Specifications

Table of Contents
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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6.5.1.1 Existing Federal Project............................................................................... 6-31
6.5.1.2 Compartment A............................................................................................ 6-31
6.5.1.3 Bolles and Cross Canal Rights of Way........................................................ 6-32
6.5.1.4 Stormwater Treatment Area and STA 3/4 Supply Canal.............................
6-32
6.5.2 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, PL 91-646................................................
6-32
6.6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CONSIDERATIONS ............................... 6-32
6.6.1 EAA Operations Maintenance Repair Replacement & Rehabilitation
(OMRR&R) ................................................................................................. 6-32
6.7 PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS...............................................................................
6-33
6.8 CONTRIBUTION TO ACHIEVEMENT OF INTERIM GOALS AND
TARGETS..........................................................................................................
6-33
6.9 SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, & OTHER SOCIAL
EFFECTS........................................................................................................... 6-35
SECTION 7
7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE SELECTED PLAN..................................... 7-1
7.1 GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND SOILS............................................................. 7-1
7.1.1 Geology................................................................................................................ 7-1
7.1.2 Topography.......................................................................................................... 7-1
7.1.3 Soils...................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.2 HYDROLOGY .......................................................................................................... 7-2
7.3 FLOOD PROTECTION LEVEL OF SERVICE....................................................... 7-3
7.3.1 Flood Protection Level of Service ....................................................................... 7-3
7.4 CLIMATE.................................................................................................................. 7-3
7.5 AIR QUALITY.......................................................................................................... 7-4
7.6 NOISE........................................................................................................................ 7-4
7.7 VEGETATION AND COVER TYPES..................................................................... 7-4
7.8 FISH AND WILDLIFE ............................................................................................. 7-6
7.8.1 Aquatic Fauna...................................................................................................... 7-6
7.8.2 Wetland Fauna .....................................................................................................
7-6
7.8.3 Upland Fauna....................................................................................................... 7-7
7.8.4 Fauna of Disturbed Areas ....................................................................................
7-8
7.9 ENDANGERED, TREATENED, AND STATE LISTED SPECIES ....................... 7-8
7.9.1 Florida Panther.....................................................................................................
7-9
7.9.2 West Indian Manatee ........................................................................................... 7-9
7.9.3 Wood Stork........................................................................................................ 7-10
7.9.4 Bald Eagle..........................................................................................................
7-11
7.9.5 Audubon’s Crested Caracara ............................................................................. 7-12
7.9.6 Everglade Snail Kite .......................................................................................... 7-12
7.9.7 Eastern Indigo Snake .........................................................................................
7-13
7.9.8 American Alligator ............................................................................................ 7-13
7.9.9 Sea Turtles .........................................................................................................
7-13
7.9.10 Smalltooth Sawfish............................................................................................ 7-14
7.9.11 Opossum Pipefish ..............................................................................................
7-14
7.9.12 Okeechobee Gourd.............................................................................................
7-14