Why Approved Mitigation Credits Matter to Your Project

Planning with regulatory certainty and long-term watershed outcomes in mind

When a project creates unavoidable impacts to wetlands or streams, the mitigation solution matters. Choosing approved mitigation bank credits can provide greater regulatory certainty, reduce project risk, and help keep the permitting process moving forward.

Approved credits are not simply future promises of restoration. They are generated through a mitigation bank that has undergone detailed review by the Interagency Review Team, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other regulatory agencies. This process evaluates the bank's restoration plan, ecological goals, financial assurances, monitoring requirements, and long-term management responsibilities.

For permit applicants, approved credits offer several important advantages:

Greater regulatory certainty: Credits have been reviewed and authorized for use within an established Geographic Service Area.
Reduced mitigation risk: The mitigation bank sponsor assumes responsibility for completing, monitoring, and maintaining the restoration work.
A more efficient permitting process: Purchasing credits can eliminate the need to design and manage a separate permittee-responsible mitigation project.
Measurable environmental benefits: Credit releases are tied to established milestones and ecological performance standards.
Watershed-scale restoration: Mitigation banks consolidate restoration into larger, professionally managed projects that can provide greater ecological value than smaller, isolated mitigation sites.

Cloverland Farm Mitigation Bank has received formal approval from the Norfolk District Interagency Review Team. Located along Broad Run in northern Virginia, the bank is designed to restore and enhance stream and wetland resources within the Potomac River Basin. Although credits are not yet available, this approval represents an important step toward providing a future source of high-quality compensatory mitigation.

Important: Credit releases will occur only after applicable regulatory requirements and performance milestones have been satisfied. Once credits become available, permit applicants will need to confirm that their project falls within the bank's approved Geographic Service Area and that the appropriate credit type and quantity are available.

Planning a future project with unavoidable stream or wetland impacts? Contact Cloverland Farm Mitigation Bank to learn more about the bank, its Geographic Service Area, and anticipated future credit availability.

Cloverland Farm Mitigation Bank Receives Final Approval from the Norfolk IRT