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(f) As the amount of the Trust Portion of the Permit is released from the Groundwater Trust pursuant to Section 9.0, and upon the full and final termination of this Contract as set forth in Section 2.2(d), the released portions of the Trust Portion of the Permit shall be returned to Transferor by the EAA free from the provisions of this Contract and the Groundwater Trust. (g) Upon termination of this Contract for any reason, the EAA shall within sixty (60) days of termination take any and all action necessary to administratively transfer and return the Trust Portion of the Permit from the Groundwater Trust to full use, possession, and control of the Transferor. This section and Section 2.2(a) and (b) shall survive termination of this Contract. (h) The EAA shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure the timely attainment of the Conservation Program goals described in Section 5.1.3 of the HCP. Should the EAA not attain these goals for any reason in the timeframe described in Section 2. 1, then, after consultation with the Committee and receiving its recommendation on Program adjustments with the expected results, the Transferor, in good faith, may undertake discussion to consider reasonable efforts to modify the Conservation Program through the Adaptive Management Process, including measures for which modification to this Contract may be necessary. 9.0 Release of Rights Held in Trust (a) Transferor shall be entitled to release and return of the Trust Portion of the Permit from the Groundwater Trust and from the operation of this Contract as provided in this section. (b) Releases of Conserved Water, if any, shall be made annually in April of each year during the term of this Contract. No later than March 1St of each year during the term of this Contract, the Committee shall report to the Implementing Committee the amount of Conserved Water reserved in the Aquifer during the previous calendar year and recommend the amount of the Trust Portion of the Permit that is subject to release. In making its recommendations to the Implementing Committee, the Committee shall consider only the amount of Conserved Water that has been reserved in the Aquifer during the previous calendar year, irrespective of whether the project is a single -year or multi -year project. In the case of multi -year projects, the total amount of Permitted Edwards Groundwater Rights, or groundwater from Exempt Wells, that is expected to be conserved over the life of the project, may be recognized as Conserved Water only on an incremental cumulative basis for each year of implementation of the project. The Implementing Committee will report its recommendations to the Board for consideration and final action. (c) If Transferor and/or other Non - Contributing Participants have Conserved Water that has been determined to have been conserved in the previous calendar year, Transferor shall be entitled to a release of the Trust Portion of the Permit calculated as follows: (Paragraph 4.0(a) initial commitment - previous releases to the Transferor) /(10,000 - previous releases to all Transferors) x 50% of the amount of Conserved Water conserved in the previous calendar year by the Transferor and/or Non - Contributing Participants.