Mitigation (measures)
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Solar Energy
Methods or actions that will reduce adverse impacts from solar facility development. Mitigation measures can include best management practices, stipulations in BLM ROW agreements, siting criteria, and technology controls.
- — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15
Water
Methods or plans to reduce, offset, or eliminate adverse project impacts. Action taken to avoid, reduce the severity of, or eliminate an adverse impact. Mitigation can include one or more of the following:
Avoiding impacts.
Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of an action.
Rectifying impacts by restoration, rehabilitation, or repair of the affected environment.
Reducing or eliminating impacts over time.
Compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute resources or environments to offset the loss.