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r EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> Indian River County has filed a Joint Coastal Permit application with the Florida <br /> Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the U. S . Army Corps of Engineers <br /> (USACE) to construct a beach restoration project along 13 ,280 feet of County shoreline, <br /> identified in project documents as Sectors 1 & 2 (Applied Technology and Management, <br /> Inc . , 2001 ) . The Biological Monitoring Plan (Plan) includes provisions for monitoring <br /> and impact assessment of the project on marine turtle nesting, marine turtle foraging, and <br /> nearshore reef habitats . A section on physical monitoring of project impacts with the <br /> potential to affect biological resources (i. e. , turbidity, sand compaction, and beach scarp <br /> formation) is also included. <br /> The Plan is divided into sections addressing Onshore, Nearshore, and Offshore <br /> Monitoring. Onshore Monitoring includes marine turtle nesting surveys , sediment <br /> compaction measurements, and escarpment formation monitoring. Included in Nearshore <br /> Monitoring are assessments of the extent, condition and biota of nearshore hardbottom <br /> reefs, studies of marine turtle foraging habitat utilization, and turbidity monitoring during <br /> project construction. Offshore Monitoring consists of turbidity monitoring in the vicinity <br /> of the borrow area background and compliance stations during active dredging associated <br /> with the project construction. <br /> The Plan includes a proposed reporting schedule, complete with a tabular summary of the <br /> specific monitoring activity, frequency of occurrence, the number of stations, and <br /> variables measured with each event. For transect monitoring, the orientation, length and <br /> location of the transects are additionally provided in both tabular and graphic format. <br /> Finally, the Plan references relevant literature utilized in the development of specific <br /> elements of the Plan. <br /> 1 <br />