• (d) ensure that the Holding Tub with the captured injured individuals is stored out of direct sunlight;
  
  
• (e) immediately Contact the MNR to seek direction and to arrange for the transfer of the injured individuals;
  
  
• (f) immediately stop any disturbance to the nest site and loosely cover exposed portions with soil or organic material to protect the integrity of the remaining individuals;
  
  
• (g) not drive any equipment over the nest site or conduct any Activities within 5 meters of the nest site;
  
  
• (h) not place any dredged materials removed from the Drainage Works on top of the nest site;
  
  
• (i) mark out the physical location of the nest site but not by any means that might increase the susceptibility of the nest to predation or poaching; and
  
  
• (j) where there are no collected eggs or captured individuals, Contact the MNR within 72 hours to provide information on the location of the nest site. 

20. Measures for Encounters with Snakes Outside of a Sensitive Period 

• 20.1. Where one or more individuals belonging to a snake Species is encountered while undertaking an activity in any part of a Work Zone (including, but not limited to, a Sensitive Area) but outside of any Sensitive Period for that Species, the Municipality shall:
  
  
  1. follow the requirements in section 16;
     
     
  2. briefly stop the Activity for a reasonable period of time to allow any uninjured individual snakes of that Species to leave the Work Zone:
     
     
  3. if the individuals do not leave the Work Zone after the Activity is briefly stopped in accordance with (b) above, capture all uninjured individuals and release them in accordance with section 21.1;
     
     
  4. where circumstances do not allow for the immediate release of captured uninjured individuals, they may be transferred into individual, light-colored, drawstring cotton sacks before placing them in a Holding Tub which shall be stored out of direct sunlight for a maximum of 24 hours before releasing them in accordance with section 21.1;
     
     
  5. capture and transfer any individuals injured as a result of conducting the Activities into a Holding Tub separate from any Holding Tub containing uninjured individuals; and
     
     
  6. store all captured injured individuals out of direct sunlight and immediately Contact the MNR to seek direction and to arrange for their transfer.

 21. Release of Captured Individuals Outside of a Sensitive Period 

• 21.1. Where uninjured individuals are captured under section 20.1, they shall be released:
  
  
  1. within 24 hours of capture;
     
     
  2. in an area immediately adjacent to the Drainage Works where there is natural vegetation cover,
     
     
  3. in an area that will not be further impacted by the undertaking of any Activity; and
     
     
  4. not more than 250 meters from the capture site.