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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/26483| Title: | Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact : Anna Maria Island Shoreline Protection Project - Borrow Area, Manatee County, Florida |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District |
| Keywords: | Anna Maria Island (Fla.) Shore protection Beach nourishment |
| Publisher: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District. |
| Abstract: | The Anna Maria Island beach needs to be renourished due to various storms, especially tropical storm Debby. In order to prevent further loss of the beach, which exposes beachfront development and infrastructure (buildings, roads, utilities, parking lots) to destructive storm waves, renourishment is needed. The erosion would negatively affect the public directly and indirectly through damage to or loss of residences and infrastructure, loss of recreational opportunity, high costs associated with storm damage repairs, and loss of tourism and associated income to the local economy. The 4.2 miles of shoreline have been previously nourished through federal and non federal projects. It was first nourished in 1992/93, then in 2002, and 2005, however, the previous borrow area contains an insufficient capacity of beach quality sand to complete a nourishment event. Therefore, a new borrow area is needed to provide a sand source for a nourishment event. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposes to place approximately 1.1 million cubic yards of sand dredged from a new borrow area in Manatee county along 4.2 miles of shoreline on Anna Maria Island, including a 0.5 miles taper extending to R-36 (R-12 to R-36). The Corps has identified a new offshore borrow area not previously discussed in the October 2000 Final Limited Reevaluation Report (LRR) and Environmental Assessment ((EA) Figure 2). |
| Description: | Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/26483 |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents |
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| ManateeCountySPP_FCCE_EA_FONSI_June2013.pdf | 6.8 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |