This page provides background information regarding the Clean Water Act Section 404 compensatory mitigation requirements. Show
In 2008, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jointly promulgated regulations revising and clarifying requirements regarding compensatory mitigation. According to these regulations, compensatory mitigation means the:
Learn more about what restoration, establishment, enhancement and preservation mean. The purpose of compensatory mitigation is to offset unavoidable adverse impacts which remain after all appropriate and practicable:
Learn more about avoidance and minimization of adverse impacts.
On this page: Compensatory Mitigation Regulations
Compensatory Mitigation Guidance
RIBITS (Regulatory In-lieu fee and Bank Information Tracking System)RIBITS was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with support from EPA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide better information on mitigation and conservation banking and in-lieu fee programs across the country. RIBITS allows users to access information on the types and numbers of mitigation and conservation bank and in-lieu fee program sites, associated documents, mitigation credit availability, service areas, as well information on national and local policies and procedures that affect mitigation and conservation bank and in-lieu fee program development and operation. Compensatory Mitigation Factsheets
2004 Stream Mitigation Protocol Compendium, EPA 843-S-12-002 (212 pp, 1.2MB) - This document is intended as a reference that can be consulted by regulatory agencies, resource managers, and restoration ecologists in order to select, adapt, or devise stream assessment methods appropriate for impact assessment and mitigation of fluvial resources in the CWA Section 404 Program. Memorandum to the Field (2 pp, 714K) Recent Compensatory Mitigation Evaluations and Reports
National Wetlands Mitigation Action PlanOn December 26, 2002, EPA and the Corps of Engineers announced the release of a comprehensive, interagency National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan to further achievement of the goal of no net loss of wetlands. The goals and objectives of the National Mitigation Action Plan were incorporated into the 2008 Final Compensatory Mitigation Rule.
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