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Hood Canal Coordinating Council HCCC In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Program Alliance for a Healthy South Sound March 25, 2015
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ILF Mitigation Program A voluntary program that provides a mechanism for compensatory mitigation for unavoidable adverse impacts to aquatic resources
Transcript of Alliance for a Healthy South Sound March 25, 2015.
Hood Canal Coordinating Council
HCCC In-Lieu Fee Mitigation
Program
Alliance for a Healthy South SoundMarch 25, 2015
ILF Mitigation Program HCCC is a watershed based Council of
GovernmentsEstablished in 1985 and is
501(c)3 non-profit corporationBoard of Directors:
Jefferson / Kitsap /Mason countiesSkokomish Tribal Nation
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
ILF Mitigation Program
A voluntary program that provides a mechanism for
compensatory mitigation for unavoidable adverse impacts to
aquatic resources
ILF Mitigation Program Authorized 2012 by Corps, Ecology, EPAprovide greater ecological benefit to
Hood Canal watershed than through permittee responsible mitigation ‐
maximizing the benefit to Hood Canal ecosystem
accomplishing conservation and stewardship goals of the HCCC
ILF Mitigation Program
Goal: no net loss of aquatic functions and values through
RestorationEnhancementPreservation
Establishment
Advantages of ILF Mitigation versus Permittee responsible
• Site protected in perpetuity • Long-term stewardship required and
funded within credit sale• Assurance to regulators that suitable
mitigation will be completed, monitored for ecological lift, maintained and stewarded in perpetuity
Coverage AreaPortions of Jefferson, Mason and Kitsap counties – drainage areas entering Hood Canal marine area
Freshwater Service AreasPortions of the following WRIAs that drain to Hood Canal
•WRIA 15•WRIA 16 and 14b•WRIA 17
Marine/Nearshore Service Area•encompasses marine riparian zone•northern boundary: line from Foulweather Bluff to Tala Point and Port Ludlow•Southern extent to Union River estuary
Watershed Characterization roster site identification process –freshwater and nearshore
Freshwater – Ecology’s Watershed CharacterizationAssessments: water flow, water quality, freshwater
habitats & terrestrial habitatsNearshore - Watershed Characterization - shoreline
habitat valuePSNERP – beaches strategy
County Regulatory and Policy Framework• Shoreline Master Program• Critical Areas Ordinance
Raising the bar on mitigation standards• The “true cost” of mitigation• Sites protected in perpetuity
