[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATING ONGOING SAFETY PROGRAMS REQUIRED BY FAA

  (Mr. CALVERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, on May 26, 1999, the City Manager of 
Corona testified that the City of Corona has been forced by the Fish 
and Wildlife Service to buy new land for mitigation in order to 
maintain and operate existing levees, flood control, streets, parks, 
and airport protection zones, which means clearing out trees in front 
of the runway that have been there for over 30 years and continually 
maintained.
  That is right, Madam Speaker, Fish and Wildlife wants to mitigate for 
ongoing safety programs required by the FAA.
  All of the mitigation required by Fish and Wildlife on this project 
were for existing projects, not for new ones. However, Fish and 
Wildlife Director Jamie Clark stated in that same hearing that 
requiring retroactive mitigation is not allowed.
  Today I will introduce legislation that would prohibit retroactive 
mitigation for impacts that have occurred in the past. This is just 
common-sense legislation.

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