Cal. Fish & Game Code § 1777.2

“Bank site” or “mitigation bank site” means a publicly or privately owned and operated site on which wetlands have been or will be created in accordance with this chapter to compensate for adverse impacts caused by removal or fill permit activities authorized pursuant to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.). “Bank site” or “mitigation bank site” may include land on which rice is grown as long as those lands are managed as ricelands and those lands meet the other requirements of Section 1784.