Review of Interim Projects Sample Clauses

Review of Interim Projects. The Parties shall take steps necessary to obtain from Project Proponents proposing interim projects all required information in a complete and timely manner. A Project Proponent need not submit this information to the BLM for projects that do not require BLM authorization. The Parties shall review and provide comments on the projects within any legally prescribed comment periods. The Wildlife Agencies intend to recommend mitigation measures or project alternatives that will help achieve the preliminary conservation objectives of the DRECP and that will not preclude important conservation planning options or connectivity between areas of high habitat values. In so doing, the Parties shall take into consideration information developed pursuant to the independent scientific input process established pursuant to this Planning Agreement. The DRECP process will involve extensive input from and discussion among the Parties, other public agencies, Project Proponents, industry groups, environmental organizations, other public, private, and nonprofit organizations, and individual members of the public. The Planning Area, the conservation goals, and other key elements of the DRECP may be revised or modified during the planning process. For these reasons, among others, the Parties recognize and agree that certain approaches to mitigation and project alternatives that may be recommended or required by the Wildlife Agencies or proposed by project proponents to ensure that interim projects comply with the FESA, CESA, Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Act, NEPA and CEQA may not be appropriate for, transferable to, or consistent with the approaches that are ultimately reflected in the DRECP. As such, regulatory conditions and requirements established for projects covered under the DRECP may differ from those of projects approved pending completion of the DRECP. The Parties intend to develop new or employ existing mechanisms and approaches to expedite and streamline the process of identifying and implementing project mitigation to offset effects on biological resources. Such mechanisms may include an in-lieu fee to facilitate project mitigation, enabling Project Proponents, upon the approval of the applicable permitting authorities, to satisfy regulatory requirements, in whole or in part, through the payment of a specified fee that will be used by approved third parties to implement specific mitigation actions for each project, rather than requiring each Project Proponent to individually impl...