Determination of Section 404 Permit and Habitat Mitigation Requirements

Details

• Creators:
  Martinsen, Greg ; Wade, Timothy ; Balluff, Tricia
• Corporate Creators:
  EcoPlan Associates, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Arizona. Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  ADOT Arizona Ecosystems Habitat (Ecology) Hazard Mitigation Mitigation Restoration Restoration Ecology Riparian Section 404
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-AZ-12-589 ; 07-035
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Arizona
• Edition:
  Final report; May 2007-Dec. 2011.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Arizona. Department of Transportation. Research Center
• Abstract:
  The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is committed to developing habitat, mitigation,
  
  monitoring, and maintenance plans that replace the loss of the functions and values of an area and
  
  are self-sustaining, thereby providing long-term compensation for habitat adversely affected by ADOT
  
  construction activities. This study focuses on identifying administrative and biological criteria that are
  
  important to the success or failure of mitigation and/or restoration projects and developing
  
  recommendations from these criteria. Files on ADOT and non-ADOT riparian habitat restoration and
  
  mitigation projects were obtained from several sources and were reviewed for project applicability to
  
  the study goals. Thirty-four sites were selected for further analysis. In addition, employees from the
  
  Corps and ADOT were interviewed to gain a realistic perspective. A review of project files, associated
  
  site data sheets, and analysis of the interview results yielded mitigation practices and a variety of
  
  administrative and biological problems commonly associated with restoration projects in Arizona.
  
  More specifically, the problems are associated with ADOT mitigation projects for which Clean Water
  
  Act Section 404 permits are involved. Recommendations based on analysis of these problems, review
  
  of applicable peer-reviewed literature, and research team expertise, are offered in this report to aid
  
  future ADOT projects and all future restoration projects in Arizona, regardless of the agency or
  
  organization undertaking the restoration of riparian areas.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-PL 1 (67) 589
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3fe6231995081862bfe0713f68899048465e95810eaf3e3b8ec36ddaf2b1ea93
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24975/dot_24975_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB ]