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Letter dated March 28, 2001 from Erik C. Stockdale, Senior Wetlands Specialist, Washington State Department of Ecology (Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program), to Don Scarberry of Novadyne Engineering, Redmond WA, clarifying Ecology’s regulatory authority over lands classified as ‘prior converted croplands’ by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Explains that Ecology regulates such areas if they meet criteria in the 1996 Washington State Wetland Delineation and Identification Manual, enacted pursuant to Engrossed Senate Bill 5776 (1995 Washington State Legislature). States that the Food Security Act (FSA) exclusion from Section 404 of the Clean Water Act does not apply to state law, meaning wetlands excluded from federal regulation under the FSA may still be subject to state regulation. References the Growth Management Act. AR 026298; filed in PCHB Third Runway EIS administrative record.