Using Preservation Alone for Compensation Clause Samples

Using Preservation Alone for Compensation. Preservation alone shall only be used as compensatory mitigation in exceptional cases. Preservation alone shall not apply if impacts are occurring to functions that must be replaced on site, such as flood storage or water quality treatment that need to be replicated by water quality measures implemented within the project limits. Preservation alone shall only be considered in the following circumstance: i. The impacts shall be unavoidable; and ii. All requirements listed in a) above for using preservation in combination, are met; and iii. The impact site is providing minimal functions, (or is isolated and significantly degraded); and iv. The impacts occur to relatively small sites; and v. There are no adverse impacts to fish habitat functions; and vi. There is no net loss of habitat functions within the watershed; and vii. The proposed preservation site is high quality and at risk, as defined above; and viii. Higher mitigation ratios are applied.