Okaloosa County BOCC — December 18, 2012 — reading text

and/or a secondary marker at a point landward as possible to assure that future location of the nest will be possible should the on-beach marker be lost. A series of stakes and highly visible survey ribbon or string shall be installed to establish a 10-foot radius around the nest. No activity shall occur within this area, nor will any activities occur which could result in impacts to the nest. Nest sites shall be inspected daily to assure nest markers remain in place and the nest has not been disturbed by the project activities. iii. Reports on all nesting activity shall be provided for the initial nesting season and for a minimum of two additional nesting seasons if placed material still remains on the beach. Monitoring of nesting activity in the seasons following construction shall include daily report sheets noting all activity, nesting success rates, hatching success of all relocated nests, hatching success of a representative sampling of nests left in place (if any), dates of construction and names of all personnel involved in nest surveys and relocation activities. Data should be reported separately for the nourished areas and for an equal length of adjacent beach that is not nourished in accordance with the attached Table. Summaries of nesting activity shall be submitted in electronic format (Excel spreadsheets). All reports should submitted by January 15 of the following year. 14. Project Lighting. Lighting on offshore or onshore equipment shall be minimized through reduction, shielding, lowering, and appropriate placement to avoid excessive illumination Packet Pg. 451  8.5.a.a Joint Coastal Permit Western Destin Beach Restoration Permit No. 0286575-001-JC Page 11 of 26 of the water's surface and nesting beach while meeting all Coast Guard, EM 385-1-1, and OSHA requirements. Light intensity shall be reduced to the minimum standard required Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) by OSHA for General Construction areas, in order not to misdirect sea turtles. Shields shall be affixed to the light housing and be large enough to block light from all lamps from being transmitted outside the construction area, as illustrated below. 15. Equipment Storage. Staging areas for construction equipment for sand placement shall be located off the beach to the maximum extent practicable from May 1 to October 31. a. Nighttime storage of the beach restoration project construction equipment not in use shall be off the beach to minimize disturbance to sea turtle nesting and hatching activities. b. All construction pipes that are placed on the beach shall be located as far landward as possible without compromising the integrity of the existing or reconstructed dune system. i. Temporary storage of pipes shall be off the beach to the maximum extent possible. ii. Temporary storage of pipes on the beach shall be in such a manner so as to impact the least amount of nesting habitat and shall not compromise the integrity of the dune systems. Packet Pg. 452  8.5.a.a Joint Coastal Permit Western Destin Beach Restoration Permit No. 0286575-001-JC Page 12 of 26 iii. Pipes placed parallel to the dune shall be five to ten feet away from the toe of Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) the dune. 16. Fill Restrictions. During nesting season, the contractor shall not extend the beach fill more than 500 feet along the shoreline between dusk and the following day until the daily nesting survey has been completed and the beach cleared for fill advancement. a. If the 500 feet is not feasible for the project, an agreed upon distance shall be decided on during the preconstruction meeting. b. Once the beach has been cleared and the necessary nest relocations have been completed, the contractor is allowed to proceed with the placement of fill during daylight hours until dusk at which time the 500-foot length limitation shall apply. 17. Beach Maintenance. All derelict concrete, metal, and coastal armoring material and other debris shall be removed from the beach prior to any dredged material placement to the maximum extent practicable. If debris removal activities will take place from May 1 through September 1, the work shall be conducted during daylight hours only and shall not commence until completion of the sea turtle survey each day. All excavations and temporary alterations of the beach topography shall be filled or leveled to the natural beach profile prior to 9 p.m. each day. 18. Hopper Dredging Requirements. In the event a hopper dredge is utilized, the following requirements shall be met in addition to the Terms and Conditions of the NMFS Regional Biological Opinion for Hopper Dredging in the Gulf of Mexico: a. Handling of sea turtles captured during hopper dredging projects shall be conducted only by persons with prior experience and training in these activities and who is duly authorized to conduct such activities through a valid permit issued by the FWC, pursuant to Florida Administrative Code 68E-1. b. Dredging Pumps. Standard operating procedure shall be that dredging pumps shall be disengaged by the operator when the dragheads are not firmly on the bottom, to prevent impingement or entrainment of sea turtles within the water column. This precaution is especially important during the cleanup phase of dredging operations. c. Sea Turtle Deflecting Draghead. A state-of-the-art rigid deflector draghead must be used on all hopper dredges in all Gulf of Mexico channels at all times of the year. Packet Pg. 453  8.5.a.a Joint Coastal Permit Western Destin Beach Restoration Permit No. 0286575-001-JC Page 13 of 26 d. The Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) Coordinator, Dr. Allen Foley, shall be notified at (904) 573-3930 of the start-up and completion of Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) hopper dredging operations. e. Relocation trawling shall be undertaken at all projects where any of the following conditions are met; however, other ongoing projects not meeting these conditions are not required to conduct relocation trawling: i. Two or more turtles are taken in a 24-hour period in the project ii. Four or more turtles are taken in the project. f. The Permittee shall fax (850-921-6988) or e-mail (Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com) weekly reports to the Imperiled Species Management Section on Friday each week that relocation trawling is conducted in Florida water. These faxes shall include: the species and number of turtles captured in Florida waters, general health, and release information. A summary of all turtles captured in Florida waters, including all measurements, the latitude and longitude (in decimal degrees) of captures and tow start-stop points, and times for the start-stop points of the tows, including those tows on which no turtles are captured shall be submitted to the ISM by January 15 of the following year. 19. Compaction Sampling. Immediately after completion of the beach restoration project and prior to April 15 for 3 subsequent years, sand compaction sampling shall be monitored in the area of sand placement in accordance with the following protocols: a. Compaction sampling stations shall be located at 500-foot intervals along the project area. One station shall be at the seaward edge of the dune/bulkhead line (when material is placed in this area) and one station shall be midway between the dune line and the high water line (normal wrack line). b. At each station, the cone penetrometer shall be pushed to a depth of 6, 12, and 18 inches three times (three replicates). Material may be removed from the hole if necessary to ensure accurate readings of successive levels of sediment. The penetrometer may need to be reset between pushes, especially if sediment layering exists. Layers of highly compact material may lie over less compact layers. Replicates shall be located as close to each other as possible, without interacting with the previous hole and/or disturbed sediments. The three replicate compaction values for each depth shall be averaged to produce final values for each depth at each station. Reports shall include all 18 values for each transect line, and the final 6 averaged compaction values. c. If the average value for any depth exceeds 500 psi for any two or more adjacent stations, then that area shall be tilled prior to April 15. Packet Pg. 454  8.5.a.a Joint Coastal Permit Western Destin Beach Restoration Permit No. 0286575-001-JC Page 14 of 26 d. If values exceeding 500 psi are distributed throughout the project area but in no Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) case do those values exist at two adjacent stations at the same depth, then consultation with the FWC shall be required to determine if tilling is required. If a few values exceeding 500 psi are present randomly within the project area, tilling shall not be required. 20. Tilling Requirements. Immediately after completion of the initial beach fill placement event, and prior to April 15 for 3 subsequent years, if placed sand still remains on the beach, the beach shall be tilled as described below or the Permittee may follow the procedure outlined