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3 . 3 Nearshore Turbidity Monitoring Turbidity monitoring will be conducted in accordance with Specific Condition 13 of DEP permit No . 0166929-001 -JC for this project. Turbidity at background and compliance station's at the borrow and beach nourishment sites will be measured by a portable nephelometer that meets Environmental Protection Agency standards . Turbidity will be measured from a boat using DGPS to accurately determine the position of sample points relative to the borrow area and beach nourishment sites. Samples will be collected every six hours during dredging, with all samples collected at mid-depth, with the compliance stations collected inside the specified mixing zones within the densest portion of any visible turbidity plume. In the event that turbidity exceeds 29 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTUs) above background levels in either the beach or borrow area compliance sites, construction activities will immediately cease until corrective measures have been taken, and the turbidity has returned to acceptance levels . Turbidity monitoring reports and maps shall be submitted to the Bureau of Beaches and Wetland Resources weekly during construction. Also reported are permit number, date and time of calibration, sample collection and sample analysis; water depth; sample depth; DGPS position; weather conditions ; tidal stage; current direction; and wind direction and velocity. Sampling locations, current direction, plume configuration and the location of the dredge and discharge point(s) are to be documented on a map that will accompany the Turbidity Monitoring Report. The turbidity monitoring program above will be tasked to the contractor via the contract documents for the project, and will be supervised by County Staff and the County' s engineering consultant. 3 .4 Other Nearshore Monitoring Other nearshore monitoring activities shall include video monitoring along the pipeline corridor and monitoring to determine the as-built extent of the Toe Of Fill (TOF) . 3 .4. 1 Dredge Pipeline Corridor Monitoring Limited monitoring will be conducted along the proposed dredge pipeline corridors to assess the extent of any impacts to hardbottom communities attributable to the presence of the pipelines (see Figure 5 for the proposed location) . Monitoring will consist of three video transect swims along the entire extent of the proposed pipeline corridors, with Positioning information integrated onto the videotape. The first video transect will be conducted prior to the establishment of the pipeline to document existing conditions . The second video transect will be conducted along the corridors with the pipeline in place to document and delineate any areas of hardbottom being impacted, and the final video transect will be conducted following the project to assess any impacts . Results of the pipeline corridor monitoring will be included in the first annual Biological Monitoring Report . 18