Palmer Hough and Rachel Harrington of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), writing in January’s Environmental Law Reporter reflect on the past decade’s progress and the significant collective efforts of “mitigation practitioners, private-sector entrepreneurs, conservation organizations, scientists, and regulators in improving 1. 33 U.S.C. §§1251-1387, §1344, ELR Stat. FWPCA §§101-607.”
Hough was the USEPA’s lead author on the 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule, which was developed jointly with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He currently serves as EPA’s national lead on wetland, stream, and other aquatic resource mitigation.
The report documents the growth in mitigation banking, increases in credit transactions, time savings for permittees using mitigation credits and the fact that more permittees are using mitigation credits to offset unavoidable impacts. A fascinating report written by folks who truly understand the industry. Read More via NEBA’s Reports Page