l. F&F Club hereby withdraws all opposition
to issuance of the Licenses and
supports, pursuant to the terms
of thisAgreement, the issuance by FERC of
Licenses which reflect the allocation
of water set forth in Great Northern's Water
Use Plan ("WUP") as incorporated
within the applications for the Projects. As a
result of this Agreement, the F&F
Club offers to work cooperatively with Great
Northern in a program to foster
responsible land use by the general public.
2.The WUP reflects the best balance which can
be achieved for the water
resources of the West Branch of
the Penobscot River, given the many competing
water, including without limitation,
recreation and hydro electric power generation.
3.Any Licenses issued by FERC should not be inconsistent
or deviate in any
material manner from the findings,
terms or conditions of the Water Quality
Certificates for the Projects issued
to Great Northern by the Maine Land Use
Regulation Commission and Maine
Department of Environmental Protection.
4. FERC should conduct an environmental assessment
covering both projects and,
thereafter, based upon the
applications as filed and addition information in the
record, proceed to promptly
issue the Licenses without the need for an
environmental impact statement,
given the lack of significant impacts on the
environment from the proposed
relicensing and, considering the enhancements
proposed by Great Northern.
5. For the term of the Licenses, Great northern
agrees that it will eliminate current,
and not impose future,
access fees on non-commercial, day use by Maine
residents of its forest
lands within the company's gate system in the state of Maine,
provided however, that the
F&F Club recognizes that Great Northern is entitled
to have recreational users
of its land share in the cost of maintaining that land for
such use; and, provided further,
that Great Northern has the right to limit the total
number of users of its land,
but not to leas than 1993 levels, if in its sole judgment,
Great Northern determines
thatincreased user levels have adversely impacted or
pose athreat of adversely
impacting safety, recreational use, ecological resources,
or Great Northern's ability
toproperly manage its forest lands for timber
harvesting purposes.
6. If approval of this Agreement is required by
FERC and if FERC should fail to
approve this Agreement in
itsentirety, or if FERC should fail to issue the Licenses
on the terms set forth above
to Great Northern: or if any Licenses are issued
which are inconsistent
with this Agreement, either party may, within 30 days of
the commission's action (or
inaction, if requested to cot), withdraw from this
Agreement upon providing written
noticeto the other party. in the event of such
withdrawal, this Agreement
shall be of no force and effect.
7. This Agreement shall became effective upon
issuance by FERC of a final order
approving the Agreement, if
such order or similar action is required, and, upon the
issuance of Licenses by FERC
of at least a thirty (30) year term in accordance
with this Agreement.
8. This Agreement may only be modified by written
consent of both parties to this
Agreement.