ALTAMONT LANDOWNERS SETTLEMENT - Laserfiche WebLink

18. 19. 20. 21. 22. badger, the san Joaquin pocket mouse, the ferruginous hawk, the merlins, the Northern harrier, the golden eagle, the prairie falcon, the rtl-colored blackbird, the loggerhead shrike, the bun'owing owl, the California tiger salamander, and the red-legged frog. The program shalI include performance standards and a monitoring schedule. The mitigatioN program shall be monitored annually for five years (minimum, or a period agreed upon by the operator in consultation with FWS and DFG) after implementation to assure the si~ccess of the mitigation, as determined by evaluation of performance standards and success criteria based on FWS and DFG requiremems and standards. If at any point during the five-year monitoring period, the mitigation plan is judged to have not been successful, the mitigation shall be reinitiated, after modification as necessary, and monitored for a succeeding five-year period. If required by the FWS or the DFG, the operator shall conduct surveys at appropriate times of the year for the Townsends westem big-eared bat, the pallid bat, the California mastiff bat, the California homed lizard, the San Joaquin whipsnake, the Ricksecker's water scavenger beetle, the curved-foot hygrotus beetle and the Molester's blister beetle. If these surveys reveal the presence of any of these species, the operator shall consult with FWS an~t DFG to determine suitable mitigation, based on measures presented in the FEIR as applicable. The operator shall implement measures as required by the FWS or the DFG. The operato~ shall conduct FWS- and DFG-approved pre-construction surveys at appropriate times of the year for the San Joaquin kit fox, the American badger, the tri- colored blackbird, the loggerhead shrike, and burrowing owls. Prior to the filling of existing points, the operator shall conduct surveys for tadpoles and adult western spadefoot toad. If any of these surveys reveal the presence of any of these species, the operator shalll either avoid or relocate the animals as determined appropriate by the FWS or the DFG. Long-term maintenance of the mitigation lands shall be the responsibility of the operator with the assistance of qualified consultants or consultation with state and federal agency staff, until it ~an find a qualified agency or private organization to takeover the long-term maintenance responsibility. Selection of the management entity shall be made based on its ability to Carry out the long-term maintenance requirements and its commitment to goals consistent with the long-term maintenance requirements. Selection of the management ~ntity shall be subject to FWS, DFG, and County approval. If a long-term management ~ntity is identified, selected and approved by FWS, DFG, and the County, the management entity, through a legally binding agreement, shall assume the maintenance and management responsibility of the San Joaquin kit fox mitigation areas in perpetuity. No chemicalsi (e.g., rodenticides, herbicides) shall be applied in areas used for mitigation habitat, or ini areas within one mile of known San Joaquin kit fox occurrences during construction and operational phases of the landfill. (This measure is not meant to preclude use 0f rodenticides within the operating landfill footprint). If chemical rodent control must be conducted at the ALRRF, zinc phosphide or other County approved 12-B Final Altamont Settlement - Exhibit B