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characteristics relied upon by other Program reregulation facilities should be is <br />avoided, if possible, or offset, mitigated or compensated. New water related <br />activities should be permitted consistent with applicable state laws, decrees and <br />compacts, provided that such activities are monitored and mitigated as set forth <br />in Appendix A, Tabs 1B, 2B, and 3B. <br />1. Mitigation Measures. Consistent with the principle that activities in one <br />state should not increase the mitigation burden of another, adverse effects of <br />new water related activities on the associated habitats during the term of the <br />Cooperative Agreement are to be mitigated, compensated or offset by the <br />operator of the new water related activity or- its state under the future depletions <br />component of the Program. Mitigation for impacts on flows in the associated <br />habitats shall be water related. The states' plans to develop and implement <br />Programs to mitigate the impacts of new water related activities consistent with <br />Program goals are described Appendix A, Tabs 1B, 2B and 3B, "Plan[s] for <br />Future Depletions" for the respective states. DOI and the states intend to work <br />within the Governance Committee to develop criteria as may be necessary to <br />help the states identify acceptable measures to mitigate the impacts of new water <br />related activities consistent with the depletion impact analysis developed during <br />the terms of the Cooperative Agreement. Water conservation/supply projects <br />implemented to mitigate new water related activities will not be counted against <br />the Program's goal of reducing shortages to target flows, as these contributions • <br />are mitigation for new water related activities, not existing ones. <br />2. MitigWon Banldng. Any state's program to address new water related <br />activities may include mitigation water banking to assure that non- Program <br />conservation programs are encouraged and efficiencies are not compromised <br />when a program yields more water than is immediately needed for mitigation <br />purposes. A mitigation water bank will not be counted against the Program's <br />goal of reducing shortages to target flows, as it is held in reserve for future <br />mitigation of new water related activities, not existing ones. In implementing <br />water conservation/supply projects, the Program will first meet its water supply <br />goals for existing water related activities. Mitigation water banking of such <br />waters will not be credited if use for that purpose impedes the timely completion <br />Of water conservationtsupply goals to mitigate existing depletions (Appendix A, <br />Tab 4). <br />3. Verificati on. The Water Management Committee, with the approval of <br />the Governance Committee, shall establish monitoring programs and protocols <br />for verifying that the effects of new water related activities are adequately <br />mitigated as described above by water conservation/supply programs carried out <br />for those purposes. <br />12 <br />