In-lieu fee programMassachusetts ILF Program

Massachusetts. The public-option alternative to buying bank credits — one sponsor sells credits across the whole approved service area, at a rate it publishes rather than negotiates.

Figures mirrored from USACE RIBITS · synced

ApprovedILFNew England District
published rates
15
program sites
25
states
MA

Published rates

By service area

Published rates by service area

6 service areas · Schedule eff. 2025-12-01
Published rates by service area, 6 rows
Service areaClassificationFee schedule
Berkshire/TaconicWetland · FreshwaterStream$789,186 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$630 / credit — Stream
Connecticut RiverWetland · FreshwaterStream$790,000 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$630 / credit — Stream
Quabbin/Worcester PlateauWetland · FreshwaterStream$791,874 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$630 / credit — Stream
Coastal - North Sub-areaWetland · FreshwaterWetland · TidalStream$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Tidal$946 / credit — Stream
Coastal - Central Sub-areaWetland · FreshwaterWetland · TidalStream$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Tidal$946 / credit — Stream
Coastal - South Sub-areaWetland · FreshwaterWetland · TidalStream$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Freshwater$822,670 / credit — Wetland · Tidal$946 / credit — Stream

Fee schedule

Coverage

Program sites

in-lieu fee sites

25 sites

most credits first
25 sites, 25 rows
Mitigation bank5 yr. sales
2023 - QWP - Salmon Brook Dam Removal - Brookfield, MAApprovedStreamWetlandno sales
2019-BERK/TAC -Williams River Preservation Parcel- West Stockbridge, MAApprovedStreamWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
2022 - CC - Blackwater Swamp Restoration - Kingston, MAApprovedStreamWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 33 sales
2022 – CT River – Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary – Hampden, MAApprovedStreamWetlandsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 01 sale
2020 - CS - Mashpee Cranberry Bog Restoration Project - Mashpee, MAApprovedWetlandno sales
2019-Coastal/S-Marine Habitat Enhacement Artifical Reef- Yarmouth, MAApprovedWetlandsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 07 sales
2019-Coastal/N- Town Farm - Ipswich, MAApprovedWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 2, 2025: 4, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 28 sales
2020 - CS - Oyster Reef - Nantucket, MAApprovedWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 2, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 02 sales
2017-COASTAL/N-Eelgrass Restoration/Middle Ground-Salem, MAApprovedWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
MA 2012-Coastal Central-Town Brook-Off-Billington St Dam RemovalApprovedWetlandsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
MA 2012-Coastal North-Rough Meadows-RowleySold-Outsales by year — 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 010 sales
MA 2012-Coastal North-Upper Great Marsh-Newbury&RowleySold-Outsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 07 sales
MA 2013-Coastal South-Draka Dam Fishway - TauntonSold-Outsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 02 sales
2019-Coastal/S -Nemasket River Preservation Parcel- Middleborough, MASold-Outsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 1, 2023: 0, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 04 sales
2019 - CS - Westport Coldwater Stream - Westport, MASold-Outsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 01 sale
2019 - CN - Rattlesnake Hill - Sharon, MAWithdrawnno sales
2019 - CN - Parker River Connector - Newbury, MASold-Outsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 07 sales
2020 - QW - Barre Land - MGLT - MAApprovedsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 7, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 4, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 318 sales
2021 - CN - Pye Brook and Hood Pond Wetlands Restoration - Topsfield & Ipswich, MAWithdrawnno sales
2021 - CS - Nantucket Harbor Eelgrass - Nantucket, MA)Approvedno sales
2022 - CS - Red Brook Restoration - Wareham, MAApprovedno sales
2024 - QWP - Stow Acres Wetland Restoration - Stow, MAPendingno sales
2025 - CS - Cape Cod Bay Reef - Brewster, MAPendingno sales
2025 - CN - Great Marsh Ecosystem Recovery Project WFWMA - Newbury, MAPendingno sales
2026 Trustees Phase III Enhancement ProjectPendingno sales
Sponsor & point of contact

Contact this program

Contact this program, 2 rows
NameRoleEmailPhoneLocation
Elisabeth CianciolaRoleSponsorEmailelisabeth.cianciola@mass.govPhone(617) 626-1558LocationBoston, MA
MA Department of Fish and GameRoleProgram sponsorEmailNot recordedPhonenot recordedLocationBoston, MA

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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. What we call a “credit sale” is a credit withdrawal — the entry written in the federal credit ledger when credits are committed to a permit. At commercial banks a withdrawal generally represents a sale; at a single-client bank it offsets the sponsor’s own project. The figures count ledger transactions, not distinct purchases — one purchase may produce several withdrawals — and we count entries rather than credits moved, because credit classes are different units and cannot be added together. Each bar in a sales chart counts the credit sales recorded in that calendar year — withdrawals from the federal ledger, not quantities of credits. The final bar is the year in progress and is shown in a different color. No bars means no sales in those years.

The rates are not from RIBITS — the federal registry publishes no in-lieu fee price. Each one was transcribed by hand from the program’s own published fee schedule, which is linked beside it, and carries that schedule’s effective date. Schedules are updated when the program republishes, not on a set cycle, so a rate may be several years old and still be the current one. This is an administrative list price, set by the program sponsor as the regulated cost of meeting a permit obligation. It is not a market rate for a mitigation bank credit and should not be read as one. Contact details are mirrored from the bank’s own entry in the USACE RIBITS registry. A map of pins shows where banks and sites are, not where they can sell. Service areas are wider than the pin and are decided by the Corps — open a bank, or run a location search, to see the area it actually covers. The map on this page is drawn live from the EPA NEPAssist RIBITS MapServer when you load it.

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