Purpose and Need. The purpose of this Agreement is to enhance the reintroduction and long-term recovery of LCT within the NWDPS by encouraging private landowners to voluntarily create, enhance, maintain, or restore LCT habitat. The primary objective of this Programmatic Agreement is to encourage voluntary habitat restoration, maintenance, or enhancement activities to benefit LCT by relieving a landowner, who enters into, and implements, the provisions of a Cooperative Agreement with NDOW, from any additional Section 9 liability under the Act beyond that which exists at the time the Cooperative Agreement is signed (baseline responsibilities). In other words, the objective is to give landowners “safe harbor” from added liability. A SHA encourages landowners and assures them that they will not be subjected to increased threatened species restrictions should their beneficial stewardship efforts result in an increased threatened species population. As long as landowners carry out agreed upon conservation measures on their property and maintain their baselines, they may continue or undertake future management activities. A large percentage of the existing LCT populations and designated recovery streams within the NWDPS occur on private lands somewhere within their perennial reach. As of the writing of this agreement there are 53 streams that have been identified in recovery plans or have active management occurring on them. Of these 53 streams (~470 miles) there are only 6 streams that do not flow through private lands. Efforts to recover this species without involving and incorporating these private lands and landowners may impact our ability to make measurable progress towards LCT recovery. It is with this acknowledgement that NDOW intends to enroll any private landowners who are willing to allow the introduction or expansion of LCT within their private lands and waters into conservation agreements. These Cooperative Agreements will offer protections and assurances to allow for inadvertent takings of LCT for individuals who agree to provide voluntary conservation benefits to the species within their private holdings. Additionally, the enrollee may cancel this agreement at anytime and return to the established baseline conditions, which were present prior to enrollment.
Purpose and Need. A Partnership is needed because water supply shortages for in-stream and out-of-stream uses currently exist and will be intensified by climate change and increases in future demand. The Figure 1 - Location Map
Purpose and Need. The Authority, with FRA, will develop a project Purpose and Need Statement for each Section, which is required by NEPA and documents why a project is undertaken, and includes the description of project objectives for CEQA. (Purpose and Need Statements are being prepared for all seven Sections and activities undertaken in developing purpose and need statements after the effective date of this Agreement are potentially eligible under this Statement of Work.)
Purpose and Need. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) received an application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit (Permit), pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (16 United States Code [U.S.C.] 1531, et seq., 1539(a)(1)(A)) from Rayonier Operating Company, LLC (Applicant) on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries (including entities holding and operating on recently acquired Xxxx Resources lands) on July 1, 2020, regarding its forestland management activities. In accordance with applicable agency regulations, Applicant also submitted a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) outlining proposed conservation measures that could provide a net conservation benefit to the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), federally listed as threatened on September 28, 1992 (57 FR 45328-45337). Implementation of the proposed individual SHA is intended to provide a net conservation benefit for the marbled murrelet (covered species) over and above those benefits that are accruing through Applicant’s growing, protecting, and restoring mature and complex forest stands that are retained in riparian buffers, channel migration zones, and on unstable slopes through compliance with Washington’s Forest Practices Program. Applicant’s proposed SHA identifies and commits to protect “Presumed Marbled Murrelet Habitat” or “Presumed Habitat” as part of the conservation commitment contributing to providing a net conservation benefit for the species. If the Permit is issued, in exchange for committing to the terms of the proposed SHA, Applicant would obtain incidental take assurances under the ESA that would apply to the Enrolled Lands for a period of approximately 36 years, through June 5, 2056, giving the proposed SHA the same expiration date as the Washington Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan (FPHCP). Renewal of the SHA may be requested by Applicant for a term coextensive with any renewal of the FPHCP. Applicant owns and manages approximately 416,000 acres within western Washington. Proposed SHA-Enrolled Lands are 212,443 acres located in Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, King, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties. The Enrolled Lands are comprised of 60,802 acres of Forests & Fish Buffers, 149,573 acres of Adjacent Forests, and 2,068 acres of Occupied Marbled Murrelet Sites, totaling 212,443 acres. Included within the Enrolled Lands is 453 acres of Presumed Habitat that would vo...
Purpose and Need. A plan and legal agreement are needed to provide the framework to make a limited amount of Pine River Project irrigation water available for other miscellaneous non- irrigation uses in order to address existing and future domestic, municipal, and industrial (M&I) water needs of the increasing population in the area2. More specifically, purposes include (1) providing a method for the District to address the existing and potential future M&I water needs in the area brought about by residential growth; (2) confirming that existing M&I water uses are in compliance with Reclamation law, specifically the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 451), referred to as the “1920 Act”; and (3) protecting the existing irrigation purposes of the Pine River Project.
1 The Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s 1/6 portion of Project water is explicitly excluded from the contract and, as stated in the contract, the contract shall in no way limit the Tribe’s ability and right to fully use its allocation of stored water. The terms “Pine River Project water”, “Project”, “Project water”, and “irrigation water” where used throughout this document in connection with water to be made available for miscellaneous uses under the proposed contract shall mean the District’s 5/6 portion of Project water unless otherwise stated.
2 Miscellaneous uses could include uses such as domestic, municipal, industrial, fire control, and fish and wildlife.
Purpose and Need. Describe the goals of the proposed project and the existing need which it intends to address. Provide a brief project history, including all actions taken and other state or federal agencies involved. If preliminary plans, survey work, 30% design, or other work has been completed, mention it here.
Purpose and Need. The purpose of this Agreement is to enhance the reintroduction and long-term recovery of Lahontan cutthroat trout within the Northwest Geographic Management Unit by encouraging private landowners to voluntarily create, enhance, maintain, or restore Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat. The primary objective of this Agreement is to encourage voluntary habitat restoration, maintenance, or enhancement activities to benefit Lahontan cutthroat trout by relieving a landowner, who enters into, and implements, the provisions of a Cooperative Agreement with the Department, from any additional section 9 liability under the Endangered Species Act beyond that which exists at the time the Cooperative Agreement is signed (baseline responsibilities). In other words, the objective is to give landowners “safe harbor” from added liability. A Safe Harbor Agreement encourages landowners and assures them that prohibitions against incidental take will not occur if those conservation efforts introduce or attract Lahontan cutthroat trout to the enrolled properties or result in increased numbers or distributions of Lahontan cutthroat trout already present on the enrolled properties. As long as landowners carry out agreed upon conservation measures on their property and maintain their baselines, they may continue or undertake regular ranching activities.
Purpose and Need. The proposed Study Project provides for a conceptual framework to assess the expansion and design of an existing regional integrated conveyance system that would improve the reservoirs’ ability to store and manage imported and local water supplies making the San Diego Region (Region) more resistant to drought and water delivery service interruptions. The Study is not intended to create a new water supply but is expected to improve operational flexibility of local storage facilities through development of conveyance infrastructure (i.e., pipelines) and provide the opportunity to move and store water locally when water is available to put into storage. Since the inception of this Study, pumping restrictions on imported water supplies from Northern California have exacerbated water supply reliability issues in Southern California. This Study will also evaluate infrastructure needs within the framework of current and future imported water delivery restrictions. The reservoirs proposed for this study are: San Xxxxxxx, El Capitán, Loveland, Murray, and Sweetwater. Federal authority for this proposed Study Project is in Public Law 111-11, dated and authorizes a feasibility study. The Study Project is not intended to create a new water supply but is expected to improve operational flexibility of local storage facilities through development of conveyance infrastructure (i.e., pipelines) and provide the opportunity to move and store water locally when water is available to put into storage. Since the inception of this Study Project, pumping restrictions on imported water supplies from Northern California have exacerbated water supply reliability issues in Southern California. This Study Project will also evaluate infrastructure needs within the framework of current and future imported water delivery restrictions. Study area: The four reservoirs included in this Project are described below and shown on the attached map: • San Vicente Reservoir is owned and operated by the City and is currently capable of storing up to 89,312 acre-feet of water with a hydraulic grade line of 650 feet. Through an agreement between the San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) and the City of San Diego (City), the San Vicente Dam will be raised by approximately 117 feet to provide a total storage capacity of 247,000 acre-feet (242,000 acre-feet usable storage plus 5,000 acre-feet of dead storage) with a hydraulic grade line of 767 feet to supplement emergency and carry over storage in the ...
Purpose and Need. 137 The intent of this PA is to provide a process whereby the BLM, in consultation with the 138 SHPO(s), ACHP, Indian tribes, and other Concurring Parties, shall consider, pursuant to Section 139 106 of the NHPA, the scale and scope of the decisions in the Solar PEIS and provide appropriate 140 steps for the agency to take into account the potential effects of the Solar PEIS decisions on 141 historic properties in a way that can be incorporated in the Solar PEIS, including, e.g., 142 appropriate management guidance for the Solar Program. This PA also establishes a process for 143 complying with Section 106 of the NHPA for subsequent site-specific decisions that are 144 implemented in accordance with the broad decisions made in the Solar PEIS. 145 146 2) GOVERNING PRINCIPLES 147 The BLM shall adhere to the following principles in complying with Section 106 of the NHPA in 148 implementing the solar energy program. 149 150 A) The Section 106 process shall be coordinated with the NEPA process such that the BLM 151 meets its requirements under both authorities in an efficient manner and completes the 152 Section 106 process within the timeframe of the NEPA process and does not delay the 153 approval or ROD of all future solar energy facilities authorized pursuant to this program. 154 155 B) The BLM, in consultation with the Signatory and Concurring Parties, will continue to 156 seek opportunities and avenues to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Section 106 157 review of solar energy program activities and solar energy projects and the processes 158 whereby the BLM meets its responsibility to take into account effects and seek ways to 159 avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects on historic properties. 160
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4.1 Problem, Deficiencies, Justification 9 4.2 Regional and System Planning 10 4.3 Traffic 14 5.1 Viable Alternatives 17 5.2 Rejected Alternatives 31 6.1 Hazardous Waste 34 6.2 Value Analysis 36 6.3 Constructability Review 36 6.4 Resource Conservation 36 6.5 Right-of-Way Issues 37 6.6 Environmental Issues 37 6.7 Air Quality Conformity 41 6.8 Title VI Considerations 42 6.9 Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) 42 7.1 Public Hearing Process 43 7.2 Route Matters 43 7.3 Permits 44 7.4 Cooperative Agreements and Contribution Agreements 44 7.5 Memorandum of Understanding/Memorandum of Agreements (MOU/MOA) 45 7.6 Cost Sharing Agreements 46
