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Location and Transportation Credit

SENSITIVE LAND PROTECTION

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New Construction (1 point) Core and Shell (1 point)

INTENT

To cultivate community resilience by avoiding the development of environmentally sensitive lands that provide critical ecosystem services and reduce the environmental impact from the location of a building on a site.

REQUIREMENTS

Achievement pathways	Points
New Construction and Core and Shell	1
Option 1. Previously Developed Sites	1
OR
Option 2. Previously Undeveloped Sites	1

Option 1. Previously Developed Sites (1 point)

Locate the development footprint on land that has been previously developed .

OR

Option 2: Previously Undeveloped Sites (1 point)

Locate the development footprint on land that does not meet the following criteria for sensitive land:

• Prime farmland : Prime farmland, unique farmland, or farmland of statewide or local importance as defined by the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Volume 6, Parts 400 to 699, Section 657.5 (or local equivalent for projects outside the U.S.) and identified in a state Natural Resources Conservation Service soil survey (or local equivalent for projects outside the U.S.).

• Floodplains : A flood hazard area shown on a legally adopted flood hazard map or otherwise legally designated by the local jurisdiction or the state. For projects in places without legally adopted flood hazard maps or legal designations, locate on a site that is entirely outside any floodplain subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year (100-year floodplain).

• Notable habitat : Land identified as habitat for one or more of the following:

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