New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7A - FRESHWATER WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT RULES
Subchapter 11 - MITIGATION
Section 7:7A-11.14 - Requirements for credit purchase from an approved mitigation bank

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:7A-11.14

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) If the Department determines that credit purchase is the appropriate mitigation alternative, the Department shall evaluate the values and functions lost as a result of the impacts and determine the number of credits required to ensure that the mitigation results in wetlands, State open waters, or transition areas of equal functions and values to those lost.

(b) The mitigator shall prepare and execute all documents necessary to ensure that the credits have been purchased from a Department-approved mitigation bank with available credits.

(c) The Department shall determine mitigation through credit purchase successful upon receipt of documentation from the permittee that the credit purchase was made as required. Documentation shall include a written certification from the mitigation bank operator, indicating the number of credits purchased and the Department permit number.

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