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DEP Permit No. : 0166929-010-EM Shore-normal transects (bearing North 70° East) shall be established along the project area. The transects shall be spaced approximately 500 feet apart along the length of the beach fill placement (Project) area (at previously-established '/2 stations) . Every second transect line shall be coincident with DEP Reference Monuments (R-4 through R- 17 , inclusive) in the Project area. Sediment samples shall be collected according to the following procedure: Following the completion of an acceptance section, two (2) test holes a minimum of 18 inches deep shall be excavated along each shore normal transect, within the limits of the constructed berm . The test holes shall be evenly spaced across the beach profile within the predicted equilibrium beach berm. From the test hole excavated sediments, the material shall be mixed in a container (bucket or similar) to a homogeneous consistency. Two replicate sediment samples (a minimum of 250 grams per sample) shall be collected at each test hole. One of the sediment samples collected at each test hole shall be sent for laboratory analysis while the other sample shall be archived. The laboratory analysis shall consist of a grain size distribution analysis and the determination of the percent carbonate/quartz present within the samples. The material will be tested in accordance with American Society for Testing Material (ASTM) standards, and the data will be provided to the Department in gfNTr' format. The grain size will be tested in accordance to ASTM Standard D-422 for mechanical analysis of soils methods, and textural classification will be performed in accordance to the Unified Soils Classification System as described by ASTM Standard D-2487. The archived samples and laboratory data shall be submitted to the FDEP upon project completion. The fine/silt content will be determined by both the Wentworth and ASTM (Standard D- 1140) methods. For the Wentworth method, the material will be washed through a #230 sieve (0 .062 mm) opening, and the material that passes is the silt/fine fraction. The remaining material is dried and mechanically sieved through a stack of sieves in half phi sizes over a range from -2 phi to 4 phi including the #230 wive. The fine/silt fraction based on the ASTM method is determined by the amount of material retained by the #200 and #230 sieves. The sample gradation is based on the result of the dry sieving process. The carbonate fraction of the sample is determined by a high temperature burnt . A pre- weighed sample is burned (or ignited) at a temperature of 1080° for a time of 8 hours . This process changes the chemical composition of the sample, and the carbonate fraction is determined by weighing the sample and applying the atomic weights of the elements forming the carbonate crystal lattice. Pre-construction sampling will be conducted at every even numbered DEP Reference Monument following the procedures delineated herein for the post construction monitoring. Monitoring and Reporting ' Dean, W.E., 1974. Determination of carbonate and organic matter in calcareous sediments and sedimentary rock by loss on ignition: Comparison with other methods. Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, V. 44, 242-248 . 4