D.
Appropriate mitigation
process to compensate for losses
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1. Outreach ·
Marina guidelines ·
Mitigation/compensation
guidelines ·
SEAS ·
VIMS educational
programs ·
Watershed based
regional offices - DCR ·
Wetland and dunes
guidelines ·
2. Regulation · CBLAD · Dunes permitting · Subaqueous lands permitting · Local Zoning · Non-tidal wetlands program - DEQ ·
Tidal Wetlands
Act (VMRC/ local gov’t) N/A 3. Monitoring ·
4. Planning/coordination · Chesapeake Bay Agreement 2000 ·
5. Research · Comprehensive Coastal Inventory -VIMS N/A |
MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach ·
Develop
compensation/mitigation guidance/standards for local governments ·
Expand regional technical
support staffs to assist local governments (consider PDCs) 2. Regulation ·
Expand regional
technical resources for regulatory program support (e.g. PDCs as mitigation
bank managers) 3. Authority ·
Increase use of
in-lieu fees for mitigation/compensation ·
Require local
implementation of state standards for regulatory processes (include state
oversight) 4. Monitoring ·
5. Planning/coordination ·
Ensure compensation of cumulative impacts through management/
coordination of individual project requirements 6. Research · Expand knowledge of development impacts on coastal systems (particularly shoreline structures, and riparian land use conversions). 7. Definition of management targets ·
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