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Section 1.0 Introduction 13 August 2022 <br />Implementation <br />Actions and <br />Implementation <br />Responsibility for Oversight <br />Agency <br />Comments <br />Mitigation Measure <br />Timing <br />Responsibility <br />of Compliance/ Verification <br />Coordination <br />4.6-1 h: Burrowing Owl. <br />Action: <br />Project Biologist <br />CSJCDD <br />CDFW <br />Prior to site grading/ground disturbance, the <br />Avoid impacts to <br />project site shall be surveyed for burrowing <br />burrowing owls. <br />owl. Should it be determined that burrowing <br />Timing: <br />owl are present, the following shall be <br />implemented: <br />Prior to site <br />Initials <br />Initials <br />• During the non -breeding season <br />grading/ground <br />(September 1 through January 31) <br />construction <br />burrowing owls occupying the <br />Date <br />Date <br />Project site should be evicted from <br />the Project site by passive <br />relocation as described in the <br />CDFW's Staff Report on Burrowing <br />Owls (CDFG 2012). Passive <br />relocation is a technique of installing <br />one-way doors in burrow openings <br />to temporarily or permanently evict <br />burrowing owls and prevent burrow <br />re -occupation (CDFG 2012). <br />• During the breeding season <br />(February 1 through August 31) <br />occupied burrows shall not be <br />disturbed and shall be provided with <br />a 75 -meter protective buffer until <br />and unless SJCOG, with <br />concurrence of the permitting <br />Agencies, or unless a qualified <br />biologist approved by the permitting <br />Agencies, verifies through non- <br />invasive means that either: 1) the <br />birds have not begun egg laying, or <br />2) juveniles from the occupied <br />burrows are foraging independently <br />and are capable of independent <br />survival. Once the fledglings are <br />capable of independent survival, the <br />Section 1.0 Introduction 13 August 2022 <br />