Mitigation: 8-10

It appears that wetland mitigation and planning may not have been incorporated into the document. Please explain/clarify.

CREC project wetland mitigation is discussed in Section 6.3.4 of the EFSB Application. A compensatory mitigation strategy for the proposed permanent project impacts is being developed and a complete mitigation plan which details the specific mitigation measures to be implemented will be included in the RIDEM and USACE wetlands permit applications to be filed by June of 2016.

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SUPPLEMENTAL

RESPONSE:

In pre-application meetings, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management ("RIDEM") and the USACE informed Invenergy that the wetlands applications submitted for CREC would need to include the proposed impacts associated with all project elements, including CREC, the transmission line and all water and/or sewer treatment and conveyance systems. Due to design delays associated with the National Grid transmission line, Invenergy was unable to submit the permit application by June 2016, as indicated in the original response.

Pending the transmission line and further water line system developments, the wetlands impacts to the construction of CREC have been determined. See "Clear River Energy Center – Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board Application – Addendum – Wetlands," prepared by ESS Group, Inc., dated August 30, 2016.

RESPONDENT: Michael Feinblatt, ESS Group, Inc.

DATE: August 30, 2016