A new report from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and Stetson University College of Law outlines the wide range of approaches and practices currently in use by ILF programs across the United States. The goals of the informative report were to support program oversight and effectiveness in order to ultimately improve the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.
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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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