Determination of Section 404 Permit and Habitat Mitigation Requirements

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• 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:
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Ecosystems
  • Hazard mitigation
  • Restoration ecology
  • Riparian
  • Restoration
  • Mitigation
  • Section 404
  • Arizona
  • ADOT
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-PL 1 (67) 589
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24975/dot_24975_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3fe6231995081862bfe0713f68899048465e95810eaf3e3b8ec36ddaf2b1ea93