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Handbook on Coral Reef Impacts: Avoidance, Minimization, and Compensatory Mitigation and Restoration

In December 2016, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force released a new handbook on coral reef mitigation. The handbook describes approaches to mitigate both planned and unplanned impacts to coral reefs.

Handbook on Coral Reef Impacts (pdf) (2.29 MB, December 2016)

Handbook on Coral Reef Impacts: Avoidance, Minimization, and Compensatory Mitigation and Restoration

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act