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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/27144| Title: | Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand from the Duval Borrow Area in the Duval County (Florida) Shore Protection Project : Environmental Assessment |
| Authors: | United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District |
| Keywords: | Shore protection Beach erosion Beach nourishment Duval County (Fla.) |
| Publisher: | United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District. |
| Abstract: | This Environmental Assessment (EA) presents an updated evaluation of the potential environmental effects associated with using Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand from the Duval Borrow Area (DBA) offshore Duval County, Florida in the Duval County Shore Protection Project (SPP). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), previously known as the Minerals Management Service (MMS), proposes to enter into a negotiated agreement with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (USACE) and the City of Jacksonville so that the project proponents can extract, transport, and place up to 1,200,000 cubic yards of sand from the DBA along the 10-mile Atlantic Ocean shoreline of the Duval County (Figure 1). Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the USACE described the affected environment, evaluated potential environmental effects resulting from beach nourishment, and developed and described alternatives to beach nourishment in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Beach Erosion Control Project Duval County, Florida (USACE, 1974; Appendix A). Subsequent to the EIS, the USACE prepared two other Environmental Assessments: Environmental Assessment: Duval County Shore Protection Project & Finding of No Significant Impact (USACE, 1993; Appendix B) and Environmental Assessment, Duval County Beach Erosion Control (BEC) Project New Borrow Area & Finding of No Significant Impact (USACE, 2005a; Appendix C). These EAs, which incorporate by reference from the EIS, were adopted by the MMS and used to support leasing decisions in 1996 and 2005. The purpose of the EA is to determine if the proposed action, in light of new information or circumstances, could result in different effects and potentially contribute to significant effects on the human environment. This EA, prepared by the USACE and BOEMRE as cooperating agencies, supplements existing analyses and updates potential environmental effects resulting from re-nourishment of the beach. The USACE and BOEMRE identified and reviewed new information to determine if any resources and effects previously analyzed should be re-evaluated or if the new information could alter previous effects determinations. This EA further supports or elaborates on the analyses or information presented in existing NEPA documents, but it does not change the conclusions of any of those analyses. Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506 and 43 CFR 46, the existing analyses are still valid and are incorporated by reference. |
| Description: | Environmental Assessment |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/27144 |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents |
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| BOEMRE_Duval_County_SPP_FONSIFINALEA_2011-07_2-2011.pdf | 1.69 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |