Volume 3 - Implementing Agreement
1.0 PARTIES
2.0 RECITALS
3.0 DEFINED TERMS
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
7.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA ASSEMBLY AND HABITAT ACQUISITION
8.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
9.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
10.0 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
11.0 MSHCP IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE
11.0 MSHCP IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE
- 11.1 Permittee Implementation Mechanisms
- 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
- 11.5 Annexation and Deannexation of Lands
- 11.6 Incorporation of New Cities within MSHCP Boundaries
- 11.7 Growth-Inducing Effects
- 11.8 Participating Special Entity
- 11.9 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
13.0 PERMITTEES' TAKE AUTHORIZATION AND OBLIGATIONS
14.0 USFWS OBLIGATIONS AND ASSURANCES
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
- 14.13 Migratory Bird Treaty Act
15.0 CDFG OBLIGATIONS AND ASSURANCES
16.0 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER EXISTING HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS, NCCP PERMITS AND SECTION 2081 PERMITS
17.0 THIRD PARTY TAKE AUTHORIZATION
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
20.0 MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE MSHCP
21.0 TERMINATION OF PERMITS
22.0 WITHDRAWAL OF PERMITTEE(S)
23.0 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT
23.0 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT
- 23.1 Remedies in General
- 23.2 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
27.0 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
Exhibits A-K
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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