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Current conservation mitigation plans often fail to ensure full in-kind habitat replacement for endangered species, which suggests the need for improved methods for calculating mitigation credits. A simple, yet biologically meaningful method for calculating mitigation credits would be to let ...
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... Abstract : This report explains the concept and functioning of private markets in wetland mitigation credits; describes the potential to help the ...
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... vigorous market is one in which competition demand for mitigation credits. ... Competition can raise the quality of mitigation, force the search for new ...
... In these instances, a commercial mitigation supply venture might provide the required mitigation (credits) in response to payment from the permit ...
... discusses the use of �credits� and �debits� when evaluating mitigation proposals and the identification of the methodology used to ... ...
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A method of reducing greenhouse gases while simultaneously generating carbon credits includes mitigating greenhouse gases at unregulated landfill sites or mitigating greenhouse gases at regulated landfill sites in excess of the required mitigation activities, obtaining carbon credits in an ...
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... Abstract : This report: (1) explains the concept and functioning of private markets in wetland mitigation credits; (2) describes the potential for private ...
... for Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) data. ... for commercial credit trading in certain ... effort for the National Wetland Mitigation ...
This report describes the proposed mitigation plan for wildlife losses attributable to the construction of the Libby hydroelectric project. Mitigation objectives and alternatives, the recommended mitigation projects, and the crediting system for each project are described by each target species. The report ...
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This report responds to a mandate in the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) of 2003 requiring GAO to assess consumers understanding of credit reporting. The FACT Act, among other things, extended provisions governing the credit reporting...
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This report describes the proposed mitigation plan for wildlife losses attributable to the construction of the Hungry Horse hydroelectric project. In this report, mitigation objectives and alternatives, the recommended mitigation projects, and the crediting system for each project are described by each target ...
This report contains a detailed site-specific management plan for the Hellsgate Winter Range Wildlife Mitigation Project. The report provides background information about the mitigation process, the review process, mitigation acquisitions, Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) and mitigation ...
The purpose of this Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) study was to determine baseline habitat units and to estimate future habitat units for Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) mitigation projects on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The mitigation between BPA and the Spokane Tribe of Indians (STOI) is for wildlife habitat losses on account of the ...
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...Commercial Practices FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT...implement section 214 of the Fair and Accu-rate Credit...adding section 624 to Fair Credit Reporting Act...over which the Federal Trade Commission has...
...Commercial Practices FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT...section 213(a) of the Fair and Accurate Credit...which requires the Federal Trade Commission to establish...section 615(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting...
Evaluation approaches to document a record of credit for mitigation were developed in 1984-1985 for most of the habitat projects. Restoration of upriver anadromous fish runs through increased passage survival at main stem Columbia and Snake River dams is ...
...mitigation bank, including the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the...appropriate action, which may include suspension of credit sales, to ensure compliance...notify the sponsor and the IRT. (10) Suspension and termination. If the...
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... challenging to create a system of credits and debits wherein emission or sequestration of carbon in the ... ...
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tax credit (VEETC); increased grant funding for further mitigation of technology and adoption risk; and strengthened loan guarantee programs. Chapters 1 and 2 address the current...
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In fact, you may be able to purchase it with a credit card. Currently, there are over 100 insurance companies that sell National Flood Insurance coverage, in addition to some...
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The Chinese government has introduced the green credit policy to mitigate the environmental impact of industrialization by reining in credit loans to companies and projects with poor environmental performance. This research investigated the implementation of the green credit policy both at the national and ...
/ Wetland mitigation banking as a resource management tool has gained popular support for its potential to provide an ecologically effective and economically efficient means to fulfill compensatory mitigation requirements for impacts to aquatic resources. Although this management tool has been actively applied within the past 10 years (C. Short, 1988, ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) submits this report pursuant to Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, (FACT Act). The FACT Act, which was enacted on December 4, 2003, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act,(F...
...FAIR CREDIT REPORTING Identity Theft Red Flags ...and mitigation of identity theft. (a) Scope...product or service for personal, family, household...maintains, primarily for personal, family, or household...federal credit union from identity theft, including...
...CREDIT REPORTING Identity Theft Red Flags ...and mitigation of identity theft. (a) Scope...product or service for personal, family, household...maintains, primarily for personal, family, or household...federal credit union from identity theft, including...
Although it is widely recognized that variations in annual wind energy capture can be significant, it is not clear how significant this effect is on accurately calculating the capacity credit of a wind plant. An important question is raised concerning whe...
of consumer reports for employee background checks, credit applications and institutional debit card as red flags in each of the listed categories: A. Notifications and warnings from consumer reporting is accurate at the time the request for the credit report is made to the consumer reporting agency; and B
... has (birth certificate, passport, credit card) and what they ... easiest, most accurate and fastest method of biometric ... This is a small price to pay in order ...
The conventional method for developing credit risk models is to determine the probability of occurrence of credit events that can contribute to business failure. Unfortunately, most of the quantitative approaches to credit risk modeling found in the literature do not accurately portray the situation when the model ...
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Sep 8, 2006 ... Accurate knowledge of free convection is essential for predicting the performance and mitigating the risk for such a mission. ...
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The technology required to deploy Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) for use against hardened military targets may be constrained to just a few nations, ...
Greenhouse gases emitted from agricultural and forest systems continue to be a topic of interest because of their potential role in the global climate and the potential monetary return in the form of carbon credits from the adoption of mitigation strategies. There are several challenges in the scien...
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The FY 1999 Oregon Water Resources Research Institute (OWRRI) program included four research projects funded by the USGS: Mitigation of High Stream Temperatures in the Tualatin River Basin: an opportunity for pollution credit trading; Source Identificatio...
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... understood. Technical versus economic potential and the marginal abatement cost. Technical potential refers to the maximum or ... credits. McCarl and Schneider (2001) presented the marginal abatement cost...
analysis for value to wildlife, and identification of mitigation credit to BPA. Also, see the other plan development and to several other pertinent studies, mostly not BPA funded. The project will gather the significance of the presence of pathogens in the environment to actual infection of fish. A dose
... context of Brazil's negotiating positions on the Kyoto Protocol. Brazil's negotiators have consistently opposed awarding credit ... forest sector for mitigating global warming under the Kyoto Protocol. Mi...
This report, which analyzes proposals to credit early, voluntary actions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, is the first in a series to be published by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The Pew Center was established in 1998 by the Pew Charitabl...
...individuals; and (5) The ability to mitigate the risk of harm. (c) The Secretary will take action to obtain data mining and data breach analyses services, as appropriate, to obtain information relevant for making determinations...
...interests in, real estate, subject to such...worth, other relevant financial resources, current financial obligations, employment...Federally authorized non-real estate lending powers are...credit enhancements or risk mitigants, in...
The way monoline insurers estimate the FAS 157 credit value adjustments (CVA) on their ABS CDO insurance portfolios vastly overstates the benefits. We propose a simple method that is more accurate, especially when the counterparty default risk is high. The counterparty default recovery rate is also a critical input. Counterparty credit ...
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Because of concerns with the growing threat of global climate change from increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, the US and other countries are implementing, by themselves or in cooperation with one or more other nations (i.e., joint implementation), climate change mitigation projects. These projects will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sequester carbon, and will ...
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Because of concerns with the growing threat of global climate change from increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, the US and other countries are implementing, by themselves or in cooperation with one or more other nations, climate change mitigation projects. These projects will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sequester carbon, and will also result in non-GHG ...
This report is part of a series of reports which are being published during the National Study. General background information pertaining to wetlands mitigation banking and the scope of the national study were the subjects of a report published during the first year of the study. Wetlands Mitigation Banking Concepts IWR Report 92-WMB-1, prepared by Richard ...
The Nez Perce Tribe (NPT) currently manages a 15,325 acre parcel of land known as the Precious Lands Wildlife Management Area that was purchased as mitigation for losses incurred by construction of the four lower Snake River dams. The Management Area is located in northern Wallowa County, Oregon and southern Asotin County, Washington (Figure 1). It is divided into three ...
In 1977, the California Legislature established a 55% state income tax credit to encourage the use of solar energy systems in homes and businesses. Since enactment of the California Solar Tax Credit, over 40,000 taxpayer households have installed a solar energy system for water heating (pool and domestic), space conditioning (active and passive) or ...
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capacity, the utility must balance the risk of the wind resource being a non-contributor against the risk of committing excess slow-start capacity. An accurate wind forecast would...
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The Colorado Wildlife Commission accepted in principle a new draft of a proposed Wildlife Mitigation Policy. In essence the policy suggests that any industrial development which impacts wildlife in the state should develop mitigating or offsetting measures. The policy statement defines mitigation as a mechanism for addressing ...
The relative bit density variation graphs of 207 specimen credit cards processed by 12 encoding machines were examined first visually, and then classified by means of hierarchical cluster analysis. Twenty-nine credit cards being treated as 'questioned' samples were tested by way of cluster analysis against 'controls' derived from known encoders. It was ...
more accurate overall than solar forecasts; moreover, load forecasts depend first and foremost://www.nyiso.com/public/market_data/pricing_data. jsp 4. NDFD, the National Forecast Database, (2005): National Weather Service, NOAA, Washington, DCEVALUATION OF PV GENERATION CAPICITY CREDIT FORECAST ON DAY-AHEAD UTILITY MARKETS Richard Perez
Traffic in the lanes next to work zones presents a continuous hazard to workers. By reducing the speed of the traffic through the work zone, the hazard can be mitigated somewhat. Accurate data on the effectiveness of the simultaneous use of radar detectio...
The flammable gas watch-list (FGWL) tanks, which have demonstrated a gas release event (GRE) exceeding 0.625% hydrogen by volume will require additional characterization. The purpose of this additional characterization is to accurately measure the flammab...
Ephemeral gullies serve as a major source and transport mechanism of sediment and associated agrichemicals from upland areas. Accurate prediction technology is necessary to assess the magnitude of these phenomena and to identify areas where mitigation measures are critical. Current ephemeral gully p...
Traffic congestion is an increasing problem in many areas of Washington state. Efforts to control traffic flows and mitigate congestion must rely on the ability to accurately monitor the state of traffic flow on highways and aerterials. The authors presen...
In order to mitigate the risk of rocket propulsion development, efficient, accurate, detailed fluid dynamics analysis and testing of the turbomachinery is necessary. To support this requirement, a task was developed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (M...
The accurate representation of native beach characteristics is essential to understanding the behavior of coastal areas in response to coastal structures and erosion mitigation projects. The shoreline along St. Joseph, Michigan, and vicinity is one of man...
Ground movements resulting from deep braced excavations impose the risk of damage to adjacent buried pipelines. Accurate assessment of the effects these movements have on pipelines allows potential damage to be avoided or mitigated. A predictive process f...
to 1872, when maritime officials in Trieste and Rijeka attempted to mitigate conflict with fisheries of Rijeka alone, between 1956 and 1957. Marelic (1961) provided a more accurate description of the campaign
The objectives of this study were to develop an initial semi-quantitative estimate of costs of indoor air quality problem prevention, mitigation, and remediation activities in US buildings and to provide useful information for a more comprehensive and accurate survey. This is intended to be more of a map of the territory rather than a precise cost ...
This paper discusses the technical assessment of recommended train unavailability and component unreliability baselines for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mitigating Systems Performance Index. To perform this evaluation, recent data were compared with the recommended baselines. Comparisons indicate that the recommended baselines appear to accurately ...
The goal of the study is the accurate prediction of the effect of uncontained engine debris on aircraft structures. This will provide airframe engineers the information required to design for damage mitigation and improved safety. The basis for predictive simulation tools lies in the experimental data, which motivates the initial development and ...
Although it is widely recognized that variations in annual wind energy capture can be significant, it is not clear how significant this effect is on accurately calculating the capacity credit of a wind plant. An important question is raised concerning whether one year of wind data is representative of long-term patterns. This paper calculates the range of ...
As the worldwide use of wind turbine generators in utility-scale applications continues to increase, it will become increasingly important to assess the economic and reliability impact of these intermittent resources. Although the utility industry appears to be moving towards a restructured environment, basic economic and reliability issues will continue to be relevant to companies involved with ...
This report estimates the global potential reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 for energy efficiency improvements associated with equipment (appliances, lighting, and HVAC) in buildings by means of energy efficiency standards and labels (EES&L). A consensus has emerged among the world's scientists and many corporate and political leaders regarding the need to address ...
This study tests the extent to which giving credit for African American English (AAE) responses on a General American English sentence imitation test mitigates dialect effects. Forty-eight AAE-speaking second graders completed the Recalling Sentences subtest of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Third Edition (1995). A Bayesian Markov Chain ...
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