The National Environmental Banking Association recently provided comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) relating to Waters of the United States (WOTUS) in response to member requests. The positions outlined are intended to help in practically guiding the now controversial rules and regulations. "NEBA supports all efforts to streamline and reduce the burdens on private and public permittees under WOTUS and believes the best method to address this issue is to provide consistent and transparent guidelines for determining jurisdictional waters of the U.S. including wetlands..."
A newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is shining a spotlight on a concern many in the mitigation banking industry have raised for years: inconsistent implementation of the federal compensatory mitigation program across U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts. Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Corps requires compensatory mitigation when permitted
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For too long, environmental policy debates have been framed around a false and unproductive premise: that economic growth and environmental protection are inherently at odds. This mindset is not only outdated—it is actively harmful to both outcomes. Mitigation banking offers a clear path forward. By design, it aligns economic incentives with ecological restoration, proving that well-functioning
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