Common use of Instream Monitoring Approach Clause in Contracts

Instream Monitoring Approach. PALCO will develop and implement, with the oversight and concurrence of the agencies, instream monitoring approaches for two contexts: 1) watersheds where watershed analysis has not been completed and 2) watersheds which have been or are the subject of watershed analysis. PALCO, in consultation with the agencies, will design general instream effectiveness monitoring approaches for the former using a combination of the following: baseline information compiled for the PALCO Aquatics Conservation Plan, other information as it becomes available through watershed studies, resources inventories and monitoring conducted or mandated by public agencies (e.g., CDFG, RWQCB, CDF, and others), input from resource professionals familiar with conditions in the local watersheds, and the public living in or near the watersheds to be monitored. While designing the approaches for instream effectiveness monitoring in watersheds subject to watershed analysis, PALCO and the agencies will use these same information sources; however, the instream effectiveness monitoring designs will benefit from the focused watershed-specific assessments and syntheses that are integral components of watershed analysis. PALCO will iteratively use these insights gained from the watershed analysis assessments and syntheses to design instream effectiveness monitoring elsewhere.