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Custom Mitiation Solutions
For many projects, the permitting process may be lengthy and complex and often multi-jurisdictional. The highly multi-disciplinary team at RES is experienced at developing custom mitigation solutions to suit your needs for such projects. Custom mitigation may be appropriate for such projects as:
- Linear projects crossing multiple Corps districts
- Project locations with many interested regulatory parties spanning Federal, State, County/Parish and Municipal agencies
- Projects where mitigation banks may not satisfy demand for credits
- Projects with large, future projected impacts
- Projects with complexities such as mitigation for migratory bird species or threatened or endangered species
- Projects with substantial financial and administrative requirements
- Projects requiring specific contracting or subcontracting terms
- Custom mitigation can save clients millions of dollars compared to traditional mitigation alternatives.
- Clients can focus on their project rather than devoting a large amount of time and resources dealing with mitigation issues during the permitting process.
- Clients need not worry about lingering mitigation requirements such as management, monitoring and reporting once the permit is issued for the project.
- Clients can be assured that they will have sufficient mitigation for projects and not be concerned about the mitigation credit availability or the uncertainty of mitigation credit costs.
RES Custom Mitigation Solutions include project coordination with all state and federal agencies, supply of appropriate financial assurances, execution of restoration work, and delivery of management, monitoring and reporting of the project to the appropriate state and federal agencies. RES will assume the liability for management and success of the project-specific mitigation. No other entity in the region has harnessed all of these resources, a suite of services, under one roof.
RES will use a six-point approach to provide the
turnkey project-specific mitigation services. These services
include:
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Land Acquisition
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Project Planning and Design
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Project Implementation
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Monitoring and Maintenance
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Financial Assurances
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Long-Term Protective
Instrument
RES's experienced land acquisition team identifies and acquires land in the appropriate watershed(s) in an expeditious and cost-effective manner. We take into consideration specific species and habitat needs to meet your project goals.
RES deploys resources to obtain baseline conditions, design appropriate restoration solutions, and incorporate these into a mitigation plan which the applicant may submit to the Corps and other appropriate regulators.
RES, on behalf of the permit applicant, coordinates the submittal of the mitigation plan to the Corps and conducts all necessary liaisons with the Corps regarding the submittal such as meetings, site visits, conference calls, and the like.
RES provides all services necessary to implement the project as prescribed in the project plan. This includes site preparation, tree planting, and post planting maintenance including as noxious and invasive species control. RES performs all necessary work to implement hydrology restoration measures including ditch plugs, filling ditches and/or drains, levee management, and stream bank restructuring.
RES deploys resources on a scheduled basis to perform monitoring of the project in accordance with a monitoring plan and schedule as described in the project report. RES documents the results of the monitoring effort in a detailed monitoring report which can be submitted to the Corps. The report identifies conditions and in the event of short falls in performance, describes the nature of the situation and corrective actions to be taken to remedy the situation. RES provides all necessary services to implement any corrective action that must be taken.
RES delivers all financial assurances which may be required by the Corps for project implementation including both short-term and long-term financial assurance. Short-term assurance insures the project success as measured by initial, interim, and long-term success criteria whereas long-term assurances maintain a principle by which the interest may be used for long-term management of the property.
A Third-Party non-profit conservation organization will be named to hold a conservation servitude on the project site. Their role is to provide annual inspection and subsequent reporting to the Corps to insure that the site is being maintained for its intended use as a mitigation project. Although the organization will hold the servitude RES will still serve as the manager and long-term steward of the project site.
RES has delivered – on time and within budget -- custom mitigation solutions for oil and gas companies, midstream gathering firms, pipeline companies, transmission projects and other commercial and government clients. Ask us what we can do to help you solve your project’s mitigation challenges!
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