SwampGate: Purchasing nutrients from a wetland bank prohibited by EEP's own rules

Published:Tuesday, December 8, 2009

As an informational update on the brewing controversy concerning the state paying twice for work done once, “Stories from the Field” offers a snippet from the EEP’s own rule book.  The rule specifically and unequivocally prohibits the dual use of a single mitigation site for wetland and nutrient mitigation, as was done at least once by a private contractor, and perhaps many times by the rule maker themselves:

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Video: "George" Double-Dipping

Published:Tuesday, November 17, 2009

When is Credit Stacking a Double Dip?
The issue of reusing a restored environmental asset will come up again and again as new environmental markets emerge.
by Alice Kenny