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Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act(ESA),USACE must consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)if the proposed project has the potential to adversely affect a federally listed terrestrial species and non-anadromous fish. Federally listed terrestrial species and/or their habitats have some potential to occur within or near the project site Therefore,under Section 7 of the ESA,consultation between USACE and USFWS is expected to be required. This scope of work assumes that USACE or AECOM,under authorization from USACE and the City,will consult with USFWS and obtain authorization that satisfies compliance with the ESA. Please see Permitting Task 2 for further details. AECOM will prepare the NWP permit application on behalf of the City for submittal to USACE. The application would be required to include, but not be limited to,the following information that is assumed to be provided by other members of the,consultant team, City, or its designated representative: • amount(cubic yards) and type(i.e.,clean fill dirt,rock, clay, concrete)of material being placed within jurisdictional waters of the U.S.; • acreage of material dredged or excavated from jurisdictional waters of the U.S. (including temporary amount); • replacement quantities of native and imported material, and net permanent change(cubic yards); • identification and dimensions of structures and materials to be used in construction; • construction equipment and methods by which work will be done; • adjacent land owners; • written statement of how avoidance and minimization will be achieved for losses of waters of the U.S.; • methods of compensation for unavoidable fill of waters of the U.S.-; and • site plan identifying existing structures, work limits, and property boundary. AECOM will provide an electronic draft of the application package to the City for review, incorporate comments sent to AECOM, and submit final copies to USACE and the City. It is assumed that USACE will be given one copy of the application package and the City will receive two copies. It is assumed that one coordination meeting with USACE may be required and will be attended by the AECOM project manager and senior regulatory specialist to discuss project characteristics,permit requirements, and permitting schedules after submittal of the application. This is in addition to the pre-application meeting, which would be held to discuss project description and approach with USACE to determine if the project would be permitted under the NWP.Additional telephone/email coordination with USACE will also ensure that the permit application materials are technically accurate and meet the needs of USACE. The labor assumed to complete this task is based on current project knowledge and is reflected in the cost estimate. However, completion of the task is directly dependent on the participation and direction of regulatory agency staff,which is beyond the control of AECOM. AECOM will work 7IPage