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Attachment 1— Scope of Work March 20, 2006 Work Order 1 Indian River County Beach Sectors 1 & 2 Draft Biological Monitoring Plan and Sea Turtle Nesting INTRODUCTION Florida's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has provided Notice of Completeness and a draft permit for the Sector 7 project. The DEP has not yet issued a modification to the Sectors 1 & 2 (Ambersand) permit for storm recovery, and pending review of biological monitoring protocol and data. Further, it is understood that the effective biological monitoring of multiple beach norurishment projects within the County can be accomplished using a single monitoring program and set of data collection protocol. ATM has solicited a proposal, which has been incorporated into this Work Order, from Coastal Eco -Group, Inc. (CEG) to provide an independent review of the biological monitoring protocol, existing data and existing reef conditions. CEG will make recommendations for a single biological monitoring program for both Ambersand and the Sector 7 project. Both ATM and CEG will coordinate the efforts with DEP, so that DEP can approve a Biological Monitoring Plan for the County. At the County's request, sea turtle nesting and escarpment monitoring for the Ambersand project will continue through the 2006 season. The service will be preformed by Ecological & Associates, Inc. (EAI), and it is anticipated that this data will be used for the baseline conditions for the Ambersand project. The following tasks detail the efforts required to develop a county -wide draft biological monitoring plan and continued sea turtle monitoring for the Ambersand project. Task 1 Meetings and Coordination — Biological Monitoring Plan ATM and will facilitate and participate in a meeting with DEP and ATM's subconsutlant (CEG), This task allows for an ATM Engineer and CEG scientist to travel to DEP offices in Tallahassee for two meetings as well as ongoing coordination with the DEP and County staff. The two meetings will be a kickoff meeting with agency staff to ascertain the Department's goals for the monitoring and a meeting to provide DEP with CEG's findings and recommendations. Task 2 Independent Review of Biological Monitoring Plan, Sampling Protocol and Recommendations ATM will contract CEG to perform an independent review of the existing permit conditions, current correspondence with DEP and recent monitoring data. CEG will also conduct field reconnaissance of the project areas, and provide recommendations for a meaningful and comprehensive Biological Monitoring Plan.