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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-09T19:48:25Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-09T19:48:25Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-02 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/36099 | - |
| dc.description | Individual Environmental Report Supplemental | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, New Orleans District, has prepared this Supplemental to Individual Environmental Report #12 (IERS #12.a) to evaluate the potential construction impacts associated with the proposed project revisions to the original IER #12 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Harvey and Algiers Levees and Floodwalls project area. Proposed design changes since the original IER #12 GIWW, Harvey and Algiers Levees and Floodwalls Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana document would result in additional impacts not addressed in IER #12. Those modifications and anticipated impacts are discussed in this supplemental. The proposed action and the area of impact are located within the IER #12 project area in Jefferson Parish, LA. The Harvey-Westwego, Gretna-Algiers, and Belle Chasse Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force polders are located within the Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes. The total estimated population for these three parishes in 2006 was 687,261. It is also important to note the presence of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated Bayou aux Carpes Clean Water Act Section 404(c) area within this Westbank and Vicinity project area. These nationally significant wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act Section 404(c), which authorizes the administrator of the EPA to deny or restrict the use of any defined area for specification as a disposal site, whenever the administrator determines, after notice and opportunity for public hearings, that the discharge of such materials into such area would have an unacceptable adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding areas), wildlife, or recreational areas. All potential impacts to this unique environment associated with the proposed action are thoroughly explained in IER #12, sections 3.1.7, 3.2.2, 6, 7, and Appendix K. There are no impacts to the Bayou aux Carpes area as a result of the proposed action in this supplemental. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 4 1.1 PRIOR REPORTS ............................................................................................. 6 2. ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................. 11 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE ALTERNATIVES................................................ 11 3. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ............................................................................................... 20 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ..................................................................... 20 3.2 SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES ........................................................................ 20 3.2.1 Jurisdictional Wetlands ..................................................................................... 21 3.2.2 Non-Jurisdictional Bottomland Hardwood Forest ............................................ 23 3.2.3 Non-Wetland Resources/Upland Resources ..................................................... 24 3.2.4 Wildlife .............................................................................................................. 26 3.2.5 Threatened and Endangered Species ................................................................. 28 3.2.6 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................ 30 3.2.7 Recreational Resources ..................................................................................... 32 3.2.8 Noise.................................................................................................................. 36 3.2.9 Air Quality ......................................................................................................... 39 3.2.10 Water Quality .................................................................................................. 40 3.2.11 Aesthetic (Visual) Resources .......................................................................... 43 3.3 SOCIOECONOMIC RESOURCES ............................................................... 44 3.3.1 Displacement of Population and Housing ........................................................ 45 3.3.2 Impacts to Employment, Business and Industry ............................................... 45 3.3.3 Availability of Public Facilities and Services ................................................... 46 3.3.4 Effects on Transportation .................................................................................. 47 3.3.5 Disruption of Community and Regional Growth .............................................. 48 3.3.6 Impacts to Tax Revenues and Property Values ................................................. 49 3.3.7 Changes in Community Cohesion ..................................................................... 49 3.4 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE...................................................................... 50 3.5 HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE ........................... 53 4. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................. 54 5. SELECTION RATIONALE ................................................................................ 59 6. COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION ..................................................... 59 6.1 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT .................................................................................. 59 6.2 AGENCY COORDINATION .............................................................................. 60 7. MITIGATION ....................................................................................................... 61 8. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 62 9. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................... 64 9.1 PROPOSED DECISION ................................................................................. 64 9.2 PREPARED BY ................................................................................................ 65 9.3 LITERATURE CITED .................................................................................... 65 Appendix A: List of Acronyms and Definitions of Common Terms Appendix B: Public Comment and Responses Summary Appendix C: Members of Interagency Environmental Team Appendix D: Interagency Correspondence | - |
| dc.format.extent | 91 pages / 3.9 MB | - |
| dc.format.medium | PDF/A | - |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited | - |
| dc.source | This Digital Resource was created in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat | - |
| dc.subject | New Orleans (La.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flood control | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hurricanes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Levees | en_US |
| dc.title | Final Individual Environmental Report Supplemental, GIWW, Harvey, and Algiers Levees and Floodwalls, Jefferson, Orleans and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana, IERS #12.a | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents | |
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| IERS 12.a Supplemental GIWW, Harvey, and Algiers Levees and Floodwalls.pdf | 3.9 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |