[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-30204]


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[Federal Register: December 8, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers

 

Intent to Perform the Second Periodic Nourishment of the Sunny 
Isles and Miami Beach Segments of the Beach Erosion Control and 
Hurricane Protection Project for Dade County, Florida

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 
planning for the second periodic nourishment of the Sunny Isles and 
Miami Beach Segments of the Dade County Shore Protection Project. This 
is a notice to inform the public of those plans. This is not a Notice 
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Branch, Planning 
Division, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Michael Dupes, (904) 232-1689.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane 
Protection Project for Dade County was authorized by the flood control 
Act of 1968. The authorized project include the shoreline between 
Government Cut and Bakers Haulover Inlet. The project was extended 
north to include the beach at Sunny Isles by the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of 1985 and the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986. The length of beach to be nourished at Sunny Isles is 
approximately 3,400 feet and extends from DNR survey monument DNR-7 TO 
DNR-10. The beach to be nourished at Miami Beach is approximately 5,300 
feet long and extends from DNR monument DNR-53 to DNR-58. Approximately 
53,000 cubic yards of sand will be used to fill the beach at Sunny 
Isles and approximately 410,000 will be used at Miami Beach. Both areas 
proposed for nourishment have been nourished before. Sunny Isles was 
initially nourished in 1988 and renourished in 1991. The Miami Beach 
segment was initially nourished in 1980 and renourished in 1987. The 
borrow area proposed for this project is located offshore northeast of 
Sunny Isles approximately 1.5 miles east of the Town of Golden Beach. A 
buffer zone will be established to protect reef communities, and 
magnetometer anomalies deemed to have potential historic significance 
that are located in the borrow area will be avoided. A permitted 
artificial reef area, located offshore of Miami Beach, will be used to 
dispose of rock material unsuitable for placement on the beach. An 
Environmental Assessment will be prepared to provide supplemental 
environmental information on the project since the completion of the 
1975 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the 1982 FEIS 
Supplement.
    2. Scoping: The scoping process will involve Federal, State, county 
and municipal agencies, and other interested persons and organizations. 
A scoping letter has been sent to interested Federal, State, county and 
municipal agencies requesting their comments and concerns. Any persons 
and organizations wishing to participate in the scoping process should 
contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the address provided in 
this Notice. Significant issues that are anticipated include concern 
for offshore hard bottom communities, fisheries, water quality, sea 
turtles and sea turtle nests. A public workshop is planned to discuss 
the project and address any concerns the public may have. The workshop 
will be held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 1995 in Conference 
Room 18-2 at the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 N.W. 1st Street, Miami, 
Florida 33130. Notices of the project and the workshop will be placed 
in local newspapers.
    3. Coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service will be accomplished in compliance 
with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Coordination required by 
applicable Federal and State laws and policies will be conducted. Since 
the project will require the discharge of material into waters of the 
United States, the discharge will comply with the provisions of section 
404 of the Clean Water Act as amended.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-30204 Filed 12-7-94; 8:45 am]
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