Common use of Further commitments Clause in Contracts

Further commitments. The Governors and Premiers of the Great Lakes States and Provinces further commit to coordinate the implementation and monitoring of the Charter and this Annex; seek and implement, where necessary, legislation establishing programs to manage and regulate new or increased withdrawals of Waters of the Great Lakes Basin; conduct a planning process for protecting, conserving, restoring, and improving the Waters and Water-Dependent Natural Resources of the Great Lakes Basin; and identify and implement effective mechanisms for decision making and dispute resolution. The Governors and Premiers also commit to develop guidelines regarding the implementation of mutually agreed upon measures to promote the efficient use and conservation of the Waters of the Great Lakes Basin within their jurisdictions and develop a mechanism by which individual and cumulative impacts of water withdrawals will be assessed. Further, the Governors and Premiers commit to improve the sources and applications of scientific information regarding the Waters of the Great Lakes Basin and the impacts of the withdrawals from various locations and water sources on the ecosystem, and better understand the role of groundwater in the Great Lakes Basin by coordinating their data gathering and analysis efforts. Finally, the Governors and Premiers commit to develop in the new binding agreement(s) the water withdrawal rates at which regional evaluations are conducted and criteria to assist in further defining acceptable measures of Improvement to the Waters and Water-Dependent Natural Resources of the Great Lakes Basin.