All mitigation measures should receive appropriate environmental analysis. For additional guidance regarding types of mitigation that may be required for these types of operations, consult the BLM’s Surface Management Handbook, H-3809-1. Additional Mitigation Obligations Mitigation obligations identified through implementation of this policy may supplement, but do not replace, mitigation obligations that may be required by or result from formal consultation with other agencies or entities under statutes, such as the Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, the Clean Water Act, or the Clean Air Act, regulations, or policies. File and Records Maintenance All records should be maintained in the appropriate case file and comply with any applicable BLM corporate data standards. In addition to the case file, the following records, once submitted by the applicable BLM office, should also be maintained by the National Operations Center: Compensatory mitigation monitoring reports. The geospatial area impacted by the public land use and that of compensatory mitigation measures and sites, with metadata describing the associated public land use (e.g., case file number) and the duration that the measure and site should be durable. The geospatial area of mitigation strategies. All geospatial data, including maps and geospatial layers, shall comply with national geospatial standards, will be compatible with BLM corporate data standards such as those for the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI), PLSS Data Set, and the Land Status System (LR2000).
All mitigation measures should receive appropriate environmental analysis. For additional guidance regarding types of mitigation that may be required for these types of operations, consult the BLM’s Surface Management Handbook, H-3809-1. Additional Mitigation Obligations Mitigation obligations identified through implementation of this policy may supplement, but do not replace, mitigation obligations that may be required by or result from formal consultation with other agencies or entities under statutes, such as the Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, the Clean Water Act, or the Clean Air Act, regulations, or policies. File and Records Maintenance All records should be maintained in the appropriate case file and comply with any applicable BLM corporate data standards. In addition to the case file, the following records, once submitted by the applicable BLM office, should also be maintained by the National Operations Center: Compensatory mitigation monitoring reports. The geospatial area impacted by the public land use and that of compensatory mitigation measures and sites, with metadata describing the associated public land use (e.g., case file number) and the duration that the measure and site should be durable. The geospatial area of mitigation strategies. All geospatial data, including maps and geospatial layers, shall comply with national geospatial standards, will be compatible with BLM corporate data standards such as those for the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI), PLSS Data Set, and the Land Status System (LR2000).
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