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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br />From: Christopher Hazen [chrishazen@gmail.com] <br />Sent: <br /> Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:22 AM <br />To: <br /> Dan Quigley <br />Subject: <br /> LSC conceptual monitoring plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dan, <br />The following narrative is an excerpt from a 12/28/09 email I sent to Steve Moore of the USACE, which <br />he references in his 01/11/10 letter addressed to The Terra Firm.  This email exchange coupled with the <br />01/11/10 Army Corps letter jointly represent the approved conceptual monitoring plan.  The <br />comprehensive final monitoring plan will be submitted in the coming weeks to the Army Corps for <br />review.  Once accepted by the Army Corps, we should be in a position to provide the approved final plan <br />to the other regulatory agencies interested in the Corps' monitoring requirements. <br />Thank you. <br />Chris Hazen    <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Steve, <br /> <br />Following up on our Dec 18 meeting and the items we discussed, I <br />wanted to get you my thoughts on monitoring of the wetlands at Lake <br />San Cristobol relative to the post-construction operation of the lake <br /> <br />level and the associated releases. <br /> <br />For starters, it would seem reasonable and important to try and <br />establish some type of baseline for the wetlands and associated water <br />depths prior to the construction of the outlet control structure. <br /> This would mean collecting data during the summer of 2010.  With some <br />baseline information we will have a meaningful place to begin <br />discussions of wetland health and function once the operation plan is <br />implemented after the structure is built.  After construction, <br />monitoring would continue and data collected in 2011 would represent <br /> <br />the first year of the operation plan's influence on the wetlands. <br /> <br />Monitoring should include 2-3 wells with continuous read data-loggers <br />and the establishment of photo-points with a set timeline for <br />photo acquisition (say 30 and 60 days after after peak runoff). <br /> Additionally, monitoring plots or transects could be established at <br />the well locations for a species level analysis.  I think that these <br />approaches are fairly standard and will yeild the monitoring data we <br />are looking for.  Hopefully this information helps as you contemplate <br /> <br />the project's Nationwide Permit applications you have on file.  <br />file://C:\Users\dps\AppData\Local\Temp\LSC conceptual monitoring plan.htm_190141\LS...5/8/2014 <br />