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2 .2 Escarpment Formation Monitoring Escarpment (scarp) formation will be visually monitored post-construction only, in the project area. Immediately following the completion of construction, . the contractor will be required to level all scarps occurring in the project area. Subsequent to construction, Surveys for escarpment formation will be conducted according to the following protocol : Visual surveys for escarpments along the beach fill area shall be made immediately after completion of the beach nourishment project and prior to March 1 for the following three years if placed sand still remains on the beach. All scarps shall be leveled or the beach profile shall be reconfigured to minimize scarp formation. In addition, weekly surveys of the project area shall be conducted during the two nesting seasons following completion of fill placement as follows . The number of escarpments and their location relative to DNR-DEP reference monuments shall be recorded during each weekly survey and reported relative to the length of the beach surveyed (e. g. , 50% scarps) . Notations on the height of these escarpments shall be included (0 to 2 feet, 2 to 4 feet, and 4 feet or higher) as well as the maximum height of all escarpments . Escarpments that interfere with sea turtle nesting or that exceed 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 feet shall be leveled to the natural beach contour by April 15 . Any escarpment removal shall be reported relative to R-monument. If weekly surveys during the marine turtle nesting season document subsequent reformation of escarpments that exceed 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 feet, the FWC shall be contacted immediately to determine the appropriate action to be taken. Upon notification, the permittee shall level escarpments in accordance with mechanical methods prescribed by the FWC . 2 . 3 Marine Turtle Nesting Monitoring In accordance with conditions contained in DEP permit No . 0166929-001 -JC, nesting monitoring will be conducted. Nesting levels, nesting success, and reproductive success will be measured. Marine turtle nesting studies will be conducted for three years post-construction. An unambiguous assessment of project effects on sea turtle nesting requires both pre- and post-project data as well as treatment and control data. This approach allows for project effects to be more easily distinguished from natural background variability. The Sector 1 & 2 project area is included in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) Index Nesting Beach Survey (INBS) program, as are adjacent beaches that will provide , suitable control data. Therefore, there is reliable data for use as controls, both pre- and post-project in Sectors 1 & 2 and inside Sector 1 & 2 versus INBS 8