NCCPA Sample Clauses

NCCPA. The Parties anticipate that if the Plans meet the criteria for an NCCP Plan permit under Section 2835 of the Fish and Game Code, CDFW will provide assurances consistent with its statutory authority upon approval of the Plans and issuance of NCCP Plan permits to the County. Under Section 2820(f) of the Fish and Game Code, CDFW may provide assurances for plan participants commensurate with the level of long-term conservation and associated implementation measures provided in the Plans. In order to ensure that state regulatory assurances are legally binding, such provisions will be included in an Implementation Agreement.

NCCPA. “NCCPA” means the California Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Fish & Game Code, §2800 et seq.), as amended on January 1, 2012, and all rules, regulations and guidelines promulgated pursuant to that Act.

NCCPA. In a separate document, entitled the “Findings of Fact and NCCPA Permit for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan,” CDFW will make certain findings, after opportunity for public comment, regarding the adequacy of the BDCP and this Agreement to meet the permitting requirements of the NCCPA. To issue a Permit under the NCCPA, CDFW must find that the BDCP adequately provides for the conservation and management of Covered Species and their habitat and otherwise satisfies all legal requirements under Section 2820 of the Fish & Game Code, as follows: (1) The BDCP has been developed consistent with the process identified in the Planning Agreements entered into pursuant to Fish & Game Code § 2810. (2) The BDCP integrates adaptive management strategies that are periodically evaluated and modified based on the information from the monitoring program and other sources, which will assist in providing for the conservation of Covered Species and ecosystems within the Plan Area. (3) The BDCP provides for the protection of habitat, natural communities, and species diversity on a landscape or ecosystem level through the creation and long- term management of habitat reserves or other measures that provide equivalent conservation of Covered Species appropriate for land, aquatic, and marine habitats within the Plan area. (4) The development of reserve systems and conservation measures in the Plan Area provides, as needed to provide for the conservation of species, all of the following: (A) Conserving, restoring, and managing representative natural and semi- natural landscapes to maintain the ecological integrity of large habitat blocks, ecosystem function, and biological diversity. (B) Establishing one or more reserves or other measures that provide equivalent conservation of Covered Species within the Plan Area and linkages between them and adjacent habitat areas outside of the Plan Area. (C) Protecting and maintaining habitat areas that are large enough to support sustainable populations of Covered Species. (D) Incorporating a range of environmental gradients (such as slope, elevation, aspect, and coastal or inland characteristics) and high habitat diversity to provide for shifting species distributions due to Changed Circumstances. (E) Sustaining the effective movement and interchange of organisms between habitat areas in a manner that maintains the ecological integrity of the habitat areas within the Plan Area. (5) The BDCP identifies activities, and any restrictions on those a...