Mitigation Monitoring, Compliance, & Reporting

At the time of project approval, lead agencies must adopt specific mitigation measures, recommended in the environmental assessment document, to reduce project impacts during construction and operation. The monitoring of mitigation measure implementation implementation and completion is especially important for linear and other complex and controversial projects where a variety of habitats or environmental resources could be affected. Mitigation monitoring can range from `spot-checking` to full-time on-site inspection based on the size and environmental sensitivity of the project.