Boat Dock and Pier Permitting Sample Clauses

Boat Dock and Pier Permitting. The Covered Parties issue permits for construction of boathouses and piers by individual homeowners and/or businesses on the reservoirs they own and operate through a General Permit from the USACE. These permits are designed to streamline the permitting process between the USACE, Covered Parties, and the property owners. Permitting of boat docks and piers will be covered by this agreement so long as the Covered Parties operate within the General Permit requirements set forth by the USACE, which included Section 7 consultation under the ESA when it was issued and every 5 years thereafter when the permit is renewed. 8 Conservation Measures CCAAs are required to provide “net conservation benefit” to the Covered Species. Because the Covered Parties operate within but do not own, control, or regulate the Covered Area (described in detail in Section 4) and contribute to only a portion of the overall stressors to the Covered Species (Section 4), the Conservation Measures described in this section cannot address all of the threats to the Covered Species. Due to the inherent nature and function of the Trinity River Basin, described in detail in Section 4, and the lifecycle of the Covered Species, Conservation Measures outlined in this Section should be considered cumulatively. As such, they provide the required “net conservation benefit” to the Covered Species by addressing the threats that fall within the operational control of the Covered Parties. These Conservation Measures are described in detail in the remainder of this section and are summarized below in Table 8-1. Table 8-1. Table summarizing the Conservation Measures. Threat Category Conservation Measure Threats Addressed Priority Zones Altered Hydrology Mainstem Environmental Flows Protections Dewatering All Altered Hydrology Stream Restoration Activities Scour, streambank failures, and sedimentation B, C, E Altered Hydrology USGS Flow and Water Quality Monitoring Dewatering, scientific data gaps All Altered Hydrology Hydraulic and Hydrologic Monitoring Scientific data gaps B, C Water Quality WWTP Effluent Discharge Limits Toxicity B, C Water Quality Caged mussel studies Scientific data gaps B, C Water Quality Long-term Monitoring for Mussels Scientific data gaps and feedback for Adaptive Management B, C, E Water Quality Modeling Scientific data gaps B, C Water Quality Instream Water Quality Monitoring Toxicity, scientific data gaps, habitat degradation B, C Water Quality Stream Restoration Sediment Reduct...