logging in or signing up NOAA Fisheries NMFS Jolene Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 121 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: December 28, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript NOAA Fisheries’ Role in the Permitting Process: NOAA Fisheries’ Role in the Permitting ProcessWho We Are: Who We Are Responsible for protecting habitat important to Federally managed marine fishery species Commenting agency on Corps Clean Water Act Section 404 permits Handle all Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consultations in LouisianaEssential Fish Habitat (EFH): Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Habitat necessary for spawning, breeding, feeding, and/or growth to maturity Designated for Federally managed marine fishery speciesEssential Fish Habitat (EFH): Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Shrimp, red drum, reef fish, mackerels, highly migratory species Wetlands, estuaries, SAV, offshore areas EFH Consultation: EFH Consultation NOAA Fisheries reviews permit application If adverse impacts likely, NOAA Fisheries required to submit EFH Conservation Recommendations or other recommendations to the Corps The Corps must respond in writing to EFH Conservation Recommendations to conclude consultation Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Complete, accurate, and legible application materials Follow the instructions!!! Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Legible maps Complete drawings of project features with accurate dimensions Location of project footprint in relation to wetlands Elevations of existing and created features relative to a datum [NGVD or NAVD88] Photos of the project area, if available Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Clear purpose and need for the project Note any mitigative measures that are a part of the project in the permit application Mitigation =: Mitigation = 1. Avoidance 2. Minimization 3. Compensation1. Avoidance: 1. Avoidance Is the project needed? Is the project in the overall public interest? Is the project water-dependent?If not...: If not... The Clean Water Act assumes less damaging alternatives existIf the project is both water dependent AND in the overall public interest...: If the project is both water dependent AND in the overall public interest...2. Minimization: 2. Minimization How can the project be reconfigured to allow the applicant to fulfill basic purpose but minimize impacts?How to minimize?: How to minimize? Directional drilling/backfill pipeline ditch to marsh elevation Limit airboat and tracked equipment passage over wetland areas Repair damage to banklines Replant marsh vegetation on all impacted areas Beneficial use of spoil materialOther Recommendations: Other Recommendations Ground and aerial surveys of project area Should identify total area of the project impacting marsh Should identify any portions of the project area not returned to pre-project conditions Interagency field inspection 30 days after post impact survey (if necessary)Compensation is...: Compensation is... still required for the remaining impacts, after avoidance and minimization to the maximum extent practicable Types of compensatory mitigation: Types of compensatory mitigation Marsh creation/terracing Vegetative plantings Banks and/or banking areas In-lieu fees Ratios: Ratios For marsh creation and/or terracing projects, 1.25 : 1 based primarily on temporal loss of fishery functionIn-lieu fee donation : In-lieu fee donation $18,000 per acre of impactTHANK YOU! Contact Information:: THANK YOU! Contact Information: Kelly Shotts National Marine Fisheries Service c/o LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 389-0508 Kelly.Shotts@noaa.gov You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
NOAA Fisheries NMFS Jolene Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 121 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: December 28, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript NOAA Fisheries’ Role in the Permitting Process: NOAA Fisheries’ Role in the Permitting ProcessWho We Are: Who We Are Responsible for protecting habitat important to Federally managed marine fishery species Commenting agency on Corps Clean Water Act Section 404 permits Handle all Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consultations in LouisianaEssential Fish Habitat (EFH): Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Habitat necessary for spawning, breeding, feeding, and/or growth to maturity Designated for Federally managed marine fishery speciesEssential Fish Habitat (EFH): Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Shrimp, red drum, reef fish, mackerels, highly migratory species Wetlands, estuaries, SAV, offshore areas EFH Consultation: EFH Consultation NOAA Fisheries reviews permit application If adverse impacts likely, NOAA Fisheries required to submit EFH Conservation Recommendations or other recommendations to the Corps The Corps must respond in writing to EFH Conservation Recommendations to conclude consultation Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Complete, accurate, and legible application materials Follow the instructions!!! Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Legible maps Complete drawings of project features with accurate dimensions Location of project footprint in relation to wetlands Elevations of existing and created features relative to a datum [NGVD or NAVD88] Photos of the project area, if available Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Permit Review - What we need: Permit Review - What we need Clear purpose and need for the project Note any mitigative measures that are a part of the project in the permit application Mitigation =: Mitigation = 1. Avoidance 2. Minimization 3. Compensation1. Avoidance: 1. Avoidance Is the project needed? Is the project in the overall public interest? Is the project water-dependent?If not...: If not... The Clean Water Act assumes less damaging alternatives existIf the project is both water dependent AND in the overall public interest...: If the project is both water dependent AND in the overall public interest...2. Minimization: 2. Minimization How can the project be reconfigured to allow the applicant to fulfill basic purpose but minimize impacts?How to minimize?: How to minimize? Directional drilling/backfill pipeline ditch to marsh elevation Limit airboat and tracked equipment passage over wetland areas Repair damage to banklines Replant marsh vegetation on all impacted areas Beneficial use of spoil materialOther Recommendations: Other Recommendations Ground and aerial surveys of project area Should identify total area of the project impacting marsh Should identify any portions of the project area not returned to pre-project conditions Interagency field inspection 30 days after post impact survey (if necessary)Compensation is...: Compensation is... still required for the remaining impacts, after avoidance and minimization to the maximum extent practicable Types of compensatory mitigation: Types of compensatory mitigation Marsh creation/terracing Vegetative plantings Banks and/or banking areas In-lieu fees Ratios: Ratios For marsh creation and/or terracing projects, 1.25 : 1 based primarily on temporal loss of fishery functionIn-lieu fee donation : In-lieu fee donation $18,000 per acre of impactTHANK YOU! Contact Information:: THANK YOU! Contact Information: Kelly Shotts National Marine Fisheries Service c/o LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 389-0508 Kelly.Shotts@noaa.gov