Program Purposes Sample Clauses

Program Purposes. A. The purpose of this Program is to implement certain aspects of the FWS= recovery plans for the target species that relate to their associated habitats by providing for the following: 1. securing defined benefits for the target species and their associated habitats to assist in their conservation and recovery through a basin-wide cooperative approach that can be agreed to by the three states and DOI; 2. serving as the reasonable and prudent alternative to offset the effects of existing and new water related activities in the Platte River Basin that, in the 2 For purposes of this Program document and its appendices, the term "water related activities" means activities and aspects of activities which (1) are subject to section 7(a)(2) of the ESA; (2) occur in the Platte River Basin upstream of the confluence of the Loup River with the Platte River; and (3) may affect Platte River flow quantity or timing, including, but not limited to, water diversion, storage and use activities. Those changes resulting from land use activities which affect flow quantity and timing will be considered impacts of a Awater related activity.@ Changes in temperature and sediment transport will be considered impacts of a Awater related activity@ to the extent that such changes are caused by activities affecting flow quantity or timing. AWater related activities@ do not include those components of land use activities or discharges of pollutants that do not affect flow quantity or timing. ANew water related activities@ are new surface water or hydrologically connected groundwater activities including both new absence of such a Program, would be found by FWS to be likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the target species or adversely modify designated critical habitat; 3. helping prevent the need to list more basin associated species pursuant to the ESA; 4. mitigating new water related activities in a state in a manner that will not increase the mitigation responsibilities of other signatory states, with the intent that mitigation be implemented in the state where the new water related activity occurs to the extent described in Appendix A hereto AWater Component@; and

Program Purposes. The program shall be designed to determine, among other things— (1) any short-term and long-term effects on the environment which may occur as a result of the operation of ocean thermal energy con- version facilities and plantships; (2) the nature and magnitude of any oceano- graphic, atmospheric, weather, climatic, or bi- ological changes in the environment which may occur as a result of deployment and oper- ation of large numbers of ocean thermal en- ergy conversion facilities and plantships; (3) the nature and magnitude of any oceano- graphic, biological or other changes in the en- vironment which may occur as a result of the operation of electric transmission cables and equipment located in the water column or on or in the seabed, including the hazards of acci- dentally severed transmission cables; and (4) whether the magnitude of one or more of the cumulative environmental effects of de- ployment and operation of large numbers of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships requires that an upper limit be placed on the number or total capacity of such facilities or plantships to be licensed under this chapter for simultaneous operation, ei- ther overall or within specific geographic areas.