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FHWA 2006 Environmental Conference June 27-29, 2006 Section 404 and Wetlands Banking

FHWA 2006 Environmental Conference June 27-29, 2006 Section 404 and Wetlands Banking Results of the FHWA Domestic Scan of Successful Wetland Mitigation Programs. Background. 1948-1987 Clean Water Act 1990 Mitigation MOA 1991 ISTEA 1995 Banking Guidance 1998 TEA-21 Preference

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FHWA 2006 Environmental Conference June 27-29, 2006 Section 404 and Wetlands Banking

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  1. FHWA 2006 Environmental Conference June 27-29, 2006 Section 404 and Wetlands Banking Results of the FHWA Domestic Scan of Successful Wetland Mitigation Programs

  2. Background • 1948-1987 Clean Water Act • 1990 Mitigation MOA • 1991 ISTEA • 1995 Banking Guidance • 1998 TEA-21 Preference • 2000 ILF Guidance • 2001 FHWA Regulations • 2002 NWMAP & USACE RGL • 2005 FHWA Scan • 2006 USEPA/USACE Proposed Rule…

  3. Purpose of Scan Describe and analyze State DOT successes with using mitigation banking

  4. Scan Examination • MBRT process • Monitoring/measurement of results/effectiveness • Related topics leading to successful programs • Problems and pitfalls

  5. Scan States • Texas • North Carolina • Alabama • Nebraska • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Kentucky • Minnesota

  6. Challenges • Service areas • Long-term management • Stream mitigation requirements • Federal-aid funding • MBRT • USACE bank aversion • Isolated waters • Invasive and exotic plants • Preservation

  7. What’s that tickle? Best Practices • Flexible service areas • Umbrella banks • Funded positions • Pooling of credits • Public & non-profit lands/entities • Federal-aid highway funds • In-house experts • Credits for upland buffers • Public use of mitigation sites • Site selection of low ecological succession • Restoration v. creation • Preservation

  8. Recommendations • Flexible geographic service areas • Increase MBRT effectiveness • Guidance on FHWA funds for banks • Functional assessment methods • R/T for plant control/management • Promote success stories • Clarify the definition of a "bank"

  9. Just to be clear, I am not their mother

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