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EXHIBIT B <br />Indian River County Sector 3 Sea Turtle Monitoring — 2018 <br />ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC., P.O. BOX 405, JENSEN BEACH, FL 34958 <br />DELIVERABLES <br />Unless otherwise specified below, all reports will be delivered in a format (hard and/or <br />electronic) and in such quantities as requested by APTIM. All reports will be submitted to <br />APTIM in accordance with Exhibit C. <br />Sea Turtle Monitoring <br />Scarp Monitoring: Data will be reported electronically each week to FWC and APTIM. <br />APTIM will also be notified by phone or electronically of any scarps that persists <br />for two consecutive weekly surveys. Results of surveys conducted each month, <br />including locations, heights, and lengths will tabulated for inclusion in the Monthly <br />Reports. <br />Monthly Reports: Records of daily sea turtle monitoring activities, including names of <br />monitoring personnel and times of monitoring will be maintained for the duration <br />of monitoring. Within two weeks following the end of each calendar month, EAI <br />will submit a summary. report to APTIM that will include, a log of sea turtle <br />monitoring activities, number of sea turtle nests and false crawls by species, number <br />of sea turtle nests marked and evaluated, and results of scarp monitoring. Upon <br />conclusion of data analyses for the 2018 nesting season, a draft interpretive report, <br />including an assessment of project impacts, if any, will be submitted to APTIM. <br />This assessment will be based on statistical and other comparisons of nesting and <br />reproductive success between treatment and control areas. <br />Nesting Database: All sea turtle data collected during the project will be incorporated into <br />an Access database created and maintained by EAI. These data will be provided to <br />APTIM in an electronic format, as mutually agreed upon, for incorporation into the <br />County's HCP database. Appropriate QA measures will be implemented to ensure <br />that data are completely and accurately transferred from field data sheets to the <br />electronic database. <br />Lighting Evaluation Reports: Results of nighttime lighting evaluations will be summarized <br />in an Excel spreadsheet and a geo-referenced map will be compiled and submitted <br />to APTIM in electronic format. <br />Summga Spreadsheet: Upon completion of all field monitoring activities, an Excel <br />spreadsheet tabulating sea turtle monitoring results, as required by FDEP Specific <br />Condition No. 29, will be prepared and submitted to APTIM, JCP Compliance, and <br />FWC. <br />136 <br />