Common use of Committee Report Clause in Contracts

Committee Report. A2.1 The Committee will provide the Ministers with a Report, as outlined in the Agreement, which will describe the conduct, and document the results, of the Regional Assessment including the information outlined below. In addition, the Report may include the presentation of information in an electronic format, such as through an associated Geographic Information System (GIS). A2.2 The Report will take into account and reflect the views of all Committee members. Any areas of non-consensus and associated dissenting viewpoints will be reflected in the Report. A2.3 In its Report, the Committee will, in accordance with the goal, objectives and scope of the Regional Assessment outlined in Section 1.0 of the Agreement, include the following information for consideration and use in future planning, licencing and impact assessments for offshore wind development activities in the Study Area: Goal: To provide information, knowledge and analysis regarding future offshore wind development activities in the Study Area and their potential effects, in order to inform and improve future planning, licencing and impact assessment processes for these activities in a way that helps protect the environment and health, social and economic conditions while also creating opportunities for sustainable economic development. Objective A: Providing information, knowledge and analysis related to environmental, health, social and economic conditions and the potential effects (including cumulative effects) of offshore wind development activities in the Study Area, with consideration of Indigenous knowledge, Community knowledge, and scientific information throughout. a) A description of environmental, health, social and economic conditions of the Study Area, based on the identification, compilation and review of existing and publicly accessible information. This description will be presented in a manner to be determined by the Committee. b) An identification and analysis of key information gaps, requirements and opportunities, with a focus on those with relevance to, and implications for, future planning, licencing and impact assessments for offshore wind development activities in the Study Area. c) Recommendations to address such information and knowledge gaps as appropriate. d) Identification of potential changes to the environment or to health, social or economic conditions that may result from offshore wind development activities in the Study Area, and the potential positive or adverse consequences of these changes. This will include consideration of the nature, degree and distribution of potential effects at the local, regional, national and international scales, as applicable. In doing so, the Committee will review and consider the experiences of other jurisdictions with offshore wind development activities. Objective B: Providing an understanding of the regional context that can be used in considering and evaluating the effects (including cumulative effects) of future offshore wind development activities to inform future planning and licencing processes and impact assessments. a) An identification and analysis of key environmental, health, social or economic components in the Study Area that should be considered in future licencing or impact assessments for offshore wind development activities in the Study Area. This will include identifying and highlighting: i. Any components, values, locations or times that may be susceptible to effects (direct or indirect, positive or adverse) from future offshore wind development activities in the Study Area and/or from other past, on-going or future activities and other natural or human-induced disturbances; and ii. Any circumstances where the nature, location, timing and potential accumulation of these effects may result in potential cumulative effects (positive or adverse).