Compensatory Mitigation: Improving Success Under Changing Circumstances: Funded by an EPA Wetland Programs Development Grant, ELI has produced a report examining whether and how compensatory mitigation providers have considered climate and changing conditions in their projects. This report is a resource for the compensatory mitigation industry—including In-Lieu Fee Program sponsors, mitigation bankers, EPA, and the Army Corps—as it continues to confront the challenges of developing self-sustaining mitigation projects in the face of climate change.
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Table of Contents
- Climate Change and Compensatory Mitigation_Final_08.13.24 1 1
- Acknowledgements_Final 2
- Climate Change and Compensatory Mitigation_Final Word Doc_08.26.24 3
- Introduction 4
- Regulatory and Policy Background 7
- Methodology 12
- Questionnaires 12
- Conversations with Providers 14
- Document Review 14
- Conversations with the Corps and EPA 16
- Analysis 16
- Site Selection 17
- Compensation Planning Frameworks 24
- Project Design 27
- Monitoring and Performance Standards 31
- Credit Determination 38
- Financial Assurances 43
- Adaptive Management 45
- Force Majeure 49
- Long-Term Management 53
- Other Incorporations of Climate Change 58
- Key Findings 59
- Conclusion 64
- Appendix 1: Questionnaires 66
- Appendix 2: Guiding Questions for Conversations 70
