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Emerging Law and Regulations Affecting Mitigation Banking
Wayne E. Flowers, Esq.
Presented at Ecological & Environmental Mitigation Banking Conference
November 9, 2012
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Mitigation Bank Credits – the Preferred Mitigation Option
40 CFR §§230.91-230.98• Mitigation Should Be:
– Located in same watershed as impact– Located where loss function can be most successfully
replaced
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Mitigation Bank Credits – the Preferred Mitigation Option, cont’d
40 CFR §290.93(b) – Priority of Options1. Mitigation Bank Credits2. In lieu fee programs3. Permittee – responsible mitigation under a watershed
approach4. Permittee – responsible mitigation through on-site and in-
kind mitigation5. Permittee – responsible mitigation through off-site and/or in-
kind mitigation
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Reasons for Preference
• Approved plan• Real estate and financial assurances• Mitigation in place and successful before impacts occur• No time lag; no temporal loss• Less uncertainty
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Caveats
• Bank must be in same watershed as impacts• Type for type
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2012 Florida - USACOE Interagency Agreement
• Covers procedures where ERP and §404 permits overlap
• Joint application• Water quality certifications
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2012 Florida – USACOE Interagency Agreement
• IRT Procedures for Mitigation Bank Permit Applications• Mitigation Site Protection
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Mitigation Site Protection
• Allows grant to FDEP/WMD • Corps given authority to enforce, inspect, etc.• 60 day notice of any action to amend or release• Notice to Corps of any violations
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Denial of Mitigation Bank Permit as Regulatory Taking
Heart’s Bluff Ranch, Inc. v. United States• Heart’s Bluff buys 4,000 acres after being “assured” by Corps
land was suitable for permitting as mitigation bank• Corps ultimately denies mitigation bank permit application• Heart’s Bluff sues United States for regulatory taking
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Did Government Take Heart’s Bluff’s Property When it Denied
Mitigation Bank Permit Application?
• Court said “no”• Heart’s Bluff did not have property interest subject to 5th
Amendment because mitigation banking instrument is not “an inherent stick in a land owner’s bundle.”
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• Landowner had no capacity to develop bank absent Corps approval
• Heart’s Bluff was not disturbed in the use of its property• Corps’ action didn’t diminish rights Heart’s Bluff had the day it
purchased the property
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Is the Government Liable for Impugning the Integrity of a Mitigation Bank Consultant?
• Highview Engineering, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Our Cast of Characters
Dr. Hawkins Dr. Harris
Katie McCafferty
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Dr. Hawkins Sues Corps
• Violation of 5th Amendment right to due process• Violation of 1st Amendment right of association• Interference with contractual relationship• Defamation
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Court dismissed all claims except #1, which was characterized by Court as action for “constructive debarrment from doing business with Corps”.
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Court:
• Harris must demonstrate a systematic effort by procuring agency to reject all of bidder’s contract bids.
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Court Rules -
• Nothing stated to indicate Corps would not grant Hawkins future contracts
• Harris admitted no direct threat of debarrment occurred
• Preclusion for a single contract is not proof of debarrment
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Questions?
For additional information, please contact Wayne Flowers at:Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 150Jacksonville, FL 32202Office: 904-353-6410
Facsimile: [email protected]
A copy of this presentation may be found at our website:http://www.llw-law.com