Common use of Consortium Management and Operations Structure Clause in Contracts

Consortium Management and Operations Structure. Each Member is entitled to participation in the Consortium and to share equally in the results of any research funded by the Consortium. The Program Director is the administrative head of the Consortium, and is responsible for coordination and oversight of the fiscal, personnel, research, reporting, and outreach efforts. The Program Director works closely with the Board, the Council and TSC, and program and research managers to ensure that: • the research projects are focused on efficiently and cost-effectively facilitating the adoption of produced water treatment, reuse and reapplication technologies; and • science-based regulations are protective of human health and the environment. Program and Research Managers manage the alignment and coordination of research projects for the Consortium with the goal of conducting “fit-for-purpose” water treatment research that provides guidance on policy, regulations, and the cost and performance associated to enhance each use or reuse of produced water. Those managers ensure outreach to the public, industry, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholder groups of developed technology improvements to ensure timely implementation and adoption of produced water treatment and reuse that will protect the environment and human health. The Board will provide oversight of the Consortium research and outreach efforts by reviewing and approving major program strategies and directions, verification of key resource budgets and allocations, and schedules and progress. Each year, the Board will report its findings to NMED and NMSU leadership, and the Members. The Board will be comprised of a senior-level representative from state and federal agencies including: • New Mexico State University; • NM Environment Department; • NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources; • NM Department of Agriculture; • NM Water Resources Research Institute; • NM Office of the State Engineer; • NM Department of Health; • NM Game and Fish; and • Other state and federal environmental, land and water management, and ecological resource protection agencies. Sponsors are those groups who provide funding support to advance research in treatment and reuse of produced water generated by the oil and gas industry, with a commitment of 3-5 years. This multi-year commitment will ensure a robust research effort required to effectively address scientific and technical knowledge gaps necessary to establish regulations and policies for the treatment of produced water. Pooled Sponsor funding will be used to support operational and research needs of the Consortium. Each Sponsor entity will be granted automatic annual membership. Sponsorship levels noted below are reflective of cumulative (calculated annually) financial commitment to the Consortium as follows: • Platinum Sponsor $2 million • Gold Sponsor $1 million • Silver Sponsor $500,000 • Bronze Sponsor $250,000 • Affiliate Sponsor $50,000 Financial commitments for Sponsorship may include cash and may also include any other resource specifically receiving approval as Sponsor support (e.g. in-kind resources such as vehicles, use of site equipment, and laboratory equipment). The Members will serve to advise the Program Director on research roadmap priorities, including current research and technology gaps and emerging health and safety issues, opportunities for collaborative demonstration sites, environmental and regulatory considerations, and other relevant issues that impact the work of the Consortium. The Members will be supported by Faculty Fellows and student Interns, who will provide administrative and technical support at public meetings, workshops, and will help compile and record Consortium findings as needed, as well as help coordinate efforts with NMED. Each Faculty Fellow is an individual with technical subject matter expertise who serves as liaison between the Member, researchers, NMED, and mentor university student interns working on behalf of the Consortium. Student Interns are invited from the three New Mexico research universities to assist in various aspects of the Consortium as determined by the Program Director. The Interns can be paid directly by Consortium or involved through other means to be determined by each of the respective institutions. The TSC will serve as an independent of technical representatives of the Consortium Members to help establish Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluate responses to submitted RFPs for funding, and review research and technology cost and performance data, and help prepare findings. The role of the TSC is to oversee the integrity and fairness of research opportunities, assess the quality and validation of the research results, and ensure a quality and focused research portfolio. Proposed TSC participants will be considered by the Programs Director, Research and Programs Managers, the Faculty Fellows, In consultation with the Board to select appropriate participants based on recognized technical expertise in areas such as: • produced water issues and management; • produced water treatment and testing; • produced water public safety and health issues; and • relevant alternative use research challenges, applications, costs, and impacts on water supply security and resiliency.

Consortium Management and Operations Structure. Each Member is entitled to participation in the Consortium Council and to share equally in the results of any research funded by the Consortium. The Council is to include one representative from each Member. The Program Director is the administrative head of the ConsortiumNMPWRC, and is responsible for coordination and oversight of the fiscal, personnel, research, reporting, and outreach efforts. The Program Director works closely with the Board, the Council and TSCTAC, and program and research managers to ensure that: • the research projects are focused on efficiently and cost-effectively facilitating accelerating the adoption of produced water treatment, reuse and reapplication technologies; and • science-based regulations are protective of human health and the environment. Program and Research Managers manage the alignment and coordination of research projects for the Consortium NM-PWRC with the goal of conducting “fit-for-purpose” water treatment research that provides provide guidance on policy, regulations, and the cost and performance associated to enhance each use or reuse of produced water. Those managers ensure outreach to the public, industry, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholder groups of developed technology improvements to ensure timely implementation and adoption of produced water treatment and reuse that will protect the environment and human health. The Board who will provide oversight of the Consortium research and outreach efforts by reviewing and approving major program strategies and directions, verification of key resource budgets and allocations, and schedules and progress. Each year, the Board will report its findings to NMED and NMSU leadership, and the MembersCouncil. The Board will be comprised of a one senior-level representative from state and federal agencies includingeach of the following: • New Mexico State University; • NM Environment Department; • NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources; • NM Department of Agriculture; • NM Water Resources Research Institute; Institute • NM Office of the State Engineer; • NM Department of Health; • NM Game Federal Agencies (TBD by NMED and Fish; and • Other state and federal environmental, land and water management, and ecological resource protection agencies. Sponsors are those groups who NMSU) Each Sponsor is expected to provide funding support to advance research in treatment and reuse of produced water generated by the oil and gas industry, with a commitment of 3-5 years. This multi-year commitment will ensure a robust research effort required to effectively address scientific and technical knowledge gaps necessary to establish regulations and policies for the treatment of produced water. Pooled Sponsor funding will be used to support operational and research needs of the ConsortiumNM-PWRC. Each Sponsor entity will be granted automatic annual membershipmembership on the Council. Sponsorship levels noted below are reflective of cumulative (calculated annually) financial commitment to in the Consortium NMPWRC as follows: • Platinum Sponsor $2 million • Gold Sponsor $1 million • Silver Sponsor $500,000 • Bronze Sponsor $250,000 • Affiliate Sponsor $50,000 Financial commitments for Sponsorship may include cash and may also include any other resource specifically receiving approval as Sponsor support by the Board (e.g. in-kind resources such as vehicles, use of site equipment, vehicles and laboratory equipment). The Members Council will serve to advise the Program Director on research roadmap priorities, including current research and technology gaps and emerging health and safety issues, opportunities for collaborative demonstration sites, environmental and regulatory considerations, and other relevant issues that impact the work of the Consortium. The Members This Council will be supported by NM- PWRC Faculty Fellows and student Interns, who will provide administrative and technical support at public meetings, workshops, and will help compile and record Consortium NMPWRC findings as needed, as well as help coordinate efforts with NMED. Each Faculty Fellow is an individual with technical subject matter expertise who serves as liaison between the Member, researchers, NMEDNM-PWRC and Researchers, and mentor mentors university student interns working on behalf of the ConsortiumNM-PWRC. Student Interns are Each student Intern is invited from one of the three New Mexico research universities to assist in various aspects of the Consortium NM-PWRC as determined by the Program Director. The Interns Intern can be paid directly by Consortium the NM-PWRC or involved through other means to be determined by each of the respective institutions. The TSC TRC will serve as an independent of technical representatives of the Consortium Members body to help establish Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluate responses to submitted RFPs for funding, and review research and technology cost and performance data, and help prepare findings. The role of the TSC TRC is to oversee the integrity and fairness of research opportunities, assess the quality and validation of the research results, and ensure a quality and focused research portfolio. Proposed TSC participants will be considered by the Programs Director, Research and Programs Managers, the Faculty Fellows, In consultation with the Board Board, the Program Director identifies and invites to select appropriate participants participate each TRC member based on recognized technical expertise in areas such asin: • produced water issues and management; • produced water treatment and testing; • produced water public safety and health issues; and • relevant alternative use research challenges, applications, costs, and impacts on water supply security and resiliency.

Consortium Management and Operations Structure. Each Member is entitled to participation in the Consortium and to share equally in the results of any research funded by the Consortium. The Program Director is the administrative head of the Consortium, and is responsible for coordination and oversight of the fiscal, personnel, research, reporting, and outreach efforts. The Program Director works closely with the Board, the Council and TSC, and program and research managers to ensure that: • the research projects are focused on efficiently and cost-effectively facilitating the adoption of produced water treatment, reuse and reapplication technologies; and • science-based regulations are protective of human health and the environment. Program and Research Managers manage the alignment and coordination of research projects for the Consortium with the goal of conducting “fit-for-purpose” water treatment research that provides guidance on policy, regulations, and the cost and performance associated to enhance each use or reuse of produced water. Those managers ensure outreach to the public, industry, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholder groups of developed technology improvements to ensure timely implementation and adoption of produced water treatment and reuse that will protect the environment and human health. The Board will provide oversight of the Consortium research and outreach efforts by reviewing and approving major program strategies and directions, verification of key resource budgets and allocations, and schedules and progress. Each year, the Board will report its findings to NMED and NMSU leadership, and the Members. The Board will be comprised of a senior-level representative from state and federal agencies including: • New Mexico State University; • NM Environment Department; • NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources; • NM Department of Agriculture; • NM Water Resources Research Institute; • NM Office of the State Engineer; • NM Department of Health; • NM Game and Fish; and • Other state and federal environmental, land and water management, and ecological resource protection agencies. Sponsors are those groups who provide funding support to advance research in treatment and reuse of produced water generated by the oil and gas industry, with a commitment of 3-5 years. This multi-year commitment will ensure a robust research effort required to effectively address scientific and technical knowledge gaps necessary to establish regulations and policies for the treatment of produced water. Pooled Sponsor funding will be used to support operational and research needs of the Consortium. Each Sponsor entity will be granted automatic annual membership. Sponsorship levels noted below are reflective of cumulative (calculated annually) financial commitment to the Consortium as follows: • Platinum Sponsor $2 million • Gold Sponsor $1 million • Silver Sponsor $500,000 • Bronze Sponsor $250,000 • Affiliate Sponsor $50,000 Financial commitments for Sponsorship may include cash and may also include any other resource specifically receiving approval as Sponsor support (e.g. in-kind resources such as vehicles, use of site equipment, and laboratory equipment). The Members will serve to advise the Program Director on research roadmap priorities, including current research and technology gaps and emerging health and safety issues, opportunities for collaborative demonstration sites, environmental and regulatory considerations, and other relevant issues that impact the work of the Consortium. The Members will be supported by Faculty Fellows and student Interns, who will provide administrative and technical support at public meetings, workshops, and will help compile and record Consortium findings as needed, as well as help coordinate efforts with NMED. Each Faculty Fellow is an individual with technical subject matter expertise who serves as liaison between the Member, researchers, NMED, and mentor university student interns working on behalf of the ConsortiumNMPWRC. Student Interns are invited from the three New Mexico research universities to assist in various aspects of the Consortium as determined by the Program Director. The Interns can be paid directly by Consortium or involved through other means to be determined by each of the respective institutions. The TSC will serve as an independent set of technical representatives of the Consortium Members to help establish Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluate responses to submitted RFPs for funding, and review research and technology cost and performance data, and help prepare findings. The role of the TSC is to oversee the integrity and fairness of research opportunities, assess the quality and validation of the research results, and ensure a quality and focused research portfolio. Proposed TSC participants will be considered by the Programs Director, Research and Programs Managers, the Faculty Fellows, In in consultation with the Board to select appropriate participants based on recognized technical expertise in areas such as: • produced water issues and management; • produced water treatment and testing; • produced water public safety and health issues; and • relevant alternative use research challenges, applications, costs, and impacts on water supply security and resiliency.

Consortium Management and Operations Structure. Each Member is entitled to participation in the Consortium and to share equally in the results of any research funded by the Consortium. The Program Director is the administrative head of the Consortium, and is responsible for coordination and oversight of the fiscal, personnel, research, reporting, and outreach efforts. The Program Director works closely with the Board, the Council and TSC, and program and research managers to ensure that: • the research projects are focused on efficiently and cost-effectively facilitating the adoption of produced water treatment, reuse and reapplication technologies; and • science-based regulations are protective of human health and the environment. Program and Research Managers manage the alignment and coordination of research projects for the Consortium with the goal of conducting “fit-for-purpose” water treatment research that provides guidance on policy, regulations, and the cost and performance associated to enhance each use or reuse of produced water. Those managers ensure outreach to the public, industry, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholder groups of developed technology improvements to ensure timely implementation and adoption of produced water treatment and reuse that will protect the environment and human health. The Board will provide oversight of the Consortium research and outreach efforts by reviewing and approving major program strategies and directions, verification of key resource budgets and allocations, and schedules and progress. Each year, the Board will report its findings to NMED and NMSU leadership, and the Members. The Board will be comprised of a senior-level representative from state and federal agencies including: • New Mexico State University; • NM Environment Department; • NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources; • NM Department of Agriculture; • NM Water Resources Research Institute; • NM Office of the State Engineer; • NM Department of Health; • NM Game and Fish; and • Other state and federal environmental, land and water management, and ecological resource protection agencies. Sponsors are those groups who provide funding support to advance research in treatment and reuse of produced water generated by the oil and gas industry, with a commitment of 3-5 years. This multi-year commitment will ensure a robust research effort required to effectively address scientific and technical knowledge gaps necessary to establish regulations and policies for the treatment of produced water. Pooled Sponsor funding will be used to support operational and research needs of the Consortium. Each Sponsor entity will be granted automatic annual membership. Sponsorship levels noted below are reflective of cumulative (calculated annuallyannually based on the length of commitment) financial commitment to the Consortium as follows: • Platinum Sponsor $2 million • Gold Sponsor $1 million • Silver Sponsor $500,000 • Bronze Sponsor $250,000 • Affiliate Sponsor $50,000 Financial commitments for Sponsorship may include cash and may also include any other resource specifically receiving approval as Sponsor support (e.g. in-kind resources such as vehicles, use of site equipment, and laboratory equipment). The Members will serve to advise the Program Director on research roadmap priorities, including current research and technology gaps and emerging health and safety issues, opportunities for collaborative demonstration sites, environmental and regulatory considerations, and other relevant issues that impact the work of the Consortium. The Members will be supported by Faculty Fellows and student Interns, who will provide administrative and technical support at public meetings, workshops, and will help compile and record Consortium findings as needed, as well as help coordinate efforts with NMED. Each Faculty Fellow is an individual with technical subject matter expertise who serves as liaison between the Member, researchers, NMED, and mentor university student interns working on behalf of the Consortium. Student Interns are invited from the three New Mexico research universities to assist in various aspects of the Consortium as determined by the Program Director. The Interns can be paid directly by Consortium or involved through other means to be determined by each of the respective institutions. The TSC will serve as an independent of technical representatives of the Consortium Members to help establish Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluate responses to submitted RFPs for funding, and review research and technology cost and performance data, and help prepare findings. The role of the TSC is to oversee the integrity and fairness of research opportunities, assess the quality and validation of the research results, and ensure a quality and focused research portfolio. Proposed TSC participants will be considered by the Programs Director, Research and Programs Managers, the Faculty Fellows, In consultation with the Board to select appropriate participants based on recognized technical expertise in areas such as: • produced water issues and management; • produced water treatment and testing; • produced water public safety and health issues; and • relevant alternative use research challenges, applications, costs, and impacts on water supply security and resiliency.