Database Field Definitions

Wetland Mitigation Banks Database
Additional Financial Assurance Information:		Additional information about the financial assurances for the bank.
Additional Geographical Service Area Information:		Additional information about the geographical service area of the bank.
Amount of Financial Assurance:		Amount of financial assurances required from the bank sponsor.
Amount of Maintenance Assurance:		Amount of required financial assurance for maintenance.
Assurance Length:		Length of time that the financial assurances must be maintained.
Assurance Type:		Description of the type of required financial assurance for the bank.
Available Credits:		The number of credits available for release from the bank.
Available Credits Release Date:		The date on which the number of available credits was determined.
Bank Client:		General type of client who buys credits from the bank.
Bank Part of Regional Plan:		Whether or not the bank is part of a regional plan.
Bank Sponsored by State DOT:		Whether or not the bank is sponsored by a state department of transportation.
Bank Status:
		Approved - Active:	An approved bank that is authorized to sell credits.
		Approved - Soldout:	An approved bank that has sold all of its credits.
		Approved - Inactive:	An approved bank that is currently not authorized to sell credits due to a failure to meet performance goals, the expiration of financial assurances, or other such factors.
		Pending:	A bank with a prospectus that has been submitted to the appropriate agency for review and approval.
		Expired:	A bank that has been formally approved by the appropriate agency, but is never constructed and has not generated credits for sale.
Bank Type:
		Private Commercial:	A bank sponsored by a private entrepreneur with credits available for sale on the open market.
		Public Commercial:	A bank sponsored by public entities to compensate for wetland losses caused by a combination of public works projects and private development.
		Combination Public/Private:	A bank established by a combination of public and private agencies to compensate for permitted wetland losses. Credits may be available to public agencies or to the general public.
		Public:	A bank sponsored by a federal, state, or local entity that sells credits only to other public agencies.
		Single-Client:	A bank for which the sponsor is also the principal credit user or client.
Contingency Plans:		List of contingency plans or remedial actions and responsibilities if the bank does not perform.
Credit Cost per Acre:		The amount a credit costs per acre of wetland.
Credit Definition:		How credits are defined or assessed.
Debiting Activities:		Types of permitted activities that are authorized to debit the bank.
Definition Specified in Instrument:		Whether or not the success criteria are specified in the instrument that established the bank.
Estimated Cost:		The estimated cost for the long-term maintenance required for the bank.
Estimated Time:		The estimated length of time that the long-term maintenance will occur.
Financial Assurances:		Type of financial assurance required for bank establishment.
Geographic Service Area:		The area that the bank serves.
Instrument Type:		The type of instrument that authorized the establishment of the bank. MOA - Memorandum of Agreement, MOU - Memorandum of Understanding, Banking Instrument, Permit, Other.
Land Ownership:		Entity that owns the land on which the bank is located.
Land Ownership Upon Closure:		Entity that will own the bank after it closes.
Maintenance Assurance Length:		Length of time that the financial assurances must be maintained.
Maintenance Criteria:		List of criteria that a sponsor must meet to maintain the bank site.
Maintenance Date:		Date or milestone for start of maintenance period.
Maintenance Entity:		Entity responsible for long-term management.
Maintenance Obligations:		Long-term obligations for monitoring and maintenance of the bank.
Mitigation Banking Instrument:		The document that outlines the physical and legal characteristics of the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the wetland mitigation bank.
Monitoring Length:		Length of monitoring period for the bank.
Nondebiting Uplands:		Amount of upland acreage that cannot be used to generate credits.
Permit Number:		Permit number of permit issued with respect to the bank.
Prior Withdrawn Credits:		Whether or not credits can be sold before the bank is fully functioning.
Public Access:		Whether or not the public will have access to the site following the end of the operational phase of the bank.
Real Estate Provisions:		The type of legal protection required for the bank site. Also includes a description of the land ownership before the bank was established, i.e., agricultural land or state-owned land, and then the legal protection once the bank is established, i.e., fee title, title transfer, conservation easement.
Regional Plan Name:		The name of the regional plan of which the bank is a part.
Remediation or Enforcement:		Whether or not remedial or enforcement actions have been taken to correct operating deficiencies.
Remediation or Enforcement Type:		Type of remediation or enforcement action taken at the bank.
Source of Funding:		Source of funds for long-term maintenance.
Sponsor Activities:		Activities required to be undertaken by the bank sponsor, such as restoration of hydrology or extensive planting.
Stream:		Whether or not this bank provides stream mitigation.
Success Criteria:		Criteria bank must meet to be deemed successful under the authorizing instrument.
Total Acreage:		Acreage of bank including upland acreage (also known as buffers).
Total Credits:		Number of credits authorized by the banking instrument to be issued for the bank.
Unavailable Credits:		Number of credits unavailable for release from a bank, either because credits have been sold or because the bank is not yet authorized to release the credits.
Unavailable Credits Release Date:		The date on which the number of unavailable credits was determined.
Upland Acreage:		Amount of total acreage that consists of uplands.
Watershed:		The watershed in which the bank is located.
Withdrawal Stages:		A description of the stages or milestones when advanced withdrawal of the credits from the bank is permitted.
Umbrella Banks Database
Additional Financial Assurance Information:		Any additional financial assurances information.
Additional Geographical Service Area Information:		Additional information about the service area of the site.
Advance Sale Allowed:		Whether or not credits can be sold before the bank is fully functioning.
Advance Sale Specifics:		A description of the stages or milestones when advanced withdrawal is permitted.
Agreement Status:
		Approved - Active:	An approved site that is authorized to sell credits.
		Approved - Soldout:	An approved site that has sold all of its credits.
		Approved - Inactive:	An approved site that is currently not authorized to sell credits due to a failure to meet performance goals, the expiration of financial assurances, or other such factors.
		Pending:	A site with a prospectus that has been submitted to the appropriate agency for review and approval.
		Expired:	A site that has been formally approved by the appropriate agency, but is never constructed and has not generated credits for sale.
Agreement Type:
		Private Commercial:	A bank sponsored by a private entrepreneur with credits available for sale on the open market.
		Public Commercial:	A bank sponsored by public entities to compensate for wetland losses caused by a combination of public works projects and private development.
		Combination Public/Private:	A bank established by a combination of public and private agencies to compensate for permitted wetland losses. Credits may be available to public agencies or to the general public.
		Public:	A bank sponsored by a federal, state, or local entity that sells credits only to other public agencies.
		Single-Client:	A bank for which the sponsor is also the principal credit user or client.
Amount of Maintenance Assurance:		Amount of required financial assurance for maintenance.
Assurance Length:		Length of time that the financial assurances must be maintained.
Authorizing Legislation:		Legislation that authorizes establishment of umbrella bank program in the state.
Available as of:		The date on which the number of available credits was determined.
Available Credits:		Number of credits available for release.
Contingency Plans:		List of contingency plans or remedial actions and responsibilities if bank does not perform.
Credit Cost per Acre:		The amount a credit costs per acre of wetland.
Credit Definition:		How credits are defined or assessed for the bank.
Debiting Activities:		Types of permitted activities that are authorized to debit the bank.
Estimated Cost:		The estimated cost for the long-term maintenance required for the bank.
Estimated Time:		The estimated length of time that the long-term maintenance will occur.
Financial Assurance for Long-Term Maintenance and Monitoring:		Type of financial assurance required for bank establishment.
Financial Assurance Type:		Description of the type of required financial assurance for the bank.
Funding Source:		Source of funds for long-term maintenance of the bank.
Geographic Service Area:		Areas that the site serves.
In-Kind/Out-of-Kind Specifications:		Specifics found in the umbrella agreement with regards to in-kind/out-of-kind requirements for mitigating for loss of wetlands.
Instrument Type:		Type of document that authorizes establishment of the site.
Land Ownership:		Entity that owns the land on which the bank is located.
Length of Monitoring Period and/or Long-Term Management:		The length of the monitoring period and/or long-term management for the bank sites.
Long-Term Land Ownership:		Entity that will own the site after it closes.
Management Entity:		Entity responsible for long-term management.
Maintenance Assurance Length:		Length of time that the financial assurances must be maintained.
Maintenance Criteria:		List of criteria that a sponsor must meet to maintain the bank site.
Maintenance Date:		Date or milestone for start of maintenance period.
Maintenance Requirements:		Long-term obligations for maintenance of the site.
Monitoring Length:		Length of monitoring period.
Monitoring Requirements:		Long-term obligations for monitoring of the site.
Nondebiting Uplands:		Amount of upland acreage that cannot be used to generate credits.
Permit Number:		Permit number of permit issued with respect to the bank.
Public Access:		Whether or not the public will have access to the site following the end of the operational phase of the site.
Real Estate Provisions:		The type of legal protection required for the bank. Also includes a description of the land ownership before the bank was established, i.e., agricultural land or state-owned land, and then the legal protection once the bank is established, i.e., fee title, title transfer, conservation easement.
Remediation or Enforcement:		Whether or not any remedial or enforcement actions have been taken to correct operating deficiencies.
Replacement Ratios:		The proportional requirements for replacing wetlands that are permitted for fill.
Site Clients:		List general type of client who buys credits from the site.
Site Selection Criteria:		Criteria to be followed when selecting bank sites under the umbrella agreement.
Sites Used to Compensate for 404 Impacts:		Whether or not the sites can be used to compensate for section 404 impacts.
Sold as of:		The date on which the number of sold credits was determined.
Sold Credits:		The number of credits that have been sold.
Specified in Instrument:		Whether or not the success criteria are specified in the instrument that established the bank.
Sponsor Activities:		Activities required to be undertaken by the bank sponsor, such as restoration of hydrology or extensive planting.
Stream:		Whether or not this bank provides stream mitigation.
Success Criteria:		Criteria site must meet to be deemed successful under the authorizing instrument.
Total Acreage:		Acreage of site including upland acreage (also known as buffers).
Total Acres Approved:		Total acreage for all sites approved under the umbrella agreement, including sold-out sites.
Total Credits:		Number of credits authorized by the banking instrument.
Total Sites Approved:		Total number of sites approved under the umbrella agreement, including sold-out sites.
Umbrella Banking Agreement:		A banking instrument sponsored by a single entity to establish and operate a regional mitigation banking program with multiple bank sites.
Upland Acreage:		Amount of total acreage that consists of uplands.
Upland Credit Availability:		Whether or not credits can be given for uplands.
In-Lieu-Fee Database
Administrator:		Entity that administers the in-lieu-fee program.
Completed Projects:		In-lieu-fee mitigation sites where constuction has been completed, though the site may still be under monitoring requirements.
Date of Information:		Date by which information on funding was obtained.
Delineated Service Areas:		Does the program have delineated service areas.
Description of Service Area:		Description of area that the in-lieu-fee program serves.
Entity Holding Fund:		Entity responsible for collecting and spending in-lieu-fee funds.
Fee Amount Calculated:		Explains how the fee amount is calculated and by whom it is collected.
Funds to Date:		Amount of funds collected since inception of the in-lieu-fee program.
In-Lieu-Fee Agreement:		The document that formally establishes an agreement between a regulatory agency (state, federal or local) and a single sponsor, generally a public agency or non-profit organization, whereby the mitigation sponsor agrees to undertake programmatic in-lieu-fee mitigation.
Legal Authority:		Lists the legal authority for establishing the in-lieu-fee program.
Pending Projects:		Mitigation sites that have been proposed but are not yet approved.
Permitted Expenditures:		Categories of items on which the sponsor can spend the collected fees.
Program Type:
		Corps:	An in-lieu-fee program approved by and administered by the Corps.
		State:	An in-lieu-fee program administered primarily by a state agency
		Local:	An in-lieu-fee program administered primarily by a local entity, such as a county government.
Program Status:
		Active:	An agreement between a regulatory entity and a sponsor that has been approved by the parties to collect funds and provide compensatory mitigation. The sponsor may not yet have collected funds but is approved to do so.
		Pending:	A proposed agreement between a regulatory entity and sponsor that has not yet been approved by the regulatory agency to collect funds and conduct mitigation.
Protection Mechanisms:		The legal protection required for the in-lieu-fee sites.
Replacement Ratio:		The required replacement ratio for the in-lieu-fee program.
Replacement Ratio Determined:		Lists who determines the replacement ratio and/or explains how it is determined.
Sponsor:		Entity that sponsors the in-lieu-fee program and undertakes the required mitigation.
Sponsor Requirements:		Lists any requirements necessary for sponsoring an in-lieu-fee site.
Stream:		Does this program accept mitigation for stream impacts.
Success Criteria:		Criteria site must meet to be deemed successful under the authorizing instrument.
Total Acres of Permitted Losses:		Total acres of impacted wetlands permitted to be mitigated through the in-lieu-fee program.
Total Acres Replaced:		Total acres that have been restored, created, enhanced, or preserved under the in-lieu-fee program.
Total Feet of Permitted Losses:		Total feet of impacted wetlands permitted to be mitigated through the in-lieu-fee program.
Total Feet Replaced:		Total feet that have been restored, created, enhanced, or preserved under the in-lieu-fee program.
Cite: Environmental Law Institute. 2002. “Banks and Fees: The Status of Off-Site Wetland Mitigation In the United States” Washington, DC: Environmental Law Institute. <www.eli.org/Program_Areas/WMB>. July 2002.