Specifications

Table of Contents
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 REPORT AUTHORITY............................................................................................
1-1
1.1.1 Project Authorization........................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE........................................................................................... 1-6
1.3 PRIOR STUDIES, REPORTS, AND PROJECTS.................................................... 1-8
1.3.1 Flood Control Act of 1948................................................................................... 1-8
1.3.2 Flood Control Act of 1954................................................................................... 1-9
1.3.3 Flood Control Acts of 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1965............................................. 1-9
1.3.4 Flood Control Act of 1968................................................................................... 1-9
1.3.5 Public Law 91-282............................................................................................. 1-10
1.3.6 Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 ....................
1-10
1.3.7 Water Resources Development Act of 1992......................................................
1-10
1.3.8 Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (WRDA 2000)............................. 1-10
1.3.9 Other Studies, Reports, and Projects.................................................................. 1-10
1.4 PROJECT AREA..................................................................................................... 1-14
1.4.1 Primary Study Area/Everglades Agricultural Area ........................................... 1-14
1.4.2 Land Available for Everglades Restoration activities .......................................1-14
1.4.3 Other Areas Affected.........................................................................................1-17
1.5 PROJECT PARTNERS ........................................................................................... 1-18
1.6 DECISION TO BE MADE...................................................................................... 1-19
SECTION 2
2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS/AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT......................................... 2-1
2.1 HISTORY AND PROCESS FOR DETERMINING EXISTING CONDITIONS.... 2-1
2.2 GENERAL ENVIRONMENT................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND SOILS.............................................................
2-3
2.3.1 Geology................................................................................................................ 2-3
2.3.2 Topography.......................................................................................................... 2-3
2.3.3 Soils...................................................................................................................... 2-5
2.3.4 Unique Land Forms ............................................................................................. 2-6
2.4 HYDROLOGY .......................................................................................................... 2-6
2.4.1 Groundwater ........................................................................................................
2-6
2.5 FLOOD PROTECTION LEVEL OF SERVICE....................................................... 2-7
2.6 CLIMATE..................................................................................................................
2-7
2.6.1 General Climate ................................................................................................... 2-7
2.6.2 Evapotranspiration...............................................................................................2-8
2.7 AIR QUALITY.......................................................................................................... 2-8
2.8 NOISE........................................................................................................................
2-8
2.9 VEGETATION AND COVER TYPES.....................................................................
2-8
2.9.1 Lake Okeechobee.................................................................................................
2-9
2.9.1.1 Aquatic...........................................................................................................
2-9