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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:

o Species listed as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

or the state’s endangered species act.

o Species or ecological communities classified by NatureServe as GH (possibly

extinct), G1 (critically imperiled), or G2 (imperiled).

o Species listed as threatened or endangered species under local equivalent

standards (for projects outside the U.S.) that are not covered by NatureServe data.

Water bodies : Areas on or within 100 feet (30 meters) of a water body, except for minor improvements.
Wetlands : Areas on or within 50 feet (15 meters) of a wetland, except for minor improvements.
Steep slopes : Protect 40% of the steep slope area on the site (if such areas exist) from all development and construction activity.

o For unstable, undeveloped slopes between 15% and 25%, protect 40% from all

development.

o For unstable, undeveloped slopes steeper than 25%, protect from all development

and construction activity 60% of the steep slope area on the site.

U.S. Green Building Council LEED v5 Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction, November 2025 Edition 17