USACE mitigation bankingSouth Pacific Division

How long the SPD division's districts take to approve a mitigation bank, what credit supply they oversee, and how the districts differ from one another. The clock that matters is the regulator's own — everything else includes time the applicant spends revising.

Figures mirrored from USACE RIBITS · ORM · RRS · synced

The read

A bank clears the regulator here in about 3.7 years — and takes roughly 3.7 years end to end.

Measured against the national median, the regulator clock runs 4.51× it and the full clock runs 2.11× it.

Regulator clock
1,349days, median
Draft instrument to decision
n = 1 banks · IQR 1,349–1,349
Full clock
1,357days, median
First public notice to decision
n = 3 banks
Vs national
Regulator: South Pacific 1349 days; National 299 days. Full: South Pacific 1357 days; National 642 days
RegulatorFull
Coverage

Regulatory districts, shaded by review time

Review time by district

2 districts
Review time by district, 2 rows
CodeDistrictRegulator clockFull clockBanks
CodeSPKSacramentoRegulator clocknot enough dataFull clocknot enough dataBanks2
CodeSPNSan FranciscoRegulator clocknot enough dataFull clocknot enough dataBanks1
Supply

Credits available across the division

Wetland
1,684credits
+8.2%year on year
Stream
2,584credits
+1238.6%year on year
Species
16,870credits
+0.2%year on year
Demand

Permit applications by district

4 districts
Permit applications by district, 4 rows
CodeDistrictApplicationsOpenShare of division
CodeSPNSan FranciscoApplications3Open2Share of division43%
CodeSPAAlbuquerqueApplications2Open0Share of division29%
CodeSPKSacramentoApplications1Open1Share of division14%
CodeSPLLos AngelesApplications1Open0Share of division14%

Recent federal permit applications on public notice

6 most recent of 7
Applications recorded
7since 2026-07-02
Standard permits & EIS · across 4 districts
Open for comment
3of 7
The rest have closed, and remain pending
Recent federal permit applications on public notice, 6 rows
AppliedDistrictProjectComment period
Applied2026-09-09DistrictSPKSage Hill Industrial Development
Stock yard construction fill, West Valley City, Utahmore

Sage Hill Industrial Park, LLC has applied for a permit to place dredged or fill material in approximately 2.16 acres of waters of the United States to construct a stock yard. The approximately 4.59-acre project site is located at 6555 West 2100 South, Latitude 40.717936 , Longitude -112.041545, West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah, and can be seen on the Magna USGS Topographic Quadrangle.

Comment periodOpen · to 2026-10-09
Applied2026-09-02DistrictSPNEMERYVILLE MARINA MAINTENANCE DREDGING
Emeryville Marina berth dredging, San Francisco Districtmore

Safe Harbor Marina Emeryville has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to perform dredging at the Emeryville Marina using mechanical dredging, via clamshell, in the city of Emeryville, Alameda County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to provide adequate depth for the existing berth areas at the Emeryville Marina to allow safe navigational depths for recreational vessels. The Department of the Army permit application is being processed pursuant to the provisions of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended (33 U.S.C. 403).

Comment periodOpen · to 2026-10-02
Applied2026-08-20DistrictSPNHumboldt Bay Oyster Company Shellfish Farm
Humboldt Bay Oyster Company aquaculture operations continuation and expansionmore

Humboldt Bay Oyster Company has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit for continued operation of the existing subtidal floating upwelling system and rafts and intertidal rack and bag culture. Operations cover approximately 20 acres, with the intention to expand the intertidal rack and bag culture by 3 acres, in the Mad River Slough and tidelands in Humboldt Bay and Woodley Island Marina, within Humboldt County, California (Latitude 40.842303 N, Longitude -124.149786 W).

Comment periodOpen · to 2026-09-19
Applied2026-07-23DistrictSPAConroy Excavating Yard Expansion Project
Conroy Excavation Yard expansion, Grand County, Coloradomore

The Albuquerque District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) for the proposed Conroy Excavation Yard Expansion Project. The proposed project would fill approximately 2 acres of wetlands, located at 125 County Road 522 in the Town of Tabernash, Latitude 39.993421, Longitude -105.849451, Grand County Parcel No. 158901200053, Grand County, Colorado. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments.

Comment periodClosed · to 2026-08-22
Applied2026-07-07DistrictSPLThe Port of Long Beach (Port or POLB) Pier T Marine Terminal Redevelopment Project
Pier T marine terminal expansion EIS scoping noticemore

We invite you to review this public notice and provide comments on the scope and content of the Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement. The proposed project is to conduct work, including dredge and fill, and erect structures to modify and expand on the 382 acre Pier T marine terminal, and dispose of dredged material. By providing substantive, site-specific comments to the Corps Regulatory Division, you provide information that supports the Corps scoping process for this EIS. All comments received during the comment period become part of the record and will be considered in the development of the EIS.

Comment periodClosed · to 2026-08-17
Applied2026-06-25DistrictSPANMISC Priority I Habitat Restoration ProjectNo description providedComment periodClosed · to 2026-07-27
Pipeline

Banks proposed on public notice

2 most recent of 2
Proposals recorded
2since 2026-07-02
Bank, ILF and instrument proposals
Open for comment
1of 2
The rest have closed, and remain in review
In RIBITS review
1pending banks
Separate feed — RIBITS bank status
Banks proposed on public notice, 2 rows
AppliedDistrictTypeProposed bankComment period
Applied2026-08-21DistrictSPKTypeBank prospectusDEVMBADamonte Ranch Wetland Mitigation Bank
Steamboat Creek freshwater pond and wetland mitigation bank, Renomore

Nevada Tri-Partners has applied for authorization of a mitigation bank that would provide approximately 80.88 freshwater pond and wetland credits. The project site is located on Steamboat Creek, within the Damonte Ranch subdivision, Latitude 39.43686, Longitude -119.71939, in the City of Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, and can be seen on the Steamboat USGS Topographic Quadrangle.

Comment periodOpen · to 2026-10-09
Applied2026-08-06DistrictSPNTypeILF instrument modificationMODDucks Unlimited San Francisco Bay ILF Program
ILF instrument modification, Manzoni Propertymore

Request for comments on the proposed modification of the ILF instrument to include the Manzoni Property.

Comment periodClosed · to 2026-09-05
Approvals

Banks finalized in this division

Banks finalized in this division, 2 rows
DecisionDistrictBankStatus nowCredits released
Decision2026-08-11DistrictSPKCache Slough Mitigation BankSPK-2022-357Status nowApprovedCredits releasednone yet
Decision2026-06-25DistrictSPKJohnson Cosumnes Mitigation BankSPK-2023-103Status nowApprovedCredits releasedWetland, Stream

About the data on this page

Bank details, status and credit balances are mirrored from the USACE RIBITS registry, the federal public record for mitigation banks. Single-client banks are excluded from supply figures. Credit balances count only banks that can sell today — sold-out, suspended, terminated, withdrawn, closed-out and not-yet-approved banks are left out. Credit classes offset different resources and are never added together. Totals across many banks are rounded to whole credits — a single bank’s own balance never is. Approval timelines come from the USACE permit-processing record (ORM). We calculate the median from every bank’s milestone dates in the division. Full clock means from the first public notice of the prospectus to the final decision — it includes the applicant’s own time. Regulator clock means from the complete draft instrument being received to that same final decision — the part the Corps controls. A median is shown only where at least four banks have both milestone dates. In-lieu fee instruments are excluded throughout. Public notices come from the USACE Regulatory Request System (RRS). Notice text is the Corps’ own; the one-line summary beside it is an AI generated summary.

The map on this page is drawn live from the EPA NEPAssist RIBITS MapServer when you load it.

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