DEP FACT SHEET
Natural Resources Mitigation Fund
Issued: August 1, 2007 Contact: See end of this page for nearest DEP address & phone number
Use this version of "Natural Resources Mitigation Fund" for printing. DEP Contact information can be found at the end of this document. DEPLW-0858-2007
Mitigating adverse environmental impacts is an integral part of Maine 's Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA) (38 M.R.S.A. § 480 A – BB), a regulatory program administered by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Both State and federal agencies administering resource protection regulations may require appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation as a condition of their permit approvals and authorizations.
If ecologically appropriate compensation is not available or otherwise practicable, a permit applicant may request to pay an in-lieu compensation fee of a value equivalent to the compensation value to be used for the purpose of restoring, enhancing, creating or preserving other resource functions or values that are environmentally equal or preferable to the functions and values of impacted resources and associated uplands, as determined by the DEP (38 M.R.S.A..§ 480-Z). Upon authorization by the permitting agency the ILF will be paid directly to the DEP and will be placed in a “Natural Resource Mitigation Fund.” The Natural Resource Mitigation Fund will be administered by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
Natural resource mitigation project proposals may be submitted to: William Brune
The Nature Conservancy
14 Main Street, Suite 401
Brunswick , Maine 04011
Wbrune@tnc.org
for consideration by the Natural Resource Mitigation Fund Review and Approval Committees. All proposals to request funding from the “Natural Resource Mitigation Fund” submitted to TNC must be formatted in accordance with the attached guidance document entitled “Request for Funding from the Natural Resource Mitigation Fund.
Successful applicants will be required to enter into a Project Agreement with the DEP and TNC, to ensure that the project is implemented as agreed, and that the wetland is permanently managed and protected. (Sample agreement form attached)
For further information please contact your nearest DEP regional office, and ask to speak to the "on-call" person in the Land & Water Bureau, Division of Land Resource Regulation.
Central Maine Regional Office , 17 State House Station, Augusta , ME 04333-0017 ; Phone: 207-287-3901 (Bureau) or toll-free 1-800-452-1942 (Department).
Eastern Maine Regional Office , 106 Hogan Road , Bangor , ME 0440; Phone: 207-941-4570 or toll-free 1-888-769-1137.
Northern Maine Regional Office ; 1235 Central Drive, Skyway Park; Presque Isle, ME 04769; Phone: 207-764-0477 or toll-free 1-888-769-1053.
Southern Maine Regional Office, 312 Canco Road , Portland , ME 04103 ; Phone: 207-822-6300 or toll-free 1-888-769-1036.
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Note: Wetland Mitigation Funds do not generally qualify as non-federal match.
FORM: Request for Funding from the Natural Resource Mitigation Fund. Funding Request form in msword; Funding Request Form in pdf.
