Wetlands Regulation and the Law of Property Rights "Takings"
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When a wetland owner is denied permission to develop, or offered a permit with very burdensome conditions, the property's value may drop substantially. Wetlands programs also may impose costly development delays. For these reasons, federal and state wetlands regulation continues to generate "takings" lawsuits by land owners. Such suits allege that by narrowing or eliminating the economic uses to which a wetland can be put, the government has "taken" (permanently or temporarily) the wetland unde…
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Date:
February 17, 2000
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department