Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) - Volume 3 - Implementing Agreement-Basic Page

Volume 1 - The Plan
Volume 2 - The MSHCP Reference Document
Volume 3 - Implementing Agreement
Volume 4 - Final EIR/EIS
Volume 5 - Final Responses to Comments
Nexus Report

VOLUME 3 - IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT

Implementing Agreement 

Implementing Agreement

1.0 PARTIES

2.0 RECITALS

3.0 DEFINED TERMS

• 3.1 "Adaptive Management"
• 3.2 "Adaptive Management Program"
• 3.3 "Additional Reserve Lands"
• 3.4 "Agreement"
• 3.5 "Agricultural Operations"
• 3.6 "Allowable Uses"
• 3.7 "Annual Report(s)"
• 3.8 "Area Plans"
• 3.9 "Area Plan Subunit"
• 3.10 "Biologically Equivalent or Superior Determination"
• 3.11 "Biological Monitoring Program"
• 3.12 "Biological Monitoring Report(s)"
• 3.13 "CDFG"
• 3.14 "Caltrans"
• 3.15 "Cell"
• 3.16 "Cell Group"
• 3.17 "CEQA"
• 3.18 "CESA"
• 3.19 "CETAP" means
• 3.20 "Changed Circumstances"
• 3.21 "Cities"
• 3.22 "Conceptual Reserve Design"
• 3.23 "Conservation"
• 3.24 "Conservation Strategy"
• 3.25 "Conserved Habitat"
• 3.26 "Constrained Linkage"
• 3.27 "Cooperative Organizational Structure"
• 3.28 "Core Area"
• 3.29 "Corridor"
• 3.30 "County"
• 3.31 "County Flood Control"
• 3.32 "County Parks"
• 3.33 "County Waste"
• 3.34 "Covered Activities"
• 3.35 "Covered Species"
• 3.36 "Covered Species Adequately Conserved"
• 3.37 "Criteria"
• 3.38 "Criteria Area"
• 3.39 "Criteria Refinement Process"
• 3.40 "Critical Habitat"
• 3.41 "Development"
• 3.42 "Discretionary Project"
• 3.43 "Edge Effects"
• 3.44 "Effective Date"
• 3.45 "Endangered Species"
• 3.46 "Environmental Laws"
• 3.47 "Executive Director"
• 3.48 "Existing Agricultural Operations"
• 3.49 "Existing Agricultural Operations Database"
• 3.50 "FESA"
• 3.51 "Feasible" means
• 3.52 "Funding Coordination Committee"
• 3.53 "Habitat"
• 3.54 "HabiTrak"
• 3.55 "Incidental Take"
• 3.56 "Independent Science Advisors"
• 3.57 "Linkage"
• 3.58 "Local Development Mitigation Fee"
• 3.59 "Local Permittees"
• 3.60 "Long-Term SKR HCP"
• 3.61 "Maintenance Activities"
• 3.62 "Major Amendments"
• 3.63 "Management Unit"
• 3.64 "MBTA"
• 3.65 "MBTA Special Purpose Permit"
• 3.66 "Ministerial Approvals"
• 3.67 "Minor Amendments"
• 3.68 "Mitigation Lands"
• 3.69 "Monitoring Program"
• 3.70 "Monitoring Program Administrator"
• 3.71 "MSHCP"
• 3.72 "MSHCP Conservation Area"
• 3.73 "MSHCP Plan Area"
• 3.74 "NCCP Act"
• 3.75 "NCCP Permit"
• 3.76 "NEPA"
• 3.77 "Narrow Endemic Plant Species"
• 3.78 "New Agricultural Land"
• 3.79 "New Agricultural Lands Cap"
• 3.80 "Non-Contiguous Habitat Block"
• 3.81 "No Surprises Assurances "
• 3.82 "Other Species"
• 3.83 "Participating Special Entity"
• 3.84 "Party" and "Parties"
• 3.85 "Permits"
• 3.86 "Permittees"
• 3.87 "Plan Area"
• 3.88 "Plan Participants"
• 3.89 "Planning Species"
• 3.90 "Public/Quasi-Public Lands"
• 3.91 "RCIP"
• 3.92 "RCTC"
• 3.93 "Regional Conservation Authority"
• 3.94 "Reserve Assembly"
• 3.95 "Reserve Management Oversight Committee"
• 3.96 "Reserve Management Plan(s)"
• 3.97 "Reserve Managers"
• 3.98 "Rough Step"
• 3.99 "Rough Step Analysis Unit"
• 3.100 "Section 10(a) Permit"
• 3.101 "State Assurances"
• 3.102 "State Parks"
• 3.103 "State Permittees"
• 3.104 "Take"
• 3.105 "Take Authorization"
• 3.106 "Third Party Granted Take Authorization"
• 3.107 "Third Party Take Authorization"
• 3.108 "Threatened Species"
• 3.109 "Unforeseen Circumstances"
• 3.110 "Unlisted Species"
• 3.111 "Urban/Wildlands Interface"
• 3.112 "USFWS"
• 3.113 "Wildlife Agencies"

4.0 PURPOSES

5.0 INCORPORATION OF THE MSHCP

6.0 CONSERVATION STRATEGY

7.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA ASSEMBLY AND HABITAT ACQUISITION

• 7.1 Overview
• 7.2 Contribution of Existing Public Lands
• 7.3 Conservation of Privately Owned Lands - Local Obligation
  • 7.3.1 Property Owner Initiated Habitat Evaluation and Acquisition Negotiation Process
  • 7.3.2 Terms of the Process
  • 7.3.3 Conflict Resolution Process
• 7.4 Conservation of Privately Owned Lands - State and Federal Obligations.19 .
• 7.5 Reserve Assembly Accounting
• 7.6 In-Lieu Payments

8.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

• 8.1 Overview
• 8.2 Management Activities
• 8.3 Adaptive Management Program

9.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

• 9.1 Monitoring Program
• 9.2 Monitoring Program Administrator
• 9.3 Monitoring Reporting Requirements

10.0 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

• 10.1 Annual Reporting

11.0 MSHCP IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE

• 11.1 Permittee Implementation Mechanisms
  • 11.1.1 Cities
  • 11.1.2 The County
  • 11.1.3 County Flood Control
  • 11.1.4 County Parks
  • 11.1.5 County Waste
  • 11.1.6 Regional Conservation Authority
  • 11.1.7 Riverside County Transportation Commission
  • 11.1.8 Caltrans
  • 11.1.9 State Parks
• 11.2 Cooperative Organizational Structure
  • 11.2.1 Overview
  • 11.2.2 Regional Conservation Authority
  • 11.2.3 Formation and Duties of Funding Coordination Committee
  • 11.2.4 Joint Project/Acquisition Review Process
  • 11.2.5 Regional Conservation Authority Executive Director
  • 11.2.6 Reserve Management Oversight Committee
  • 11.2.7 Reserve Managers
  • 11.2.8 Reserve Monitoring
  • 11.2.9 Independent Science Advisors
• 11.3 MSHCP Coverage of Agricultural Activities
  • 11.3.1 Definition of Agricultural Operations
  • 11.3.2 Take Authorization for Existing Agricultural Operations
  • 11.3.3 Verification of Existing Agricultural Operations
  • 11.3.4 Addition of Existing Agricultural Operations Database
  • 11.3.5 Expansion of Existing Agricultural Operations (Permit Required)
  • 11.3.6 New Agricultural Lands
  • 11.3.7 Increase in New Agricultural Lands Cap
• 11.4 Changed Circumstances
  • 11.4.1 General Terms
  • 11.4.2 Permittees-Initiated Response to Changed Circumstances
  • 11.4.3 Wildlife Agency-Initiated Response to Changed Circumstances.34 .
  • 11.4.4 Condemnation of Lands Providing Conservation Benefits
  • 11.4.5 New Listings of Species Not Covered by the MSHCP
• 11.5 Annexation and Deannexation of Lands
• 11.6 Incorporation of New Cities within MSHCP Boundaries
• 11.7 Growth-Inducing Effects
• 11.8 Participating Special Entity
  • 11.8.1 Take Authorization for Participating Special Entities
  • 11.8.2 Grant of Take Authorization to Participating Special Entity
  • 11.8.3 Requirements for Participating Special Entities
• 11.9 Criteria Application Process
• 11.10 Process for Addressing Out of County CETAP Corridors in the MSHCP
• 11.11 Process for Addressing Cajalco Road Improvements
• 11.12 Process for Addressing State Route 79 Road Improvements
• 11.13 Verification of Public/Quasi-Public Lands

12.0 FUNDING OF THE MSHCP

• 12.1 Local Obligations
  • 12.1.1 Additional Reserve Lands
  • 12.1.2 MSHCP Conservation Area Management Costs
  • 12.1.3 Additional Reserve Lands Monitoring Costs
  • 12.1.4 Program Administration Costs
• 12.2 Local Funding Sources
  • 12.2.1 Local Development Mitigation Fees
  • 12.2.2 Regional Infrastructure Project Contribution
  • 12.2.3 Landfill Tipping Fees
  • 12.2.4 Density Bonus Fees
  • 12.2.5 Adaptive Management
  • 12.2.6 Additional Funding
  • 12.2.7 Lands Conserved Through the Development Review Process
• 12.3 Annual Evaluation of Funding
• 12.4 State Permittee Obligations

13.0 PERMITTEES' TAKE AUTHORIZATION AND OBLIGATIONS

• 13.1 Permittees' Take Authorization
• 13.2 County and Cities Obligations
• 13.3 Regional Conservation Authority Obligations
• 13.4 County Flood Control Obligations
• 13.5 County Parks Obligations
• 13.6 County Waste Obligations
• 13.7 RCTC Obligations
• 13.8 Caltrans Obligations
• 13.9 State Parks

14.0 USFWS OBLIGATIONS AND ASSURANCES

• 14.1 Take Authorization for Covered Activities
• 14.2 USFWS Findings - Covered Species Adequately Conserved
• 14.3 USFWS Findings - Covered Species
• 14.4 Section 10(a) Permit Coverage
• 14.5 Implementation Assistance
• 14.6 Assurances Regarding MSHCP
• 14.7 Take Authorization for Newly Regulated Covered Species; Savings Provision
• 14.8 Changes in the Environmental Laws
• 14.9 Section 7 Consultations
• 14.10 Critical Habitat Designation for Covered Species
• 14.11 Future Recovery Plans
• 14.12 No Surprises Assurances and Unforeseen Circumstances
  • 14.12.1 No Surprises Assurances
• 14.13 Migratory Bird Treaty Act

15.0 CDFG OBLIGATIONS AND ASSURANCES

• 15.1 Issuance of NCCP Permit
• 15.2 NCCP Permit Findings
• 15.3 State Assurances
• 15.4 Implementation Assistance
• 15.5 Fully Protected Species
• 15.6 Changes in the Environmental Laws
• 15.7 Consultations by CDFG

16.0 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER EXISTING HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS, NCCP PERMITS AND SECTION 2081 PERMITS

• 16.1 General
• 16.2 Long-Term SKR HCP

17.0 THIRD PARTY TAKE AUTHORIZATION

• 17.1 Authorization
• 17.2 Agricultural Activities
• 17.3 Timing of Take Authorization
• 17.4 Effect of MSHCP Amendments on Third Parties
• 17.5 Effect of Revocation or Suspension of Permits on Third Parties
• 17.6 Effect of No Surprises Assurances on Third Parties
• 17.7 Retention of Enforcement Authority Over Third Parties

18.0 COOPERATIVE EFFORT

19.0 TERM

• 19.1 Effective Date
• 19.2 Term of the Agreement
• 19.3 Term of the Permits
• 19.4 Extension of the Permit
• 19.5 Permanent Preservation

20.0 MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE MSHCP

• 20.1 Clerical Changes
• 20.2 Land Use Changes
• 20.3 Adaptive Management Changes
• 20.4 Minor Amendments
• 20.4.1 List of Minor Amendments
• 20.4.2 Procedure
• 20.5 Major Amendments
• 20.5.1 List of Major Amendments
• 20.5.2 Procedure

21.0 TERMINATION OF PERMITS

• 21.1 Termination in General
• 21.2 Continuing Obligations
• 21.3 Final Accounting
• 21.4 Dissolution of Regional Conservation Authority

22.0 WITHDRAWAL OF PERMITTEE(S)

• 22.1 Withdrawal in General
• 22.2 Mitigation Responsibilities
• 22.3 Termination of Permittee Take Authorization
• 22.4 Evaluation of Remaining Permits

23.0 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT

• 23.1 Remedies in General
  • 23.1.1 No Monetary Damages
• 23.2 Default
  • 23.2.1 Notice and Opportunity to Cure Default
• 23.3 Injunctive and Temporary Relief
• 23.4 Limitation and Extent of Enforceability
• 23.5 Revocation or Suspension of the Permits
• 23.6 Informal Meet and Confer Process for Disputes Concerning Covered Activities
• 23.7 Continuation Of Take Authorization after Revocation, Suspension or Permittee Withdrawal

24.0 FORCE MAJEURE

25.0 LEGAL AUTHORITY OF THE USFWS

26.0 LEGAL AUTHORITY OF THE CDFG

27.0 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• 27.1 Response Times
• 27.2 No Partnership
• 27.3 Nullification of Agreement
• 27.4 Notices
• 27.5 Entire Agreement
• 27.6 Assignment or Transfer
• 27.7 Special Area Management Plan Collaboration
• 27.8 Defense
• 27.9 Attorneys' Fees
• 27.10 Elected Officials Not to Benefit
• 27.11 Availability of Funds
• 27.12 Governing Law
• 27.13 Duplicate Originals
• 27.14 Relationship to the FESA, CESA, NCCP Act and Other Authorities
• 27.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries
• 27.16 References to Regulations
• 27.17 Applicable Laws
• 27.18 Severability
• 27.19 Headings
• 27.20 Due Authorization
• 27.21 Faxed Signatures
• 27.22 Calculation of Dates and Dates of Performance
• 27.23 Further Instruments

Exhibit A - Map of MSHCP Plan

Exhibit B - Map of MSHCP Plan Area

Exhibit C - List of Covered Species

Exhibit D - List of Covered Species Adequately Conserved

Exhibit E - List of Narrow Endemic Plant Species

Exhibit F - Certificate of Inclusion

Exhibit G - Model City Ordinance Adopting Local Development Mitigation Fees

Exhibit H - Model City Resolution Adopting MSHCP

Exhibit I - Model City Ordinance Adopting MSHCP

Exhibit J - Model Non-City Resolution Adopting MSHCP

Exhibit K - Memorandum of Understanding for the Cooperation in Habitat Conservation Planning and Management for the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan

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