Monitoring Provisions. A general monitoring and reporting protocol and subsequent monitoring plan will be established for each Site. Current USACE guidance and methodologies will be used. NDOR will perform all necessary work to monitor the Sites to demonstrate the performance standards established in this Agreement and detailed in each Site Development Plan are met. Monitoring will begin during the first growing season after construction is complete and the approved planting plan has been implemented. Monitoring of each Site shall occur for a period of no less than 5 years for emergent wetland or riverine systems and stream mitigation projects and 10 years for forested wetland or riverine systems. The last 3 years should be without intervention in the form of removing undesirable vegetation or replanting desirable vegetation. The monitoring results will be provided to USACE on an annual basis during the monitoring period. Monitoring shall continue until USACE, in consultation with the IRT (as appropriate), is confident that the performance standards are being met and/or a trajectory indicates the site is progressing without further manipulation from the NDOR. Monitoring plans will provide information required for USACE to determine how the bank site is progressing towards meeting its performance standards. Monitoring reports will include as-built plans (as submitted per Section 3.6), maps and photographs to illustrate bank site conditions. Reports can also include any functional assessment or other assessment used to provide measure of functions of the bank site.
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Sources: Mitigation Banking Agreement, Mitigation Banking Agreement