This new white paper for regional use by NEBA Members highlights suggestions for improving the Clean Water Act permitting process across the U.S.
The consistent, transparent enforcement of existing rules, with just a few added clarifications, will vastly improve permitting times, trigger substantial private investment in environmental restoration, and contribute to increased job growth in the private sector.
Recommendations made in this report promote investment in environmental restoration by private industry and were compiled by experienced mitigation bankers with many decades of experience on behalf of The National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA), the largest organization in the space, representing hundreds of mitigation bankers across the U.S.
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 This mindset is not only outdated—it is actively harmful to both outcomes.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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