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TABLE 1. MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM Mitigation Measures Implementation Monitoring Monitoring and Monitoring Verification of Procedures 1 Responsibility Reporting Action Schedule Compliance Mitigation Measure 4.3-4: The implementation of the The project applicant Community Review and approve Prior to issuance Verified by: following measures would ensure that raptors(hawks shall hire a qualified Development a qualified of grading or and owls)and other migratory birds are not disturbed ornithologist and the Department; ornithologist. building permit, during the breeding season and that burrowing owls and project applicant's Planning Division whichever is occupied habitat are not taken at any time of year: contractor(s)shall Review pre- sooner. a. A qualified ornithologist shall conduct a pre- engage the qualified construction Date: construction survey for nesting raptors(including both ornithologist to survey reports. Field inspections tree and ground nesting raptors)and other migratory conduct pre- If active nests or prior to and during birds on-site within two weeks of the onset of site construction surveys suitable burrowing construction. No disturbance(e.g.demolition,vegetation removal and as described. owl habitat are more than 14 days earthwork), if ground disturbance is to occur during found,review and before start or the breeding season(February 1 to August 31). The project applicant approve the restart of These surveys shall be based on the accepted shall prepare construction plan construction protocols for the target species.These surveys shall construction plans that includes during the months explicitly consider the burrowing owl as a potential that incorporate the avoidance of owl, of February to target species and pre-construction efforts shall be recommendations of nesting raptors,and August. conducted according to the most recent protocol. If a the pre-construction other migratory nesting raptor or active nest of another migratory bird surveys. If required, birds. Confirm buffer were to be detected,an appropriate no disturbance avoidance zones if active buffer would be established in consultation with procedures will be Inspect construction burrows are CDFW. In general,no-disturbance buffers around implemented. site to confirm found. active nests of raptors are 250-300 feet,while the implementation of buffers around the nests of passerines(perching)are protection 50 feet.The actual size of buffer would depend on measures. species,topography,and type of construction activity that would occur in the vicinity of the nest.The location of no-disturbance buffers would be marked in the field and communicated to the construction team during the preconstruction environmental training meeting described above in Mitigation Measure 4.3- 2b. b.A qualified ornithologist shall conduct pre- construction surveys for burrowing owls during the non-breeding season. Pre-construction surveys during the non-breeding season are not necessary for tree nesting raptors,as they are expected to abandon their roosts during construction. If pre-construction surveys(conducted either during the breeding or non- breeding season)determine that burrowing owls occupy the site,mitigation consistent with the Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation(CDFG,2012) would be implemented. Mitigation measures may include take avoidance,site surveillance,minimizing impacts through the use of no disturbance buffers, burrow exclusion and closure(blocking burrows with one-way doors)and compensation for the loss of LUND RANCH II—PUD-25 6 JANUARY 2016