Common use of Development In Focal Areas and Connectivity Zones Where Impacts Exceed Habitat Goals Clause in Contracts

Development In Focal Areas and Connectivity Zones Where Impacts Exceed Habitat Goals. The habitat goals for focal areas and connectivity zones are no more than 30% development impacts in focal areas and 60% in connectivity zones. Where those development goals are surpassed for an individual reporting unit, as identified in Appendices D and E of the RWP (pgs. 80–83, 179–182), the habitat goals under the plan cannot be met. In that case, remediation of existing impacts will be required for further development. A portion of the necessary offset units must be acquired by remediation of existing impacts in proportion to the amount of newly impacted acreage exceeding the stated goals. For example, if 20% of the newly impacted acreage associated with a development were in excess of the impact goal for a reporting unit that proportion of the resulting offset units must be of the remediation variety. The remediation offset units should be generated from the same reporting unit as the new impact, but if that is not possible they can originate from a nearby reporting unit within the same ecoregion.