Criteria for Flexible Flow Management Program Modification Sample Clauses

Criteria for Flexible Flow Management Program Modification. In reviewing proposed modifications to address the purposes of the FFMP, as provided in Sections 16 and 17 herein, the Decree Parties will consider criteria that may include, without any particular priority, and not limited to, the following: i. Decree Party equity ii. Net benefits and costs to environmental and economic resources iii. Source and sustainability of water available to support modification and the environmental or economic resource(s) iv. Habitat types—with naturally-occurring habitats receiving consideration over man-made habitats v. Scientific basis for modification vi. Impacts to drought management, water supply and flood mitigation, including but not limited to: 1) frequency, duration and seasonal timing of the various levels of drought; and 2) frequency, duration, levels of storage, diversions, releases and flows vii. Extent to which the diversions and the Montague minimum basic rate of flow provided in the Decree are met viii. Potential impacts to water quality, existing National and State Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits and the assimilative capacity of the Delaware River