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rr rr rr r r� rr ri rr rr rw rr rr rr r� rr rr rr tri rr Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page 1I-37 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project 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 within the existing channel.This,in combination of with the onsite jurisdictional habitat wefland 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 Foundation(NFWF)to be deposited in NFWF's Sacramento District Wetlands Conservation Fund. H.2 Loss of Chinook Identified in This EIR Less than salmon and steelhead. Mitigation Measure H.2-1. To ensure that no aquatic vertebrates are stranded Significant during abandonment of the existing South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn's Creek,the following measures shall be implemented: • Channel abandonment shall be restricted to the dry season(i.e.,between June 15 and October 15). • Channel abandonment shall occur only when the channel bottom has been