FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Habitat Conservation, Enrollment, and Implementation Fees contributed by Participants will be held in an account and utilized by the Administrator to implement the 2020 DSL CCAA including accomplishing the Conservation Actions. The Administrator will calculate, invoice and use the Habitat Conservation, Enrollment and Implementation Fees, and Participants will make payments of these fees, based on Appendix D of this CCAA.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees contributed by Participants will be held and utilized by CEHMM to accomplish Conservation Actions. Under this Agreement, no funds will be exchanged between the Parties. The Implementation Committee will meet annually (and more often as needed) to develop a strategy to guide project prioritization. Final approval of projects will be the responsibility of the Executive Committee. Considerations for determining priority of projects will include their location and the attributes of such location, such as occupancy by the Covered Species, the potential for occupancy by the Covered Species (e.g., connectivity, absence of major threats to the species) on a given site, as well as quality and quantity of suitable habitat for the Covered Species.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Reviewing proposed projects within management zones for compliance with the terms of the agreement and coordinating with the Implementation Committee as needed; • Meeting with Participants to provide technical assistance if they plan to make in-kind contributions (rather than contributing funds) towards the conservation of the Covered Species or their habitat (see Appendix D for list of in-kind contributions); • Collecting site-specific flow and depth data throughout the Covered Area to establish minimum water requirements (e.g., flow, quality, and quantity); • Notifying Participants of the status of the Black and Delaware rivers reaching the established minimum flow. The Technical Work Group, following the Governance process (Section II. GOVERNANCE), will work with subject matter experts to determine minimum flow within five years of implementation of this CCA; • Using contributed funds to contract and inspect projects to promote the conservation of the Covered Species or their habitat; • Considering input and recommendations from the Stakeholder Committee; • Annually monitoring populations of Covered Species for FWS to determine the population status and level of incidental take; • Monitoring projects (inventorying existing FWS, BLM, and NMDGF monitoring protocols or developing new protocols as needed to determine which protocols to follow) in order to determine success and adaptations needed; • Conducting outreach and public education efforts to promote the conservation of the Covered Species and their habitat; • Conducting outreach to Participants of any amendments to the CCA; • Securing permission to complete projects on private and state lands, where appropriate; • Annually, or more often as needed, leading a meeting with the Implementation Committee to facilitate CEHMM’s implementation of the CCA, by reviewing progress from the previous year, seeking potential solutions for factors that would benefit conservation of the Covered Species and their habitat, and discussing actions that would benefit the Covered Species and their habitat to be initiated in the upcoming year; • Tracking expenditure of contributed funds and preparing an annual report on implementation of this CCA that shows how much of contributed funds were spent, how they were spent, and how much remains; • Using no more than 10 percent of contributed funds for their indirect costs (i.e., building rental, utilities, insurance, etc.) under this CCA. Funds will not be used for any other pr...
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. The Participant may terminate this CP by giving thirty (30) days written notice to CEHMM, BLM, and FWS as to any or all of the Enrolled Lands. Any funds remaining in Participant’s habitat conservation fund account at the time of termination, voluntary or for cause, will be assigned to CEHMM for conservation efforts to support the Texas Hornshell and other Covered Species under this CCA and CP, and will not be refunded. Involuntary Termination A CP may only be terminated following the process described in Section XII. PARTICIPANT NON-COMPLIANCE, and over a Participant’s objections because of a Participant’s failure to pay the Habitat Conservation Fee or for the Participant’s failure to implement the Conservation Measures documented in the CP. Voluntary or involuntary termination of the CP will relieve a Participant of any additional Habitat Conservation Fees for future New Surface Disturbance on the terminated parcels.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Participation is also renewable with the original conservation commitment, as identified by CEHMM in the CP. Incidental take is covered for third parties engaging in Covered Activities on behalf of Participants, either on or off of the Participant’s Enrolled Lands, regardless of who constructs or operates the associated facilities.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. The Participant may terminate this CI by giving thirty (30) days written notice to CEHMM and FWS as to any or all of the Enrolled Property. Any funds remaining in Participant’s habitat conservation fund account at the time of termination, voluntary or for cause, will be assigned to CEHMM for conservation efforts to support the Texas Hornshell and other Covered Species under this CCAA and CI, and will not be refunded. Involuntary Termination
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Participation is also renewable with the original conservation commitment, as identified by CEHMM in the CI. Coverage under the Enhancement of Survival Permit will only apply to Covered Activities on or associated with the Enrolled Properties in the CCAA through a CI. The Permit provides the assurances described in this CCAA and coverage for anticipated incidental take associated with the Participant’s Covered Activities on and/or associated with Enrolled Property as long as the Participant is in compliance with the relevant CI. Incidental take authorization is also provided for third parties engaging in Covered Activities on behalf of the Participant, either on or off of the Participant’s Enrolled Property, regardless of who constructs or operates the associated facilities.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. If the transferee is not a Participant and one or more of the Covered Species are listed, the transferee may sign a new CI within 30 days of acquiring the Enrolled Property. All terms and conditions of the CCAA and CI will be assumed by the new Participant.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. Transferors, and transferees that are Participants, are responsible for revising GIS shapefiles and lists of Enrolled Property to reflect transfers of Enrolled Property in annual updates provided to CEHMM in accordance with Section XIV.
FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS. 2. Additions to Enrolled Properties by Parcel-by-Parcel Participants. Participants that enrolled via the Parcel-by-Parcel method may add parcels to their lists of Enrolled Property prior to any decision to list a Covered Species. After any decision to list a Covered Species, Participants that enrolled via the Parcel-by-Parcel method cannot add parcels to their lists of Enrolled Property. Additionally, Participants that enrolled via the Parcel-by-Parcel method cannot remove parcels from their list of Enrolled Property until three years of Enrollment Fees are paid for the parcel. If the FWS in the future develops a policy allowing enrollment of new parcels in a CCAA after listing, it will consider whether to propose an amendment to this CCAA that would allow this CI to be amended to enroll additional property after listing, consistent with any potential criteria that may be developed if the FWS allows post-listing additions in the future. For example, if one of the Covered Species is considered listed as “threatened” or “endangered” by FWS due to publication of the listing decision in the Federal Register, but due to unforeseen circumstances the species has no legal protection, enrollment of properties may be allowed until the FWS publishes a status clarification in the Federal Register.
