Assessing the Potential of Creating a Stream Mitigation Bank on the Tar River
Abstract
Development projects discharging fill material into any U.S. navigable waters require
approval under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and must show that steps were taken
to avoid environmental impacts. Unavoidable impacts require compensatory action to
mitigate environmental loss. Mitigation banking serves as an outlet to provide compensatory
mitigation to offset those environmental impacts on streams and wetlands. The Tar
River Land Conservancy, a land trust in North Carolina focused on preserving the natural
ecosystem on the Tar River basin, is interested in the prospectus of creating a mitigation
bank. Three main objectives of the project include 1) identifying and ranking sites
suitable for a mitigation bank, 2) conducting a literature review to determine liabilities/pitfalls
of mitigation banking and develop recommendations to overcome the challenges, and
3) identifying elemental factors to creating a sustainable business plan that also
contributes to the mission of the land trust. The findings aim to assist the decision-making
process for the client to ascertain the potential of pursing the business endeavor.
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Yang, Cha; & Yang, Nuoer (2015). Assessing the Potential of Creating a Stream Mitigation Bank on the Tar River. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9697.Collections
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