Delivering Mitigation Solutions for Natural Resource Extraction Projects: Insights from a Leading Practitioner by Resource Environmental Solutions
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The document discusses mitigation solutions for natural resource extraction projects, emphasizing ecological restoration and regulatory compliance. It details the operations of Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), which provides ecological offset solutions to help clients manage environmental impacts from their projects. Key projects and methodologies for assessing and implementing mitigation strategies are highlighted, demonstrating RES's significant contributions to habitat restoration and regulatory processes across various states.
Delivering Mitigation Solutions for Natural Resource Extraction Projects: Insights from a Leading Practitioner by Resource Environmental Solutions
- 1. Delivering Mitigation Solutions for Natural Resource Extraction Projects: Insights from a Leading Practitioner ARIES 2015 Environmental Considerations in Energy Production September 22, 2015
- 3. Pennsylvania Marcellus Wetlands Marcellus Wetlands: 449,000 acres
- 5. Ohio and West Virginia Utica Wetlands and Streams
- 6. Project-Related Impacts: Pads, Plants, Pipes
- 7. Bats and White Nose Syndrome
- 9. NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act One Project, Many Federal Permits Natural Gas Act Section 7 Resource Reports Wetlands and Water Use Water Quality Vegetation Wildlife Fish Culture Land Use and Recreation Air and Noise Quality Clean Water Act and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program Migratory Bird Treaty Act Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act National Historic Preservation Act National Parks and Recreation Act Clean Air Act Coastal Zone Management Act Endangered Species Act Archeological and Historic Preservation Act Executive Order 11988 (Construction in Floodplains) National Wilderness Act National Wilderness Act Executive Order 11990 (Construction in Wetlands) Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 2010: 2.5 years permitting, $3.8MM for 4.667 acres of Habitat; $1.7MM Threatened Species 2013: Vacated judgment, post-project Enforcement Permitting a FERC Regulated Project
- 10. A Regulatory-Enabled Business 10 Ecological Restoration is an Industry
- 11. About RES • RES is the premier provider of ecological offset solutions in the US • Founded 2007 in Baton Rouge • Operations in 9 states across the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions • 110 mitigation sites permitted/in process • Conservation easements protecting over 425 sites • 32,000 restored wetland acres • 4,000 acres of custom mitigation solutions • 155 miles of stream restoration • Reduced over 240 tons of nutrients • Rehabilitated and preserved over 3,700 acres of endangered species habitats • 100 Energy industry clients Mission RES develops and supplies ecological offsets to help companies obtain required permits for unavoidable project-related impacts to wetlands, streams and habitats. We help clients proactively manage risk from operations in environmentally sensitive areas by providing proactive project impact analyses, streamlining permitting processes, and limiting liability and regulatory exposure. MissionOverview
- 12. Nurseries Enhance Mitigation Offerings • Significant cost savings over purchasing vegetation from third parties • Location in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana • Allows RES to plant more mature trees and to achieve success criteria more consistently and quickly • Over 2 million restoration stems grown, supplied and planted • DNA-fingerprinted species grown and propagated to fulfill regulatory agency needs • Leading supplier for successful coastal restoration projects including dune, marsh, estuarine, emergent marsh, and barrier island restoration
- 13. Upstream Midstream Downstream / Petchem Mining Utilities / Industrial Government / Infrastructure Customers Impact Requiring Mitigation Pads Roads Water pits Central production facilities Stream crossings Wetlands impacts along corridor Export facility Supply pipelines Related surface facilities Refining / Petchem Strip mining Longwall mining Manufacturing plants Power lines Surface impacts Roads Rail lines Bridge crossings In Lieu Fee programs Typical Mitigation Solution Bank credits Mitigation bank credits Permittee- responsible mitigation Mitigation bank credits Permittee- responsible mitigation Mitigation bank credits Permittee- responsible mitigation Bank credits Permittee- responsible mitigation Bank credits Permittee- responsible mitigation Permittees
- 14. Value-Added Delivery Land Acquisition Ecological Offset Supply Impact AnalysisExecution Phases Key Initiatives Quantify Scope and Magnitude of Risk from Project Impacts Land sourcing by dedicated, In-house resources Improve timing, availability, and delivery of offset Benefits And Outcomes Early understanding of risk, liability and cost Derisked land-based solutions Fixed future costs and enabled liability transfer Analysis process using client operational plan Solution Approach Proprietary GIS process prequalifies offset acreage and enables land selection Deliver a flexible, cost- effective credit solution
- 15. Predictive Impact Analysis Add Surface Impacts Conduct multi-layered GIS analysis Base Map Area of Interest Leases and Fields Allocate Impacts to Watersheds Calculate Required Mitigation Credits Add Project- based Timetables • Provides estimated scope and magnitude of impacts • Provides early budgetary guidance • Initiates the process of transferring liability from permittee to RES • Helps RES to identify suitable restoration sites and habitats Client map with multi-year drilling location plan
- 16. Proprietary land search system with multiple layers and extensive parcel data allows RES to be efficient in regards to land sourcing Proprietary Land Systems 1 Define HUCs of interest 2 Obtain and edit Parcel Data by county for all watersheds 3 Generate “Prospect Layer” with available GIS Data 4 Intersect Prospect Layer and Parcels to generate maps of individual prospects 5 Use maps with landowner data to contact landowners and secure RES land position
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- 18. Legend Upland Re-establishment: 11.43 Ac+/- Wetland Re-establishment: 0.865 Ac+/- Wetland Enhancement: 0.47 Ac+/- Parcel Boundary UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MITIGATION BANK PHASE I RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MAP HARRISON VALLEY TOWNSHIP, POTTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 0 200 400100 Feet Before After Prior to restoration this site consisted of cattle pasture with a degraded stream running through it The site has been restored to contain a fully functional and stable stream with an adjacent bottomland hardwood riparian corridor Upper Susquehanna River Mitigation Bank Phase I – Potter County, PA 16.6 Acre Site Area / 1,942 linear feet – Stream Restoration / 1 acre – Wetland Restoration
- 19. Grave Creek – West Virginia 2,069 linear feet – Stream Restoration / 9 acres – Adjacent Riparian Corridor Post Construction One Year After Stream constructed with erosion control mats in place. This site was a degraded cattle pasture in the central valley of the watershed prior to restoration The stream is now functional and stable and herbaceous vegetation has begun to establish itself
- 20. Robinson Fork Mitigation Bank Phase 1, Washington County, PA 533.29 acres Total Site on 40+ parcels / 150,168.27 linear feet – Stream Restoration / 53.65 acre – Wetland Restoration 20
- 21. Upper Susquehanna River Mitigation Bank Phase 2 – Potter County, PA 121.9 Acres Site Area / 7,508 linear feet – Stream Mitigation / 6 acres – Forested Wetland Restoration Bank instability and undercutting along the stream bank due to channel migration and a lack of riparian buffer. Upper Susquehanna River Mitigation Bank Phase 2 Proposed Resource Development Map P O T T E R C O U N T YP O T T E R C O U N T Y T I O G A C O U N T YT I O G A C O U N T Y REACH 1 215 L.F. REACH 4 1,260 L.F. REACH 5 896 L.F. REACH 6 121 L.F. (POND) REACH 7 772 L.F. REACH 8 646 L.F. REACH 9 129 L.F. REACH 10 247 L.F. REACH 11 94 L.F. REACH 13 1,852 L.F. REACH 15 310 L.F. REACH 16 153 L.F. REACH 2 455 L.F. REACH 3 31 L.F. REACH 12 330 L.F. FIGURE 5 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MITIGATION BANK PHASE 2 PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT MAP POTTER & TIOGA COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Figure5_USRMB_Phase2_PreliminaryDevelopmentMap_RES, Date: 3/11/2014 Aerial imagery from ESRI Online-2012. County boundary from PA DOT. Map coordinate system is NAD 83 PA North. 0 500250 Feet Legend Project Limits - 121.9 Acres +/- Stream Re-establishment- 2,855 L.F. Stream Rehabilitation- 1,448 L.F. Stream Preservation- 3,205 L.F. Wetland Rehabilitation - 4.05 Acres+/- Wetland Re-establishment - 1.70 Acres+/- Wetland Preservation - 0.25 Acres +/- County Boundary Excessive instability causing erosional sloughing of the stream banks within the central portion of the site.
- 22. Little Shenango River Restoration Site – Mercer County, PA Total site: 48.90 acres - 33.35 acres wetland mitigation Little Shenango River Restoration Area Resource Development Maps Post construction photo of a re-establishment wetland “cell” beginning to revegetate
- 23. South (Seeley) Creek Restoration Site – Bradford County, PA 90 Total Site / 4,468 linear feet – Stream Enhancement / 15 acres – Forested Wetland Restoration South Creek Restoration Site Resource Development Map Pin oak tree planted at the South Creek Restoration Site
- 24. website wetlands photo here Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC http://www.res.us Baltimore Baton Rouge Charleston Houston Lafayette Oak Hill Pittsburgh Raleigh Richmond Russ Krauss, EVP Marketing & Research, russ@res.us