Common use of Benefits of this 2020 DSL CCAA Clause in Contracts

Benefits of this 2020 DSL CCAA. ‌ This 2020 DSL CCAA is a stand-alone voluntary conservation plan for the net conservation benefit of the DSL that is also designed to complement the TCP and other conservation programs. The DSL Habitat model underlying the TCP is expected to continue to guide conservation activities under the TCP. The 2020 DSL CCAA and TCP Administrators, the Adaptive Management Committees, and interested Participants will coordinate with the FWS to review and refine the applicable DSL Habitat model and map as more information becomes available and better mapping methodologies are developed, including through the potential use of a third party academic institution. The 2020 DSL CCAA requires implementation of Conservation Measures on non-Federal lands to benefit the DSL. These Measures include avoidance and minimization to eliminate or reduce threats to the DSL. The Participants agree to implement these measures through CIs that set out the Participants’ obligations under the 2020 DSL CCAA. A Property Owner that enrolled as a Participant under the TCP may enroll as a Participant under the 2020 DSL CCAA if it terminates participation in the TCP. The 2020 DSL CCAA is between the FWS and the Administrator, and is a collaborative effort between the FWS, the Administrator, and Participants in the 2020 DSL CCAA. The 2020 DSL CCAA provides protections not otherwise available through regulatory means to the DSL and its habitat on private property while balancing the need for economic development in an area important to the nation’s domestic energy production, among other activities. A significant benefit of this 2020 DSL CCAA is that it generally avoids, minimizes, and offsets impacts to DSL and its habitat on private lands, which are not otherwise subject to management for the conservation of a species that is not listed under the ESA. Further it generates substantial funding for Conservation Actions for the DSL to improve the status of this species. Conservation Actions are actions that reduce threats to the DSL and may include such things as reclamation or restoration of DSL Habitat, acquisition of Conservation Easements and other protections, and other actions, such as the removal of infrastructure. These actions are funded by Participants or others (e.g., through grants, state or federal funding) and implemented by the Administrator. The Administrator, working with Participants and others, will implement a comprehensive and strategic landscape-level approach in identifying the actions to address the conservation needs of the DSL while allowing for continued economic development. Participants may also implement Conservation Actions that are pre-approved by the Administrator and concurred with by the FWS. Finally, the 2020 DSL CCAA, through Habitat Conservation Fees and Implementation Fees, provides funding for research, monitoring and surveys to increase scientific understanding of the DSL and its habitat, as well as the effectiveness of the Conservation Measures and Actions and Adaptive Management. The 2020 DSL CCAA contemplates joint surveys, whereby the Administrator of the 2020 DSL CCAA and the Administrator of the New Mexico DSL conservation programs may share data that will provide a more comprehensive understanding of the DSL’s status across the range in Texas and New Mexico. FWS has determined that a 10(a)(1)(A) Enhancement of Survival Permit can be issued to persons or entities that enter into a CCAA with the FWS. If the DSL is subsequently listed under the ESA, the Enhancement of Survival Permit becomes effective and authorizes take of the species that is incidental to otherwise-lawful activities on Enrolled Properties as specified in the 2020 DSL CCAA, provided the activities are performed in accordance with the 2020 DSL CCAA’s terms. The 2020 DSL CCAA and the associated Permit also provide, if the species is listed, the Permit Holder with regulatory assurances that are passed down to the Participants, so long as they comply with the terms of this 2020 DSL CCAA and their CI. This regulatory assurance consists of the Service not requiring “the commitment of additional land, water, or financial compensation or additional restrictions on the use of land, water, or other natural resources beyond the level otherwise agreed upon for the species covered by the Agreement without the consent of the permittee” and Participants, 50 CFR parts 17.22(d)(5) and 17.33(d)(5). This assurance is intended to provide regulatory certainty to ensure the continued vitality of this important segment of the Texas economy and the nation’s energy security.

Benefits of this 2020 DSL CCAA. ‌ This 2020 DSL CCAA is a stand-alone voluntary conservation plan for the net conservation benefit of the DSL that is also designed to complement the TCP and other conservation programs. The DSL Habitat model underlying the TCP is expected to continue to guide conservation activities under the TCP. The 2020 DSL CCAA and TCP Administrators, the Adaptive Management Committees, and interested Participants will coordinate with the FWS to review and refine the applicable DSL Habitat model and map as more information becomes available and better mapping methodologies are developed, including through the potential use of a third party academic institution. The 2020 DSL CCAA requires implementation of Conservation Measures on non-Federal lands to benefit the DSL. These Measures include avoidance and minimization to eliminate or reduce threats to the DSL. The Participants agree to implement these measures through CIs that set out the Participants’ obligations under the 2020 DSL CCAA. A Property Owner that enrolled as a Participant under the TCP may enroll as a Participant under the 2020 DSL CCAA if it terminates participation in the TCP. The 2020 DSL CCAA is between the FWS and the Administrator, and is a collaborative effort between the FWS, the Administrator, and Participants in the 2020 DSL CCAA. The 2020 DSL CCAA provides protections not otherwise available through regulatory means to the DSL and its habitat on private property while balancing the need for economic development in an area important to the nation’s domestic energy production, among other activities. A significant benefit of this 2020 DSL CCAA is that it generally avoids, minimizes, and offsets impacts to DSL and its habitat on private lands, which are not otherwise subject to management for the conservation of a species that is not listed under the ESA. Further it generates substantial funding for Conservation Actions for the DSL to improve the status of this species. Conservation Actions are actions that reduce threats to the DSL and may include such things as reclamation or restoration of DSL Habitat, acquisition of Conservation Easements and other protections, and other actions, such as the removal of infrastructure. These actions are funded by Participants or others (e.g., through grants, state or federal funding) and implemented by the Administrator. The Administrator, working with Participants and others, will implement a comprehensive and strategic landscape-level approach in identifying the actions to address the conservation needs of the DSL while allowing for continued economic development. Participants may also implement Conservation Actions that are pre-approved by the Administrator and concurred with by the FWS. Finally, the 2020 DSL CCAA, through Habitat Conservation Fees and Implementation Fees, provides funding for research, monitoring and surveys to increase scientific understanding of the DSL and its habitat, as well as the effectiveness of the Conservation Measures and Actions and Adaptive Management. The 2020 DSL CCAA contemplates joint surveys, whereby the Administrator of the 2020 DSL CCAA and the Administrator of the New Mexico DSL conservation programs may share data that will provide a more comprehensive understanding of the DSL’s status across the range in Texas and New Mexico. FWS has determined that a 10(a)(1)(A) Enhancement of Survival Permit can be issued to persons or entities that enter into a CCAA with the FWS. If the DSL is subsequently listed under the ESA, the Enhancement of Survival Permit becomes effective and authorizes take of the species that is incidental to otherwise-lawful activities on Enrolled Properties as specified in the 2020 DSL CCAA, provided the activities are performed in accordance with the Permit, supported by the 2020 DSL CCAA’s terms. The 2020 DSL CCAA and the associated Permit also provide, if the species is listed, the Permit Holder with regulatory assurances that are passed down to the Participants, so long as they comply with the terms of this 2020 DSL CCAA and their CI. This regulatory assurance consists of the Service not requiring “the commitment of additional land, water, or financial compensation or additional restrictions on the use of land, water, or other natural resources beyond the level otherwise agreed upon for the species covered by the Agreement without the consent of the permittee” and Participants, 50 CFR parts 17.22(d)(5) and 17.33(d)(5). This assurance is intended provides incentives to provide implement conservation for unlisted species on non-Federal property and provides important regulatory certainty to ensure the continued vitality of this important segment of the Texas economy and the nation’s energy securityfor Participants.

Benefits of this 2020 DSL CCAA. ‌ This 2020 DSL CCAA anticipates that the FWS will transfer the TCP and related Enhancement of Survival Permit from the CPA to a qualified non-profit entity established for the purpose of administering the TCP on an ongoing basis. Activities for the conservation of the DSL and its habitat have been continuous under the TCP and related permit. This 2020 DSL CCAA is a stand-alone voluntary designed to work with the TCP as an integrated conservation plan program for the net conservation benefit of the DSL that is also designed to complement the TCP and other conservation programsDSL. The DSL Habitat model underlying the TCP is expected to will continue to guide conservation activities under the TCP. The TCP and 2020 DSL CCAA and TCP Administrators, the Adaptive Management CommitteesCommittee under the TCP, the Adaptive Management Committee under this CCAA, and interested Participants will coordinate with the FWS to review and refine the applicable DSL Habitat model and map as more information becomes available and better mapping methodologies are developed, including through the potential use of a third party academic institution. The 2020 DSL CCAA requires implementation of Conservation Measures on non-Federal lands to benefit the DSL. These Measures include avoidance and minimization to eliminate or reduce threats to the DSL. The Participants agree to implement these measures through CIs that set out the Participants’ obligations under the 2020 DSL CCAA. A Property Owner that Owners already enrolled as a Participant Participants under the TCP also may enroll as a Participant Participants under the 2020 DSL CCAA if it terminates participation in the TCPunder a CI. The 2020 DSL CCAA is between the FWS and the Administrator, and is a collaborative effort between the FWS, the Administrator, and Participants in the 2020 DSL CCAA. The 2020 DSL CCAA provides protections not otherwise available through regulatory means to the DSL and its habitat on private property while balancing the need for economic development in an area important to the nation’s domestic energy production, among other activities. A significant benefit of this 2020 DSL CCAA is that it generally avoids, minimizes, and offsets impacts to DSL and its habitat on private lands, which are not otherwise subject to management for the conservation of a species that is not listed under the ESA. Further it generates substantial funding for Conservation Actions for the DSL to improve the status of this species. Conservation Actions are actions that preclude or reduce threats to the DSL and may include such things as reclamation or restoration of DSL Habitat, acquisition of Conservation Easements and other protectionsEasements, and other actions, such as the removal of infrastructure. These actions are funded by Participants or others (e.g., through grants, state or federal funding) and implemented by the Administrator. The Administrator, working with Participants and others, will implement a comprehensive and strategic landscape-level approach in identifying the actions to address the conservation needs of the DSL while allowing for continued economic development. Participants may also implement Conservation Actions that are pre-approved by the Administrator and concurred with by the FWS. Finally, the 2020 DSL CCAA, through Habitat Conservation Fees and Implementation Fees, provides funding for research, monitoring and surveys to increase scientific understanding of the DSL and its habitat, as well as the effectiveness of the Conservation Measures and Actions and Adaptive Management. The 2020 DSL CCAA contemplates joint surveys, whereby the Administrator of the 2020 DSL CCAA surveys in Texas and the Administrator of the New Mexico DSL conservation programs may share data that will provide a more comprehensive understanding of the DSL’s status across the range in Texas and New Mexicostatus. FWS has determined that a 10(a)(1)(A) Enhancement of Survival Permit can be issued to persons or entities that enter into a CCAA with the FWS. If the DSL is subsequently listed under the ESA, the Enhancement of Survival Permit becomes effective and authorizes take of the species that is incidental to otherwise-lawful activities on Enrolled Properties as specified in the 2020 DSL CCAA, provided the activities are performed in accordance with the 2020 DSL CCAA’s terms. The 2020 DSL CCAA and the associated Permit also provide, if the species is listed, the Permit Holder with regulatory assurances that are passed down to the Participants, so long as they comply with the terms of this 2020 DSL CCAA and their CI. This regulatory assurance consists of the Service not requiring “the commitment of additional land, water, or financial compensation or additional restrictions on the use of land, water, or other natural resources beyond the level otherwise agreed upon for the species covered by the Agreement without the consent of the permittee” and Participants, 50 CFR parts 17.22(d)(5) and 17.33(d)(5). This assurance is intended to provide regulatory certainty to ensure the continued vitality of this important segment of the Texas economy and the nation’s energy security.