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c. measures to protect Tlingit land use practices and rights from project impacts;
d. measures to support TRTFN land use practices and rights;
e. provisions for monitoring performance of the operation, conducting
inspections and environmental audits as may be required;
f. economic benefits to TRTFN community, including business and employment
opportunities, community development program contributions, training and
education programs, financial contributions, and any other socio-economic
benefits negotiated for TRTFN and its citizens;
g. mechanisms for sharing revenues from resource development;
h. other such measures agreed by the Parties.
37. TRTFN Government may not conclude an Accommodation Agreement until the
following events have occurred:
a. the Environmental Assessment of the proposed project has been completed;
b. TRTFN Government is engaged in negotiating an Impacts and Benefits
Agreement with the proponent; and
c. There has been ratification of the Accommodation Agreement by a Joint Clan
Meeting.
OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR TRTFN MINING-RELATED DECISIONS
38. TRTFN actions, participation and decisions under this policy will be based on the
best available Tlingit Knowledge, other scientific information and expert opinion.
39. Proponents will normally be required to fully support TRTFN’s costs for reviewing
proposals and participating in the various phases of the regulatory process. TRTFN
Government should not engage in processes related to a proposed project where such
engagement would impose a substantial unrecoverable debt on TRTFN Government.
40. Draft agreements concluded under this policy will be legally reviewed before they are
finalized or considered for ratification.
41. In making any Tlingit Knowledge or land use information available to a mining
proponent and/or the Crown for their use, TRTFN Government shall seek to conclude
a written agreement between the parties for the use and security of the information
which provides for the following:
a. the information is acknowledged as the intellectual property of the TRTFN;
b. the method of accessing the information by the proponent is described;
c. the information will be used only for the stipulated purposes and for no other
purpose, unless otherwise agreed to by TRTFN Government;
d. the information will not be distributed beyond those persons in the company
who have permission to see and use the information for the specified
purposes; and all electronic and hard copies will be disposed of in the manner
set out in the agreement;