Change in Anticipated Grant Funding. Grant funding for the CRP is provided by TCEQ on a 2-year rotating contract period and is in excess of $700,000. This program is very important to water quality permitting operations at TCEQ and funding is expected to continue through the term of this agreement. Should TCEQ discontinue funding the CRP, the Covered Parties are committed to continuing water quality monitoring and reporting for the Trinity Basin to the mutual benefit of the Covered Parties and the Covered Species at a level of effort not less than $350,000 for each 2-year period. If the grant funding is decreased or no longer available for either of these programs, TRA will notify USFWS of such reduction and provide its assessment of how such reductions will affect TRA’s ability to implement certain Conservation Measures in this CCAA. TRA will work with USFWS to identify potential sources of alternative funding for these programs and to prioritize the activities under these programs that TRA is able to continue with available funds that provide a benefit to the Covered Species and ongoing Conservation Measures. TRA will work with USFWS to prioritize those sites that are most relevant to the Covered Species to ensure that data continues.
