Common use of Priority Project Requirements Clause in Contracts

Priority Project Requirements. The State agrees that: The Priority Project will proceed in stages. During Stage One the State must: develop and implement a communication strategy for the Priority Project; develop a database to identify Floodplain Harvesting Works, Flood Control Works and associated extractions and environmental assets at a valley scale to provide baseline information for Floodplain Management Plans; engage a consultant to determine the preferred method of measuring floodplain harvesting extractions; prepare valley-wide Floodplain Management Plans to map and improve floodplain connectivity for the unimpeded passage of floodwater to environmental assets and identify areas where floodplain structures can be retained and constructed for agricultural purposes and flood protection; determine volumetric entitlements for floodplain harvesting within the relevant NSW Water Plan extraction limits. This will involve setting the specific floodplain harvesting limit for each valley and individual floodplain harvesting licence entitlements; determine the impacts of historical floodplain harvesting activity on the existing cap under Schedule E of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Basin Agreement, the Water Plan’s long term extraction limits, and on the sustainable diversion limits under the Basin Plan; complete environmental assessments of all eligible works under the finalised New South Wales Floodplain Harvesting Policy consistent with the requirements of all applicable legislation, including the hydraulic and environmental assessment criteria used in the Floodplain Management Plans, and issue work approvals and water access licences as appropriate. This process may result in works being modified or removed where they do not meet the criteria for approval; integrate water access licences into the Water Licensing System and update the licensing procedures; implement an appropriate monitoring strategy that meets the objectives of the National Water Initiative, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Basin Authority’s Basin Plan and Water Management ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇. Measurement requirements will be included in the licence conditions; complete an analysis of the potential reductions in floodplain diversions for each applicable catchment that may lead to Sustainable Diversion Limit Offsets, to be included in the Project Milestone S1-9.4 of this Priority Project; convene a Review Panel to consider the Priority Project’s progress and assist the State and the Commonwealth to consider whether Stage Two should proceed. The Review will be conducted as follows: the Review Panel will be chaired by the State and consist of two State members (including the Chair), two Commonwealth members and an independent expert appointed by the State; any costs arising from the independent expert are to be met from the Funding;

Priority Project Requirements. The State agrees that: The Priority Project will proceed in stages. During Stage One the State must: develop and implement a communication strategy for the Priority Project; develop a database to identify Floodplain Harvesting Works, Flood Control Works and associated extractions and environmental assets at a valley scale to provide baseline information for Floodplain Management Plans; engage a consultant to determine the preferred method of measuring floodplain harvesting extractions; prepare valley-wide Floodplain Management Plans to map and improve floodplain connectivity for the unimpeded passage of floodwater to environmental assets and identify areas where floodplain structures can be retained and constructed for agricultural purposes and flood protection; determine volumetric entitlements for floodplain harvesting within the relevant NSW Water Plan extraction limits. This will involve setting the specific floodplain harvesting limit for each valley and individual floodplain harvesting licence entitlements; determine the impacts of historical floodplain harvesting activity on the existing cap under Schedule E of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Basin AgreementMDBA, the Water Plan’s long long-term extraction limits, and on the sustainable diversion limits under the Basin Plan; complete environmental assessments of all eligible works under the finalised New South Wales Floodplain Harvesting Policy consistent with the requirements of all applicable legislation, including the hydraulic and environmental assessment criteria used in the Floodplain Management Plans, and issue work approvals and water access licences as appropriate. This process may result in works being modified or removed where they do not meet the criteria for approval; integrate water access licences into the Water Licensing System and update the licensing procedures; implement an appropriate monitoring strategy that meets the objectives of the National Water Initiative, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Basin Authority’s Basin Plan and Water Management ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇. Measurement requirements will be included in the licence conditions; complete an analysis of the potential reductions in floodplain diversions for each applicable catchment that may lead to Sustainable Diversion Limit Offsets, to be included in the Project Milestone S1-9.4 of this Priority Project; convene a Review Panel to consider the Priority Project’s progress and assist the State and the Commonwealth to consider whether Stage Two should proceed. The Review will be conducted as follows: the Review Panel will be chaired by the State and consist of two State members (including the Chair), two Commonwealth members and an independent expert appointed by the State; any costs arising from the independent expert are to be met from the Funding;