Mitigation Monitoring Programs
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans
Chambers Group will prepare a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) for proposed projects, as required. For each measure to be monitored, the MMRP will: a) assign it a numerical identifier, b) describe its components, c) identify the justification for the measures’ inclusion, d) identify any Trustee or other public agencies having jurisdiction regarding the measure, e) define the agency or agencies responsible for monitoring measure compliance, f) articulate the procedures – steps to compliance including timing, g) provide for the verification of measure compliance and h) suggest sanctions for non-compliance. Once completed, Chambers Group will submit a Draft MMRP to the District for review and comment. Once modified pursuant to the District’s comments, it is anticipated that the MMRP will be incorporated into the body of the Final EIR.
Construction Mitigation Monitoring
Chambers Group Cultural and Paleontological Resource monitors conduct monitoring of construction activities during grubbing, grading excavation, and trenching. Chambers Group monitors work closely with the project superintendent to ensure that monitoring is accomplished efficiently without disrupting construction schedules. The project superintendent will be notified immediately of any discoveries and Chambers Group field technicians will conduct mitigation measures in a timely manner that will reduce costly delays the project schedule.
Services
- Mitigation Program Development and Implementation
- Mitigation Monitoring Report/ Programs
- Mitigation Monitoring Plans
- Compliance Monitoring
- Construction Compliance Monitoring
- Permit Compliance Monitoring
- Erosion Control Monitoring
- Restoration Monitoring
- Contractor Training
Mitigation/Construction Monitoring Project:
Cultural Resources for Fiber-Optic Cable Environmental Compliance (Forkert Engineering for AT&T)
The project included all CEQA documentation, environmental permitting services and construction monitoring in support of a 243-mile buried fiber optic cable from San Luis Obispo to the City of Los Angeles (downtown). The alignments were proposed within existing Union Pacific Railroad Right of Way, city, county and state road rights-of-way, crossing private lands and crossing Vandenberg AFB. The land uses included rural, semi rural, and highly urban including residential, commercial/industrial and urban business centers including downtown San Luis Obispo and downtown Los Angeles.
Record searches were gathered from the Central Coast Archaeological Information Center for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, and from the South Central Coastal Information Center for Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. The Native American Heritage Commission performed a records search for sacred lands in the project area. Field investigations were conducted for the project corridor. Where the records searches indicated the presence of cultural or historic resources, sites were evaluated in the field to determine their placement in respect to the right-of-way. In addition, were the record searches indicated previously unsurveyed portions of the alignment, those segments were surveyed using a 50-foot wide survey corridor. Areas of the project where artifacts were uncovered were further evaluated. A complete report was prepared and the CEQA section was prepared. Recommendations for preparation of cultural resources monitoring plan prior to construction and permit issuance, and retaining qualified monitors for construction. During the construction phase Chambers Group technical staff will conduct the third-party construction monitoring to assure compliance with the California State, county, local, and federal permits. Responsibility included resource protection of both biological and archaeological resources. Construction monitoring will be conducted to ensure compliance in accordance with programmatic mitigation commitments and permit conditions.
