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<br /> t ~ <br /> shall equal 20% of the estimated cost of performing the mitigation work. <br /> Jurisdictional Wetland. A wetland determined to be subject to requirements of the <br /> federal Clean Water Act or Oregon's fill and removal statute. <br /> Ledger. Document to be used in the accounting of credits .and debits. Ledger will be <br /> maintained by Eugene and reviewed by MBRT. <br /> Mitigation Bank Site. The geographic location of created, restored, .enhanced, or in <br /> exceptional circumstances, preserved wetlands which serve as the physical resource used to <br /> generate bank credits. <br /> Monitoring. A specific, program. of data. collection which documents the physical, <br /> chemical, and biological characteristics of the mitigation bank. wetlands, for the purpose of <br /> determining compliance with performance standazds: _ <br /> Plan. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan, adopted by the City of Eugene -and Lane <br /> County through approval of adopting ordinances, and °approved by both the Corps and DSL. <br /> Restoration. Re-establishing wetland conditions ,in areas that were wetland in historical <br /> times, but which have been modified such that they aze now considered non-wetland. <br /> Restoration converts previous wetland sites back to functional and jurisdictional .wetlands. The <br /> restoration may return a missing or damaged wetland function to achieve a desired outcome; <br /> for example; removing an agricultural crop and planting native seeds to produce a wet prairie <br /> _ grassland. <br /> Uncertified credit. A limited number of mitigation credits which may be sold <br /> following approval by the Corps and DSL of .the mitigation `unprovement plan, but prior to <br /> implementation of that plan. Such credits can be sold only during the initial stage of this <br /> Agreement, in order to monetize the bank. . <br /> GENERAL MANAGEMENT/OPERATION OF PROGRAM <br /> The Parties to this Agreement, with the exception of City of Eugene ("Eugene") and the <br /> Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"), ..shall constitute the Mitigation Bank Review Team <br /> ("MBRT"). The MBRT shall review the operations of the bank, the 'mitigation plans for <br /> individual sites to be included in the bank, monitoring reports, .accounting reports and remedial <br /> measures. The MBRT -shall advise the Corps and DSL on whether to approve conceptual and <br /> detailed mitigation plans, and .when requested by the • Corps, DSL ~ or Eugene; on the <br /> certification of mitigation credits for a particulaz bank site. Within the budgetary and other <br /> resource limitations of the members of the MBRT, the' MBRT also shall provide advice to <br /> Eugene and the Wetlands Executive Team, or its representatives, as requested. . <br /> Eugene will. operate the West Eugene Wetlands Mitigation Banking Program (the <br /> "Mitigation Banking- Program" or the "Program"): A Wetlands :Executive Team (the "WET") <br /> shall provide management direction to Eugene regarding the coordinating aspects of the <br /> Mitigation Banking Program. WET shall `consist of Eugene, BLM and The Nature <br /> Page 4 - MOA For West Eugene Wetlands Mitigation Banking Program <br /> <br />