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| dc.contributor.author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-17T14:51:05Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-17T14:51:05Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-02 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/36254 | - |
| dc.description | Individual Environmental Report | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, New Orleans District, has prepared this Individual Environmental Report #19 (IER #19) to evaluate the potential impacts associated with the proposed excavation of nine Pre-Approved Contractor Furnished borrow areas. The proposed action areas are located in southeastern Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. The purpose of the proposed action is to identify borrow areas that contain suitable material that can be excavated to supply Federal HPS levee and floodwall projects. The proposed action resulted from the need to provide a total of over 100,000,000 cubic yards of suitable clay for HPS projects that include the completion and improvement of hurricane protection levees in southeastern Louisiana. Raising levee elevations and the completion of levees requires the excavation of material from borrow areas necessary for project construction to ensure 100-year level of flood protection for local communities. The term “100-year level of protection,” as it is used throughout this document, refers to a level of protection which reduces the risk of hurricane surge and wave driven flooding that the New Orleans Metropolitan area has a 1% chance of experiencing each year. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action ............................................................ 3 1.2 Authority for the Proposed Action.......................................................................... 4 1.3 Prior Report.s.......................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Integration with other Interim Environmental Reports........................................... 9 1.5 Public Concern.s..................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Data Gaps and Uncertainties................................................................................. 10 2. Alternatives ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 Alternatives Development and Preliminary Screening Criteria............................ 10 2.2 Description of the Alternatives ............................................................................. 12 2.3 Proposed Actio.n................................................................................................... 12 2.4 Alternatives to the Proposed Action ..................................................................... 29 2.5 Alternatives Sites Eliminated from Further Consideration................................... 29 3. Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences......................................... 29 3.1 Environmental Setting.......................................................................................... 29 3.2 Significant Resources............................................................................................ 31 3.2.1 Jurisdictional Wetlands/Bottomland Hardwood Forest ................................ 32 3.2.2 Non-Wetland Resources/Upland Resources ................................................. 35 3.2.3 Navigable Waters.......................................................................................... 36 3.2.4 Prime and Unique Farmland ......................................................................... 37 3.2.5 Fisheries ........................................................................................................ 38 3.2.6 Wildlife ......................................................................................................... 38 3.2.7 Threatened and Endangered Species ............................................................ 40 3.2.8 Cultural Resourc.e..s..................................................................................... 40 3.2.9 Recreational Resourc.e..s.............................................................................. 43 3.2.10 Noise Quality................................................................................................ 44 3.2.11 Air Quality.................................................................................................... 44 3.2.12 Water Quality................................................................................................ 45 3.2.13 Transportation ............................................................................................... 46 3.2.14 Aesthetics...................................................................................................... 48 3.3 Socioeconomic Resources.................................................................................... 49 3.3.1 Land, Water, Minerals, Fisheries, and Agriculture....................................... 49 3.3.2 Flood Control and Hurricane Protection....................................................... 50 3.3.3 Business, Industry, Employment, and Income.............................................. 51 3.3.4 Population and Housi.n..g............................................................................. 52 3.3.5 Property Values, Tax Revenues, Public Facilities, and Services.................. 53 3.3.6 Community and Regional Growth................................................................ 54 3.3.7 Health anSda fety.......................................................................................... 55 3.3.8 Community Cohesio..n................................................................................. 55 3.4 Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste ........................................................... 56 4. Cumulative Impacts.................................................................................................... 57 5. Selection Rational.e.................................................................................................... 59 6. Coordination and Consultation................................................................................... 59 6.1 Public Involvement ............................................................................................... 59 6.2 Agency Coordination............................................................................................ 59 7. Mitigation................................................................................................................... 61 8. Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations ........................................... 62 9. Conclusions ................................................................................................................ 62 9.1 Interim Decision.................................................................................................... 62 9.2 Prepared B.y.......................................................................................................... 62 9.3 Literature Cited..................................................................................................... 63 Tables................................................................................................................................ 64 Figures............................................................................................................................... 64 | - |
| dc.format.extent | 239 pages / 13.43 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, Pre-Approved Contractor Furnished Borrow Material, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, Iberville, and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana, and Hancock, Mississippi, IER #19 | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents | |
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| IER 19 Final Document.pdf | 13.43 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |