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Lancaster County reviews Carolina Heel Splitter credit program; staff says credits sold out, exploring local mitigation
Summary
Development services staff summarized the county's Carolina Heel Splitter credit requirement for projects in the 6 Mile Creek watershed, said the credit bank has sold out, and told council staff is exploring internal mitigation projects and an account to hold credits for projects that reach certificate of occupancy.
Lancaster County development services staff told council the county's Carolina Heel Splitter credit program — a local mitigation-credit scheme tied to the federally listed Carolina heelsplitter mussel — has exhausted available banked credits and that county staff are exploring alternatives, including an internal mitigation project.
At a council meeting, Lisonbee Harden, introduced as the county's development services director, reviewed the Carolina Heel Splitter overlay and the credit requirement tied to projects in the 6 Mile Creek watershed. Harden said the county coordinated an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a mitigation bank operator (Resource Environmental Solutions, later referenced in conversation) that requires developers in the watershed to purchase environmental-bank credits to offset impacts to heelsplitter habitat.
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