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Executive Order 13274

Executive Order 13274. Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews.

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Executive Order 13274

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  1. Executive Order 13274 Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews “…identify and promote policies that can effectively streamline the process required to provide approvals for transportation infrastructure projects, in compliance with applicable law, while maintaining safety, public health, and environmental protection.”

  2. Comparing Plans land development proposal Land Use System road improvement proposal Transportation System Water Resources System wetlands identification Other Natural, Cultural Resource Systems habitat or historic places to preserve

  3. Plans and Inventories Natural Heritage Databases Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plans What are the other plans or inventories that need to be considered? Land Use Plans Wildlife Action Plans Transportation Plan Green Infrastructure Planning Special Area Management Plans Watershed Plans Historic Resource Inventories

  4. Mitigation: Background Mitigation helps ensure that ecosystems, habitats, and species populations remain sustainable and productive over time. Ecosystem definition: humans too

  5. Habitat Fragmentation Predator – Prey Imbalances Issues/Stressors

  6. Hydrology & water quality alteration -physical, chemical, biological Habitat Destruction Invasive Plant and Animal Species Issues/Stressors

  7. Priority Corridors Mitigation Strategies A blend of options: • Project-Specific Mitigation • Multiple-Project Mitigation • Ecosystem-Based Mitigation Examples: Connecting Corridors, Site selection for mitigation

  8. Mitigation Strategies • Mitigation Banking (focus: aquatic resources) • Conservation Banking (focus: protected species/habitats) • In-Lieu Fee

  9. Integrated Planning Integrated Planning Ecosystem Approach Performance Measurement Mitigation Options

  10. Mitigation Banking Map of U.S. Hydrologic Units

  11. Eco-Logical Website:http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_index.asp

  12. Expanded Opportunities –Meaningful Mitigation Habitat Island

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