Common use of Contract Overview Clause in Contracts

Contract Overview. A. The State of Wisconsin is committed to providing a healthy and sustainable environment, promoting the movement toward zero waste, and protecting and enhancing the resources of the state for this and future generations. B. MGE is committed to going beyond what would otherwise be required by environmental regulations by setting specific superior environmental performance goals. C. The Green Tier Program, set forth in Wis. Stat. § 299.83, authorizes the WDNR to enter into a Contract with an eligible participant to assist in achieving superior environmental performance. D. MGE is an eligible participant, and the WDNR believes that entering into a Tier 2 Green Tier Contract with MGE will produce environmental performance beyond what is required under existing law. E. MGE has implemented an Environmental Management System (EMS). The WDNR hereby finds the EMS is in compliance with the standards for environmental management systems issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the EMS is appropriate to the nature, scale, and environmental impacts of MGE's operations. F. The scope of this Contract, as well as the facilities and activities to which this Contract applies, are set out in Appendix 1. G. The WDNR reviewed MGE's proposal for superior environmental performance and determined the co-benefits identified in this Contract are proportional to the benefits of the superior environmental performance. H. This Contract replaces the Environmental Cooperative Agreement Between Madison Gas and Electric Company and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (ECA), pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 299.80 (2003-2004). The ECA went into effect on September 26, 2002, and was subsequently renewed on September 30, 2007, and amended on April 18, 2012.

Contract Overview. A. The State of Wisconsin is committed to providing a healthy and sustainable environment, promoting the movement toward zero waste, and protecting and enhancing the resources of the state for this and future generations. B. MGE is committed to going beyond what would otherwise be required by environmental regulations by setting specific superior environmental performance goals. C. The Green Tier Program, set forth in Wis. Stat. § 299.83, authorizes the WDNR to enter into a Contract with an eligible participant to assist in achieving superior environmental performance. D. MGE ▇. ▇▇▇ is an eligible participant, and the WDNR believes that entering into a Tier 2 Green Tier Contract with MGE will produce environmental performance beyond what is required under existing law. E. MGE has implemented an Environmental Management System (EMS). The WDNR hereby finds the EMS is in compliance with the standards for environmental management systems issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the EMS is appropriate to the nature, scale, and environmental impacts of MGE's operations. F. The scope of this Contract, as well as the facilities and activities to which this Contract applies, are set out in Appendix 1. G. The WDNR reviewed MGE's proposal for superior environmental performance and determined the co-benefits identified in this Contract are proportional to the benefits of the superior environmental performance. H. This Contract replaces the Environmental Cooperative Agreement Between Madison Gas and Electric Company and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (ECA), pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 299.80 (2003-2004). The ECA went into effect on September 26, 2002, and was subsequently renewed on September 30, 2007, and amended on April 18, 2012.