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 Ridge Road Extension – Pasco County
 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (Corps) has published a public notice for the proposed Ridge Road extension project. Permit applicants Pasco County and the Florida Department of Transportation propose to extend the existing Ridge Road approximately eight miles east of its current terminus at Decubellis/Moon Lake Road, to U.S. Highway 41. The proposed project also includes a 4-ramp interchange at its intersection with Suncoast Parkway. The proposal requires impacts to approximately 59 acres of wetlands. Since the proposed work includes impacts to water bodies that are under the jurisdiction of the Corps, the applicants are required by the Clean Water Act to obtain a Department of the Army permit. The Corps is in the process of evaluating the proposed project and its potential impact(s) on the public interest, and will consider all input and information received from all interested parties as a result of the public notice. For more information about the project, please see the public notice and related documents posted below. Comments on the proposed project should be submitted in writing to the District Engineer at 10117 Princess Palm Avenue, Suite 120, Tampa, FL 33610 by December 28, 2011.
South Florida Environmental Restoration Construction
The State of Florida and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) have developed and are implementing a series of water resource projects designed to restore the south Florida environment and enhance and improve the Central and Southern Florida Project. This initiative includes projects such as reservoirs, stormwater treatment areas, structure retrofits and maintenance, canal maintenance, and wetlands restoration. The Corps accepts and expends funds from the SFWMD in compliance with Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 (Public Law 106-541) to improve the efficiency of processing SFWMD’s Department of the Army permit applications for these projects. In accordance with Section 214(a), final permit decisions for cases where these funds are used are available on this webpage.
Included with the State’s efforts described above is Acceler8. This is a series of projects that the SFWMD proposes to design, and construct, and operate consistent with the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) but prior to Administration approval, congressional committee resolution, congressional authorization, or federal construction funding. An integrated process has been established and mapped, whereby the Acceler8 permit applications are being processed concurrent with development of the CERP Project Implementation Reports. This process implements the principles of Regulatory Guidance Letter 88-9 by maximizing the use of planning information and evaluations for the regulated activities, including using the Planning Division's National Environmental Policy Act evaluation.
For more information on the SFWMD's Acceler8 plan visit the Everglades Now Web site.
For more information on the status of the CERP projects visit Evergladesplan.org.
For more information on the Acceler8 integrated process or SFWMD permit actions, contact Tori White.
For more information on the Acceler8 integrated process or SFWMD permit actions, contact Tori White.
C44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area Project
C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Construct the C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project in Miami-Dade County, Florida - July 2009.
Due to the size of the EIS, each portion has been posted separately.
Expedited C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project - Preliminary Project Operating Manual - December 2011
Compartments B & C
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Construct Stormwater Treatment Areas on Compartments B & C of the Everglades Agricultural Area, Florida - Jaruary 2009: Due to the size of the EIS, each portion has been posted separately.
Other Documents
Via Verde Natural Gas Pipe Line
 The Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority proposes to construct and install a 24-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe line approximately 92 miles long with a construction right-of way (ROW) of 150 feet wide, that transverses the island of Puerto Rico from the EcoEléctrica Liquid Natural Gas Terminal in the municipality of Peñuelas, to the Cambalache thermoelectric power plant in the municipality of Arecibo, then east to the Palo Seco power plant facility in the municipalities of Toa Baja and San Juan. The total project area is about 1,672 acres that will impact 235 river and wetland crossings, for a total of 369 acres of jurisdictional Waters of the United States.
Regional General Permit (RGP) SAJ-105
 The Jacksonville District Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Division, proposes to issue Regional General Permit SAJ-105, as described in the Public Notice issued on August 23, 2011. This permit would authorize the discharge of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the United States for the construction of residential, commercial, recreational and institutional projects, and their components, which comprise or are necessary for the construction, use and maintenance of such projects. Project components may include, but are not limited to, roads, parking lots, garages, yards, utility lines, and stormwater management facilities. Examples of residential projects include single family homes, and multiple and single unit developments. Examples of commercial projects include retail stores, light industrial facilities (which means business activity such as commercial distribution, assembly or manufacturing processes with no primary use of raw materials), manufacturing facilities, research facilities, warehouses, distribution facilities, restaurants, business parks, and shopping centers. Examples of recreational projects include playgrounds, playing fields, golf courses, hiking trails, bike paths, horse paths, stables, nature centers and campgrounds. Examples of institutional projects include schools, fire stations, governmental office buildings, roads, judicial buildings, public works buildings, libraries, hospitals, and places of worship. This permit would only apply to portions of Bay County, Florida, as depicted on the SAJ-105 Boundary Map. For more information on Regional General Permits, please visit the sourcebook.
Regional/General Permits – Jacksonville District – SAJ-105
AEIS – Central Florida Phosphate Mining
 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (Corps) has begun its review of the Area-wide Environmental Impact Statement (AEIS) for Phosphate Mining affecting Waters of the United States in the Central Florida Phosphate District. The Corps encourages the public to participate by providing comments at several points during the AEIS review process. Public input will help ensure that issues are identified as early as possible and properly studied.
Below is a compilation of documents and information about the EIS process. Please check back here for updates on the EIS and future opportunities to provide your input. More information is available at the AEIS website.
Presentations from October 2010 Mining Workshop
St. Lucie County South Beach and Dune Restoration Project
 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) made available on February 23, 2012 the St. Lucie County South Beach and Dune Restoration Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for public comment. The Notice of Availability for this DEIS will be published in the Federal Register March 2, 2012. The comment period will be for 45 days, and will end 5:00 PM April 16, 2012. The FEIS evaluates and considers the potential effects of approximately 485,000 cubic yards sand placed on an area of beach and dune along the St. Lucie County shoreline, and the effects of dredging the 485,000 cubic yards of material from an offshore shoal. The project purpose is to stabilize the beach and restore the dune, and the overall project is about 3.4 miles in length. The current project proposal extends from Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reference monuments R-98 to R-115 at the St. Lucie County/Martin County line.
The original project proposed by St. Lucie County included a segment of beach between R-88.5 to R-90.3; but, in response to public comments and concern for nearshore hardbottom impacts, the County omitted from their project the northern segment of beach. The FEIS, however, is considering all practical alternatives that achieve the project purpose.
Future actions include the USACE addressing all comments in response to the FEIS and preparing a Record of Decision. Past actions include a public scoping meeting held 19 May 2010, and the public was invited June 29, 2011 to participate in an open exchange of information and submission of comments on the DEIS. Contact Garett Lips for any additional information at (561) 472-3519 or by email at: garett.g.lips@usace.army.mil
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Rockmining - Freshwater Lakebelt Plan Miami-Dade County, Florida
 January 29, 2010: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for rock mining in the Lake Belt Area and has issued a project specific permit to Cemex Construction Materials Florida for its FEC Quarry.
Cypress Creek Town Center — Suspension Lifted and Permit Modified
Panama City - Bay County International Airport
Reinstatement of Department of the Army Permit SAJ-2001-5264 for the Relocation of the Panama City – Bay County International Airport (February 1, 2008)
Background
On November 30, 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order granting an interim stay of the implementation of Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Record of Decision (ROD). Since the Corps adopted the FAA's ROD as supporting documentation for the Corps' combined Record of Decision and Statement of Finding (RODSOF), and because the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order granting an interim stay of the implementation of FAA's ROD, the Corps made the determination that it was in the public interest to suspend the DA permit for the relocation of the Panama City – Bay County International Airport, pending further action by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding the implementation of FAA's ROD. The permit was suspended on December 14, 2007.
Permit Reinstatement
On January 25, 2008 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the stay of enforcement of the FAA's ROD. The Corps determined it was in the public interest to reinstate the DA permit, because the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the stay of enforcement of the FAA's ROD, which was adopted by the Corps as supporting documentation for the Corps' RODSOF. The Notice of Permit Reinstatement was issued on February 1, 2008.
Public Notice: Record of Decision and Issuance of Department of the Army Permit
Record of Decision / Statement of Finding
Department of the Army Permit # SAJ-2001-5264(IP-GAH)
- Sheets 1 through 7 of 41.
- Site location, extent of on-site wetlands, conceptual project phasing location and sequence, and compensatory mitigation areas
- Sheets 8 through 41 of 41.
- Phase1 Construction Permit Drawings
- Document A.
- Panama City - Bay County International Airport Relocation Final Mitigation Plan (October 2006)
- Financial Assurances:
Document B.
- Standby Trust Fund Agreement
- Document C.
- Irrevocable Letter of Credit
- Document D.
- Wildlife Management Program, Panama City - Bay County International Airport Relocation, September 2006
- Document E.
- Construction and Post-Development Water/Sediment Quality and Biological Monitoring Plan for the Panama City - Bay County International Airport Relocation
- Document F.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Relocation of Panama City - Bay County International Airport (West Bay Alternative), Bay County, Florida, Biological Opinion, October 3, 2005, No. 4-P-06-006
- Document G.
- Water Quality Certification Specific Conditions
- Document H.
- Conservation Easement
Regional General Permit (RGP) SAJ-86
On June 23, 2009 the Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) reissued RGP SAJ-86. SAJ-86, originally issued on June 30, 2004, authorizes the discharge of fill or dredged material into non-tidal waters of the United States, including wetlands, for the construction of residential, commercial, recreational and institutional projects and their attendant features, including roads, utility lines and stormwater treatment facilities within a 48,000-acre area of rapid residential and commercial development in southeastern Walton County and southwestern Bay County. SAJ-86 was developed to help protect the aquatic environment on a watershed scale by authorizing a forward-looking, flexible and predictable permitting program, which would minimize unavoidable direct impacts to highest quality aquatic resources, minimize impacts to lower quality aquatic resources, and mitigate for direct, indirect and cumulative impacts within the affected watersheds. No major changes were made to SAJ-86. Changes included corrections to typographical and referencing errors in the text, and edits to clarify that buffers for high quality wetlands are to be included in conservation easements placed over preserved wetlands for individual projects, and which mitigation bank should be utilized for projects located within specific basins in the SAJ-86 area. Special conditions were updated in response to the delisting of the bald eagle under the Endangered Species Act, the recognition of the western population of flatwoods salamander as a new and separate endangered species, use of an updated evaluation form for the threatened Telephus spurge, and use of the Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region (2008) for wetland delineations. A copy of the reissued SAJ-86, its attachments and supporting decision documents have been posted on the Jacksonville District Regulatory Division internet web page:
Regional/General Permits – Jacksonville District – SAJ-86
NOTE: The RGP SAJ-86 dated June 30, 2004 is, as of June 23, 2009, hereby made unnecessary, and the criteria specified in the RGP SAJ-86 dated June 30, 2004, are superseded by the criteria specified in the RGP SAJ-86 dated June 23, 2009.
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