Hood Canal Coordinating Council HCCC In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Program

Hood Canal Coordinating Council HCCC In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Program Alliance for a Healthy South Sound March 25, 2015

ILF Mitigation Program HCCC is a watershed based Council of Governments Established in 1985 and is 501(c)3 non-profit corporation Board of Directors: Jefferson / Kitsap /Mason counties Skokomish Tribal Nation Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

ILF Mitigation Program A voluntary program that provides a mechanism for compensatory mitigation for unavoidable adverse impacts to aquatic resources

ILF Mitigation Program Authorized 2012 by Corps, Ecology, EPA provide greater ecological benefit to Hood Canal watershed than through permittee‐responsible mitigation maximizing the benefit to Hood Canal ecosystem accomplishing conservation and stewardship goals of the HCCC

ILF Mitigation Program Goal: no net loss of aquatic functions and values through Restoration Enhancement Preservation Establishment

Advantages of ILF Mitigation versus Permittee responsible Site protected in perpetuity Long-term stewardship required and funded within credit sale Assurance to regulators that suitable mitigation will be completed, monitored for ecological lift, maintained and stewarded in perpetuity

Coverage Area Portions of Jefferson, Mason and Kitsap counties – drainage areas entering Hood Canal marine area

Freshwater Service Areas Portions of the following WRIAs that drain to Hood Canal WRIA 15 WRIA 16 and 14b WRIA 17

Marine/Nearshore Service Area encompasses marine riparian zone northern boundary: line from Foulweather Bluff to Tala Point and Port Ludlow Southern extent to Union River estuary

Watershed Characterization roster site identification process –freshwater and nearshore Freshwater – Ecology’s Watershed Characterization Assessments: water flow, water quality, freshwater habitats & terrestrial habitats Nearshore - Watershed Characterization - shoreline habitat value PSNERP – beaches strategy

County Regulatory and Policy Framework Shoreline Master Program Critical Areas Ordinance Raising the bar on mitigation standards The “true cost” of mitigation Sites protected in perpetuity