standards for Issuance of Freshwater Wetlands Permits (Supersedes April 6, 1987 Memo) (731 Kb, 3 pages, July 1988)
- Assessment of the Risks to Aquatic Life from the Use of Pressure Treated Wood in Water (156 Kb, 48 pages, March 2000)
- Fish and Wildlife Impact Analysis for Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites (544 Kb, 28 pages, October 1994)
- Freshwater Wetlands Delineation Manual (229 Kb, 57 pages, July 1995)
- Freshwater Wetlands Regulations: Guidelines on Compensatory Mitigation (53 Kb, 14 pages, May 1997)
- Natural Resource Guidance for the Review of Aquatic Herbicide Permit Applications (79 Kb, 24 pages)
- Niagara River Biota Contamination Project: Fish Flesh Criteria for Piscivorous Wildlife (492 Kb, 145 pages, July 1987)
- Permitting Guidelines for Breach and Removal of Nuisance Beaver Dams (1.19 Mb, 10 pages)
- Supplemental Guidance for Using Sediment Criteria at Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites (30 Kb, 2 pages)
- Technical Guidance for Screening Contaminated Sediments (195 Kb, 45 pages, January 1999)
- Final Environmental Impact Statement for Policy on Contaminants in Fish (October 1985)
- Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Program of Liming Selected Acidified Waters October 1990)