In-Lieu Fee Mitigation: A permit applicant may make a payment to an in-lieu fee program that will conduct wetland, stream or other aquatic resource restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation activities. In-lieu fee programs are generally administered by government agencies or non-profit organizations that have established an agreement with the regulatory agencies to use in-lieu fee payments collected from permit applicants.

https://ribits.ops.usace.army.mil/ords/f?p=107:2 

• Model Declaration of Conservation Covenants and Restrictions (October 2013)

  • .pdf (document)

  • .docx (word document)

• Amendments to Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions

• Standards For Qualified Conservation Easements

  Historical Mitigation Archives:

•  Standard Operating Procedure for Compensatory Mitigation, March 2004    

• Wetland Mitigation Definition of Factors 

• Wetland/Openwater Mitigation Worksheets

• Stream Mitigation Definition of Factors

• Stream Mitigation Worksheets

• Draft Guidelines to Establish and Operate Mitigation Banks in Georgia, 14 January 2011

• Guidelines to Establish and Operate In-Lieu Fee Programs in Georgia, 22 August 2011