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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page II-34 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • Long-term monitoring over a minimum of five years shall be funded by the Project Sponsor, subject to approval by the regulatory agencies. • Annual monitoring reports shall be submitted to each permitting agency. • A wetland delineation and habitat map shall be prepared during the final year of monitoring and included in the final annual report. • Subject to review and modification by the regulatory agencies,specified success standards shall call for, at a minimum, 80% survival of any plantings and vegetation will be restored to the extent that it currently occurs as detailed in the most recent wetland delineation report, at the end of the monitoring period and after at least two consecutive years of no supplemental irrigation. Off-Site Wetland Mitigation In addition to the approximately 1.87 acres of wetlands to be created onsite, if required as a permit condition, additional mitigation credits may be purchased from a qualified wetland mitigation bank with a Service Area that covers the project site, or as otherwise approved in advance by the USACE and RWQCB. For example, the expanded Service Area of the Cosumnes Floodplain Mitigation Bank covers the project site. This mitigation bank sells Floodplain Mosaic Wetlands credits (404) credits that would appropriately mitigate impacts to wetlands. This,in combination of the onsite wetland mitigation,would provide opportunities (if needed)to comply with a higher permit-required replacement ratio for wetland impacts and also provide opportunities for riparian habitat mitigation. In lieu of purchasing mitigation credits if additional wetland mitigation(greater than the 1.87 acres proposed as part of the project)is required as a permit condition, the Sacramento District of the USACE has an "In Lieu Fee Program' to which the project sponsor may make payment. The fee is based on a fee schedule for various wetland habitat types. The fee is payable to the National Fish and Wildlife