The defendant, landowner, was charged with a violation of article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law in that he modified freshwater wetlands without a permit. The People claim that he filled in wetland, and that he removed tree stumps with a bulldozer without a permit.
The threshold question is whether or not these were wetlands subject to ECL article 24. That law states that wetlands are those shown on a map as prepared...
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