ROANOKE TIMES 

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DATE: THURSDAY, March 22, 1990                   TAG: 9003222091
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FREDERICKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

SOME FARMERS SEEK LOOSER WETLANDS RULES

Some Virginia farmers say federal regulations to protect wetlands involve too many government agencies, rules that are too broad and a lack of respect for individual property rights.

About 100 farmers and agriculture officials attended a Virginia Farm Bureau meeting on Tuesday to discuss proposed legislation easing federal wetlands regulations.

John Baum, a veteran Virginia Beach city councilman and farmer, said 80 percent of that city is wetland by federal definition, and thus off limits for clearing as farm land or development.

- Associated Press 


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