Specifications

Table of Contents
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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7.9.13 Johnson’s Seagrass............................................................................................. 7-14
7.9.14 State-listed Species ............................................................................................ 7-15
7.10 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT................................................................................ 7-15
7.11 WATER MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................
7-16
7.12 WATER QUALITY.................................................................................................
7-17
7.12.1 Lake Okeechobee............................................................................................... 7-17
7.12.2 Caloosahatchee River and Estuary..................................................................... 7-18
7.12.3 St. Lucie River and Southern Indian Lagoon Estuary ....................................... 7-18
7.12.4 Everglades Protection Area (EPA) ....................................................................
7-18
7.12.5 Canal Modification ............................................................................................
7-19
7.13 SOCIOECONOMICS.............................................................................................. 7-19
7.14 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE .............................................................................. 7-21
7.15 LAND USE.............................................................................................................. 7-22
7.16 RECREATIONAL RESOURCES...........................................................................
7-23
7.17 AESTHETICS..........................................................................................................
7-23
7.18 CULTURAL RESOURCES.................................................................................... 7-24
7.19 HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE..................................... 7-25
7.20 TRANSPORTATION, UTILITITES, AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ........ 7-25
7.20.1 Effects to Bridges and Intakes: .......................................................................... 7-25
7.20.2 Utility Re-Alignments........................................................................................ 7-26
7.20.3 Effects to Roadways: ......................................................................................... 7-27
7.20.4 Summary of Improvements................................................................................ 7-27
7.21 UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS............................................................... 7-29
7.21.1 Soils.................................................................................................................... 7-29
7.21.2 Land Use (Agriculture)...................................................................................... 7-30
7.21.3 Wetlands ............................................................................................................ 7-30
7.21.4 Water quality...................................................................................................... 7-30
7.21.5 Air quality..........................................................................................................7-30
7.21.6 Fish and Wildlife Resources..............................................................................7-30
7.21.7 Threatened and Endangered Species .................................................................7-30
7.21.8 Recreation ..........................................................................................................
7-30
7.22 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF
RESOURCES ....................................................................................................
7-30
7.23 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS .....................................................................................
7-31
SECTION 8
8.0 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION .........................................................................................
8-1
8.1 DIVISION OF IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITIES................................... 8-1
8.1.1 Project Implementation Schedule ........................................................................
8-2
8.1.2 Pre-Construction Engineering and Design Activities.......................................... 8-2
8.1.3 Implementation of Project Operations.................................................................
8-3
8.2 COST SHARING.......................................................................................................
8-3
8.2.1 Cost Apportionment.............................................................................................
8-4
8.3 PROJECT OPERATIONS.........................................................................................
8-4
8.4 PROJECT ASSURANCES........................................................................................
8-5