Mitigation and conservation bankers will tell you that they are among those businesses most heavily regulated by federal and state environmental agencies. This despite the fact that the end result of these mitigation efforts is ecological restoration.
That’s one of the reasons that the National Environmental Banking Association was built – to provide a trusted voice to the concerns and issues of thousands of mitigation and conservation banks across the regulated community.
If you’ve not taken time to review some of NEBA’s recent actions on behalf of the industry regarding environmental permit streamlining, MBI processing timelines, the WOTUS rule and much, much more, please take a moment now. >See Reports
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The mitigation banking industry is at a pivotal moment. Regulatory shifts, evolving interpretations of the 2008 Mitigation Rule, and increasing pressure from alternative mitigation programs are reshaping the landscape. In this environment, a unified voice is not just beneficial—it’s essential. That’s where membership in the National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA) makes a difference.
Read MoreAccording to US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) data, there are more than 8 million Advance Mitigation Credits sitting on the ledgers of the many dozens of In-Lieu Fee (ILF) Programs across the United States today, nearly all of which are exempt from any financial assurance that the mitigation projects will actually be performed.
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