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Executive Summary Level of Potential Impacts Significance Mitigation Measures authorization issued under CESA,through the purchase of CDFW- approved bank credits or through preservation of habitat in perpetuity, including suitable habitat currently preserved by the applicant. BIO-2: Worker Environmental Awareness Program and Best Management Practices for Biological Resources During construction, O&M, and decommissioning of the facility,the Project owner shall implement the following general avoidance and protective measures to protect special-status wildlife species and habitats in all Project areas: 00 Prior to and for the duration of construction activities,the Project owner, or its contractor, shall implement a Worker Environmental Awareness Program to train all on-site construction personnel how to recognize and protect biological resources on the Project site. The Worker Environmental Awareness Program training shall include a review of the special-status species and other sensitive biological resources that could exist in or near the Project site, the locations of sensitive biological resources and their legal status and protections, and measures to be implemented for avoidance of these sensitive resources, highlighting CTS, CRLF,western spadefoot, San Joaquin coachwhip, longhorn fairy shrimp,vernal pool fairy shrimp, BUOW, Swainson's hawk,white-tailed kite, nesting birds, SJKF,American badger, big tarplant, California glossy snake, and Crotch's bumble bee. 00 The Project owner shall limit and flag the areas of disturbance. Parking areas, new roads, staging, storage, excavation, and disposal site locations shall be confined to the smallest areas possible. To the extent feasible,the Project shall be designed to retain small mammal burrows and other suitable estivation habitat for amphibians(e.g., underground holes, cracks, or niches) and will minimize habitat impacts. Buffers and avoidance areas established for biological resources, as described in BIO-1 and BIO-3, shall be delineated with highly visible stakes and/or flagging prior to construction. Construction-related activities and use of vehicles and equipment shall not occur within protected buffers or avoidance areas. 00 If at any time during Project construction a special-status species enters the site or otherwise may be impacted by the Project, all Project activities shall cease. The appropriate measures from the SJMSCP relevant to the species found would be implemented, and the USFWS and/or CDFW shall be contacted if necessary to determine the appropriate course of action. No special-status species shall be captured or relocated without prior authorization from the CDFW and/or USFWS. Griffith Energy Storage Project ES-18 Tetra Tech/SCH2022120675 Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023