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Assembly of Preserve System. Implementing Entity’s Responsibility for Mitigation and Conservation Under FESA, the Permittees are required to mitigate the impacts of the Covered Activities to the maximum extent practicable, and under the NCCPA the Permittees are required to provide for the conservation and management of the Covered Species. To meet these legal requirements, the Implementing Entity shall acquire all land necessary to assemble the Preserve System according to the assumptions and criteria set forth in Tables 5-5a, 5-5b, 5-7 and 5-8 of the HCP/NCCP and Conservation Measure 1.1 of the HCP/NCCP, minus the Wildlife Agencies’ contribution provided in Section 9.1.2 of this Agreement. Under both the Initial and Maximum Urban Development Area, the Implementing Entity’s requirement to mitigate to the maximum extent practicable will be fully satisfied through land acquisitions and other actions using mitigation fees described in Chapter 9.3.1 of the HCP/NCCP. All other acquisitions will contribute to the conservation component, rather than the mitigation component, of the Preserve System and are therefore eligible for public funding. To complete the conservation component beyond the Wildlife Agencies’ contribution in Section 9.1.2 of this Agreement, the Implementing Entity will pursue other local funding sources described in Chapter 9.3.2 of the HCP/NCCP, and will work jointly with the Wildlife Agencies to apply for competitive state, federal and other land acquisition grants that are not directly administered by the Wildlife Agencies.
Assembly of Preserve System. Implementing Entity’s Responsibility for Mitigation and Conservation Under FESA, the Permittees are required to mitigate the impacts of the Covered Activities to the maximum extent practicable, and under the NCCPA the Permittees are required to provide for the conservation and management of the Covered Species. To meet these legal requirements, the Implementing Entity shall be responsible to acquire all land necessary to assemble the Preserve System according to the assumptions and criteria set forth in Tables 5-5a, 5-5b, 5-7 and 5-8 of the HCP/NCCP and Conservation Measure
