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NC-2009 SSc1:Site Selection

Habitat?

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Jonathan Weiss
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I am working on a project that is the habitat for a state listed species, and the project team has an elaborate mitigation plan to protect the species and nesting areas - post development there will be large areas of naturally landscaped habitat restored and usable, so the mitigation is to protect the species during construction - does anyone have experience with this as an alternate method of compliance, or is this just a "no."?

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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:58

Jonathan, this seems like an unusual situation—not one that I have experience with. My educated guess would be that this kind of path would not work for SSc1, particularly when you consider that aspects of what you are describing sound a lot like something you could get credit for under SSc5.1.
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Steve Loppnow
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Sun, 02/26/2012 - 23:11

As you suggest, it sounds like the answer is no. You could make your case via a CIR, but it sounds like your approach doesn't meet the credit intent. The mitigation and restoration sounds like the right approach otherwise.
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Ameet AA
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Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:33

Hi Jonathan Any update on this credit for your project as i am facing similar situation and any help would be appreciated! Thank you

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