Priority Project Requirements. The State agrees that: The Priority Project will proceed in stages. During Stage One the State must: develop and implement a communication strategy for the Priority Project; develop a database to identify Floodplain Harvesting Works, Flood Control Works and associated extractions and environmental assets at a valley scale to provide baseline information for Floodplain Management Plans; engage a consultant to determine the preferred method of measuring floodplain harvesting extractions; prepare valley-wide Floodplain Management Plans to map and improve floodplain connectivity for the unimpeded passage of floodwater to environmental assets and identify areas where floodplain structures can be retained and constructed for agricultural purposes and flood protection; determine volumetric entitlements for floodplain harvesting within the relevant NSW Water Plan extraction limits. This will involve setting the specific floodplain harvesting limit for each valley and individual floodplain harvesting licence entitlements; determine the impacts of historical floodplain harvesting activity on the existing cap under Schedule E of the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Basin Agreement, the Water Plan’s long term extraction limits, and on the sustainable diversion limits under the Basin Plan; complete environmental assessments of all eligible works under the finalised New South Wales Floodplain Harvesting Policy consistent with the requirements of all applicable legislation, including the hydraulic and environmental assessment criteria used in the Floodplain Management Plans, and issue work approvals and water access licences as appropriate. This process may result in works being modified or removed where they do not meet the criteria for approval; integrate water access licences into the Water Licensing System and update the licensing procedures; implement an appropriate monitoring strategy that meets the objectives of the National Water Initiative, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Basin Authority’s Basin Plan and Water Management Xxx 0000. Measurement requirements will be included in the licence conditions; complete an analysis of the potential reductions in floodplain diversions for each applicable catchment that may lead to Sustainable Diversion Limit Offsets, to be included in the Project Milestone S1-9.4 of this Priority Project; convene a Review Panel to consider the Priority Project’s progress and assist the State and the Commonwealth to consider whether Stage Two should proceed. The Review will be ...
Priority Project Requirements. B.3.1. The State agrees:
Priority Project Requirements. B.3.1. The State agrees that: a. The Priority Project will proceed in stages. During Stage 1 the State must: 1. develop and implement a communication strategy for the Priority Project;
Priority Project Requirements. The State agrees: To facilitate the timely transfer to the Commonwealth of the 381,000 unit shares of Lowbidgee Supplementary Water Entitlement on a single water access licence; That the acquisition by the Commonwealth of the Lowbidgee Supplementary Water Entitlement complies with clause 3(h) of the NSW Access Licence Dealing Principles Order (No. 1) 2013 – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Basin; That, concurrently to transferring the Lowbidgee Supplementary Water Entitlement, that it will arrange for and complete the purchase of 84,417 hectares of privately owned land in the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx as defined in the Business Case (the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Land), the ownership of which will be transferred to the NSW Government; To establish a Project Control Group within 90 days of the date of this Project Schedule. Membership will be as per Clause 11 of the Heads of Agreement; To establish a Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Project Advisory Committee within 90 days of the Project Schedule (as per Clause 12 of the Heads of Agreement) to provide advice on delivery of the project; To establish interim water management arrangements that provides for an orderly transition of the Lowbidgee Supplementary Water Entitlement from the current owners to the Commonwealth, with priority for interim water management to be on appropriate watering of environmental assets (as per Clause 10.g.i of the Heads of Agreement); To the joint development, with the Commonwealth, of an Environmental Watering Sub-Plan (EWP) for the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx, as part of the LWMP, to be completed within the timeframes specified in C.1.2.; To the joint development, with the Commonwealth, of a long term water infrastructure management and operation plan, as part of the LWMP, to be completed within the timeframes specified in C.1.2.; and To plan and undertake activities to make an assessment against Convention listing requirements with a view to a potential joint nomination of high ecological value areas of the Lowbidgee floodplain for inclusion on the List of Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.
Priority Project Requirements. B.5.1. The State agrees that: It is responsible for ensuring the proper and efficient conduct of this Priority Project, in accordance with this Project Schedule; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It is responsible for ensuring Other Contributions (in cash or in kind) are provided by Proponents equivalent to a minimum of 20 per cent of the cost of the Proponents for On-Farm Works or IFWUEA as per Item D.2.1; It will ensure there is appropriate monitoring, auditing and reporting of expenditure against the Project Cost, IFWUEAs, delivery of the On-Farm Works, and Transfer or Grant of Water Entitlements equal to the Commonwealth's Proportion of the Agreed Water Savings to enable the Commonwealth to be suitably informed on the progress and outcomes of this Priority Project; It will comply, and ensure that its Eligible Participants, Proponents and their subcontractors comply, with all applicable requirements of the Building Code 2013 as set out in Attachment 1 to this Project Schedule; It will ensure that its Eligible Participants, Proponents and subcontractors comply with all applicable requirements of the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme as set out in Attachment 2 to this Project Schedule; It will ensure that the Project Activities, including the On-Farm Works and IFWUEAs, will be carried out in accordance with all applicable laws (including, but not limited to, all required planning, environmental, development, building, occupational health and safety and regulatory approvals and all applicable Australian standards); If requested, the State will provide the Commonwealth with access to the State’s records and Personnel to enable the Commonwealth to conduct its own independent audit or review of any aspect of this Priority Project; The State is responsible for meeting the Project Milestones specified in Item C of this Project Schedule; The Transfer or Grant of Water Entitlements to the Commonwealth will not adversely affect the rights of any other holders of Water Entitlements; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and In the eventuality that the State considers that t...
