Benefits to Regulatory Community

  • Interagency approval of mitigation offset prior to impact through Mitigation Bank Instrument – all signatory agencies have concurred with the value of mitigation credits and how they are established and used


  • The mitigation bank must remain in compliance with all Federal, State and Local laws and regulations for credits to be available for use


  • Guarantee that mitigation occurs prior to project impacts


  • Ecologically advantageous to have one large project occurring at a landscape scale as opposed to smaller sites that often fail


  • Mitigation projects occur within a regional/watershed basis using Best Available Science to ensure that watershed goals restoration objectives are being met


  • Operational opportunity to streamline and consolidate review of performance and compliance of mitigation site


  • Financial assurances and certainty about project performance over life of project