Sponsored by:
City of Eugene
Federal Highway Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Division of State Lands
Port of Portland
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington Department of Ecology
Facilitated by:
Environmental Law Institute
July 29-31, 2003
Portland, OR
Optional Day One Activities*
- Field Trip to Area Mitigation Sites - Guided by the Port of Portland
- A Regional Perspective
- Washington State Wetlands and Results of Mitigation Success Studies
- Patricia Johnson, Washington Department of Ecology
- Lauren Driscoll, Washington Department of Ecology
- Washington State Wetlands and Results of Mitigation Success Studies
- Session I - Review and Discussion of Completed Action Items
- Guidance on the Use of the TEA-21 Preference for Mitigation Banking to Fulfill Mitigation Requirements Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
- Mary Gray, Federal Highway Administration
- City of Eugene's Wetland Mitigation Program
- Eric Wold, City of Eugene
- Mitigation Regulatory Guidance Letter (RGL 02-2)
- Michael Rabbe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Grants to Improve Compensatory Mitigation
- Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Guidance on the Use of the TEA-21 Preference for Mitigation Banking to Fulfill Mitigation Requirements Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
* Audio recordings not available for Day One
Day Two
- Welcome
- John Meagher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- John Lilly, Oregon Division of State Lands
- Session II: Review and Discussion of Action Items Currently in Draft Form
- Draft Guidance on the Use of Off-Site and Out-of-Kind Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
- Susan-Marie Stedman, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Audio recording
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Susan-Marie Stedman, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Draft Adaptation of NAS Guidelines to the Clean Water Act Section 404 Program
- Mark Sudol, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Draft Guidance on the Use of Off-Site and Out-of-Kind Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
- Session III: Review and Discussion of Items in Progress in 2003
- Model Mitigation Plan Checklist
- Bob Brumbaugh, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Kathryn Harris, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Technical Guidance on Stream Mitigation Protocols
- Michael Rabbe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Mitigation Site Performance Standards Review and Analysis
- Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Mitigation Site Tracking Database Evaluation
- Mark Sudol, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Model Mitigation Plan Checklist
Day Three
- Session IV: Review and Discussion of Items to be Completed in 2004-2005
- Guidance on the Appropriate Use of Preservation for Compensatory Mitigation
- Jeanette Gallihugh, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Guidance for Protecting Wetlands for which Mitigation, Restoration, or Creation is not Feasible or Scientifically Viable
- Susan-Marie Stedman, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Guidance for the Appropriate Use of Buffers as a Potential Component of Compensatory Mitigation
- Leander Brown, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Compensatory Mitigation and the Watershed Approach
- Joy Zedler, University of Wisconsin
- Guidance on the Appropriate Use of Preservation for Compensatory Mitigation
- Wrap-Up
- Mark Sudol, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Additional Links
- EPA, Wetlands Division - With links to policy and technical documents including: Regulatory Guidance Letter 02-2, TEA-21 Guidance Document, and the National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Program - Contains information about Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting, as well as Section 404 regulations, policy, and guidance
- NAS study: “Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act”
- GAO study: “Wetlands Protection: Assessments Needed to Determine Effectiveness of In-Lieu-Fee Mitigation”
- Washington Department of Ecology: Wetland Mitigation Study
- Washington Department of Ecology: Principles of Wetland Planning: A Tool for Evaluating Wetland Projects
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Study
- USACE IWR Study: “Review and Analysis of In Lieu Fee Mitigation in the CWA Section 404 Permit Program”
- Report by EPA Region 6 in Dallas
- ELI Wetland Mitigation Banking Study