As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.