New Bank Enabling Instrument Template
The Project Delivery Team (PDT), established by the 2011 inter-agency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning Mitigation and Conservation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Programs in California, has finalized the new 2024 Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI) template. You can find this template on the CDFW banking webpage.
Please note:
- Bank Sponsors that submit draft BEIs on or before February 4, 2025 can elect to use either the 2021 BEI template or the 2024 BEI template. However, after February 4, 2025, Bank Sponsors will need to use the new 2024 BEI template.
- If a Bank Sponsor wants to incorporate language from the 2024 BEI template into an already signed BEI, the request will be considered a complex amendment and amendment documents and a Complex Amendment Fee will need to be submitted to CDFW.
- If a Bank Sponsor wants to use the 2024 BEI template for an already submitted draft BEI, the Bank Sponsor will need to request an unsolicited change and submit an Unsolicited Change Fee to CDFW.
A huge thank you goes out to all of the parties who provided input and worked on this effort!
We appreciate your continued support of the Conservation and Mitigation Banking program. If you have banking related questions, please email mitbank@wildlife.ca.gov.
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