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Permittee : Indian River County Beach Restoration Permit No : 01669294014C Page 16 of 17 Appendices should include plots of survey profiles and graphical representations of volumetric and shoreline position changes for the monitoring area. Results should be analyzed for patterns, trends, or changes between annual surveys and cumulatively since project construction. e. Monitoring reports and data shall be submitted to the Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems in Tallahassee. Failure to submit reports and data in a timely manner constitutes grounds for revocation of the permit. When submitting any monitoring information to the Office, please include a transmittal cover letter clearly labeled with the following at the top of each page . This monitoring information is submitted in accordance with Item No. [please specify] of the approved Monitoring Plan for Permit No. 01669294014C for the monitoring period [please specify] . 16 . Biological monitoring : As required in Specific Condition Number 9, the permittee shall submit a detailed Biological Monitoring Plan subject to review and approval by the Department. The monitoring plan must include pre- and post-project data, valid and independent controls, and appropriate statistical treatments . Onshore monitoring shall include sediment compaction monitoring and escarpment formation monitoring. Both of these parameters are very important for the sea turtle nesting. Monitoring for compaction and escarpment formation shall be conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the U. S . Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Biological Opinion, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) recommendations, and shall include three years of post-construction monitoring. Nesting monitoring shall be conducted to assess changes in nesting due to the project. Nesting density, nesting success and reproductive success shall be measured. Both nesting and hatching success and evaluations of foraging habitat utilization by sea turtles shall be monitored too . Marine turtle nesting studies shall be conducted for three years post-construction. Sampling shall be conducted immediately after completion of the fill placement, and annually thereafter in project and control areas for 2 years, for a total of three years of post-construction monitoring. Surveys for escarpment formation shall be conducted following construction in the project and control areas , and before March I in each of the two subsequent years , for a total of three years of Post-construction monitoring. Nearshore hardbottom monitoring shall include assessments of both sessile fauna and flora . Monitoring shall determine the condition and dynamics of nearshore hardbottom/ridges communities . Monitoring of communities along the Toe of Fill (TOF) and evaluation of the extent of the TOF as compared to predictions, and along pipeline corridor, studies of marine turtle foraging habitat utilization shall be conducted too . A monitoring program shall be undertaken to