Common use of MUTUAL INTEREST OF THE PARTIES Clause in Contracts

MUTUAL INTEREST OF THE PARTIES. This assistance is of mutual interest to the parties because NMFS has the responsibility to protectand recover species and their habitats listed as threatened or endangered pursuant ESA and under their jurisdiction, and WPPA’s member public port districts have the responsibility to design, construct, and maintain port infrastructure in Washington, including a wide range of projects. Public port district projects frequently affect freshwater and marine habitats that support NMFS and USFWS trust resources and therefore require frequent coordination and consultation with NMFS Having a staff biologist assigned to the study and evaluation of public port district projects for compliance with the ESA and other pertinent laws administered by the federal agencies reduces time spent in coordination and increases the biologist’s understanding of individual projects. In addition, having the staff biologist responsible for all public port district consultations involving WPPA’s member ports increases their familiarity with those agencies’ personnel and processes, landscape and aquatic habitat conditions across the State of Washington, and opportunities for conservation and aquatic habitat restoration, as well as ensuring consistency and timeliness of reviews.

MUTUAL INTEREST OF THE PARTIES. This assistance is of mutual interest to the parties because NMFS the USFWS has the responsibility to protectand recover species to· protect and their habitats listed as threatened or endangered pursuant ESA perpetuate fish and wildlife under their jurisdiction, and the WPPA’s member 's member-public port districts have the responsibility to design, construct, and maintain port infrastructure in Washington, including a wide range of projects. Public port district projects frequently affect freshwater fish and marine habitats that support NMFS and USFWS trust resources wildlife habitat and therefore require frequent coordination and consultation with NMFS the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the USFWS. Having a staff biologist assigned to the study and evaluation of evaluate public port district projects for compliance with the ESA and other pertinent laws administered .administered by the federal agencies reduces time spent in coordination and increases the biologist’s 's understanding of individual projects. In addition, having the staff biologist responsible for all public port district consultations involving WPPA’s 's member ports ·increases their familiarity with those agencies’ ' personnel and processes, landscape and aquatic habitat conditions across the State of Washington, and opportunities for conservation and aquatic and terrestrial habitat restoration, as well as ensuring consistency and timeliness of reviews.