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The Mitigation Rule Retrospective: A Review of the 2008 Regulations Governing Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources

In November 2015, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA released a report summarizing the progress made in implementing the 2008 Mitigation Rule, including analysis of trends in aquatic resource impacts and compensation from 2010 through 2014 and trends in mitigation banking and in-lieu-fee programs from the mid-1990s through 2014.


  • Mitigation Rule Retrospective Report (pdf) (11.66 MB, October 2015)
  • Mitigation Rule Retrospective Report Factsheet (pdf) (1.03 MB, October 2015)

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Last updated on October 29, 2024
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