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Exhibit A — Scope of Services February 2009 Work Order 15 Indian River County Beach Sector 7 Year 2 Post- Project Monitoring ( Summer 2009 ) INTRODUCTION The Sector 7 project was completed in May 2007 , and requires post- project monitoring per FDEP and USACE issued permits . The project placed approximately 360 , 000 c . y, of sand from the offshore borrow site , and included a vegetated dune feature . The project permits require physical and biological monitoring for post- project and a minimum of four years following construction , which is annually until 2011 . This scope of work includes tasks to perform the monitoring and reporting for the 2-Year Post- Construction event . Task 1 Biological Monitoring and Reporting The FDEP permit requires biological monitoring following the construction . Coastal Eco- Group , Inc. (CEG) will perform the biological monitoring , Continental Shelf Associates International (CSA) will perform required 2nd party quality assurance of the monitoring data , and ATM will perform necessary quality control on the reporting of the data per the DEP- approved Biological Monitoring Plan (August 18 , 2006) . Work will include surveying the twelve transects established under previous surveys (R- 99 , R- 99 . 6 , R- 100 . 4 , R- 101 . 7 , R- 102 . 9 , R- 103 . 5 , R- 104 . 1 , R- 105 . 89 R- 107 . 3 , R- 109 . 27 R- 113 and R- 115) . The data collection will include collecting video transects , quadrat and sediment thickness data , and surveying the nearshore edge . A comparison of the data collected under this scope of services will be made to prior project datasets . If weather or visibility conditions prevent the collection of data , contingency monitoring will occur per protocol . ATM and CEG will coordinate with FDEP and USACE on nearshore conditions and efforts undertaken as part of this task. The consultants and the County will have weekly teleconferences to coordinate efforts . ATM and CEG will provide the County with regular updates via e- mail or teleconferences of the field efforts , and a report presenting the data and an analysis of the data . Task 2 Nearshore Turtle Abundance Monitoring Surveys of sea turtle abundance will be conducted by in-Water Research Group ( IRG) along a series of 3- kilometer alongshore transects previously established by Indian River County. There are 3 transects , 300 , 600 and 1 ,200 feet offshore , in the project site extend from R- 103 to R- 116 , and the three alongshore transects in the control site extend from R-62 to R-72 . Study sites and survey methodology will be in accordance with the issued project permits . Data will be tabulated and transmitted to ATM and Indian River County ( IRC) at the conclusion of the Spring 2009 (April-June) survey effort . IRG will provide ATM with an annual summary report including a statistical analysis of sea turtle abundances between seasons , sites , and distances