2009-10-05_REVISION - M1999006 ‎(8)‎

• Permit No: M1999006
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/5/2009
• Doc Name: Submittal
• From: Varra Companies, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

ATTACHMENT A
Annual Monitoring Mitigation Report
Format Requirements
(From Regulatory Guidance Letter No. 06-03, established August 3, 2006)
Mail report to:
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Denver Regulatory Office
9307 S. Wadsworth Blvd
Littleton, CO 80128
(Phone: [phone])
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Annual monitoring reports must follow a 10-page maximum report format for assessing
mitigation sites, as follows:
A. Project Overview (1 page)
(1) Corps Permit Number.
(2) Name and contact information of permittee and consultant.
(3) Name of party responsible for conducting the monitoring and the date(s) the inspection was
conducted.
(4) A summary paragraph defining.the purpose of the approved project, acreage and type of
aquatic resources impacted, and mitigation acreage and type of aquatic resources authorized to
compensate for the aquatic impacts.
(5) Written description of the location and any identifiable landmarks of the compensatory
mitigation project including information to locate the site perimeter(s).
(6) Directions to the mitigation site.
(7) Dates compensatory mitigation began and/or was completed.
(8) Short statement on whether the performance standards are being met.
(9) Dates of any recent corrective or maintenance activities conducted since the previous report
submission.
(10) Specific recommendations for any additional corrective or remedial actions.
B. Requirements (1 page)
List the monitoring requirements and performance standards, as specified in the approved
mitigation plan and special conditions of the permit, and evaluate whether the compensatory
mitigation project site is successfully achieving the approved performance standards or trending
towards success. A table is one option for comparing the performance. standards to the conditions
and status of the developing mitigation site.
C. Summary Data (maximum of 4 pages)
Summary data must be provided to substantiate the success and/or potential challenges
associated with the compensatory mitigation project. Photo documentation may be provided to
support 'the findings and recommendations referenced in the monitoring report and to assist the
Corps in assessing whether the compensatory mitigation'project is successful for the monitoring
period. Submitted photos must fit on a standard 8.5" X 11" piece of paper, dated, and clearly
labeled with the direction from which the photo was taken. The photo sites must also be
identified on the appropriate maps.
D. Maps (maximum of 3 pages)
Maps must be provided to show the location of the compensatory mitigation site relative to other
landscape features, habitat types, locations of photographic reference points, transects, sampling
data points, and/or other features pertinent to the,mitigation plan. In addition, the submitted
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