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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FAA RECORD OF DECISION December 2008 Appendix B – Agency Letters: Concurrence, Certifications, Correspondence Page B-1 Appendix B AGENCY LETTERS: CONCURRENCE, CERTIFICATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE This appendix contains copies of the pertinent correspondence regarding the EIS process, analysis, findings, and the FAA's determinations. The letters are provided in sequential order by date from 2004 when the EIS data collection was initiated through 2008 and the FAA's selection of a preferred alternative. 2003 December 12 Letter from Tom Jargiello, Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. This letter pertains to the approved motions of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. Dated: December 12, 2003. 2004 November 1 Letter from Tom Jargiello, Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. This letter pertains to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners Goals and Objectives. Dated: November 1, 2004. 2005 December 28 Letter from Frederick P. Gaske, Director, and State Historic Preservation Officer, to John Whitaker, Janus Research, RE: DHR Project File No. 2005-12090. Dated: December 28, 2005. 2006 August 24 Memorandum from Max Wolfe/Eric Bernhardt, Leigh Fisher Associates (now Jacobs Consultancy), to Virginia Lane, AICP, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration. Subject: Sponsor’s Proposed Project Operational Assumptions. Dated: August 22, 2006/Revised: August 24, 2006. December 12 Letter from Gil MacAdam, Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Proposed Temporary Installation of Pipe/West Lake Park. Dated: December 12, 2006.

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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FAA RECORD OF DECISION

December 2008 Appendix B – Agency Letters: Concurrence, Certifications, Correspondence Page B-1

Appendix B AGENCY LETTERS: CONCURRENCE,

CERTIFICATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE This appendix contains copies of the pertinent correspondence regarding the EIS process, analysis, findings, and the FAA's determinations. The letters are provided in sequential order by date from 2004 when the EIS data collection was initiated through 2008 and the FAA's selection of a preferred alternative.

2003

December 12 Letter from Tom Jargiello, Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. This letter pertains to the approved motions of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. Dated: December 12, 2003.

2004

November 1 Letter from Tom Jargiello, Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. This letter pertains to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners Goals and Objectives. Dated: November 1, 2004.

2005

December 28 Letter from Frederick P. Gaske, Director, and State Historic Preservation Officer, to John Whitaker, Janus Research, RE: DHR Project File No. 2005-12090. Dated: December 28, 2005.

2006

August 24 Memorandum from Max Wolfe/Eric Bernhardt, Leigh Fisher Associates (now Jacobs Consultancy), to Virginia Lane, AICP, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration. Subject: Sponsor’s Proposed Project Operational Assumptions. Dated: August 22, 2006/Revised: August 24, 2006.

December 12 Letter from Gil MacAdam, Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Proposed Temporary Installation of Pipe/West Lake Park. Dated: December 12, 2006.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FAA RECORD OF DECISION

December 2008 Appendix B – Agency Letters: Concurrence, Certifications, Correspondence Page B-2

2007 (continued)

May 17 Letter from Paul Weller for Miles M. Croom, Assistant Regional Administrator, Habitat Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: F/SER4:JK/pw. Dated: May 17, 2007.

July 17 Letter from Frederick P. Gaske, Director, and State Historic Preservation Officer, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: DHR Project File No. 2007-2396-B & 2007-2527-B. Dated: July 17, 2007.

August 10 Letter from Josephus Eggelletion, Mayor Broward County Florida, to Bart Vernace, Assistant Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Broward County (Sponsor) Preferred Runway Alternative. Dated: August 10, 2007.

November 9 Letter from Kent G. George, A.A.E., Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, Subject: Broward County Proposed Noise Mitigation Principles. Dated: November 9, 2007.

December 4 Letter from Marc Gambrill, Acting Director, Planning and Development Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Use of Wetland Mitigation Credits at West Lake Park for Airport Sponsors Proposed Project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Broward County, Florida. Dated: December 4, 2007.

December 7 Letter from Kent G. George, A.A.E., Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. RE: This letter pertains to Alternative D2 and Broward County’s comments on the tenant relocation, future tenant expansion capabilities, and future aviation development growth. Dated: December 7, 2007.

2008

January 31 Letter from Paul Souza, Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, South Florida Ecological Services Office, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Service Federal Activity Code: 41420-2007-FA-0701. Dated: January 31, 2008.

February 5 Letter from Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, to Jocelyn Karazsia, National Marine Fisheries Service, with enclosure Direct, Secondary, and Cumulative Effects on Essential Fish Habitat. Dated: February 5, 2008.

March 6 Letter from Tori K. White, Chief, Palm Beach Gardens Permits Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: SAJ-1995-4561. Dated: March 6, 2008.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FAA RECORD OF DECISION

December 2008 Appendix B – Agency Letters: Concurrence, Certifications, Correspondence Page B-3

2008 (continued)

March 24 Letter from Roy E. Crabtree, Ph.D., Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: File: 1514-22.f.1.FL, Ref: I/SER/2008/00504. Dated: March 24, 2008.

July 25 Letter from Heinz J. Mueller, Chief, NEPA Program Office, Office of Policy and Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: EPA NEPA Comments on FAA's FEIS, CEQ #20080244; ERP #FAA-E51052-FL. Dated: July 25, 2008.

July 25 Letter from Paul Weller for Miles M. Croom, Assistant Regional Administrator, Habitat Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: F/SER4:JK/pw. Dated: July 25, 2008.

July 28 Letter from Sally B. Mann, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Programs, Florida Department of Environmental Projection, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: SAI# FL200806204295C Reference SAI# FL200703223172C. Dated: July 28, 2008.

September 29 Letter from Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, to Jocelyn Karazsia, National Marine Fisheries Service, with enclosure Direct, Secondary, and Cumulative Effects on Essential Fish Habitat. Dated: September 29, 2008.

September 31 Letter from Kent G. George, A.A.E., Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Sponsor’s Certification in Accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47106(c)(1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii); and Certification in Accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(10). Dated: September 31, 2008.

November 25 Email from Pace Wilbur, Atlantic Branch Chief, Charleston (F/SER47) Southeast Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries, to Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. Dated: November 25, 2008.

December 12 Letter from Kent G. George, A.A.E., Director of Aviation, Broward County Aviation Department, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, to Bart Vernace, Assistant Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, RE: Broward County’s Mitigation of the Environmental Impacts Resulting from Runway Expansion in Accordance with the Conditions of the Record of Decision. Dated December 12, 2008

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FAA RECORD OF DECISION

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derd

ale-

Hol

lyw

ood

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort

(FLL

). T

he d

raft

EIS,

pre

pare

d by

the

Fede

ral A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

tratio

n (F

AA

), de

scrib

es th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e ai

rpor

t pro

ject

s pro

pose

d by

the

Bro

war

d C

ount

y B

oard

of C

ount

y C

omm

issi

oner

s (B

row

ard

Cou

nty)

, whi

ch is

the

owne

r and

ope

rato

r of F

LL.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

draf

t EIS

, the

exi

stin

g ai

rfie

ld la

cks s

uffic

ient

cap

acity

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

fore

cast

ed d

eman

d fo

r its

use

und

er a

ccep

tabl

e op

erat

ing

cond

ition

s. In

ord

er to

add

ress

this

ne

ed, B

row

ard

Cou

nty

has p

ropo

sed:

exp

ansi

on a

nd e

leva

tion

of R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L; c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

n ou

ter d

ual p

aral

lel t

axiw

ay th

at w

ould

be

sepa

rate

d fr

om th

e pr

opos

ed n

orth

side

par

alle

l ta

xiw

ay b

y 27

6 fe

et; c

onst

ruct

ion

of c

onne

ctin

g ta

xiw

ays f

rom

the

prop

osed

full-

leng

th p

aral

lel

taxi

way

to e

xist

ing

taxi

way

s; a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

n In

stru

men

t Lan

ding

Sys

tem

(ILS

) for

la

ndin

gs o

n R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

Run

way

9R

/27L

wou

ld h

ave

a C

ateg

ory

I ILS

, whi

ch in

clud

es a

M

ediu

m In

tens

ity A

ppro

ach

Ligh

t Sys

tem

(MA

LSR

) with

runw

ay a

lignm

ent i

ndic

ator

ligh

ts, a

lo

caliz

er, a

nd a

glid

eslo

pe.

The

prop

osed

wor

k w

ill a

lso

incl

ude

deco

mm

issi

onin

g of

Run

way

13

/31

and

rede

velo

pmen

t of a

term

inal

gat

e.

The

draf

t EIS

pre

sent

s an

anal

ysis

of s

ever

al o

n-si

te a

nd o

ffsi

te si

te a

ltern

ativ

es, i

n ad

ditio

n to

th

e no

-act

ion

alte

rnat

ive.

The

FA

A d

oes n

ot p

rese

nt a

pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e in

the

draf

t EIS

, he

nce

the

draf

t EIS

doe

s not

incl

ude

a st

atem

ent o

f the

ove

rall

impa

ct o

f the

pro

pose

d ac

tions

on

esse

ntia

l fis

h ha

bita

t (EF

H),

as re

quire

d by

50

CFR

Sec

tion

600.

920(

e).

How

ever

as a

n in

dica

tion

of w

hat t

he F

AA

’s p

refe

rred

alte

rnat

ive

mig

ht b

e, B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s pre

ferr

ed

alte

rnat

ive

is p

rese

nted

. B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e (A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c) w

ould

impa

ct

appr

oxim

atel

y 15

.41

acre

s of w

etla

nds i

nclu

ding

3.0

5 ac

res o

f est

uarin

e em

erge

nt v

eget

atio

n (m

angr

oves

), w

hich

are

des

igna

ted

as E

FH.

Oth

er a

ltern

ativ

es p

rese

nted

(suc

h as

Alte

rnat

ive

D1)

cou

ld a

dver

sely

aff

ect a

s muc

h as

21.

87 a

cres

of w

etla

nds.

The

airp

ort e

xpan

sion

act

iviti

es

are

loca

ted

in w

ater

s of t

he U

nite

s Sta

tes a

djac

ent t

o th

e D

ania

cut

-off

can

al a

nd A

tlant

ic

UN

ITED

STA

TES

DEP

AR

TM

EN

T O

F C

OM

MER

CE

Nati

on

al O

cean

ic a

nd

Atm

osp

heri

c A

dm

inis

trati

on

NA

TIO

NA

L M

AR

INE

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HE

RIE

S S

ER

VIC

E

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heas

t Reg

iona

l Off

ice

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nue

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h St

. Pet

ersb

urg,

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rida

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511

(727

) 824

-531

7; F

AX

(727

) 824

-530

0 ht

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17,

200

7 F/

SER

4:JK

/pw

- 2

-

Intra

coas

tal W

ater

way

(AIW

W) i

n B

row

ard

Cou

nty,

Flo

rida.

As t

he n

atio

n’s f

eder

al tr

uste

e fo

r th

e co

nser

vatio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t of m

arin

e, e

stua

rine,

and

ana

drom

ous f

ishe

ry re

sour

ces,

the

follo

win

g co

mm

ents

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

are

pro

vide

d pu

rsua

nt to

aut

horit

ies o

f the

Fis

h an

d W

ildlif

e C

oord

inat

ion

Act

and

the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fis

hery

Con

serv

atio

n an

d M

anag

emen

t A

ct (M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens A

ct).

Con

sulta

tion

His

tory

B

y le

tter d

ated

Apr

il 6,

200

1, N

MFS

resp

onde

d to

the

draf

t EIS

, dat

ed F

ebru

ary

5, 2

001,

for t

he

expa

nsio

n of

runw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

In th

is le

tter,

NM

FS re

ques

ted

that

the

FAA

con

sult

with

our

of

fice

purs

uant

to 5

0 C

FR S

ectio

n 60

0.92

0 fo

r adv

erse

aff

ects

to E

FH.

By

lette

r dat

ed Ja

nuar

y 23

, 200

2, N

MFS

pro

vide

com

men

ts o

n th

e D

ecem

ber 2

6, 2

001,

EFH

ass

essm

ent p

repa

red

for t

he

expa

nsio

n of

runw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

This

ass

essm

ent d

escr

ibed

impa

cts t

o 17

.8 a

cres

of m

angr

oves

. In

th

is le

tter,

we

prov

ided

thre

e EF

H c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

: (1)

A p

lan

shal

l be

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d to

avo

id a

nd/o

r min

imiz

e di

rect

, sec

onda

ry, a

nd c

umul

ativ

e ad

vers

e ef

fect

s to

wet

land

s; (2

) A p

lan

shal

l be

deve

lope

d fo

r pro

vidi

ng fu

ll, in

-kin

d co

mpe

nsat

ion

for u

navo

idab

le

adve

rse

impa

cts t

o w

etla

nds;

and

(3) A

mon

itorin

g pl

an sh

all b

e de

velo

ped

to a

sses

s the

ec

olog

ical

succ

ess o

f the

off

site

, com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion.

A su

pple

men

t to

the

draf

t EIS

was

pub

lishe

d du

ring

Febr

uary

200

2 to

upd

ate

avia

tion

fore

cast

s.

NM

FS d

id n

ot fi

nd th

at th

e su

pple

men

tal i

nfor

mat

ion

affe

cted

the

prev

ious

ly d

escr

ibed

impa

cts

to E

FH a

nd, t

here

fore

, NM

FS d

id n

ot p

rovi

de c

omm

ents

. B

y le

tter d

ated

Janu

ary

13, 2

003,

N

MFS

pro

vide

d co

mm

ents

on

the

Nov

embe

r 200

2 se

cond

supp

lem

ent t

o th

e dr

aft E

IS.

This

se

cond

supp

lem

ent d

iscu

ssed

cha

nges

rega

rdin

g no

ise

impa

cts a

nd th

e m

itiga

tion

of su

ch

impa

cts.

Aga

in, N

MFS

det

erm

ined

that

the

prop

osed

adv

erse

aff

ects

to E

FH d

id n

ot c

hang

e as

a

resu

lt of

the

supp

lem

enta

l inf

orm

atio

n an

d, th

eref

ore,

we

did

not p

rovi

de a

dditi

onal

com

men

ts.

How

ever

, in

this

lette

r we

rest

ated

the

thre

e EF

H c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

pro

vide

d ea

rlier

.

In 2

005,

the

FAA

cho

se to

rest

art t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal a

naly

sis g

iven

Bro

war

d C

ount

y’s d

ecis

ion

to p

ursu

e ad

ditio

nal a

irsid

e an

d la

ndsi

de p

lann

ing

stud

ies i

n 20

03 a

nd 2

004.

As a

resu

lt of

thes

e st

udie

s, a

revi

sed

proj

ect w

as d

evel

oped

. In

pre

para

tion

of th

e pr

esen

t (fo

urth

) dra

ft EI

S, th

e FA

A h

as re

lied

on th

e re

cent

pla

nnin

g an

d te

chni

cal s

tudi

es c

ompl

eted

by

Bro

war

d C

ount

y.

Proj

ect A

rea

NM

FS st

aff i

s fam

iliar

with

the

area

and

has

con

duct

ed si

te v

isits

at F

LL, m

ost r

ecen

tly o

n A

ugus

t 10,

200

6. T

he w

etla

nd sy

stem

at F

LL c

onsi

sts o

f man

grov

es (r

ed m

angr

oves

, whi

te

man

grov

es, b

lack

man

grov

es, a

nd b

utto

nwoo

ds) w

ith v

ario

us d

egre

es o

f inf

esta

tion

by

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne a

nd B

razi

lian

pepp

er.

Alte

rnat

ives

Th

e dr

aft E

IS d

escr

ibes

11

offs

ite a

ltern

ativ

es, 1

8 on

-site

alte

rnat

ives

, and

the

no a

ctio

n al

tern

ativ

e. T

he F

AA

det

erm

ined

that

the

11 o

ffsi

te a

ltern

ativ

es w

ere

not r

easo

nabl

e an

d th

eref

ore

elim

inat

ed th

ese

alte

rnat

ives

from

furth

er e

valu

atio

n. T

he F

AA

det

erm

ined

that

six

of

the

on-s

ite a

ltern

ativ

es c

ould

mee

t the

pur

pose

est

ablis

hed

for t

he p

roje

ct.

- 3

-

Impa

cts t

o Es

sent

ial F

ish

Hab

itat

Of t

he si

x al

tern

ativ

es th

at th

e ap

plic

ant d

eter

min

ed w

ould

mee

t the

pro

ject

pur

pose

and

nee

d,

the

impa

cts t

o EF

H v

ary

from

0.1

3 to

3.0

5 ac

res.

An

EFH

ass

essm

ent i

s pro

vide

d in

Sec

tion

6.F.

1.4

of th

e dr

aft E

IS.

Bro

war

d C

ount

y’s p

refe

rred

alte

rnat

ive

wou

ld d

irect

ly im

pact

3.0

5 ac

res o

f man

grov

es.

We

ackn

owle

dge

and

appr

ecia

te th

e su

bsta

ntia

l im

pact

min

imiz

atio

n th

at

has o

ccur

red

sinc

e th

e in

itial

dra

ft EI

S re

view

dur

ing

2001

, whi

ch id

entif

ied

over

17

acre

s of

EFH

that

wou

ld b

e im

pact

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t.

The

Bro

war

d C

ount

y’s p

refe

rred

alte

rnat

ive

(Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

) inc

lude

s the

follo

win

g co

mpo

nent

s tha

t wou

ld a

dver

sely

aff

ect E

FH:

�Ex

pans

ion

and

elev

atio

n of

Run

way

9R

/27L

to a

n ov

eral

l len

gth

of 8

,000

feet

and

wid

th

of 1

50 fe

et a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

new

full-

leng

th p

aral

lel t

axiw

ay 7

5 fe

et w

ide

on th

e no

rth si

de o

f Run

way

9R

/27L

with

sepa

ratio

n of

400

feet

from

9R

/27L

. Th

is a

ctio

n w

ould

adv

erse

ly a

ffec

t 2.8

7 ac

res o

f man

grov

es.

�In

stal

latio

n of

runw

ay a

ppro

ach

light

s and

ass

ocia

ted

acce

ss ro

ads.

Thi

s act

ion

wou

ld

adve

rsel

y af

fect

0.3

8 ac

res o

f man

grov

es.

Aut

horiz

atio

n of

the

prop

osed

pro

ject

will

resu

lt in

the

loss

of 3

.05

acre

s of h

abita

ts d

esig

nate

d as

EFH

by

the

Sout

h A

tlant

ic F

ishe

ry M

anag

emen

t Cou

ncil

(SA

FMC

). F

eder

ally

man

aged

fis

hery

spec

ies a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith e

stua

rine

emer

gent

veg

etat

ion,

incl

udin

g m

angr

ove

habi

tat,

incl

udes

pos

tlarv

al, j

uven

ile, a

nd a

dult

gray

, lan

e an

d sc

hool

mas

ter s

napp

ers;

juve

nile

Gol

iath

gr

oupe

r and

mut

ton

snap

per;

and

adul

t whi

te g

runt

. Th

ese

area

s pla

y an

impo

rtant

role

in th

e ec

olog

ical

func

tion

of S

outh

Atla

ntic

est

uarin

e ec

osys

tem

s, pa

rticu

larly

in re

gard

to p

rimar

y pr

oduc

tion

and

wat

er q

ualit

y. D

etai

led

info

rmat

ion

on th

e sn

appe

r/gro

uper

com

plex

(con

tain

ing

ten

fam

ilies

and

73

spec

ies)

and

oth

er fe

dera

lly m

anag

ed fi

sher

y sp

ecie

s and

thei

r EFH

is

prov

ided

in th

e 19

98 c

ompr

ehen

sive

am

endm

ent t

o th

e fis

hery

man

agem

ent p

lans

for t

he S

outh

A

tlant

ic re

gion

; the

am

endm

ent w

as p

repa

red

by th

e SA

FMC

as r

equi

red

by th

e M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens A

ct.

Man

grov

e w

etla

nds a

re a

lso

desi

gnat

ed b

y th

e SA

FMC

as a

Hab

itat A

rea

of

Parti

cula

r Con

cern

(HA

PC),

whi

ch a

re su

bset

s of E

FH th

at a

re ra

re, p

artic

ular

ly su

scep

tible

to

hum

an-in

duce

d de

grad

atio

n, e

spec

ially

impo

rtant

eco

logi

cally

, or l

ocat

ed in

an

envi

ronm

enta

lly

stre

ssed

are

a.

In a

dditi

on to

thes

e de

sign

atio

ns b

y th

e SA

FMC

, man

grov

es in

this

are

a pr

ovid

e nu

rser

y,

fora

ging

, and

refu

ge h

abita

t for

oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

and

recr

eatio

nally

impo

rtant

fish

and

sh

ellfi

sh, s

uch

as sn

ook,

strip

ed m

ulle

t, ta

rpon

, and

blu

e cr

ab, a

nd th

at th

e cu

mul

ativ

e lo

ss o

f m

angr

oves

has

redu

ced

over

all f

ishe

ries p

rodu

ctio

n w

ithin

the

sout

heas

t Flo

rida

ecos

yste

m.

Furth

er, m

angr

oves

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a in

dire

ctly

supp

ort f

ishe

ry h

abita

t by

cont

rolli

ng ru

noff

and

tu

rbid

ity a

nd b

y st

abili

zing

sedi

men

t, ec

olog

ical

func

tions

ess

entia

l to

supp

ortin

g ad

jace

nt w

ater

s of

the

Dan

ia c

ut-o

ff c

anal

and

AIW

W.

Man

grov

e w

etla

nds d

irect

ly b

enef

it th

e fis

hery

reso

urce

s of t

he so

uthe

ast F

lorid

a by

pro

vidi

ng

nurs

ery

habi

tat.

Fur

ther

, man

grov

es a

re p

art o

f a h

abita

t com

plex

that

incl

udes

seag

rass

and

har

d bo

ttom

hab

itats

, and

this

com

plex

supp

orts

a d

iver

se c

omm

unity

of f

ish

and

inve

rtebr

ates

. M

angr

ove

wet

land

s als

o pr

ovid

e im

porta

nt w

ater

qua

lity

mai

nten

ance

func

tions

, suc

h as

po

llutio

n up

take

(bio

-ass

imila

tion)

. M

angr

oves

als

o st

abili

ze sh

orel

ines

, atte

nuat

e w

ave

actio

n,

and

prod

uce

and

expo

rt de

tritu

s (de

cayi

ng o

rgan

ic m

ater

ial),

whi

ch is

an

impo

rtant

com

pone

nt o

f

- 4

-

mar

ine

and

estu

arin

e fo

od c

hain

s. T

he c

umul

ativ

e lo

ss o

f the

se h

abita

ts h

as a

nd c

ontin

ues t

o re

duce

ove

rall

fishe

ries p

rodu

ctio

n w

ithin

Flo

rida

wat

ers.

In fa

ct, m

angr

ove

fore

sts a

re o

ne o

f th

e w

orld

’s m

ost t

hrea

tene

d tro

pica

l eco

syst

ems w

ith g

loba

l los

s exc

eedi

ng 3

5 pe

rcen

t, an

d th

e cu

rren

t rat

es o

f man

grov

e de

fore

stat

ion

are

likel

y to

impa

ct se

vere

ly th

e fu

nctio

n, fi

sher

ies

prod

uctiv

ity, a

nd re

silie

nce

of re

efs (

Mum

by e

t. al

200

4)1 .

EFH

Ass

essm

ent I

nfor

mat

ion

Nee

ds

The

draf

t EIS

pro

vide

s sev

eral

item

s req

uire

d by

50

CFR

Sec

tion

600.

920(

e) fo

r an

EFH

as

sess

men

t, in

clud

ing

a de

scrip

tion

of th

e pr

opos

ed a

ctio

n, a

n an

alys

is o

f dire

ct im

pact

s to

fishe

ry re

sour

ces b

y lif

e hi

stor

y st

age,

avo

idan

ce a

nd m

inim

izat

ion

to E

FH, a

nd a

ltern

ativ

es to

th

e pr

opos

ed a

ctio

n. H

owev

er a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

is n

eede

d in

ord

er fo

r NM

FS to

fully

ev

alua

te th

e pr

opos

ed w

ork:

�A

full

asse

ssm

ent o

f cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts.

In th

is re

gard

, we

note

that

ther

e ar

e a

few

pas

t, pr

esen

t, an

d re

ason

ably

fore

seea

ble

futu

re a

ctiv

ities

that

hav

e be

en o

mitt

ed in

the

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts d

iscu

ssio

n (d

raft

EIS,

cha

pter

7),

incl

udin

g th

e pr

opos

ed U

.S. B

orde

r Pa

trol f

acili

ty (a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith U

.S. A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f Eng

inee

rs p

erm

it ap

plic

atio

n nu

mbe

r SA

J-20

06-3

233)

that

pro

pose

s to

adve

rsel

y af

fect

ove

r 4 a

cres

of m

angr

oves

. N

MFS

is

conc

erne

d th

at, a

s a re

sult

of c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s to

EFH

in B

row

ard

Cou

nty,

littl

e to

no

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

optio

ns a

re a

vaila

ble

with

in th

e af

fect

ed w

ater

shed

. Th

eref

ore,

w

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s ass

essm

ent p

rovi

de a

tabl

e of

pas

t, pr

esen

t, an

d re

ason

ably

fore

seea

ble

EFH

impa

cts t

hat i

nclu

des a

des

crip

tion

of h

ow su

ch im

pact

s ha

ve b

een/

will

be

miti

gate

d.

�Th

e FA

A’s

, or l

ead

fede

ral a

genc

y’s,

view

s reg

ardi

ng th

e ef

fect

s of t

he a

ctio

n on

EFH

.A

lthou

gh th

e FA

A st

ates

that

eac

h al

tern

ativ

e w

ould

not

resu

lt in

a si

gnifi

cant

impa

ct to

EF

H, t

his d

eter

min

atio

n is

bas

ed o

n th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at th

e im

pact

s can

be

miti

gate

d (s

ee

next

item

). �

Com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

plan

. Th

e dr

aft E

IS st

ates

that

ther

e m

ay b

e co

mpe

nsat

ory

miti

gatio

n op

tions

ava

ilabl

e at

Wes

t Lak

e Pa

rk a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e ha

bita

t res

tora

tion

auth

oriz

ed b

y th

e D

epar

tmen

t of t

he A

rmy

via

perm

it nu

mbe

r 200

2-00

72 (I

P-LA

O),

how

ever

we

are

also

aw

are

of o

ther

pro

ject

s by

the

Bro

war

d C

ount

y B

oard

of C

ount

y C

omm

issi

oner

s (su

ch a

s the

Por

t Eve

rgla

des E

xpan

sion

) tha

t pro

pose

to u

se th

is

miti

gatio

n as

wel

l. T

he E

FH a

sses

smen

t sho

uld

fully

des

crib

e ho

w m

angr

ove

impa

cts

wou

ld b

e m

itiga

ted.

(Se

e EF

H c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

for a

dditi

onal

in

form

atio

n.)

�U

nifie

d M

itiga

tion

Ass

essm

ent M

etho

d (U

MA

M) s

core

s. T

he d

raft

EIS

prov

ides

U

MA

M sc

ores

for t

he w

etla

nd a

reas

pro

pose

d fo

r im

pact

und

er B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s pr

efer

red

alte

rnat

ive.

How

ever

, the

onl

y w

ay to

det

erm

ine

the

amou

nt o

f miti

gatio

n ne

cess

ary

to o

ffse

t 3.0

5 ac

res o

f man

grov

e w

etla

nds w

ould

be

to h

ave

UM

AM

scor

es fo

r th

e m

itiga

tion

site

, whi

ch a

re n

ot in

clud

ed in

the

draf

t EIS

. Th

e co

mpe

nsat

ory

miti

gatio

n pl

an sh

ould

incl

ude

all n

eces

sary

UM

AM

scor

es to

det

erm

ine

that

all

func

tiona

l los

ses

can

be m

itiga

ted.

1 Mum

by P

.J., J

. E. A

lasd

air,

E. A

rias-

Gon

zale

z, K

.C. L

inde

man

, P.G

. Bla

ckw

ell,

A. G

all,

M.I.

Gor

czyn

ska,

A.R

. H

arbo

rne,

C.L

. Pes

cod,

H. R

enke

n, C

.C. W

abni

tz, a

nd G

. Lle

wel

lyn.

200

4. M

angr

oves

enh

ance

the

biom

ass o

f co

ral r

eef f

ish

com

mun

ities

in th

e C

arib

bean

. N

atur

e 27

: 533

-536

.

- 5

-

Bas

ed o

n th

e ab

ove

disc

ussi

on o

f dire

ct a

nd in

dire

ct im

pact

s lik

ely

to re

sult

from

the

prop

osed

pr

ojec

t, N

MFS

con

clud

es th

at th

e po

tent

ial a

dver

se im

pact

s to

EFH

and

oth

er li

ving

mar

ine

reso

urce

s cou

ld o

ccur

as a

resu

lt of

the

prop

osed

wor

k. S

ectio

n 30

5(b)

(4)(

A) o

f the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Act

requ

ires N

MFS

to p

rovi

de E

FH c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

whe

n an

act

ivity

is

expe

cted

to a

dver

sely

impa

ct E

FH.

Bas

ed o

n th

is re

quire

men

t, N

MFS

pro

vide

s the

follo

win

g:

EFH

Con

serv

atio

n R

ecom

men

datio

ns

1. A

pla

n sh

all b

e de

velo

ped

for p

rovi

ding

full,

in-k

ind

com

pens

atio

n fo

r una

void

able

adv

erse

im

pact

s to

wet

land

s. T

he p

lan

shal

l add

ress

com

pens

atio

n fo

r los

s of p

rodu

ctiv

ity a

nd h

abita

t fu

nctio

ns th

at o

ccur

dur

ing

the

perio

d be

twee

n el

imin

atio

n/de

grad

atio

n of

exi

stin

g w

etla

nds a

nd

esta

blis

hmen

t of f

unct

iona

lly c

ompa

tible

man

grov

e ha

bita

t tha

t wou

ld b

e pr

otec

ted

in p

erpe

tuity

.Ex

ecut

ion

of th

e ap

prov

ed m

itiga

tion

plan

shal

l be

a re

quire

d co

mpo

nent

of t

he p

roje

ct.

2. A

mon

itorin

g pl

an sh

all b

e de

velo

ped

to a

sses

s the

eco

logi

cal s

ucce

ss o

f the

off

site

, co

mpe

nsat

ory

miti

gatio

n. A

nnua

l mon

itorin

g of

the

miti

gatio

n si

te sh

all t

ake

plac

e fo

r fiv

e ye

ars

follo

win

g co

mpl

etio

n of

the

miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

t. In

the

even

t it i

s det

erm

ined

that

the

impl

emen

ted

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res d

o no

t com

plet

ely

offs

et th

e de

stru

ctio

n of

man

grov

e w

etla

nds,

the

plan

shal

l inc

lude

con

tinge

ncy

mea

sure

s, su

ch a

s add

ition

al p

lant

ing

or e

xotic

ve

geta

tion

rem

oval

, in

orde

r to

prov

ide

func

tiona

lly su

itabl

e re

plac

emen

t hab

itat.

The

m

itiga

tion/

mon

itorin

g pl

an sh

all b

e fo

rwar

ded

to th

e N

MFS

for r

evie

w a

nd a

ppro

val p

rior t

o in

itiat

ion

of c

onst

ruct

ion.

Than

k yo

u fo

r the

opp

ortu

nity

to p

rovi

de c

omm

ents

. R

elat

ed c

orre

spon

denc

e sh

ould

be

dire

cted

to

the

atte

ntio

n of

Ms.

Joce

lyn

Kar

azsi

a at

our

Wes

t Pal

m B

each

off

ice,

whi

ch is

co-

loca

ted

with

th

e U

S En

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y at

USE

PA, 4

00 N

orth

Con

gres

s Ave

nue,

Sui

te 1

20,

Wes

t Pal

m B

each

, Flo

rida,

334

01.

She

may

be

reac

hed

by te

leph

one

at (5

61) 6

16-8

880,

ex

tens

ion

207,

or b

y e-

mai

l at J

ocel

yn.K

araz

sia@

noaa

.gov

.

Sinc

erel

y,

/ fo

r Mile

s M. C

room

A

ssis

tant

Reg

iona

l Adm

inis

trato

r

H

abita

t Con

serv

atio

n D

ivis

ion

cc: (

via

elec

troni

c m

ail)

EPA

, WPB

FW

S, V

ero

Bea

ch

Bro

war

d C

ount

y FW

C, T

alla

hass

ee

FDEP

, WPB

SA

FMC

F/SE

R K

eys

F/SE

R3

F/SE

R47

, Kar

azsi

a

TH

IS P

AG

E I

NTEN

TIO

NA

LLY

LEFT B

LA

NK

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of T

rans

porta

tion

Fede

ral A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

trat

ion

OR

LA

ND

O A

IRPO

RT

S D

IST

RIC

T O

FFIC

E59

50 H

azel

tine

Nat

iona

l Dr.,

Sui

te 4

00

Orla

ndo,

Flo

rida

3282

2-50

24

Phon

e: (4

07) 8

12-6

331

Febr

uary

5, 2

008

Ms.

Joc

elyn

Kar

azsi

a

Nat

iona

l Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s S

ervi

ce

400

Nor

th C

ongr

ess

Ave

nue,

Sui

te 1

20

Wes

t Pal

m B

each

, Flo

rida

3340

1

Re:

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dra

ft En

viro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct S

tate

men

t (D

raft

EIS)

Es

sent

ial F

ish

Hab

itat (

EFH

) Ass

essm

ent A

dditi

onal

Info

rmat

ion

Dea

r Ms.

Kar

azsi

a:

Ple

ase

find

encl

osed

the

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n yo

u re

ques

ted

in y

our

lette

r da

ted

May

17

, 200

7 an

d FA

A’s

resp

onse

to N

atio

nal M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

s’ E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion

Rec

omm

enda

tion.

Th

e FA

A h

as d

eter

min

ed t

he P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

wou

ld n

ot r

esul

t in

si

gnifi

cant

adv

erse

impa

cts

to E

FH o

r si

gnifi

cant

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

and

EFH

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

opos

ed m

itiga

tion

for

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

that

w

ould

be

requ

ired

for o

ther

pro

ject

s in

the

area

aro

und

FLL.

We

appr

ecia

te y

our

eval

uatio

n of

thi

s in

form

atio

n an

d re

ques

t yo

ur d

eter

min

atio

n th

at

the

cons

ulta

tion

proc

ess

satis

fies

the

Fede

ral

agen

cy c

onsu

ltatio

n re

quire

men

ts o

f S

ectio

n 30

5.

If yo

u ha

ve a

ny q

uest

ions

reg

ardi

ng t

he a

ttach

ed d

ocum

ent

or r

equi

re

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n, p

leas

e ca

ll m

e at

(407

) 812

-633

1 ex

tens

ion

#129

.

Sin

cere

ly,

Virg

inia

Lan

e, A

.I.C

.P.

Env

ironm

enta

l Spe

cial

ist

Enc

losu

re

Cc:

M

iles

M. C

room

, NM

FS

Virg

inia

Lan

e En

viro

nmen

tal S

peci

alis

t U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of T

rans

porta

tion

Fede

ral A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

tratio

n 59

50 H

azel

tine

Nat

iona

l Driv

e O

rland

o, F

lorid

a 32

822-

5024

Dea

r Ms.

Lane

:

NO

AA

’s N

atio

nal M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies S

ervi

ce (N

MFS

) rev

iew

ed th

e fin

al E

nviro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct

Stat

emen

t (EI

S), d

ated

June

17,

200

8, fo

r the

dev

elop

men

t and

ext

ensi

on o

f run

way

9R

/27L

and

ot

her a

ssoc

iate

d pr

ojec

ts a

t For

t Lau

derd

ale-

Hol

lyw

ood

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort (

FLL)

. Th

e fin

al

EIS

prep

ared

by

the

Fede

ral A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

tratio

n (F

AA

) des

crib

es th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

irpor

t pro

ject

s pro

pose

d by

the

Bro

war

d C

ount

y B

oard

of C

ount

y C

omm

issi

oner

s (B

row

ard

Cou

nty)

, ow

ner a

nd o

pera

tor o

f FLL

. A

ccor

ding

to th

e fin

al E

IS, t

he

exis

ting

airf

ield

at F

LL la

cks s

uffic

ient

cap

acity

to a

ccom

mod

ate

exis

ting

and

fore

cast

ed

dem

and.

In

orde

r to

addr

ess t

his n

eed,

Bro

war

d C

ount

y pr

opos

es to

: R

edev

elop

Run

way

9R

/27L

to a

leng

th o

f 8,0

00 fe

et a

nd a

wid

th o

f 150

feet

. A

n En

gine

ered

Mat

eria

ls A

rres

ting

Syst

em (E

MA

S) w

ould

be

used

at e

ach

runw

ay e

nd in

pla

ce o

f a st

anda

rd ru

nway

safe

ty a

rea.

The

use

of E

MA

S al

low

s the

ove

rall

leng

th o

f the

runw

ay to

be

redu

ced

to 8

,000

feet

and

wou

ld

elim

inat

e th

e ne

ed fo

r dec

lare

d di

stan

ce w

hile

impr

ovin

g th

e ru

nway

ope

ratio

nal c

apab

ility

. Th

e ea

ster

n en

d of

Run

way

9R

/27L

wou

ld b

e el

evat

ed o

ver t

he F

lorid

a Ea

st C

oast

Rai

lway

and

U.S

. H

ighw

ay 1

. Th

e w

este

rn e

xten

t of t

he ru

nway

wou

ld b

e th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al.

Run

way

13

/31

wou

ld b

e pe

rman

ently

clo

sed

to a

ccom

mod

ate

elev

atio

n of

Run

way

9R

/27L

. In

add

ition

th

is a

ltern

ativ

e in

clud

es im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e op

erat

iona

l noi

se a

bate

men

t act

ions

des

crib

ed in

th

e C

ount

y’s A

irfie

ld D

evel

opm

ent P

rogr

am O

bjec

tive

Stat

emen

t(O

ctob

er 2

6, 2

004)

. Th

is se

t of

cha

nges

is re

ferr

ed to

as “

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

” in

the

final

EIS

.

The

final

EIS

pre

sent

s an

anal

ysis

of s

ever

al o

n-si

te a

nd o

ff-s

ite si

te a

ltern

ativ

es, i

n ad

ditio

n to

th

e no

-act

ion

alte

rnat

ive.

The

FA

A d

oes n

ot p

rese

nt a

pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e in

the

final

EIS

, ho

wev

er B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e is

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

. Th

is a

ltern

ativ

e w

ould

im

pact

app

roxi

mat

ely

15.4

1 ac

res o

f wet

land

s inc

ludi

ng 3

.05

acre

s of e

stua

rine

emer

gent

ve

geta

tion

(man

grov

es),

whi

ch a

re e

ssen

tial f

ish

habi

tat (

EFH

). O

ther

alte

rnat

ives

(i.e

., A

ltern

ativ

e D

1) c

ould

adv

erse

ly a

ffec

t as m

uch

as 2

1.87

acr

es o

f wet

land

s. T

he a

irpor

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SER

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expa

nsio

n ac

tiviti

es a

re lo

cate

d in

wat

ers o

f the

Uni

tes S

tate

s adj

acen

t to

the

Dan

ia c

ut-o

ff c

anal

an

d A

tlant

ic In

traco

asta

l Wat

erw

ay (A

IWW

) in

Bro

war

d C

ount

y, F

lorid

a. A

s the

nat

ion’

s fe

dera

l tru

stee

for t

he c

onse

rvat

ion

and

man

agem

ent o

f mar

ine,

est

uarin

e, a

nd a

nadr

omou

s fis

hery

reso

urce

s, th

e fo

llow

ing

com

men

ts a

nd re

com

men

datio

ns a

re p

rovi

ded

purs

uant

to

auth

oriti

es o

f the

Fis

h an

d W

ildlif

e C

oord

inat

ion

Act

and

the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fis

hery

C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Man

agem

ent A

ct (M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens A

ct).

Con

sulta

tion

His

tory

B

y le

tter d

ated

May

17,

200

7, N

MFS

pro

vide

d th

e FA

A w

ith c

omm

ents

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

in

resp

onse

to th

e dr

aft E

IS.

Plea

se se

e th

is le

tter f

or a

com

plet

e co

nsul

tatio

n hi

stor

y an

d a

desc

riptio

n of

the

habi

tats

des

igna

ted

as E

FH.

In o

ur c

omm

ents

on

the

draf

t EIS

, NM

FS

spec

ifica

lly re

ques

ted

that

the

final

EIS

incl

ude

a fu

ll as

sess

men

t of c

umul

ativ

e ef

fect

s; th

e FA

A

or le

ad fe

dera

l age

ncy’

s vie

ws r

egar

ding

the

effe

cts o

f the

act

ion

on E

FH; a

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

plan

; and

Uni

fied

Miti

gatio

n A

sses

smen

t Met

hod

(UM

AM

) sco

res o

f the

miti

gatio

n si

te.

In a

dditi

on, w

e pr

ovid

ed tw

o EF

H c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

: (1

) A p

lan

shal

l be

deve

lope

d fo

r pro

vidi

ng fu

ll, in

-kin

d co

mpe

nsat

ion

for u

navo

idab

le

adve

rse

impa

cts t

o w

etla

nds.

The

pla

n sh

all a

ddre

ss c

ompe

nsat

ion

for l

oss o

f pr

oduc

tivity

and

hab

itat f

unct

ions

that

occ

ur d

urin

g th

e pe

riod

betw

een

elim

inat

ion/

degr

adat

ion

of e

xist

ing

wet

land

s and

est

ablis

hmen

t of f

unct

iona

lly

com

patib

le m

angr

ove

habi

tat t

hat w

ould

be

prot

ecte

d in

per

petu

ity; a

nd

(2) A

mon

itorin

g pl

an sh

all b

e de

velo

ped

to a

sses

s the

eco

logi

cal s

ucce

ss o

f the

off

site

, co

mpe

nsat

ory

miti

gatio

n. A

nnua

l mon

itorin

g of

the

miti

gatio

n si

te sh

all t

ake

plac

e fo

r fiv

e ye

ars f

ollo

win

g co

mpl

etio

n of

the

miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

t. In

the

even

t it i

s det

erm

ined

th

at th

e im

plem

ente

d m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s do

not c

ompl

etel

y of

fset

the

dest

ruct

ion

of

man

grov

e w

etla

nds,

the

plan

shal

l inc

lude

con

tinge

ncy

mea

sure

s, su

ch a

s add

ition

al

plan

ting

or e

xotic

veg

etat

ion

rem

oval

, in

orde

r to

prov

ide

func

tiona

lly su

itabl

e re

plac

emen

t hab

itat.

The

miti

gatio

n/m

onito

ring

plan

shal

l be

forw

arde

d to

the

NM

FS fo

r re

view

and

app

rova

l prio

r to

initi

atio

n of

con

stru

ctio

n.

Res

pons

es to

Info

rmat

ion

Req

uest

s and

EFH

Con

serv

atio

n R

ecom

men

datio

ns

A fu

ll as

sess

men

t of c

umul

ativ

e ef

fect

s. In

our

com

men

ts o

n th

e dr

aft E

IS, w

e no

ted

that

seve

ral

past

, pre

sent

, and

reas

onab

ly fo

rese

eabl

e fu

ture

act

iviti

es w

ere

not i

nclu

ded

in th

e di

scus

sion

of

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts.

The

fina

l EIS

(cha

pter

7) p

rovi

des a

mor

e th

orou

gh e

valu

atio

n of

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts.

NM

FS c

oncl

udes

that

this

info

rmat

ion

need

has

bee

n su

ffic

ient

ly a

ddre

ssed

.

The

FAA’

s, or

lead

fede

ral a

genc

y’s,

view

s reg

ardi

ng th

e ef

fect

s of t

he a

ctio

n on

EFH

. Th

e fin

al

EIS

(sec

tion

6.F.

1.7)

stat

es th

at th

e FA

A h

as d

eter

min

ed th

ere

will

be

no si

gnifi

cant

impa

cts t

o EF

H re

sulti

ng fr

om th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of a

ny o

f the

runw

ay d

evel

opm

ent a

ltern

ativ

es.

This

de

term

inat

ion

cons

ider

ed th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign;

the

min

imal

shor

t-ter

m a

nd p

erm

anen

t im

pact

s as

soci

ated

with

the

inst

alla

tion

of li

ght t

ower

foun

datio

ns, u

tility

cab

les,

and

acce

ss ro

ads

requ

ired

for t

he p

ropo

sed

runw

ay a

ppro

ach

light

con

figur

atio

ns; a

nd th

e m

itiga

tion

prop

osed

for

unav

oida

ble

wet

land

impa

cts.

Whi

le w

e be

lieve

that

add

ition

al in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he m

itiga

tion

prop

osal

is n

eede

d (s

ee se

ctio

n be

low

) bef

ore

NM

FS c

ould

agr

ee w

ith th

e FA

A’s

det

erm

inat

ion,

N

MFS

find

s tha

t the

FA

A h

as m

et th

e re

quire

men

t for

mak

ing

a de

term

inat

ion.

- 3

-

A co

mpe

nsat

ory

miti

gatio

n pl

an.

The

final

EIS

incl

udes

con

cept

ual m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s tha

t the

FA

A w

ould

con

side

r as p

art o

f the

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t or a

ltern

ativ

es (S

ectio

n 6J

).Sp

ecifi

cally

,th

e fin

al E

IS st

ates

that

the

FAA

has

dev

elop

ed c

once

ptua

l wet

land

miti

gatio

n du

ring

this

EIS

pr

oces

s bas

ed o

n in

put f

rom

and

in c

oord

inat

ion

with

the

U.S

. Arm

y C

orps

of E

ngin

eers

, the

So

uth

Flor

ida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t Dis

trict

, and

the

U.S

. Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy.

The

fin

al E

IS a

lso

stat

es th

at it

will

be

Bro

war

d C

ount

y’s r

espo

nsib

ility

to a

pply

for p

erm

its re

quire

d by

thes

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s for

the

pref

erre

d al

tern

ativ

e.

Whi

le N

MFS

is fa

mili

ar w

ith th

e re

stor

atio

n pr

opos

ed a

t Wes

t Lak

e Pa

rk a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Dep

artm

ent o

f the

Arm

y pe

rmit

num

ber 2

002-

0072

(IP-

LAO

), w

e ar

e al

so a

war

e of

oth

er

proj

ects

by

the

Bro

war

d C

ount

y B

oard

of C

ount

y C

omm

issi

oner

s (su

ch a

s the

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

Expa

nsio

n) th

at p

ropo

se to

use

this

miti

gatio

n as

wel

l. T

he E

FH a

sses

smen

t sho

uld

fully

de

scrib

e ho

w m

angr

ove

impa

cts w

ould

be

miti

gate

d. W

hile

we

agre

e w

ith th

e ge

nera

l app

roac

h of

the

conc

eptu

al p

lan,

mor

e de

tail

is n

eede

d, in

clud

ing

Uni

fied

Miti

gatio

n A

sses

smen

t Met

hod

(UM

AM

) sco

res a

t the

miti

gatio

n si

tes,

to d

eter

min

e th

at a

ll fu

nctio

nal l

osse

s wou

ld b

e m

itiga

ted.

NM

FS c

oncl

udes

that

this

info

rmat

ion

need

has

not

bee

n su

ffic

ient

ly a

ddre

ssed

.

Uni

fied

Miti

gatio

n As

sess

men

t Met

hod

(UM

AM) s

core

s. In

resp

onse

to o

ur re

view

of t

he d

raft

EIS,

NM

FS n

oted

that

the

UM

AM

scor

es fo

r the

wet

land

are

as p

ropo

sed

for i

mpa

ct u

nder

B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e w

ere

prov

ided

. H

owev

er, t

he o

nly

way

to d

eter

min

e th

e am

ount

of m

itiga

tion

nece

ssar

y to

off

set 3

.05

acre

s of m

angr

ove

wet

land

s wou

ld b

e to

hav

e U

MA

M sc

ores

for t

he m

itiga

tion

site

, whi

ch w

ere

not i

nclu

ded

in th

e dr

aft E

IS n

or a

re th

ey

prov

ided

in th

e fin

al E

IS.

The

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

plan

shou

ld in

clud

e al

l nec

essa

ry

UM

AM

scor

es to

det

erm

ine

that

all

func

tiona

l los

ses c

an b

e m

itiga

ted.

We

conc

lude

that

this

in

form

atio

n ne

ed h

as n

ot b

een

suff

icie

ntly

add

ress

ed.

EFH

Con

serv

atio

n Re

com

men

datio

ns p

rovi

ded

in re

spon

se to

revi

ew o

f the

dra

ft EI

S. T

he E

FH

asse

ssm

ent s

ectio

n in

the

final

EIS

doe

s not

mak

e an

y re

fere

nce

to th

e EF

H c

onse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

enda

tions

pro

vide

d in

resp

onse

to o

ur re

view

of t

he d

raft

EIS.

As m

entio

ned

abov

e, th

e FA

A m

aint

ains

that

it is

Bro

war

d C

ount

y’s r

espo

nsib

ility

to d

evel

op th

e pe

rmits

for t

he

miti

gatio

n. H

owev

er, t

he E

FH se

ctio

n di

d no

t sum

mar

ize

the

anal

ysis

that

led

the

FAA

to th

is

conc

lusi

on.

Sect

ion

305(

b)(4

)(B

) of t

he M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens A

ct a

nd it

s im

plem

entin

g re

gula

tion

at 5

0 C

FR S

ectio

n 60

0.92

0(k)

requ

ire th

at, i

n th

e ca

se o

f a re

spon

se th

at is

inco

nsis

tent

with

N

MFS

con

serv

atio

n re

com

men

datio

ns, t

he a

genc

y m

ust e

xpla

in it

s rea

sons

for n

ot fo

llow

ing

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

, inc

ludi

ng th

e sc

ient

ific

ratio

nale

for a

ny d

isag

reem

ents

with

NM

FS o

ver t

he

antic

ipat

ed e

ffec

ts o

f the

pro

pose

d ac

tion

and

the

mea

sure

s nee

ded

to o

ffse

t suc

h ef

fect

s. N

MFS

be

lieve

s the

FA

A, a

s the

fede

ral a

ctio

n ag

ency

, is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r doc

umen

ting

that

the

miti

gatio

n w

ould

fully

off

set t

he lo

st w

etla

nd fu

nctio

ns th

roug

h th

e N

atio

nal E

nviro

nmen

tal

Polic

y A

ct p

roce

ss.

In c

losi

ng, N

MFS

can

not

con

clud

e th

at th

e ha

bita

t con

serv

atio

n go

als o

f the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s A

ct h

ave

been

met

for t

his p

roje

ct n

or c

an w

e co

nclu

de th

at th

e FA

A h

as m

et th

e pr

oced

ural

re

quire

men

ts o

f the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Act

. W

e m

aint

ain

our r

ecom

men

datio

ns to

dev

elop

a

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

plan

and

the

asso

ciat

ed m

onito

ring.

We

wou

ld b

e w

illin

g to

wor

k w

ith

the

FAA

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

hese

pla

ns.

We

also

can

adv

ise

on th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

path

to

com

plet

ing

the

EFH

con

sulta

tion.

- 4

-

Than

k yo

u fo

r the

opp

ortu

nity

to p

rovi

de c

omm

ents

. R

elat

ed c

orre

spon

denc

e sh

ould

be

dire

cted

to

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atte

ntio

n of

Ms.

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lyn

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azsi

a at

our

Wes

t Pal

m B

each

off

ice,

whi

ch is

co-

loca

ted

with

th

e U

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viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

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y at

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Con

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OAA N

atio

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Dea

r M

s. K

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sia:

The

FAA pro

vided

an a

sses

smen

t of

Ess

ential

Fis

h H

abitat

(EFH

) in

the

Dra

ft E

IS.

The

NM

FS p

rovi

ded

com

men

ts o

n t

he

Dra

ft E

IS a

nd C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith S

ection 3

05(b

) (4

)(A)

of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

in a

let

ter

to t

he

FAA d

ated

May

17,

2007.1

In

this

May

2007 let

ter,

the

NM

FS a

lso r

eques

ted a

dditio

nal

in

form

atio

n i

n o

rder

to f

ully

eva

luat

e th

e pro

pose

d p

roje

ct.

The

FAA p

rovi

ded

the

additio

nal

info

rmat

ion r

eques

ted b

y N

MFS

and r

esponded

to N

MFS

EFH

Conse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

men

dat

ions

in a

let

ter

dat

ed F

ebru

ary

5,

2008.2

The

FAA d

id n

ot

rece

ive

an

ackn

ow

ledgem

ent

of

the

info

rmat

ion p

rovi

ded

to N

MFS

in F

ebru

ary

2008.

The

FAA r

ecei

ved t

he

NM

SS let

ter

dat

ed J

uly

25,

2008

3,

whic

h c

onta

ined

com

men

ts o

n

the

Final EIS

. I

n t

his

let

ter

NM

FS p

rovi

ded

the

follo

win

g c

om

men

ts.

FAA’s

res

ponse

s to

those

com

men

ts a

re p

rovi

ded

bel

ow

.

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 1

: The

FAA d

oes

not

pre

sent

a pre

ferr

ed a

lter

nat

ive

in t

he

final EIS

.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

The

FAA’s

Pre

ferr

ed A

lter

nat

ive

(Alter

nat

ive

B1b)

is i

den

tified

in t

he

Final

EIS

in C

hap

ter

Eig

ht,

Sec

tion 8

.4,

Iden

tifica

tion o

f FA

A’s

Pre

ferr

ed A

lter

nat

ive.

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 2

: Consu

ltation H

isto

ry -

In o

ur

com

men

ts o

n t

he

dra

ft E

IS,

NM

FS

spec

ific

ally

req

ues

ted t

hat

the

final

EIS

incl

ude

a fu

ll as

sess

men

t of

cum

ula

tive

eff

ects

; th

e FA

A o

r le

ad f

eder

al a

gen

cy's

vie

ws

regar

din

g t

he

effe

cts

of

the

action o

n E

FH;

a

com

pen

sato

ry m

itig

ation pla

n;

and U

nifie

d M

itig

atio

n Ass

essm

ent

Met

hod (U

MAM

) sc

ore

s of

the

mitig

atio

n

site

.

In

additio

n,

we

pro

vided

tw

o

EFH

co

nse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

endations.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

An E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

(EFH

) Ass

essm

ent

was

incl

uded

in t

he

Dra

ft

and F

inal

EIS

in C

hapte

r Six

, Sec

tion F

.1.4

, Ess

ential

Fis

h H

abitat

(EFH

) Ass

essm

ent.

As

reques

ted by

the

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

(N

MFS

), th

e FA

A pre

pare

d

1 L

ette

r fr

om

Pa

ul

Wel

ler

for

Mile

s M

. Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Reg

ional

Adm

inis

trat

or,

H

abitat

Conse

rvat

ion

Div

isio

n,

Nat

ional

M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

, to

Virgin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e, R

E:

F/

SER4:J

K/p

w,

Dat

ed:

May

17 ,

2007.

2 L

ette

r to

Joce

lyn K

araz

sia,

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

fro

m V

irgin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e, D

ated

: F

ebru

ary

5,

2008.

Encl

osu

re D

irec

t, S

econdar

y, a

nd C

um

ula

tive

Effec

ts o

n

Ess

ential

Fis

h H

abitat

, Fe

bru

ary

5,

2008.

3 L

ette

r fr

om

Pa

ul

Wel

ler

for

Mile

s M

. Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Reg

ional

Adm

inis

trat

or,

H

abitat

Conse

rvat

ion

Div

isio

n,

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

, to

Vir

gin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e, R

E:

F/

SER4:J

K/p

w,

Dat

ed:

July

25,

2008.

additio

nal

in

form

atio

n

in

a re

port

D

irec

t,

Sec

ondar

y,

and

Cum

ula

tive

Eff

ects

on

Ess

ential

Fi

sh

Hab

itat

.

This

re

port

in

cluded

as

atta

chm

ent

2.1

-1,

a Conce

ptu

al

Wet

land M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

FAA's

res

ponse

to N

MFS

Conse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions

is

pro

vided

in

Sec

tion

4.0

Sum

mar

y an

d

Res

ponse

s to

N

MFS

Com

men

ts

and

Conse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions

of

this

rep

ort

. T

his

info

rmat

ion w

as p

rovi

ded

to N

MFS

in

Feb

ruar

y 2008.

NM

FS h

as n

ot

ackn

ow

ledged

rec

eipt

of

this

info

rmat

ion.

Thes

e re

port

s an

d a

gen

cy c

oord

inat

ion l

ette

rs a

re p

rovi

ded

in t

he

Final

EIS

in A

ppen

dix

M,

Bio

logic

al R

esourc

es.

FAA’s

res

ponse

s to

NM

FS/E

FH c

om

men

ts o

n t

he

Dra

ft E

IS w

ere

pro

vided

in t

he

Final

EIS

, Appen

dix

P,

Sec

tion 11 Bio

logic

al

Res

ourc

es as

Com

men

t 11.2

, how

ever

th

e re

sponse

was

inco

rrec

t.

The

corr

ecte

d r

esponse

to C

om

men

t 11.2

is

pro

vided

bel

ow

:

The

additio

nal

info

rmat

ion r

eques

ted w

as

pro

vided

to t

he

National

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

(N

MFS

) vi

a

a le

tter

an

d

atta

chm

ent

from

th

e FA

A

in

Febru

ary

2008.

This

info

rmat

ion i

ncl

uded

a r

eport

title

d D

irec

t, S

econdar

y, a

nd C

um

ula

tive

Eff

ects

on E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

. S

ection 4

.0 o

f th

at r

eport

sum

mar

ized

the

com

men

ts

pro

vided

by

NM

FS a

nd F

AA’s

res

ponse

s in

cludin

g:

— FA

A’s

vie

ws

regar

din

g t

he

effe

cts

of

the

act

ion o

n E

ssen

tial Fi

sh H

abitat

(EFH

) —

FA

A’s

res

ponse

s to

the

EFH

Conse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions

The

Conce

ptu

al

Wet

land

Mitig

atio

n

Plan

incl

uded

th

e es

tim

ated

U

MAM

cr

edits

required

for

the

pro

pose

d p

roje

ct a

nd t

he

estim

ated

man

gro

ve m

itig

ation c

redits

avai

lable

at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

Thes

e re

port

s ar

e pro

vided

in t

he

Final EIS

, Appen

dix

M,

Bio

logic

al R

esourc

es.

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 3

: A

full

ass

essm

ent

of

cum

ula

tive

eff

ects

. T

he

Final

EIS

Chap

ter

7

pro

vides

a m

ore

thoro

ugh e

valu

atio

n o

f cu

mula

tive

effec

ts.

NFM

S c

oncl

udes

that

this

in

form

atio

n n

eed h

as b

een s

uff

icie

ntly

addre

ssed

.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

Com

men

t note

d.

NM

FS

C

om

men

t 4

:

The

final

EIS

(S

ection

6.F

.1.7

) st

ate

s th

at

the

FAA

has

det

erm

ined

th

ere

will

be

no

signific

ant

impact

s to

EFH

re

sultin

g

from

th

e im

ple

men

tation o

f an

y of

the

runw

ay d

evel

opm

ent

alte

rnat

ives

. W

hile

we

bel

ieve

that

additio

nal

in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

mitig

ation pro

posa

l is

nee

ded

bef

ore

N

MFS

co

uld

ag

ree

with t

he

FAA's

det

erm

inat

ion,

NM

FS f

inds

than

the

FAA h

as

met

the

requirem

ent

for

mak

ing a

det

erm

inat

ion.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

Com

men

t note

d.

NM

FS

C

om

men

t 5

:

A

com

pen

sato

ry

mitig

ation

pla

n.

The

final

EIS

in

cludes

co

nce

ptu

al m

itig

ation m

easu

res

that

the

FAA w

ould

consi

der

as

par

t of

the

pro

pose

d

pro

ject

or

alte

rnat

ives

(Sec

tion 6

J).

The

EFH

ass

essm

ent

should

fully

des

crib

e how

m

angro

ve i

mpac

ts w

ould

be

mitig

ated

. W

hile

we

agre

e w

ith t

he

gen

eral

appro

ach o

f th

e co

nce

ptu

al p

lan,

more

det

ail

is n

eeded

, in

cludin

g U

nifie

d M

itig

atio

n A

sses

smen

t M

ethod (

UM

AM

) sc

ore

s at

the

mitig

ation s

ites

, to

det

erm

ine

what

all

funct

ional

loss

es

would

be

mitig

ated

.

NM

FS

concl

udes

th

at

this

in

form

ation

nee

d

has

not

bee

n

suff

icie

ntly

addre

ssed

.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

A co

mpen

sato

ry w

etla

nd m

itig

atio

n pla

n fo

r th

e FA

A’s

Pr

efer

red

Alter

native

is

pro

vided

in t

he

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan p

rovi

ded

in t

he

Final

EIS

, Appen

dix

M B

iolo

gic

al

Res

ourc

es.

The

wet

land m

itig

atio

n m

easu

res

dis

cuss

ed i

n

Sec

tion 6

J of

the

Dra

ft E

IS a

nd F

inal

EIS

docu

men

ts p

rovi

ded

a g

ener

al m

itig

atio

n

stra

tegy

for

wet

land i

mpac

ts.

More

det

aile

d c

once

ptu

al w

etla

nd m

itig

atio

n f

or

the

FAA’s

Pr

efer

red Alter

nat

ive

was

dis

cuss

ed in

th

e Fi

nal

EIS

in

Chap

ter

Eig

ht,

FA

A's

Pr

efer

red

Alter

native

, Sec

tion

8.6

.3

and

in

the

Final

EIS

, Appen

dix

M

Bio

logic

al

Res

ourc

es,

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

The

UM

AM

Funct

ional

Gai

n c

redit s

core

s fo

r th

e W

est

Lake

Park

mitig

ation p

roje

ct a

re

refe

rence

d in t

he

United

Sta

tes

Arm

y C

orp

s of

Engin

eers

(U

SACE)

Perm

it N

um

ber

SAJ-

2002-0

0072 a

nd S

outh

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t D

istr

ict

(SFW

MD

) Pe

rmit N

um

ber

06 0

4016 P

. T

he

estim

ated

UM

AM

cre

dits

required

for

the

pro

pose

d p

roje

ct a

nd t

he

estim

ated

man

gro

ve m

itig

ation c

redits

availa

ble

at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

are

pro

vided

in t

he

Final

EIS

in

Appen

dix

M

.3,

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

ation Pl

an.

See

Tab

le 3.3

-1

Pote

ntial

Wet

land I

mpac

ts f

or

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n (

Alter

native

B1c)

and T

able

4-1

Est

imate

d m

angro

ve M

itig

ation C

redits

Ava

ilable

at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark.

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 6

: U

nifie

d M

itig

atio

n A

sses

smen

t M

ethod (

UM

AM

) sc

ore

s.

The

only

w

ay t

o d

eter

min

e th

e am

ount

of

mitig

ation n

eces

sary

to o

ffse

t 3.0

5 a

cres

of

man

gro

ve

wet

lands

would

be

to hav

e U

MAM

sc

ore

s fo

r th

e m

itig

atio

n si

te,

whic

h w

ere

not

incl

uded

in t

he

dra

ft E

IS n

or

are

they

pro

vided

in t

he

final

EIS

. T

he

com

pen

sato

ry

mitig

ation

pla

n

should

in

clude

all

nec

essa

ry

UM

AM

sc

ore

s to

det

erm

ine

that

al

l fu

nct

ional

loss

es c

an b

e m

itig

ate

d.

We

concl

ude

that

this

info

rmation n

eed h

as

not

bee

n s

uff

icie

ntly

addre

ssed

.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

See

the

FAA R

esponse

to C

om

men

t 5 a

bove

.

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 7

: E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions

pro

vided

in r

esponse

to

revi

ew o

f th

e dra

ft E

IS.

The

EFH

ass

essm

ent

sect

ion i

n t

he

final

EIS

does

not

mak

e an

y re

fere

nce

to t

he

EFH

conse

rvat

ion r

ecom

men

dat

ions

pro

vided

in t

he

resp

onse

to

our

revi

ew

of

the

dra

ft

EIS

.

The

FAA

mai

nta

ins

that

it

is

Bro

war

d

County

's

resp

onsi

bili

ty t

o d

evel

op t

he

per

mits

for

the

mitig

atio

n,

but

the

EFH

sec

tion d

id n

ot

sum

mar

ize

the

anal

ysis

that

led

the

FAA t

o t

his

concl

usi

on.

FA

A

Resp

on

se:

As

note

d

in

FAA

Res

ponse

2

above

, FA

A's

re

sponse

to

N

MFS

Conse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

men

dat

ions

is

pro

vided

in

th

e re

port

D

irec

t,

Sec

ondar

y,

and

Cum

ula

tive

Eff

ects

on E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

, Sec

tion 4

.0 S

um

mar

y an

d R

esponse

s to

N

MFS

Com

men

ts a

nd E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions.

This

rep

ort

was

pro

vided

to

NM

FS in F

ebru

ary

2008.

The

FAA

has

fu

lly

consi

der

ed

the

NM

FS

EFH

Conse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

men

dat

ions

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith t

he

requirem

ents

of

Sec

tion 3

05(b

)(4)(

B)

of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

. C

onsi

sten

t w

ith t

he

NM

FS E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions,

a C

once

ptu

al

Wet

land M

itig

atio

n P

lan t

o c

om

pen

sate

for

unav

oid

able

im

pact

s to

wet

lands

and E

FH is

pro

vided

in t

he

Final

EIS

, Appen

dix

M B

iolo

gic

al

Res

ourc

es.

The

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd

Mitig

ation P

lan r

efer

ence

s a

monitoring p

lan f

or

the

ecolo

gic

al s

ucc

ess

of

the

off

-site

com

pen

sato

ry

mitig

ation

as

des

crib

ed

in

Sec

tion

Five

of

the

Conce

ptu

al

Wet

land

Mitig

ation

Plan

.

Furt

her

re

finem

ent

of

the

Conce

ptu

al

Mitig

atio

n

Plan

an

d

the

monitoring p

lan a

re t

o b

e ad

dre

ssed

by

Bro

ward

County

and t

he

USAC

E d

uring t

he

Sec

tion 4

04 p

erm

itting p

roce

ss.

The

FAA ca

nnot

subm

it or

obta

in per

mits

bec

ause

th

e FA

A is

not

the

applic

ant.

The

applic

ant

for

per

mits

in

this

ca

se

is

Bro

war

d

County

, th

e Air

port

Sponso

r.

Ther

efore

, Bro

ward

County

w

ill

apply

fo

r an

y re

quired

per

mits.

The

Conce

ptu

al

Wet

land

Mitig

ation

Plan

co

nta

ins

a dis

cuss

ion

of

the

wet

land

per

mitting

pro

cess

.

Bro

ward

County

as

a c

onditio

n o

f th

e FA

A’s

Rec

ord

of

Dec

isio

n (

RO

D)

will

be

required

to

obta

in a

ny

nec

essa

ry p

erm

its.

Bro

war

d C

ounty

has

pro

vided

a let

ter

indic

atin

g t

hei

r co

mm

itm

ent

to i

mple

men

t th

e w

etla

nd m

itig

ation t

hat

would

be

required

for

pro

ject

im

pac

ts.4

NM

FS

Co

mm

en

t 8

: T

he

NM

FS c

an n

ot

concl

ude

that

the

hab

itat

conse

rvat

ion g

oal

s of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

hav

e bee

n m

et f

or

this

pro

ject

nor

can w

e co

ncl

ude

that

the

FAA h

as m

et t

he

pro

cedura

l re

quirem

ents

of th

e M

agnuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

.

FA

A R

esp

on

se:

Coord

inat

ion w

ith N

MFS

was

conduct

ed t

hro

ughout

the

EIS

pro

cess

to

id

entify

an

d docu

men

t pote

ntial

im

pact

s an

d m

itig

atio

n opport

unitie

s. The

FAA

resp

onded

to

an

d addre

ssed

N

MFS

/EFH

co

mm

ents

on th

e D

raft

EIS

an

d pro

vided

re

sponse

s to

the

NM

FS C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions,

in F

ebru

ary

2008.

We

are

agai

n pro

vidin

g co

pie

s of

the

refe

rence

d re

port

s: D

irec

t, Sec

ondar

y, an

d

Cum

ula

tive

Eff

ects

on E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

; Fe

bru

ary

5,

2008;

atta

ched

to t

his

rep

ort

as

att

achm

ent

2.1

-1,

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan,

Januar

y 24,

2008.

The

FAA w

ould

appre

ciat

e a

resp

onse

to t

his

let

ter

as

soon a

s poss

ible

bec

ause

we

are

close

to c

om

ple

ting t

he

EIS

pro

cess

. T

han

k yo

u.

Sin

cere

ly,

Virgin

ia L

ane,

AIC

P Envi

ronm

enta

l Spec

ialis

t O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e

cc:

(via

ele

ctro

nic

mai

l)

NM

FS,

Mile

s.Cro

om

@noaa

.gov

EPA

, M

iedem

a.Ron@

epa.

gov

FWS,

Paul_

Souza

@fw

s.gov

FWCC,

Lisa

.Gre

gg@

MyF

WC.c

om

Bro

ward

County

, JK

RAW

CZYK@

bro

war

d.o

rg

SAFM

C,

Roger

.Puglie

se@

safm

c.net

N

OAA P

PI,

ppi.nep

a@

noaa

.gov

F/SER,

Davi

d.K

eys@

noaa

.gov

F/SER3,

Eric.

Haw

k@noaa

.gov

F/SER4,

Dav

id.D

ale@

noaa

.gov

USACE,

Leah

.A.O

ber

lin@

usa

ce.a

rmy.

mil

4 L

ette

r fr

om

Mar

c G

ambrill,

Bro

war

d C

ounty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tmen

t, t

o V

irgin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e, D

ated

D

ecem

ber

4,

2007.

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of T

rans

porta

tion

Fede

ral A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

trat

ion

OR

LA

ND

O A

IRPO

RT

S D

IST

RIC

T O

FFIC

E59

50 H

azel

tine

Nat

iona

l Dr.,

Sui

te 4

00

Orla

ndo,

Flo

rida

3282

2-50

24

Phon

e: (4

07) 8

12-6

331

Febr

uary

5, 2

008

Ms.

Joc

elyn

Kar

azsi

a N

atio

nal M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

40

0 N

orth

Con

gres

s A

venu

e, S

uite

120

W

est P

alm

Bea

ch, F

lorid

a 33

401

Re:

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dra

ft En

viro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct S

tate

men

t (D

raft

EIS)

Es

sent

ial F

ish

Hab

itat (

EFH

) Ass

essm

ent A

dditi

onal

Info

rmat

ion

Dea

r Ms.

Kar

azsi

a:

Ple

ase

find

encl

osed

the

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n yo

u re

ques

ted

in y

our

lette

r da

ted

May

17

, 200

7 an

d FA

A’s

resp

onse

to N

atio

nal M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

s’ E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion

Rec

omm

enda

tion.

Th

e FA

A h

as d

eter

min

ed t

he P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

wou

ld n

ot r

esul

t in

si

gnifi

cant

adv

erse

impa

cts

to E

FH o

r si

gnifi

cant

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

and

EFH

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

opos

ed m

itiga

tion

for

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

that

w

ould

be

requ

ired

for o

ther

pro

ject

s in

the

area

aro

und

FLL.

We

appr

ecia

te y

our

eval

uatio

n of

thi

s in

form

atio

n an

d re

ques

t yo

ur d

eter

min

atio

n th

at

the

cons

ulta

tion

proc

ess

satis

fies

the

Fede

ral

agen

cy c

onsu

ltatio

n re

quire

men

ts o

f S

ectio

n 30

5.

If yo

u ha

ve a

ny q

uest

ions

reg

ardi

ng t

he a

ttach

ed d

ocum

ent

or r

equi

re

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n, p

leas

e ca

ll m

e at

(407

) 812

-633

1 ex

tens

ion

#129

.

Sin

cere

ly,

Virg

inia

Lan

e, A

.I.C

.P.

Env

ironm

enta

l Spe

cial

ist

Enc

losu

re

Cc:

M

iles

M. C

room

, NM

FS

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive

Eff

ect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

U.S

. D

ep

art

men

t o

f Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

Fed

era

l A

via

tio

n A

dm

inis

trati

on

Pro

po

sed

Exp

an

sio

n o

f R

un

way 9

R-2

7L

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rtEn

vir

on

men

tal

Imp

act

Sta

tem

en

t

Pre

pare

d f

or:

N

ati

on

al M

ari

ne F

ish

eri

es

Serv

ice

Prep

are

d f

or

the

FAA b

y:

SW

C (

San

dra

Walter

s Consu

ltants

, In

c.)

6410 F

ifth

Str

eet,

Suite

3

Key

Wes

t, F

L 33040

Febru

ary

5,

2008

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

TA

BLE O

F C

ON

TEN

TS

Sect

ion

D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pag

e

1.0

In

troduct

ion

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

.

1

1.1

G

ener

al P

roje

ct D

escr

iption f

or

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n..

.

1

2.0

Ass

essm

ent

of Im

pac

ts t

o E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

....

....

....

....

2

2.1

D

irec

t Eff

ects

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

...

2

2.2

Sec

ondar

y Eff

ects

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

.

3

2.3

Tota

l D

irec

t an

d S

econdar

y Eff

ects

....

....

....

....

....

....

..

4

2.4

Conce

ptu

al M

itig

atio

n for

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n I

mpac

ts

to E

FH..

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

..

5

2.5

Cum

ula

tive

Eff

ects

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

5

3.0

Concl

usi

on

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

...

8

4.0

Sum

mar

y an

d R

esponse

s to

NM

FS C

om

men

ts

an

d C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions..

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

..

9

LIS

T O

F T

AB

LES

N

o.

Desc

rip

tio

n

Pag

e

2.1

.1-1

Alter

nat

ive

B1c

Impac

ts t

o W

etla

nd H

abitat

Des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

5

2.4

-1

Sum

mar

y Anal

ysis

of

Cum

ula

tive

Im

pact

s to

Wet

lands

and E

FH

6

LIS

T O

F A

TTA

CH

ME

NTS

N

o*

. D

esc

rip

tio

n

# o

f P

ag

es

2.1

-1

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan..

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

56

2.1

.1-1

Im

pac

ts t

o W

etla

nds

from

the

B1b/c

Alter

nat

ive

....

....

....

....

1

*

Note

: T

able

s an

d a

ttac

hm

ents

are

num

ber

ed c

orr

espondin

g w

ith t

he

EFH

Ass

essm

ent

sect

ion in w

hic

h t

hey

are

loca

ted.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

1.0

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

This

re

port

an

alyz

es pote

ntial

ef

fect

s—in

cludin

g pote

ntial

direc

t, se

condar

y, an

d

cum

ula

tive

ef

fect

s—of

the

Propose

d

Act

ion,

expansi

on

of

Runw

ay

9R-2

7L

and

asso

ciate

d a

ctio

ns

at t

he

Fort

Lau

der

dal

e-H

olly

wood I

nte

rnat

ional

Airport

(FL

L) o

n

Ess

ential

Fi

sh H

abitat

(E

FH)

regula

ted by

the

National

M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

(N

MFS

).

This

re

port

al

so

incl

udes

th

e co

nce

ptu

al

mitig

atio

n

pla

n

for

any

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

that

could

pote

ntial

ly r

esult

from

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n.

The

Feder

al A

viat

ion A

dm

inis

trat

ion (

FAA)

publis

hed

a D

raft

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pac

t Sta

tem

ent

(Dra

ft E

IS)

for

the

dev

elopm

ent

and e

xpansi

on o

f Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L

at F

LL

in M

arch

2007.

The

Dra

ft E

IS c

onta

ined

an E

FH a

sses

smen

t in

acc

ord

ance

with

50 C

FR S

ection 6

00.9

20(e

) fo

r th

e Air

port

Sponso

r’s

Propose

d P

roje

ct a

nd o

ther

al

tern

ativ

es.

Of

the

alte

rnat

ives

consi

der

ed,

Alter

nat

ive

B1c1

is

the

focu

s of

this

re

port

bec

ause

it is

th

e Airport

Sponso

r’s

Propose

d Pr

oje

ct an

d,

ther

efore

, th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n.

The

NM

FS has

co

mm

ente

d on th

e in

form

atio

n co

nta

ined

in

th

e D

raft

EIS

an

d

pro

vided

EFH

conse

rvat

ion r

ecom

men

dations

for

consi

der

atio

n b

y th

e FA

A.

The

NM

FS has

al

so re

ques

ted ad

ditio

nal

in

form

atio

n fr

om

th

e FA

A in

ord

er to

fu

lly

eval

uat

e th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n.2

The

additio

nal

info

rmat

ion r

eques

ted b

y N

MFS

is

incl

uded

in t

his

rep

ort

.

1.1

G

EN

ER

AL P

RO

JEC

T D

ES

CR

IPTIO

N F

OR

TH

E P

RO

PO

SED

A

CTIO

N

The

Propose

d A

ctio

n w

ould

red

evel

op R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L

to a

len

gth

of

8,0

00 f

eet

and

a w

idth

of

150 f

eet.

An E

ngin

eere

d M

ate

rial

Arr

esting S

yste

m (

EM

AS)

would

be

use

d a

t ea

ch r

unw

ay e

nd i

n p

lace

of

a st

andar

d R

unw

ay S

afet

y Are

a (R

SA).

The

east

end o

f Runw

ay

9R/2

7L

would

be

elev

ated

ove

r th

e Fl

orida

Eas

t C

oas

t (F

EC)

Rai

lway

and U

S H

ighw

ay 1

. The

wes

tern

ext

ent

of

the

runw

ay w

ould

be

the

Dan

ia

Cut-

Off

Can

al.

Runw

ay

13/3

1

would

be

per

man

ently

close

d

to

acc

om

modate

el

evation o

f Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

As

dis

cuss

ed in t

he

Dra

ft E

IS,

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n a

nd a

lter

nat

ives

wer

e dev

eloped

to

avo

id a

nd m

inim

ize

direc

t im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

to t

he

exte

nt

pra

ctic

able

. I

n

Dec

ember

2003,

the

Bro

war

d

County

Com

mis

sion

appro

ved

a m

odifie

d

south

ru

nw

ay e

xpan

sion w

hic

h w

as t

o s

tay

within

the

confines

of

7th A

venue

on t

he

east

si

de

of

the

Airport

. T

he

inte

nt

of

this

Com

mis

sion a

ctio

n w

as

to l

imit i

mpac

ts t

o

wet

lands

loca

ted t

o t

he

east

of

7th A

venue

on t

he

east

sid

e of

the

Airport

.3

In

1

The

airf

ield

geo

met

ry,

NAVAID

s, a

nd p

ote

ntial

fac

ility

im

pac

ts f

or

Alter

nat

ive

B1b a

nd B

1c

are

iden

tica

l.

Alter

nat

ive

B1c

incl

udes

oper

atio

nal

res

tric

tions

spec

ifie

d i

n t

he

Inte

rloca

l ag

reem

ents

.

Bro

war

d C

ounty

’s P

refe

rred

Alter

nat

ive

is A

lter

nat

ive

B1c

and t

he

Propose

d A

ctio

n.

2

Lett

er f

rom

Mile

s M

. Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Reg

ional

Adm

inis

trat

or,

Hab

itat

Conse

rvat

ion D

ivis

ion,

U.S

. D

epar

tmen

t of

Com

mer

ce,

Nat

ional

O

cean

ic an

d Atm

osp

her

ic Adm

inis

trat

ion,

Nat

ional

M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

, to

Virgin

ia L

ane,

Envi

ronm

enta

l Spec

ialis

t, F

AA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e,

dat

ed M

ay 1

7,

2007.

3

Bro

war

d

County

Avi

atio

n

Dep

artm

ent

Dec

ember

12,

2003

Lett

er

from

Tom

Ja

rgie

llo,

Act

ing

Dir

ecto

r of Avi

atio

n,

to D

ean S

trin

ger

, M

anag

er F

AA O

rlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

additio

n,

Bro

war

d C

ounty

has

com

mitte

d t

o t

he

use

of

a m

odifie

d r

unw

ay a

ppro

ach

lig

ht

syst

em f

or

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n.

This

modifie

d r

unw

ay a

ppro

ach

lig

ht

syst

em

avoid

s en

croac

hm

ent

of

the

Dania

Cut-

Off

Can

al a

nd t

he

adja

cent

tria

ngula

r m

arin

e w

ater

body

on t

he

wes

t en

d o

f th

e ru

nw

ay.

The

modifie

d r

unw

ay a

ppro

ach l

ight

syst

em w

ould

als

o pre

vent

the

encr

oac

hm

ent

of

Wes

t La

ke Pa

rk an

d re

duce

s im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

on t

he

east

end o

f th

e ru

nw

ay.

Alter

native

B1c

incl

udes

the

follo

win

g e

lem

ents

:

�Exp

and a

nd e

leva

te R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L

to a

n o

vera

ll le

ngth

of

8,0

00 f

eet

and w

idth

of

150 f

eet

�Const

ruct

a n

ew f

ull-

length

para

llel

taxi

way

75 f

eet

wid

e on t

he

nort

h s

ide

of

Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L

with s

epar

atio

n o

f 400 fee

t fr

om

9R/2

7L

�Const

ruct

an

oute

r dual

par

alle

l ta

xiw

ay

that

w

ould

be

separ

ated

fr

om

th

e pro

pose

d n

ort

h s

ide

par

alle

l ta

xiw

ay b

y 276 f

eet

�Const

ruct

connec

ting t

axiw

ays

fro

m t

he

pro

pose

d f

ull-

length

par

alle

l ta

xiw

ay t

o

exis

ting t

axi

way

s

�Const

ruct

an I

nst

rum

ent

Landin

g S

yste

m (

ILS)

for

landin

gs

on r

unw

ays

9R a

nd

27L.

Runw

ay e

nds

9R a

nd 2

7L

would

hav

e a

Cat

egory

I I

LS,

whic

h i

ncl

udes

a

Med

ium

Inte

nsi

ty A

ppro

ach L

ight

Sys

tem

with r

unw

ay a

lignm

ent

indic

ator

lights

(M

ALS

R),

loca

lizer

, an

d g

lides

lope

ante

nnae

.

�D

ecom

mis

sion R

unw

ay 1

3/3

1

�Red

evel

op t

erm

inal gat

es

The

follo

win

g c

onnec

ted a

ctio

ns

would

be

nec

essa

ry:

�Clo

se A

irport

Per

imet

er R

oad

loca

ted w

ithin

the

appro

ach t

o R

unw

ay 9

R

�Rel

oca

te A

irport

Surv

eilla

nce

Radar

9 (

ASR-9

)

�Acq

uire

all

or

a port

ion o

f th

e H

ilton F

ort

Lau

der

dal

e-H

olly

wood A

irport

Hote

l (f

orm

erly

the

Wyn

dham

) lo

cate

d a

t 1870 G

riff

in R

oad F

ort

Lau

der

dal

e, F

lorida t

o

acco

mm

odat

e a

port

ion o

f th

e ex

isting s

truct

ure

that

would

be

loca

ted w

ithin

the

Pro

pose

d R

unw

ay P

rote

ctio

n Z

one

(RPZ

) fo

r ex

tended

Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L

�Pa

rtia

l dis

pla

cem

ent

of

the

Jet

Cen

ter

faci

litie

s due

to p

ote

ntial

use

of

a t

axiw

ay

as a

tem

pora

ry r

unw

ay d

uring c

onst

ruct

ion o

f th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n

�Fu

ll dis

pla

cem

ent

of

the

Gulfst

ream

Airw

ays

airc

raft

mai

nte

nan

ce f

aci

litie

s due

to p

ote

ntial

use

of

a ta

xiw

ay

as a

tem

pora

ry r

unw

ay

during c

onst

ruct

ion o

f th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

2.0

AS

SES

SM

EN

T O

F I

MP

AC

TS

TO

ES

SEN

TIA

L F

ISH

H

AB

ITA

T

2.1

DIR

EC

T E

FFEC

TS

The

EFH

within

the

Det

aile

d S

tudy

Are

a4 p

ote

ntial

ly a

ffec

ted b

y th

e Pr

opose

d A

ctio

n

incl

udes

est

uar

ine

scru

b/s

hru

b (

man

gro

ve a

nd m

angro

ve f

ringe)

wet

lands

that

are

hyd

rolo

gic

ally

-connec

ted t

o t

he

Dan

ia C

ut-

Off

Can

al a

nd a

re l

oca

ted t

o t

he

east

of

Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

Spec

ies

manag

ed b

y th

e South

Atlan

tic

Fish

erie

s M

anag

emen

t Counci

l (S

AFM

C)

that

could

poss

ibly

utiliz

e th

is h

abitat

as

part

of

thei

r lif

e his

tories

in

clude

pen

aeid

sh

rim

p,

red dru

m,

snap

per

-gro

uper

co

mple

x, an

d oth

er aq

uat

ic

spec

ies.

The

follo

win

g s

ection d

iscu

sses

im

pact

s to

thes

e w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

(W

-17c,

W

-25a,

and W

-25b)

that

co

uld

occ

ur

with im

ple

men

tation of

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n.

For

a fu

ll ass

essm

ent

of

all

wet

lands

pote

ntial

ly a

ffec

ted b

y th

e Pr

opose

d A

ctio

n,

in a

dditio

n t

o w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

, re

fer

to A

ttach

men

t 2

.1-1

,C

once

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

2.1

.1

Dir

ect

Im

pact

s to

Wetl

an

ds

Desi

gn

ate

d a

s EFH

An A

rcVie

w G

eogra

phic

Info

rmat

ion s

yste

ms

(GIS

) pro

gra

m w

as u

sed t

o c

alcu

late

to

tal

wet

land im

pact

ac

res

bas

ed on th

e lim

its

of

dis

turb

ance

. The

limits

of

dis

turb

ance

id

entify

th

e fo

otp

rint

of

the

area

th

at

would

be

dis

turb

ed

during

const

ruct

ion a

ctiv

itie

s.

See

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1.1

-1,

Impac

ts t

o W

etla

nds

from

the

B1b/c

Alter

nat

ive,

for

a gra

phic

dep

iction o

f th

e pro

pose

d lim

its

of

dis

turb

ance

and

the

tota

l direc

t im

pact

s to

wet

lands

that

would

res

ult f

rom

the

const

ruct

ion o

f th

e Pr

opose

d A

ctio

n.

Uniform

Mitig

atio

n A

sses

smen

t M

ethod (

UM

AM

) fu

nct

ional

loss

(F

L)

score

s w

ere

calc

ula

ted

for

each

w

etla

nd

impac

t.

Thes

e FL

sc

ore

s are

eq

uiv

alen

t to

the

UM

AM

funct

ional

gai

n (

FG)

cred

its

nee

ded

for

mitig

atio

n.

The

UM

AM

sco

re s

hee

ts f

or

impac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

from

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n a

re i

ncl

uded

in

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

,Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

Direc

t im

pac

ts o

f 2.6

7 a

cres

to W

-17c,

0.2

0 a

cres

to W

-25a,

and 0

.18 a

cres

to W

-25b w

ould

res

ult f

rom

fill

, er

osi

on,

sedim

enta

tion,

and t

he

clea

ring o

f ve

get

ation

asso

ciate

d w

ith t

he

inst

alla

tion o

f th

e ru

nw

ay a

ppro

ach l

ights

and t

he

asso

ciate

d

acce

ss r

oad t

o t

he

east

of

Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L.

Thes

e direc

t w

etla

nd i

mpact

s w

ould

re

sult i

n a

com

bin

ed t

ota

l of

5.6

3 U

MAM

FG

cre

dits

nee

ded

for

mitig

atio

n (

see

Tab

le 2

.3-1

, bel

ow

).

The

runw

ay a

ppro

ach lig

ht

syst

em a

t th

e w

este

rn e

nd o

f Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L

would

be

const

ruct

ed b

y in

stal

ling c

able

s under

the

Dan

ia C

ut-

Off

Can

al t

o a

void

im

pac

ts t

o

the

canal

and a

dja

cent

tria

ngula

r w

ater

body.

Thes

e ca

ble

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d u

sing

direc

tional

drilli

ng or

a co

mpar

able

m

ethod w

hic

h av

oid

s im

pac

ts to

th

e ca

nal

bott

om

as

wel

l as

the

asso

ciate

d a

quat

ic h

abitat

adja

cent

to a

nd w

ithin

the

canal.

A d

etai

led d

escr

iption o

f th

e in

stal

lation o

f th

e ap

pro

ach l

ight

syst

em t

o s

upport

Runw

ay 9

R/2

7L

is i

ncl

uded

in A

ttach

men

t 2

.1-1

,Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n

Plan

.

4

Det

aile

d S

tudy

Are

a is

def

ined

for

the

purp

ose

s of

the

FLL

EIS

as

the

area

within

whic

h p

hys

ical

im

pac

ts c

ould

occ

ur

from

any

eval

uat

ed p

roje

ct a

lter

nat

ive.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

2.2

SEC

ON

DA

RY

EFFEC

TS

2.2

.1

Seco

nd

ary

Im

pact

s to

Wetl

an

ds

Desi

gn

ate

d a

s EFH

In ad

ditio

n to

direc

t im

pac

ts,

the

FAA as

sess

ed pote

ntial

se

condary

im

pac

ts to

w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed

as

EFH

th

at

could

occ

ur

with

the

imple

men

tation

of

the

Propose

d Act

ion.

A se

condary

w

etla

nd im

pact

w

as gen

eral

ly ass

um

ed to

be

a dec

rease

in v

alue

to w

etla

nds

occ

urr

ing w

ithin

25 f

eet

due

to c

lose

pro

xim

ity

to

dis

turb

ed a

reas

5.

The

Propose

d A

ctio

n c

ould

res

ult i

n p

oss

ible

sec

ondary

im

pact

s to

0.3

9 a

cres

of

W-2

5a

and 0

.41 a

cres

of

W-2

5b d

ue

to t

hei

r cl

ose

pro

xim

ity

to t

he

appro

ach

lig

ht

syst

em co

rrid

or

limits

of

dis

turb

ance

(s

ee T

ab

le 2

.3-1

, bel

ow

).

Thes

e im

pac

ts w

ould

res

ult in 0

.77 c

om

bin

ed F

G c

redits

nee

ded

for

mitig

atio

n.

For

det

ails

on t

he

met

hodolo

gy

use

d t

o a

sses

s se

condar

y im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

for

the

Propose

d Act

ion as

w

ell

as figure

s sh

ow

ing th

e lim

its

of

seco

ndary

im

pac

ts to

w

etla

nds,

ple

ase

refe

r to

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

,C

once

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

ation P

lan.

2.2

.2O

ther

Seco

nd

ary

Eff

ect

s

Oth

er

seco

ndar

y ef

fect

s to

EFH

re

sultin

g

from

co

nst

ruct

ion

activi

ties

co

uld

pote

ntial

ly o

ccur

from

the follo

win

g:

�Tem

pora

ry d

istu

rban

ce a

nd d

ispla

cem

ent

of

fish

spec

ies,

�In

crea

sed s

edim

ent

load

s an

d t

urb

idity

in t

he

wat

er c

olu

mn,

�Tem

pora

ry loss

of fo

od ite

ms

to fis

her

ies,

and

�Li

mited

dis

ruption o

r des

truct

ion o

f liv

e bott

om

hab

itat

s.

Eff

ects

would

be

tem

pora

ry a

nd w

ould

be

off

set

by

spec

ial co

nst

ruct

ion t

echniq

ues

and/o

r en

viro

nm

enta

l pro

tect

ion g

uid

elin

es,

incl

udin

g t

he

use

of

Bes

t M

anag

emen

t Pr

actice

s (B

MPs

) as

reco

mm

ended

by

the

U.S

. Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

ote

ctio

n A

gen

cy’s

(U

SEPA

’s)

Nat

ional

Po

llution D

isch

arge

Elim

inat

ion Sys

tem

(N

PD

ES)

storm

wate

r per

mit f

or

const

ruct

ion a

ctiv

itie

s, F

AA A

dvi

sory

Circu

lar

150/5

370-1

0B,

Sta

ndar

ds

for

Spec

ifyi

ng Const

ruct

ion of

Airport

s, an

d Sea

Turt

le an

d Sm

allt

ooth

Saw

fish

Const

ruct

ion Conditio

ns

as pro

vided

by

NM

FS,

as w

ell

as an

y Sta

te an

d lo

cal

requirem

ents

. The

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

thes

e BM

Ps in

pro

tect

ing bio

tic

and hum

an

hea

lth

from

su

rface

w

ater

deg

radat

ion

would

be

asse

ssed

th

rough

monitoring

pro

gra

ms

asso

ciate

d w

ith r

equired

per

mits.

2.3

TO

TA

L D

IREC

T A

ND

SEC

ON

DA

RY

EFFEC

TS

Tab

le 2

.3-1

bel

ow

pro

vides

a s

um

mar

y an

alys

is o

f direc

t an

d s

econdar

y im

pac

ts t

o

hyd

rolo

gic

ally

-connec

ted w

etla

nds,

als

o d

esig

nat

ed a

s EFH

that

could

occ

ur

as a

re

sult o

f th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n,

incl

udin

g t

he

UM

AM

FG

cre

dits

that

would

be

nee

ded

fo

r m

itig

atio

n.

5

This

met

hodolo

gy

is d

eriv

ed f

rom

sec

ondar

y im

pac

ts S

ection 4

-2-7

of

2007 B

asis

of

Rev

iew

for

Envi

ronm

ent

Res

ourc

e Pe

rmit A

pplic

ations

within

the

South

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t D

istr

ict,

see

Dra

ft C

once

ptu

al M

itig

atio

n P

lan,

Att

achm

ent

2.1

-1.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

Tab

le 2

.3-1

A

ltern

ati

ve B

1c

Imp

act

s to

Wetl

an

d H

ab

itat

Desi

gn

ate

d a

s EFH

Imp

act

Acr

es

UM

AM

Fu

nct

ion

al

Gain

(FG

) C

red

its

Need

ed

Wetl

an

d

IDW

etl

an

d T

yp

e

To

tal

Acr

es

Dir

ect

Imp

act

Seco

nd

ary

Im

pact

Dir

ect

Imp

act

Seco

nd

ary

Im

pact

W-1

7c

Man

gro

ve/E

xotic

2.6

7

2.6

70.0

0

1.2

50.0

0

W-2

5a

Man

gro

ve8.9

2

0.2

00

.39

0.1

20

.23

W-2

5b

Man

gro

ve22.8

0

0.1

80

.41

0.1

30

.30

Acr

es

To

tal =

3

4.3

9

Imp

act

Acr

es

To

tal =

3

.85

UM

AM

FG

Cre

dit

s N

eed

ed

To

tal =

2.0

3

Sourc

e:

San

dra

Wal

ters

Consu

ltan

ts,

Inc.

(SW

C),

2008

2.4

CO

NC

EP

TU

AL M

ITIG

ATIO

N F

OR

PR

OP

OS

ED

AC

TIO

N I

MP

AC

TS

TO

EFH

Bro

ward

County

has

indic

ate

d t

o t

he

FAA t

hat

the

County

inte

nds

to u

se m

itig

atio

n

cred

its

esta

blis

hed

in W

est

Lake

Par

k by

USACE p

erm

it n

o.

SAJ-

2002-0

0072 a

nd

SFW

MD

per

mit n

o.

06-0

4016-P

, to

com

pen

sate

for

direc

t an

d s

econdary

wet

land

impac

ts r

esultin

g f

rom

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n.6

The

per

mits

incl

ude

a pro

ject

pla

n

and t

he

UM

AM

FG

sco

res

gen

erat

ed b

y th

e en

han

cem

ent,

cre

atio

n,

and r

esto

ration

pro

ject

s occ

urr

ing a

t th

e par

k.7

Acc

ord

ing

to

the

USACE

asse

ssm

ents

, th

ere

is

an

estim

ated

to

tal

of

20.5

7 m

angro

ve

mitig

atio

n

cred

its

availa

ble

fo

r Bro

war

d

County

base

d

on

the

crea

tion,

enhan

cem

ent,

an

d pre

serv

atio

n pro

ject

s per

mitte

d at

W

est

Lake

Par

k.

Bro

ward

County

pro

pose

s to

use

a p

ort

ion o

f th

ese

cred

its

to c

om

pen

sate

for

direc

t an

d se

condar

y w

etla

nd im

pact

s th

at w

ould

occ

ur

with th

e co

nst

ruct

ion of

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n.

No F

G c

redits

hav

e ye

t bee

n a

pplie

d t

o a

ny

Bro

ward

County

pro

ject

s; t

her

efore

, all

funct

ional gai

n c

redits

rem

ain a

vaila

ble

for

allo

cation

8.

The

conce

ptu

al m

itig

atio

n p

lan f

or

all

wet

land i

mpac

ts r

esultin

g f

rom

the

Propose

d

Act

ion is

pro

vided

as

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

,Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

This

co

nce

ptu

al m

itig

atio

n pla

n w

as

pro

vided

to

U

SAC

E an

d SFW

MD

fo

r re

view

an

d

com

men

t an

d d

iscu

ssed

in a

tel

econfe

rence

conduct

ed o

n J

anuary

31,

2008.

6

Sourc

e: B

row

ard C

ounty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tmen

t (B

CAD

) le

tter

to t

he

FAA d

ated

Dec

ember

4,

2007

regar

din

g t

he

use

of

wet

land m

itig

atio

n c

redits

at W

est

Lake

Par

k fo

r Air

por

t Sponso

r’s

Propose

d

Proje

ct,

2007.

7

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

Mitig

atio

n P

lan a

nd U

MAM

sco

res

wer

e pro

duce

d b

y M

iller

Leg

g a

nd A

ssoci

ates

and

incl

uded

in U

SACE a

nd S

FWM

D p

erm

its

SAJ-

2002-0

0072 a

nd 0

6-0

4016-P

, 2006

8

Sourc

e:

Januar

y 22,

2008

tele

phone

confe

rence

w

ith

Wes

t La

ke

Park

M

anag

er

Pat

Young.

In

form

atio

n p

rovi

ded

by

San

dra

Wal

ters

Consu

ltan

ts,

Inc.

2008.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

2.5

CU

MU

LA

TIV

E E

FFEC

TS

The

Counci

l on E

nvi

ronm

enta

l Q

ual

ity’

s (C

EQ

) re

gula

tions

(40 C

FR §

1500 t

hro

ugh

1508)

imple

men

ting t

he

pro

cedura

l pro

visi

on o

f th

e N

atio

nal

Envi

ronm

enta

l Po

licy

Act

(N

EPA

), a

s am

ended

(42 U

.S.C

. § 4

321 e

t. s

eq.)

def

ine

cum

ula

tive

eff

ects

as

“the

impact

on t

he

envi

ronm

ent

whic

h r

esults

from

the

incr

emen

tal

impac

t of

the

action

when

ad

ded

to

oth

er

pas

t,

pre

sent,

an

d

reas

onably

fo

rese

eable

fu

ture

ac

tions

regar

dle

ss o

f w

hat

agen

cy (

Feder

al o

r non-F

eder

al)

or

per

son u

nder

take

s su

ch oth

er ac

tions”

(s

ee 40 C

FR 1508.7

). Cum

ula

tive

im

pact

s ca

n re

sult fr

om

in

div

idual

ly m

inor

but

colle

ctiv

ely

signific

ant

actions

taki

ng p

lace

ove

r a p

erio

d o

f tim

e.9

CEQ

guid

ance

in c

onsi

der

ing c

um

ula

tive

eff

ects

invo

lves

def

inin

g t

he

scope

of

the

oth

er a

ctio

ns

and t

hei

r in

terr

elat

ionsh

ips

with t

he

pro

pose

d p

roje

ct.

The

scope

must

consi

der

geo

gra

phic

al a

nd t

empora

l ove

rlap

am

ong t

he

pro

pose

d p

roje

ct a

nd

oth

er a

ctio

ns.

It

must

als

o e

valu

ate

the

oth

er a

ctio

ns

at t

he

tim

e of th

e ove

rlap

.

Dev

elopm

ent

pro

ject

s in

the

area

surr

oundin

g F

LL h

ave

resu

lted

in a

subst

antial

m

odific

ation t

o t

he

exis

ting l

andsc

ape.

Fo

r th

e purp

ose

s of

this

ass

essm

ent,

the

pas

t ac

tions

are

def

ined

as

those

that

wer

e co

mple

ted b

etw

een 1

999 a

nd 2

004.

Pr

esen

t ac

tions

are

def

ined

as

those

com

ple

ted f

rom

2005 t

o 2

008.

Fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

act

ions

are

def

ined

as

those

pla

nned

to o

ccur

bet

wee

n 2

009 a

nd 2

020,

whic

h

is w

ithin

the

pla

nnin

g h

orizo

n o

f th

e EIS

. T

ab

le 2

.4-1

sum

mar

izes

the

impact

an

alys

es t

o w

etla

nds

and E

FH f

rom

pro

ject

s in

the

area

aro

und F

LL.

9

CFR

Title

40:

Prote

ctio

n o

f Envi

ronm

ent.

§ 1

508.7

Cum

ula

tive

Im

pac

t.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

Tab

le 2

.4-1

S

um

mary

An

aly

sis

of

Cu

mu

lati

ve I

mp

act

s to

Wetl

an

ds

an

d E

FH

Nam

e o

f P

roje

ct

Wetl

an

d

Imp

act

sEFH

Im

pact

s C

om

men

ts o

n

Mit

igati

on

P

ast

Pro

ject

s Fl

ori

da

Air

spac

e O

ptim

izat

ion

Proje

ct

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Port

Eve

rgla

des

Pro

ject

s

Ter

min

al 2

5 E

xpan

sion

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Ter

min

al 2

1 E

xpan

sion &

Rec

onst

ruct

ion

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Const

ruct

ion o

f O

per

atio

ns

Cen

ter

& H

arborm

aste

r

Tow

er

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Ter

min

al 2

Exp

ansi

on

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Port

Sec

urity

Enhan

cem

ents

No im

pac

ts

No im

pac

ts

N/A

Oce

an-D

redged

Mat

eria

l D

isposa

l Site

No I

mpac

ts

Som

e m

inor

dir

ect/

indir

ect

impac

ts o

n w

ater

co

lum

n a

nd b

enth

ic

envi

ronm

ent

at

off

shore

dis

posa

l si

te

Mitig

ated

thro

ugh

appro

pri

ate

test

ing o

f th

e dre

dged

mat

eria

l pri

or

to d

isposa

l as

wel

l as

ongoin

g E

PA

monitoring o

f th

e ar

eal

exte

nt

of

impac

t an

d

rate

of

reco

very

Cu

rren

t P

roje

cts

FLL

Air

port

Curr

ent

Proje

cts

No c

urr

ent

impac

ts

No c

urr

ent

impac

tsN

/A

Port

Eve

rgla

des

Har

bor

Curr

ent

Proje

cts

Pote

ntial

im

pac

ts

to juri

sdic

tion

al

wet

lands

incl

udin

g

man

gro

ves

for

the

pla

nned

dre

dgin

g

pro

ject

s ar

e bei

ng a

sses

sed

Impac

ts t

o E

FH

could

occ

ur

with t

he

pla

nned

dre

dgin

g

activi

ties

incl

udin

g

tem

pora

ry t

urb

idity

of

the

wat

er c

olu

mn

and r

emova

l of

ben

thic

spec

ies.

Ass

essm

ent

of

impac

ts a

re o

ngoin

g

Plan

ned

mitig

atio

n

opport

unitie

s at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

are

bei

ng

consi

der

ed f

or

any

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts

Bro

war

d I

nte

rmodal

Cen

ter

and A

uto

mat

ed P

eople

Move

r

Impac

ts t

o

juri

sdic

tional

w

etla

nds

occ

urr

ing w

ithin

th

e st

udy

area

ar

e cu

rren

tly

bei

ng a

sses

sed

Impac

ts t

o c

erta

in

estu

arin

e an

d

mar

ine

wet

lands

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

w

ithin

the

study

area

are

curr

ently

bei

ng a

sses

sed

FDO

T w

etla

nd

mitig

atio

n s

ite

at I

-595

and U

S-1

inte

rchan

ge

is

curr

ently

bei

ng

consi

der

ed f

or

any

pote

ntial

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts

Oce

an E

xpre

ss N

atura

l G

as

Pipel

ine

No im

pac

ts

bec

ause

usi

ng

dir

ectional

dri

lling

Impac

ts t

o 0

.44

acre

s of

atta

ched

ep

iben

thic

bio

ta w

ith

5-2

0%

cove

rage

and

0.3

8 a

cres

of

sandy

bott

om

Rem

ova

l of

37,6

42 t

ires

in

tir

e re

ef o

ff o

f Bro

war

d C

ounty

(D

EP

per

mit n

o.

06-0

193181-

006)

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

Tab

le 2

.4-1

, C

on

tin

ued

Su

mm

ary

An

aly

sis

of

Cu

mu

lati

ve I

mp

act

s to

Wetl

an

ds

an

d E

FH

Nam

e o

f P

roje

ct

Wetl

an

d

Imp

act

sEFH

Im

pact

s C

om

men

ts o

n

Mit

igati

on

Tra

cteb

el C

alyp

so N

atura

l G

as

Pipel

ine

Tota

l ex

pec

ted

wet

land im

pac

ts

incl

udes

les

s th

an 0

.1 a

cres

of

dir

ect

impac

ts

Impac

ts t

o E

FH f

or

vari

ous

nea

rshore

an

d o

ffsh

ore

spec

ies

and c

olo

niz

ed

har

dbott

om

are

ex

pec

ted w

ith

const

ruct

ion o

f pip

elin

e

Plan

ned

pat

h w

ould

m

inim

ize

impac

ts t

o

pro

tect

ed s

pec

ies

and

hab

itat

s nea

rshore

and

off

shore

. R

esto

ration o

f a

wet

land a

rea

ove

run

by

exotics

onsi

te is

curr

ently

pla

nned

to

mitig

ate

for

unav

oid

able

w

etla

nd im

pac

ts

South

Flo

rida

Eas

t Coas

t Corr

idor

Tra

nsi

t Anal

ysis

Stu

dy

No im

pac

ts y

et

iden

tified

(st

udy

is in p

lannin

g

phas

e)

No im

pac

ts y

et

iden

tified

(st

udy

is

in p

lannin

g p

has

e)

N/A

Nort

h P

erry

Air

port

Mas

ter

Pl

an U

pdat

e

No im

pac

ts y

et

iden

tified

(st

udy

is in p

lannin

g

phas

e)

No im

pac

ts y

et

iden

tified

(st

udy

is

in p

lannin

g p

has

e)

N/A

Propose

d D

ania

Bea

ch

U.S

. Bord

er P

atro

l Fa

cilit

y

Impac

ts t

o 4

.16

acre

s of

juri

sdic

tional

m

angro

vew

etla

nds

is

expec

ted

Impac

ts t

o 4

.16

acre

s of

man

gro

ve

hab

itat

des

ignat

ed

as E

FH is

expec

ted

Propose

to p

urc

has

e 2.7

1

saltw

ater

wet

land c

redits

at F

PL E

verg

lades

M

itig

atio

n B

anka

Reaso

nab

ly F

ore

seeab

le F

utu

re A

ctio

ns

Tax

iway

C E

xten

sion a

nd

Rel

oca

tion/D

ecom

mis

sionin

g

of

VO

R B

eaco

n a

t FL

L

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

o a

dve

rse

impac

ts

to w

etla

nds

or

EFH

ar

e ex

pec

ted.

N/A

New

Bro

war

d C

ounty

AD

A

Faci

lity

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

/A

Reh

abili

tation

of

Runw

ays

9R/2

7L

and 1

3/3

1 a

t FL

L N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

.

No a

dve

rse

impac

ts

to w

etla

nds

or

EFH

ar

e ex

pec

ted.

N/A

Atlan

tic

Vill

age

Hote

l an

d

Mar

ina

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

/A

Port

Eve

rgla

des

Pla

nned

Ter

min

al P

roje

cts

Not

yet

det

erm

ined

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

/A

Plan

ned

Dre

dgin

g a

t Po

rt

Eve

rgla

des

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

/A

FPL

Port

Eve

rgla

des

Pow

er

Plan

t N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

N

ot

yet

det

erm

ined

. N

/A

a Sourc

e:

Bar

bar

a Chow

, Bro

war

d C

ounty

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion D

epar

tmen

t, A

ugust

2007

Sourc

e of

table

: S

andra

Wal

ters

Consu

ltan

ts,

Inc.

(SW

C),

2007

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

A d

escr

iption o

f al

l of

the

above

pro

ject

s, e

xcep

t fo

r th

e D

an

ia B

each

U.S

. B

ord

er

Patr

ol

Faci

lity

, w

as p

rovi

ded

in t

he

Dra

ft E

IS i

n C

hap

ter

7 C

um

ula

tive

Im

pac

ts,

Sec

tion 7

.1.1

, Id

entifica

tion o

f Pe

rtin

ent

Past

, Pr

esen

t, a

nd R

easo

nab

ly F

ore

seea

ble

Fu

ture

Act

ions.

A des

crip

tion of

the

Dan

ia Bea

ch U

.S.

Bord

er Pat

rol

Faci

lity

is

pro

vided

bel

ow

.

Dan

ia B

each

U.S

. B

ord

er

Patr

ol

Faci

lity

: T

he

Dep

artm

ent

of

Def

ense

(D

OD

) is

pro

posi

ng t

o c

onst

ruct

a b

ord

er p

atro

l fa

cilit

y on a

n u

ndev

eloped

4.3

46-a

cre

par

cel

loca

ted in t

he

City

of

Dan

ia B

each

. T

he

DO

D s

eeks

to p

rote

ct t

he

nat

ion’s

bord

ers

by

contr

olli

ng a

cces

s an

d p

reve

nting i

llegal

and h

arm

ful

indiv

idual

s fr

om

ente

ring

the

United

Sta

tes,

incl

udin

g ille

gal

im

mig

rants

, dru

g t

raff

icke

rs,

and t

erro

rist

s.

The

pro

pose

d

faci

lity

will

hel

p

enhan

ce

bord

er

pro

tect

ion

along

the

South

Fl

orida

coas

tlin

e an

d w

ill b

e st

rate

gic

ally

pla

ced c

lose

to b

oth

FLL

and P

ort

Eve

rgla

des

.

The

pro

ject

w

ould

in

volv

e filli

ng

appro

xim

atel

y 4.1

6

acr

es

of

jurisd

ictional

m

angro

ve w

etla

nds

des

ignate

d a

s EFH

for

const

ruct

ion o

f th

e fa

cilit

y as

wel

l as

oth

er s

upport

ing s

truct

ure

s.

Propose

d m

itig

atio

n f

or

thes

e unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts t

o

man

gro

ves

and E

FH c

onsi

sts

of

the

purc

has

e of

2.7

1 s

altw

ater

wet

land c

redits

at

Florida

Pow

er &

Lig

ht

(FPL

) Eve

rgla

des

Mitig

atio

n B

ank.

3.0

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N

The

Propose

d Act

ion co

uld

pote

ntial

ly im

pac

t 3.8

5 ac

res

of

man

gro

ve w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

due

to d

irec

t an

d p

oss

ible

sec

ondar

y im

pact

s fr

om

const

ruct

ion

of

the

appro

ach l

ight

syst

em a

nd a

ssoci

ate

d a

cces

s ro

ads

to t

he

east

of

Runw

ay

9R/2

7L.

Im

pac

ts t

o t

hes

e m

angro

ve a

reas

would

res

ult i

n 2

.03 U

MAM

FG

cre

dits

nee

ded

for

mitig

atio

n.

A t

ota

l of

at

leas

t 20.5

7 m

angro

ve F

G c

redits

are

ava

ilable

fr

om

Bro

war

d C

ounty

’s a

lrea

dy-

per

mitte

d W

est

Lake

Par

k m

itig

atio

n p

roje

ct.

No

cred

it h

as b

een a

lloca

ted s

o f

ar

to a

ny

oth

er p

roje

ct;

ther

efore

, al

l cr

edits

rem

ain

avai

lable

fo

r al

loca

tion.

The

County

pla

ns

to use

a

port

ion of

thes

e cr

edits

to

mitig

ate

for

unav

oid

able

im

pact

s fr

om

the

pro

pose

d r

unw

ay e

xten

sion p

roje

ct a

t FL

L.

Oth

er p

roje

cts

in t

he

area

have

had

or

are

antici

pat

ed t

o h

ave

wet

land a

nd E

FH

impac

ts.

How

ever

, th

ese

impac

ts h

ave

either

alrea

dy

bee

n m

itig

ate

d,

or,

thro

ugh

the

envi

ronm

enta

l re

sourc

e per

mitting p

roce

ss a

re s

till

bei

ng a

sses

sed a

nd w

ill b

e re

quired

to b

e m

itig

ated

.

With t

he

mitig

ation p

ropose

d f

or

the

Propose

d A

ctio

n a

nd t

he

required

mitig

ation

for

oth

er pro

ject

s in

th

e su

rroundin

g ar

ea,

no si

gnific

ant

direc

t, se

condary

, or

cum

ula

tive

ef

fect

s to

EFH

, w

ildlif

e,

or

pro

tect

ed

spec

ies—

when

co

nsi

der

ed

in

additio

n t

o o

ther

are

a dev

elopm

ents

—ar

e an

tici

pat

ed w

ith i

mple

men

tation o

f th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n.

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

4.0

SU

MM

AR

Y

AN

D

RE

SP

ON

SE

S

TO

N

MFS

C

OM

ME

NTS

A

ND

EFH

CO

NS

ER

VA

TIO

N R

EC

OM

MEN

DA

TIO

NS

NM

FS r

evie

wed

the

Dra

ft E

IS a

nd p

rovi

ded

com

men

ts a

nd/o

r re

ques

ts f

or

additio

nal

in

form

atio

n r

egar

din

g p

ote

ntial

eff

ects

to E

FH b

y th

e Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n in a

let

ter

to

the

FAA dat

ed M

ay 17,

2007.

The

follo

win

g is

a

sum

mar

y of

the

com

men

ts

pro

vided

by

NM

FS a

s w

ell

as t

he

asso

ciat

ed r

esponse

s base

d o

n t

he

info

rmation

pre

sente

d in t

his

rep

ort

:

�P

rovid

e a

fu

ll a

ssess

men

t o

f cu

mu

lati

ve e

ffect

s: T

he

full

asse

ssm

ent

of

cum

ula

tive

eff

ects

on w

etla

nds

and E

FH i

n t

he

surr

oundin

g a

rea

is p

rovi

ded

in

Tab

le 2

.4-1

Sum

mar

y Analy

sis

of

Cum

ula

tive

Im

pac

ts t

o W

etla

nds

and E

FH,

and i

ncl

udes

pote

ntial

im

pac

ts a

s w

ell

as

pro

pose

d m

itig

ation.

Des

crip

tion a

nd

anal

ysis

of

the

pro

pose

d U

S B

ord

er P

atro

l Fa

cilit

y in

Dan

ia B

each

, w

hic

h h

ad n

ot

bee

n d

iscu

ssed

in t

he

Dra

ft E

IS,

is a

lso p

rovi

ded

in S

ection 2

.4 o

f th

is r

eport

.

Exi

stin

g

dev

elopm

ent

in

south

east

Bro

war

d

County

has

al

read

y ca

use

d

subst

antial

modific

atio

n

to

the

surr

oundin

g

nat

ura

l en

viro

nm

ent.

With

the

pro

pose

d m

itig

ation,

the

limited

im

pac

ts t

o E

FH r

esultin

g f

rom

the

Pro

pose

d

Act

ion,

when

co

nsi

der

ed

in

additio

n

to

oth

er

area

dev

elopm

ents

, ar

e not

expec

ted t

o lea

d t

o s

ubst

antial

cum

ula

tive

im

pac

ts t

o E

FH,

wild

life,

or

pro

tect

ed

spec

ies.

�P

rovid

e a

co

mp

en

sato

ry m

itig

ati

on

pla

n:

The

conce

ptu

al

wet

land

mitig

ation p

lan t

o c

om

pen

sate

for

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds,

incl

udin

g

wet

lands

des

ignat

ed as

EFH

, fr

om

th

e Pr

opose

d Act

ion is

en

close

d w

ith th

is

report

as

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

,Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

ation P

lan.

�P

rovid

e U

nif

orm

Mit

igati

on

Ass

ess

men

t M

eth

od

(U

MA

M)

sco

res

for

the

mit

igati

on

sit

e:

The

UM

AM

fu

nct

ional

gai

n

score

s fo

r en

han

cem

ent,

cr

eation,

and p

rese

rvat

ion p

roje

cts

occ

urr

ing a

t W

est

Lake

Par

k ar

e pro

vided

in

the

USAC

E p

erm

it n

o.

SAJ-

2002-0

0072 a

nd S

FWM

D p

erm

it n

o.

06-0

4016-P

.

Thes

e sc

ore

s re

pre

sent

the

FG m

itig

ation c

redit a

vaila

ble

to t

he

County

to o

ffse

t im

pac

ts r

esultin

g f

rom

County

pro

ject

s.

�P

rovid

e t

he F

AA

’s v

iew

s re

gard

ing

th

e e

ffect

s o

f th

e P

rop

ose

d A

ctio

n o

n

EFH

:The

Propose

d Act

ion w

ould

re

sult in

a

tota

l im

pac

t of

3.8

3 ac

res

to

man

gro

ve w

etla

nds

des

ignat

ed a

s EFH

, in

cludin

g 3

.05 a

cres

of

direc

t im

pac

ts

and

0.8

0

acre

s of

poss

ible

se

condary

im

pact

s due

to

const

ruct

ion

of

the

appro

ach

lig

ht

syst

em an

d ass

oci

ated

acc

ess

roads

to th

e ea

st of

Runw

ay

9R/2

7L.

It

is

an

tici

pat

ed th

at

2.0

3 U

MAM

FG

cr

edits

would

be

nee

ded

to

co

mpen

sate

for

thes

e unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd

Mitig

ation P

lan p

rovi

ded

as

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

to t

his

rep

ort

, ad

equat

e cr

edit is

avai

lable

at

W

est

Lake

Pa

rk

(at

leas

t 20.5

7

man

gro

ve

mitig

ation

cred

its

avai

lable

fro

m p

erm

itte

d p

roje

cts)

to c

om

pen

sate

for

unavo

idab

le i

mpac

ts t

o

wet

land

impac

ts

resu

ltin

g

from

th

e Pr

opose

d

Act

ion,

incl

udin

g

impac

ts

to

wet

lands

des

ignate

d a

s EFH

. A

n a

nal

ysis

of

cum

ula

tive

eff

ects

on w

etla

nds

and

EFH

is

pro

vided

in S

ection 2

.4 o

f th

is r

eport

. T

he

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n w

ould

not

resu

lt in

si

gnific

ant

cum

ula

tive

im

pact

s to

w

etla

nds

and EFH

bas

ed on th

e pro

pose

d m

itig

ation a

s w

ell as

the

mitig

atio

n t

hat

is

alre

ady

pro

pose

d o

r w

ill b

e

Dir

ect

, S

eco

nd

ary

, an

d C

um

ula

tive E

ffect

s o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

ab

itat

Fo

rt L

au

derd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d I

nte

rnati

on

al

Air

po

rt

required

by

pro

ject

s in

th

e ar

ea su

rroundin

g FL

L. Ther

efore

, th

e FA

A has

det

erm

ined

that

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n w

ill n

ot

hav

e si

gnific

ant

adve

rse

impac

ts t

o

EFH

.

In a

dditio

n t

o t

he

afo

rem

entioned

com

men

ts,

NM

FS a

lso p

rovi

ded

EFH

conse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

endat

ions

bas

ed

on

the

requirem

ents

of

Sec

tion

305(b

)(4)(

A)

of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

.

Bel

ow

ar

e th

e EFH

co

nse

rvat

ion

reco

mm

endat

ions

pro

vided

by

NM

FS a

nd F

AA’s

res

ponse

s.

�A

pla

n s

hall

be d

evelo

ped

fo

r p

rovid

ing

fu

ll,

in-k

ind

co

mp

en

sati

on

fo

r u

navo

idab

le

ad

vers

e

imp

act

s to

w

etl

an

ds.

Th

e

pla

n

shall

ad

dre

ss

com

pen

sati

on

fo

r lo

ss o

f p

rod

uct

ivit

y a

nd

hab

itat

fun

ctio

ns

that

occ

ur

du

rin

g t

he p

eri

od

betw

een

eli

min

ati

on

/d

eg

rad

ati

on

of

exis

tin

g w

etl

an

ds

an

d

est

ab

lish

men

t o

f fu

nct

ion

all

y

com

pati

ble

m

an

gro

ve

hab

itat

that

wo

uld

be p

rote

cted

in

perp

etu

ity.

Execu

tio

n o

f th

e a

pp

roved

mit

igati

on

p

lan

sh

all

be a

req

uir

ed

co

mp

on

en

t o

f th

e p

roje

ct:

A c

once

ptu

al m

itig

ation

pla

n t

o c

om

pen

sate

for

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

and E

FH is

pro

vided

in

this

rep

ort

as

Att

ach

men

t 2

.1-1

,Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

�A

mo

nit

ori

ng

pla

n s

hall

be d

evelo

ped

to

ass

ess

th

e e

colo

gic

al

succ

ess

of

the

off

site

, co

mp

en

sato

ry

mit

igati

on

.

An

nu

al

mo

nit

ori

ng

o

f th

e

mit

igati

on

sit

e s

hall

take p

lace

fo

r fi

ve y

ears

fo

llo

win

g c

om

ple

tio

n o

f th

e

mit

igati

on

pro

ject

. I

n t

he e

ven

t it

is

dete

rmin

ed

th

at

the i

mp

lem

en

ted

m

itig

ati

on

m

easu

res

do

n

ot

com

ple

tely

o

ffse

t th

e

dest

ruct

ion

o

f m

an

gro

ve w

etl

an

ds,

th

e p

lan

sh

all

in

clu

de c

on

tin

gen

cy m

easu

res,

su

ch

as

ad

dit

ion

al

pla

nti

ng

or

exo

tic

veg

eta

tio

n r

em

oval,

in

ord

er

to p

rovid

e

fun

ctio

nall

y su

itab

le re

pla

cem

en

t h

ab

itat.

Th

e m

itig

ati

on

/m

on

ito

rin

gp

lan

sh

all

be f

orw

ard

ed

to

th

e N

MFS

fo

r re

vie

w a

nd

ap

pro

val

pri

or

to

init

iati

on

of

con

stru

ctio

n:

The

monitoring p

lan f

or

ecolo

gic

al s

ucc

ess

of

the

offsi

te,

com

pen

sato

ry m

itig

ation is

des

crib

ed in

se

ctio

n 5.0

of

the

atta

ched

co

nce

ptu

al

wet

land

mitig

atio

n

pla

n

(see

A

ttach

men

t 2

.1-1

,C

once

ptu

al

Wet

land M

itig

atio

n P

lan).

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of T

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porta

tion

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Con

cept

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gatio

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ropo

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enta

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viat

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tratio

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pre

pare

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‘Dra

ft’ C

once

ptua

l Wet

land

Miti

gatio

n P

lan

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lose

d, ‘D

raft’

Con

cept

ual W

etla

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itiga

tion

Pla

n) fo

r una

void

able

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

that

cou

ld r

esul

t fro

m i

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n (A

ltern

ativ

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1c,

the

Airp

ort

Spo

nsor

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ropo

sed

Pro

ject

) fo

r th

e FL

L R

unw

ay E

xpan

sion

EIS

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e FA

A r

eque

sts

that

the

U.S

. A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f E

ngin

eers

(U

SA

CE

) re

view

thi

s ‘D

raft’

Con

cept

ual

Pla

n an

d pr

ovid

e co

mm

ents

on

the

anal

ysis

and

app

roac

h.

Wet

land

Impa

cts

and

Con

cept

ual M

itiga

tion

Bel

ow is

Tab

le 3

.3-1

from

Sec

tion

3.3

of th

e C

once

ptua

l Pla

n de

pict

ing

the

pote

ntia

l dire

ct a

nd

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s to

wet

land

s fo

r A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c,

and

the

Uni

form

Miti

gatio

n A

sses

smen

t M

etho

d (U

MA

M) f

unct

iona

l gai

n (F

G) c

redi

ts th

at a

re n

eede

d fo

r miti

gatio

n.

Tabl

e 3.

3-1

Pot

entia

l Wet

land

Impa

cts

for t

he P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

(Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

)

Impa

ct A

cres

U

MA

M F

unct

iona

l Gai

n (F

G) C

redi

ts N

eede

d W

etla

nd

IDW

etla

nd T

ype

Tota

lA

cres

D

irect

Im

pact

Seco

ndar

y Im

pact

Dire

ct

Impa

ctSe

cond

ary

Impa

ctW

-8

Man

grov

e 2.

670.

000.

070.

000.

04W

-17a

Exo

tic0.

610.

610.

000.

160.

00W

-17b

Exo

tic2.

812.

810.

001.

030.

00W

-17c

Man

grov

e/E

xotic

2.

672.

670.

001.

250.

00W

-25a

Man

grov

e 8.

920.

200.

390.

120.

23W

-25b

Man

grov

e 22

.80

0.18

0.41

0.13

0.30

W-3

3E

xotic

8.59

5.37

0.22

1.79

0.07

W-N

3aE

xotic

2.95

2.83

0.09

0.85

0.03

W-N

3b

Tree

Far

m/P

rairi

e 5.

650.

740.

240.

300.

10A

cres

To

tal =

57

.67

Impa

ct A

cres

To

tal =

16.

83

UM

AM

FG

Cre

dits

Nee

ded

Tota

l = 6

.40

Sou

rce:

San

dra

Wal

ters

Con

sulta

nts,

Inc.

, 200

8.

As

stat

ed in

the

Con

cept

ual P

lan,

Bro

war

d C

ount

y ha

s in

dica

ted

to t

he F

AA

tha

t th

e C

ount

y in

tend

s to

use

miti

gatio

n cr

edits

est

ablis

hed

at W

est

Lake

Par

k, i

n U

.S.

Arm

y C

orps

of

Eng

inee

rs (

US

AC

E)

perm

it no

. SA

J-20

02-0

0072

and

Sou

th F

lorid

a W

ater

Man

agem

ent D

istri

ct

(SFW

MD

) pe

rmit

no.

06-0

4016

-P,

to c

ompe

nsat

e fo

r po

tent

ial

dire

ct a

nd s

econ

dary

wet

land

im

pact

s re

sulti

ng f

rom

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n.

Bel

ow i

s Ta

ble

4-1

from

Sec

tion

4.0

of t

he

Con

cept

ual

Pla

n sh

owin

g th

e am

ount

of

avai

labl

e m

angr

ove

miti

gatio

n cr

edits

fro

m p

roje

cts

perm

itted

at W

est L

ake

Par

k. T

he F

G c

redi

t sco

res

wer

e ta

ken

from

the

US

AC

E p

erm

it.

Tabl

e 4-

1 Es

timat

ed M

angr

ove

Miti

gatio

n C

redi

ts A

vaila

ble

at W

est L

ake

Park

Act

ivity

Pr

ojec

t Typ

e Si

ze (a

cres

)M

itiga

tion

Cre

dit

(Fun

ctio

nal G

ain

(FG

) C

redi

t)

Man

grov

e pr

otec

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent

by ri

prap

pla

cem

ent

Enh

ance

men

t 24

.06.

24

Man

grov

e pr

otec

tion

by ri

prap

su

pple

men

t E

nhan

cem

ent

8.0

2.08

Con

vers

ion

of s

poil

isla

nd/e

xotic

do

min

ated

upl

and

area

C

reat

ion

22.2

10.4

3

Man

grov

e cr

eatio

n fro

m D

ania

Cut

off

Can

al (o

pen

wat

er)

Cre

atio

n 2.

00.

42

Man

grov

e ou

tpar

cel a

cqui

sitio

n (o

utsi

de

of im

prov

emen

t are

as)

Pre

serv

atio

n 23

.31.

4

Acr

es T

otal

=

79.5

M

angr

ove

FG C

redi

t To

tal =

20.

57

Sou

rce:

U.S

. Arm

y C

orps

of E

ngin

eers

, Per

mit

SA

J-20

02-0

0072

, 200

6

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

US

AC

E p

erm

it, a

n es

timat

ed 2

0.57

man

grov

e m

itiga

tion

cred

its a

re a

vaila

ble

to B

row

ard

Cou

nty

base

d on

the

crea

tion,

enh

ance

men

t, an

d pr

eser

vatio

n pr

ojec

ts p

erm

itted

at

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark.

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

Man

ager

Ms.

Pat

ricia

You

ng in

form

ed th

e E

IS P

roje

ct T

eam

th

at n

o FG

cre

dits

hav

e ye

t be

en a

pplie

d to

any

Bro

war

d C

ount

y pr

ojec

ts;

ther

efor

e, a

ll fu

nctio

nal

gain

cre

dits

inc

lude

d in

thi

s ta

ble

rem

ain

avai

labl

e fo

r al

loca

tion

for

this

pro

pose

d B

row

ard

Cou

nty

airp

ort p

roje

ct.

The

perm

its fo

r the

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

t req

uire

an

indi

vidu

al a

sses

smen

t of e

ach

Cou

nty

proj

ect

invo

lvin

g im

pact

s an

d a

perm

it m

odifi

catio

n to

the

Wes

t La

ke p

erm

its b

e ac

quire

d to

app

ly F

G c

redi

ts t

o th

e sp

ecifi

c U

MA

M f

unct

iona

l los

s sc

ores

. T

here

fore

, in

the

ca

se o

f w

etla

nd i

mpa

cts

resu

lting

fro

m t

his

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n, e

nviro

nmen

tal

reso

urce

per

mit

(ER

P) a

pplic

atio

ns w

ould

be

subm

itted

to th

e S

FWM

D a

nd U

SA

CE

alo

ng w

ith a

n ap

plic

atio

n fo

r a

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

perm

it m

odifi

catio

n to

allo

cate

6.4

0 FG

cre

dits

to c

ompe

nsat

e fo

r th

e 16

.83

acre

s of

una

void

able

dire

ct a

nd s

econ

dary

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

. M

itiga

tion

cred

its w

ould

be

assi

gned

to th

e pr

ojec

t upo

n ap

prov

al o

f the

se a

pplic

atio

ns b

y th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s.

Miti

gatio

n fo

r Im

pact

s to

Wet

land

33

(W-3

3)

As

disc

lose

d in

the

FAA

Dra

ft E

IS,1 W

etla

nd 3

3 (W

-33)

is a

fres

hwat

er w

etla

nd d

omin

ated

by

Bra

zilia

n P

eppe

r.

W-3

3 is

th

e on

ly

wet

land

af

fect

ed

by

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

th

at

exhi

bits

ch

arac

teris

tics

of a

fres

hwat

er w

etla

nd.

US

AC

E a

nd S

FWM

D s

taff

agre

ed c

once

ptua

lly to

the

1Fo

rt La

uder

dale

Hol

lyw

ood

Inte

rnat

iona

l A

irpor

t D

raft

Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent.

U.S

. D

epar

tmen

t of

Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Fed

eral

Avi

atio

n A

dmin

istra

tion,

Mar

ch 2

007.

use

of o

ut-o

f-kin

d m

itiga

tion

cred

it at

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

to c

ompe

nsat

e fo

r im

pact

s to

W-3

3 du

ring

a S

epte

mbe

r 13,

200

6 te

leph

one

conf

eren

ce w

ith re

gula

tory

age

ncy

repr

esen

tativ

es.

Con

clus

ion

The

FAA

is

requ

estin

g th

at t

he U

SA

CE

rev

iew

the

enc

lose

d ‘D

raft’

Con

cept

ual

Wet

land

M

itiga

tion

Pla

n an

d pr

ovid

e co

mm

ents

reg

ardi

ng t

he a

naly

sis

and

appr

oach

. I

f yo

u ha

ve a

ny

ques

tions

reg

ardi

ng t

his

info

rmat

ion

or r

equi

re a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion,

ple

ase

call

me

at (

407)

81

2-63

31 e

xten

sion

#12

9.

We

will

als

o di

scus

s th

is i

nfor

mat

ion

with

you

at

our

sche

dule

d te

leco

nfer

ence

on

Janu

ary

31th a

t 1:0

0 p.

m.

(The

tele

conf

eren

ce n

umbe

r and

acc

ess

code

will

be

sen

t to

you

via

emai

l.)

* *

* *

*

Visi

on 1

00 A

ct:

Inte

rage

ncy

Stre

amlin

ing

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he M

emor

andu

m o

f U

nder

stan

ding

for

Inte

rage

ncy

Ste

war

dshi

p an

d S

tream

linin

g Fo

rt La

uder

dale

-Hol

lyw

ood

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort

Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

and

Per

mitt

ing

betw

een

the

FAA

and

the

US

AC

E,

plea

se

sign

an

d re

turn

th

e A

genc

y C

onse

nsus

For

m e

nclo

sed

as A

ttach

men

t A.

Sin

cere

ly,

Virg

inia

Lan

e, A

.I.C

.P.

Env

ironm

enta

l Spe

cial

ist

Atta

chm

ent A

A

genc

y C

onse

nsus

For

m

cc: A

nita

Bai

n, S

outh

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t Dis

trict

Mar

c G

ambr

ill, B

row

ard

Cou

nty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tmen

t

S

uzie

Kle

ymey

er, A

.I.C

.P.,

Land

rum

& B

row

n

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

Co

nc

ep

tua

l We

tla

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n P

lan

U.S

. De

pa

rtm

en

t o

f T

ran

spo

rta

tio

n

Fe

de

ral A

via

tio

n A

dm

inis

tra

tio

n

F

ort

La

ud

erd

ale

-Ho

llyw

oo

d In

tern

ati

on

al A

irp

ort

P

rop

ose

d D

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d E

xpa

nsi

on

of

Ru

nw

ay

9R

/27

L a

nd

Oth

er

Ass

oc

iate

d A

irp

ort

Pro

jec

ts

Pre

pa

red

fo

r th

e F

AA

by:

S

WC

(S

an

dra

Wa

lte

rs C

on

sult

an

ts, I

nc

.)

64

10

Fif

th S

tre

et,

Su

ite

3

Ke

y W

est

, FL

33

04

0

Jan

ua

ry 2

4, 2

00

8

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

TAB

LE O

F C

ON

TEN

TS

Sect

ion

Des

crip

tion

Page

1.0

Intro

duct

ion.

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

1

2.0

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..

1 3.

0 P

oten

tial W

etla

nd Im

pact

s fro

m th

e P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

......

......

..

3

3.1

Dire

ct Im

pact

s....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

3

3.

2 S

econ

dary

Impa

cts

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..

4

3.3

Tota

l Wet

land

Impa

cts

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

...

5 4.

0 C

once

ptua

l Miti

gatio

n...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

6

5.0

Miti

gatio

n M

onito

ring

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

....

7 6.

0 M

itiga

tion

Com

plia

nce

Sch

edul

e...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 7

7.0

Com

plet

ion

of th

e FA

A E

IS P

roce

ss

and

Pro

pose

d C

onst

ruct

ion

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

8

App

endi

x A

D

escr

iptio

n of

the

Inst

alla

tion

of th

e A

ppro

ach

Ligh

t S

yste

m fo

r the

B1c

Alte

rnat

ive

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.1 p

age

App

endi

x B

D

escr

iptio

ns o

f Affe

cted

Wet

land

s in

the

Det

aile

dS

tudy

Are

a fo

r the

B1c

Alte

rnat

ive

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.2 p

ages

LIST

OF

TAB

LES

No.

* D

escr

iptio

n Pa

ge

3.3-

1 P

oten

tial W

etla

nd Im

pact

s fo

r the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n

(Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

)....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 5

4-

1 E

stim

ated

Man

grov

e M

itiga

tion

Cre

dits

Ava

ilabl

e at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

...

6

6-1

Pro

pose

d P

erm

it C

ompl

ianc

e S

ched

ule

......

......

......

......

......

.....

8

LIST

OF

ATT

AC

HM

ENTS

N

o.*

Des

crip

tion

# of

Pag

es

3-1

Sum

mar

y of

Sep

tem

ber 1

3, 2

006

Tele

conf

eren

ce w

ith

Reg

ulat

ory

Age

ncie

s to

Dev

elop

Con

curr

ence

on

UM

AM

Sco

res

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 2

3.

1-1

Impa

cts

to W

etla

nds

from

B1b

/c A

ltern

ativ

e ...

......

......

......

......

.

1 3.

2-1

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

s S

ectio

n 4-

2-7

from

200

7 S

FWM

D B

asis

of R

evie

w fo

r Env

ironm

ent R

esou

rce

Per

mit

App

licat

ions

With

in th

e S

outh

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t Dis

trict

......

......

...

4 3.

2-2

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

s to

Wet

land

s S

outh

of

the

Airf

ield

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..

1

i

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

LIST

OF

ATT

AC

HM

ENTS

, Con

tinue

d N

o.*

Des

crip

tion

# of

Pag

es

3.2-

3 A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c S

econ

dary

Impa

cts

to W

etla

nds

Eas

t of

the

Airf

ield

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

....

1 3.

2-4

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

s to

Wet

land

s W

est

of th

e A

irfie

ld...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 1

3.3-

1 D

irect

Impa

ct U

MA

M W

etla

nd S

core

She

ets

for A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

16

3.

3-2

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

UM

AM

Wet

land

Sco

re S

heet

s fo

r Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..

12

* N

ote:

Ta

bles

and

atta

chm

ents

are

num

bere

d co

rresp

ondi

ng w

ith t

he C

once

ptua

l M

itiga

tion

Pla

n se

ctio

n in

whi

ch th

ey a

re lo

cate

d.

ii

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

1

1.0

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

The

purp

ose

of t

his

repo

rt is

to

prov

ide

a co

ncep

tual

miti

gatio

n pl

an f

or p

oten

tially

un

avoi

dabl

e im

pact

s to

juris

dict

iona

l wet

land

s du

e to

the

cons

truct

ion

of th

e P

ropo

sed

Act

ion,

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

.1 The

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n w

as d

escr

ibed

in t

he F

ort

Laud

erda

le-

Hol

lyw

ood

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort (

FLL)

Dra

ft E

nviro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct S

tate

men

t (E

IS)

and

incl

udes

the

dev

elop

men

t an

d ex

pans

ion

of R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L a

nd o

ther

ass

ocia

ted

airp

ort p

roje

cts.

The

Nat

iona

l Env

ironm

enta

l Pol

icy

Act

(NE

PA

) of 1

969

requ

ires

that

an

EIS

dis

cuss

the

“mea

ns

to

miti

gate

ad

vers

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts.

”2 Th

e Fe

dera

l A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

tratio

n (F

AA

)ha

s in

corp

orat

ed

the

requ

irem

ent

to

incl

ude

disc

ussi

on

of

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

as a

par

t of t

he E

IS p

roce

ss in

FA

A O

rder

105

0.1E

, Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

s: P

olic

ies

and

Pro

cedu

res,

Cha

pter

Fiv

e, P

arag

raph

506

h, M

itiga

tion,

whi

ch

stat

es t

hat

the

EIS

des

crib

e m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s co

nsid

ered

or

plan

ned

to m

inim

ize

harm

fro

m t

he p

ropo

sed

actio

n.

Furth

er,

FAA

Ord

er 1

050.

1E,

App

endi

x A

, S

ectio

n 18

.2e,

req

uire

s th

at i

f th

e ac

tion

wou

ld a

ffect

wet

land

s an

d th

ere

is n

o pr

actic

able

al

tern

ativ

e, a

ll pr

actic

al m

eans

sho

uld

be e

mpl

oyed

to

min

imiz

e th

e w

etla

nd i

mpa

cts

due

to r

unof

f, co

nstru

ctio

n, s

edim

enta

tion,

land

use

, or

oth

er r

easo

n.

The

EIS

mus

t co

ntai

n a

desc

riptio

n of

pro

pose

d m

itiga

tions

, w

ith t

he u

nder

stan

ding

tha

t a

deta

iled

miti

gatio

n pl

an m

ust

be d

evel

oped

to

the

satis

fact

ion

of t

he 4

04 p

erm

ittin

g ag

ency

in

cons

ulta

tion

with

thos

e ag

enci

es h

avin

g an

inte

rest

in th

e af

fect

ed w

etla

nd.

2.0

PRO

POSE

D A

CTI

ON

Th

e P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

wou

ld r

edev

elop

Run

way

9R

/27L

to a

leng

th o

f 8,0

00 fe

et a

nd a

w

idth

of 1

50 fe

et.

An

Eng

inee

red

Mat

eria

l Arr

estin

g S

yste

m (

EM

AS)

wou

ld b

e us

ed a

t ea

ch r

unw

ay e

nd in

pla

ce o

f a s

tand

ard

Run

way

Saf

ety

Are

a (R

SA

). T

he e

ast e

nd o

f R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L w

ould

be

elev

ated

ove

r th

e Fl

orid

a E

ast C

oast

(FE

C)

Rai

lway

and

US

H

ighw

ay 1

. Th

e w

este

rn e

xten

t of

the

run

way

wou

ld b

e th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al.

Run

way

13/

31 w

ould

be

perm

anen

tly c

lose

d to

acc

omm

odat

e el

evat

ion

of R

unw

ay

9R/2

7L.

As

disc

usse

d in

the

Dra

ft E

IS, t

he P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

and

alte

rnat

ives

wer

e de

velo

ped

to

avoi

d an

d m

inim

ize

dire

ct im

pact

s to

wet

land

s to

the

exte

nt p

ract

icab

le.

In D

ecem

ber

2003

, th

e B

row

ard

Cou

nty

Com

mis

sion

app

rove

d a

mod

ified

sou

th r

unw

ay e

xpan

sion

w

hich

was

to s

tay

with

in th

e co

nfin

es o

f 7th A

venu

e on

the

east

sid

e of

the

Airp

ort.

The

in

tent

of t

his

Com

mis

sion

act

ion

was

to li

mit

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

loca

ted

to th

e ea

st o

f 7th

Ave

nue

on th

e ea

st s

ide

of th

e A

irpor

t.3 In

addi

tion,

Bro

war

d C

ount

y ha

s co

mm

itted

to

the

use

of

a m

odifi

ed r

unw

ay a

ppro

ach

light

sys

tem

for

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n.

This

m

odifi

ed r

unw

ay a

ppro

ach

light

sys

tem

avo

ids

encr

oach

men

t of

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff

1Th

e ai

rfiel

d ge

omet

ry, N

AV

AID

s, a

nd p

oten

tial f

acilit

y im

pact

s fo

r Alte

rnat

ive

B1b

and

B1c

are

iden

tical

. A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c in

clud

es o

pera

tiona

l res

trict

ions

spe

cifie

d in

the

Inte

rloca

l agr

eem

ents

. B

row

ard

Cou

nty’

s P

refe

rred

Alte

rnat

ive

is A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c a

nd th

e P

ropo

sed

Act

ion.

2N

atio

nal E

nviro

nmen

tal P

olic

y A

ct (N

EP

A) o

f 196

9 (P

.L. 9

1-19

0) §

1502

.16(

h).

3 B

row

ard

Cou

nty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tmen

t Dec

embe

r 12,

200

3 Le

tter f

rom

Tom

Jar

giel

lo, A

ctin

g D

irect

or o

f Avi

atio

n,

to D

ean

Stri

nger

, Man

ager

FA

A O

rland

o A

irpor

ts D

istri

ct O

ffice

.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

2

Can

al a

nd th

e ad

jace

nt tr

iang

ular

mar

ine

wat

erbo

dy o

n th

e w

est e

nd o

f the

runw

ay. T

he

mod

ified

run

way

app

roac

h lig

ht s

yste

m w

ould

als

o pr

even

t the

enc

roac

hmen

t of W

est

Lake

Par

k an

d re

duce

s im

pact

s to

wet

land

s on

the

eas

t en

d of

the

run

way

(se

e A

ppen

dix

A o

f thi

s re

port,

Des

crip

tion

of th

e In

stal

latio

n of

the

Run

way

App

roac

h Li

ght

Sys

tem

for A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c).

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

incl

udes

the

follo

win

g el

emen

ts:

� E

xpan

d an

d el

evat

e R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L to

an

over

all l

engt

h of

8,0

00 fe

et a

nd w

idth

of

150

feet

� C

onst

ruct

a n

ew fu

ll-le

ngth

par

alle

l tax

iway

75

feet

wid

e on

the

north

sid

e of

Run

way

9R

/27L

with

sep

arat

ion

of 4

00 fe

et fr

om 9

R/2

7L

� C

onst

ruct

an

oute

r dua

l par

alle

l tax

iway

that

wou

ld b

e se

para

ted

from

the

prop

osed

no

rth s

ide

para

llel t

axiw

ay b

y 27

6 fe

et

� C

onst

ruct

con

nect

ing

taxi

way

s fro

m t

he p

ropo

sed

full-

leng

th p

aral

lel

taxi

way

to

exis

ting

taxi

way

s

� C

onst

ruct

an

Inst

rum

ent L

andi

ng S

yste

m (I

LS) f

or la

ndin

gs o

n ru

nway

s 9R

and

27L

. R

unw

ay e

nds

9R a

nd 2

7L w

ould

hav

e a

Cat

egor

y I I

LS, w

hich

incl

udes

a M

ediu

m

Inte

nsity

App

roac

h Li

ght

Sys

tem

with

run

way

alig

nmen

t in

dica

tor

light

s (M

ALS

R),

loca

lizer

, and

glid

eslo

pe a

nten

nae

(see

App

endi

x A

of t

his

repo

rt, D

escr

iptio

n of

the

Inst

alla

tion

of th

e R

unw

ay A

ppro

ach

Ligh

t Sys

tem

for A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c).

� D

ecom

mis

sion

Run

way

13/

31

� R

edev

elop

term

inal

gat

es

The

follo

win

g co

nnec

ted

actio

ns w

ould

be

nece

ssar

y:

� C

lose

Airp

ort P

erim

eter

Roa

d lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

appr

oach

to R

unw

ay 9

R

� R

eloc

ate

Airp

ort S

urve

illan

ce R

adar

9 (A

SR

-9)

� A

cqui

re a

ll or

a p

ortio

n of

the

Wyn

dham

For

t La

uder

dale

-Hol

lyw

ood

Airp

ort

Hot

el

loca

ted

at 1

870

Grif

fin R

oad

Fort

Laud

erda

le, F

lorid

a to

acc

omm

odat

e a

porti

on o

f th

e ex

istin

g st

ruct

ure

that

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

Pro

pose

d R

unw

ay P

rote

ctio

n Zo

ne (R

PZ)

for e

xten

ded

Run

way

9R

/27L

� P

artia

l dis

plac

emen

t of t

he J

et C

ente

r fac

ilitie

s du

e to

pot

entia

l use

of a

taxi

way

as

a te

mpo

rary

runw

ay d

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n of

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n

� Fu

ll di

spla

cem

ent

of t

he G

ulfs

tream

Airw

ays

airc

raft

mai

nten

ance

fac

ilitie

s du

e to

po

tent

ial

use

of a

tax

iway

as

a te

mpo

rary

run

way

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

of t

he

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

3

3.0

POTE

NTI

AL

WET

LAN

D IM

PAC

TS F

RO

M T

HE

PRO

POSE

D

AC

TIO

N

Det

aile

d de

scrip

tions

of a

ll w

etla

nds

loca

ted

in th

e D

etai

led

Stu

dy A

rea

that

are

affe

cted

by

the

B1c

Alte

rnat

ive

are

prov

ided

as

App

endi

x B

,Des

crip

tions

of A

ffect

ed W

etla

nds

in th

e D

etai

led

Stu

dy A

rea

for t

he B

1c A

ltern

ativ

e. T

he d

escr

iptio

ns w

ere

deve

lope

d as

a

resu

lt of

fiel

d w

ork

cond

ucte

d by

the

EIS

team

to d

ocum

ent c

ondi

tions

and

to c

olle

ct

requ

ired

data

to

deve

lop

Uni

form

Miti

gatio

n A

sses

smen

t M

etho

d (U

MA

M)

scor

es.

UM

AM

spr

eads

heet

s w

ere

prov

ided

to th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s at

an

Aug

ust 1

0, 2

006

field

vis

it to

all

of th

e w

etla

nd s

ites.

UM

AM

sco

res

wer

e su

bseq

uent

ly m

odifi

ed d

urin

g a

Sep

tem

ber

13,

2006

tel

econ

fere

nce

held

with

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

the

Bro

war

d C

ount

y E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n D

epar

tmen

t (B

CE

PD

), th

e S

outh

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

emen

t D

istri

ct (

SFW

MD

), th

e U

.S.

Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy

(US

EP

A),

and

the

U.S

. A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f Eng

inee

rs (U

SA

CE

). T

he m

odifi

ed U

MA

M s

core

s w

ere

gene

rally

agr

eed

to b

y al

l age

ncie

s pa

rtici

patin

g in

the

tel

econ

fere

nce,

and

a m

eetin

g su

mm

ary

of t

hat

tele

conf

eren

ce is

pro

vide

d as

Atta

chm

ent 3

-1.

3.1

Dire

ct Im

pact

sD

irect

im

pact

s of

15.

41 a

cres

wou

ld r

esul

t fro

m f

ill, e

rosi

on,

sedi

men

tatio

n, a

nd t

he

clea

ring

of v

eget

atio

n as

soci

ated

with

the

expa

nsio

n of

Run

way

9R

/27L

, the

inst

alla

tion

of

the

runw

ay

appr

oach

lig

hts,

an

d th

e as

soci

ated

ac

cess

ro

ads

to

the

east

. R

edev

elop

men

t of R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L w

ould

impa

ct 0

.61

acre

s of

W-1

7a, 2

.81

acre

s of

W-

17b,

2.6

7 ac

res

of W

-17c

, 5.3

7 ac

res

of W

-33,

2.8

3 ac

res

of W

-N3a

, and

0.7

4 ac

res

of

W-N

3b.

The

se i

mpa

cts

wou

ld r

esul

t in

the

fol

low

ing

UM

AM

Fun

ctio

nal

Gai

n (F

G)

cred

its n

eede

d fo

r m

itiga

tion:

0.1

6 cr

edits

for

W-1

7a,

1.03

cre

dits

for

W-1

7b,

1.25

cr

edits

for W

-17c

, 1.7

9 cr

edits

for W

-33,

0.8

5 cr

edits

for W

-N3a

, and

0.3

0 cr

edits

for W

-N

3b.

Furth

er e

ast,

the

inst

alla

tion

of th

e ru

nway

app

roac

h lig

hts

and

asso

ciat

ed a

cces

s ro

ads

wou

ld im

pact

0.2

0 ac

res

of W

-25a

and

0.1

8 ac

res

to W

-25b

, res

ultin

g in

0.1

2 an

d 0.

13

FG c

redi

ts n

eede

d fo

r m

itiga

tion,

res

pect

ivel

y.

Dire

ct w

etla

nd im

pact

s fro

m A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c w

ould

resu

lt in

a to

tal o

f 5.6

3 U

MA

M F

G c

redi

ts n

eede

d fo

r miti

gatio

n.Ta

ble

3.3-

1pr

ovid

es a

sum

mar

y of

thi

s da

ta.

Atta

chm

ent

3.1-

1 gr

aphi

cally

dep

icts

the

lim

its o

f di

stur

banc

e an

d im

pact

s to

wet

land

s ex

pect

ed fr

om th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

.

The

runw

ay a

ppro

ach

light

sys

tem

at

the

wes

tern

end

of

Run

way

9R

/27L

wou

ld b

e co

nstru

cted

by

inst

allin

g ca

bles

und

er th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al to

avo

id im

pact

s to

the

cana

l and

adj

acen

t tria

ngul

ar m

arin

e w

ater

body

. Th

ese

cabl

es w

ould

be

inst

alle

d us

ing

dire

ctio

nal d

rillin

g or

a c

ompa

rabl

e m

etho

d w

hich

avo

ids

impa

cts

to th

e ca

nal b

otto

m a

s w

ell

as t

he a

ssoc

iate

d aq

uatic

hab

itat

adja

cent

to

and

with

in t

he c

anal

. A

det

aile

d de

scrip

tion

of th

e in

stal

latio

n of

the

appr

oach

ligh

t sys

tem

to s

uppo

rt R

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L is

ap

pend

ed

to

this

co

ncep

tual

m

itiga

tion

plan

as

A

ppen

dix

A,

Des

crip

tion

of

the

Inst

alla

tion

of th

e R

unw

ay A

ppro

ach

Ligh

t Sys

tem

for A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

4

3.2

Seco

ndar

y Im

pact

s In

add

ition

to d

irect

impa

cts,

the

FAA

ass

esse

d po

tent

ial s

econ

dary

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

that

cou

ld o

ccur

with

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

. A

buf

fer z

one

exte

ndin

g 25

fe

et o

ut f

rom

the

lim

its o

f di

stur

banc

e w

as u

sed

to a

sses

s fo

r po

ssib

le s

econ

dary

im

pact

s to

wet

land

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

met

hodo

logi

es d

escr

ibed

in th

e S

FWM

D’s

Bas

is

of R

evie

w f

or E

nviro

nmen

tal

Res

ourc

e P

erm

it A

pplic

atio

ns W

ithin

the

Sou

th F

lorid

a W

ater

M

anag

emen

t D

istri

ct,

July

20

07;

the

exce

rpte

d se

ctio

n is

pr

ovid

ed

as

Atta

chm

ent 3

.2-1

to th

is c

once

ptua

l miti

gatio

n pl

an.

A s

econ

dary

impa

ct w

as g

ener

ally

as

sum

ed t

o be

a d

ecre

ase

in v

alue

to

wet

land

s oc

curr

ing

with

in 2

5 fe

et d

ue t

o cl

ose

prox

imity

to d

istu

rbed

are

as.

UM

AM

FG

cre

dits

req

uire

d to

com

pens

ate

for

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s w

ere

calc

ulat

ed u

sing

the

sam

e sc

ores

as

wer

e us

ed to

ass

ess

dire

ct im

pact

s,

deriv

ing

a co

nser

vativ

e es

timat

e of

tota

l miti

gatio

n re

quire

d fo

r the

pro

ject

.

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

wou

ld in

clud

e th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

a r

etai

ning

wal

l app

roxi

mat

ely

45 fe

et

abov

e m

ean

sea

leve

l run

ning

adj

acen

t to

the

affe

cted

wet

land

s to

the

sout

h of

Run

way

9R

/27L

(W

-N3a

, W

-N3b

, an

d W

-33)

. T

he p

ropo

sed

limits

of

dist

urba

nce

incl

ude

a te

mpo

rary

con

stru

ctio

n zo

ne e

xten

ding

at

leas

t 25

fee

t fro

m t

he e

dge

of t

he r

etai

ning

w

all.

The

con

stru

ctio

n zo

ne w

ill be

lan

dsca

ped

and

mai

ntai

ned

as o

pen

spac

e at

co

mpl

etio

n of

the

proj

ect,

prov

idin

g a

buffe

r of a

t lea

st 2

5 fe

et fr

om th

e re

mai

ning

are

as

of W

-N3a

, W-N

3b, a

nd W

-33.

O

utsi

de o

f thi

s bu

ffer,

a 25

-foot

sec

onda

ry im

pact

are

a w

as d

efin

ed a

nd a

sses

sed.

As

a re

sult,

0.2

2 ac

res

of W

-33,

0.0

9 ac

res

of W

-N3a

, and

0.

24 a

cres

of

W-N

3b c

ould

rec

eive

pos

sibl

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

due

to t

heir

clos

e pr

oxim

ity to

the

corr

idor

. Th

ese

impa

cts

wou

ld re

sult

in 0

.07,

0.0

3, a

nd 0

.10

FG c

redi

ts

need

ed

for

miti

gatio

n,

resp

ectiv

ely.

Atta

chm

ent

3.2-

2 gr

aphi

cally

di

spla

ys

the

seco

ndar

y im

pact

lim

its f

or W

-N3a

, W

-N3b

, an

d W

-33.

Th

e sh

ort-t

erm

tem

pora

ry

real

ignm

ent

of U

S-1

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

of A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c (

also

sho

wn

grap

hica

lly in

A

ttach

men

t 3.2

-2) w

ould

not

resu

lt in

sec

onda

ry im

pact

s to

W-N

2a o

r W-N

2b, a

s th

ese

area

s w

ould

be

retu

rned

to p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

cond

ition

s.

The

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n co

uld

also

res

ult

in p

ossi

ble

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s to

wet

land

s W

-25

a, W

-25b

, and

W-8

due

to th

eir p

roxi

mity

to th

e ap

proa

ch li

ght s

yste

m a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d ac

cess

road

s to

the

east

and

wes

t of r

unw

ay 9

R/2

7L. T

he a

cces

s ro

ads

are

need

ed fo

r m

aint

enan

ce o

f th

e ap

proa

ch l

ight

stru

ctur

es,

incl

udin

g m

onth

ly v

isua

l op

erat

iona

l in

spec

tions

of a

ll lig

hts,

as

wel

l as

annu

al s

afet

y, te

chni

cal,

and

alig

nmen

t ins

pect

ions

. O

ther

spe

cial

act

iviti

es t

hat

wou

ld o

ccur

les

s fre

quen

tly i

nclu

de e

mer

genc

y la

mp

repl

acem

ent a

nd v

eget

atio

n co

ntro

l.

To t

he e

ast,

the

appr

oach

ligh

t st

ruct

ures

wou

ld b

e ac

cess

ed v

ia a

12-

foot

-wid

e ro

ad

cons

truct

ed

of

crus

hed

shel

l or

gr

avel

w

ith

an

addi

tiona

l 9

feet

on

ea

ch

side

ac

com

mod

atin

g st

orm

wat

er t

reat

men

t. T

his

30-fo

ot-w

ide

corri

dor

wou

ld e

xten

d in

to

porti

ons

of W

-25a

and

W-2

5b,

resu

lting

in

the

dire

ct i

mpa

cts

addr

esse

d ab

ove.

S

econ

dary

impa

cts

to 0

.39

acre

s of

W-2

5a a

nd 0

.41

acre

s of

W-2

5b c

ould

occ

ur d

ue to

th

eir

prox

imity

to

the

prop

osed

lig

htin

g ac

cess

cor

ridor

.Ta

ble

3.3-

1 pr

ovid

es a

su

mm

ary

of t

his

data

.A

ttach

men

t 3.

2-3

grap

hica

lly d

ispl

ays

the

limits

of

the

acce

ss

corri

dor a

nd s

econ

dary

impa

cts

to W

-25a

and

W-2

5b.

Thes

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

wou

ld

resu

lt in

0.2

3 an

d 0.

30 F

G c

redi

ts n

eede

d fo

r miti

gatio

n, re

spec

tivel

y.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

5

To th

e w

est,

a si

mila

r roa

d w

ould

be

need

ed to

acc

ess

two

light

stru

ctur

es s

outh

of W

-8.

Whi

le t

his

corri

dor

wou

ld b

e co

nstru

cted

com

plet

ely

in u

plan

ds,

it w

ould

be

loca

ted

with

in 2

5 fe

et o

f W

-8,

resu

lting

in

0.07

acr

es o

f po

tent

ial

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s to

thi

s w

etla

nd a

nd 0

.04

FG c

redi

ts n

eede

d fo

r m

itiga

tion.

Atta

chm

ent

3.2-

4 gr

aphi

cally

di

spla

ys th

e lim

its o

f the

acc

ess

corr

idor

and

sec

onda

ry im

pact

s to

W-8

. C

able

s fo

r the

ap

proa

ch li

ghts

wou

ld b

e in

stal

led

unde

rgro

und

in P

VC

pip

es.

Cro

ssin

g th

e D

ania

Cut

-of

f Can

al w

ould

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

dire

ctio

nal d

rillin

g un

der

the

cana

l, ad

jace

nt w

ater

bo

dy,

and

shor

elin

e w

etla

nds,

em

ergi

ng a

t th

e su

rface

at

leas

t 25

fee

t fro

m t

he

shor

elin

e w

etla

nds

on e

ither

sid

e, a

void

ing

any

impa

cts

to th

ese

area

s.

3.3

Tota

l Wet

land

Impa

cts

Tabl

e 3.

3-1

sum

mar

izes

the

wet

land

s th

at c

ould

rec

eive

dire

ct a

nd/o

r se

cond

ary

impa

cts

from

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

. Th

is ta

ble

incl

udes

the

wet

land

type

, th

e to

tal a

cres

of d

irect

and

sec

onda

ry im

pact

s, a

nd th

e U

MA

M F

G c

redi

ts r

equi

red

to

prov

ide

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

for

impa

cts

to e

ach

of th

e af

fect

ed w

etla

nds.

U

MA

M

scor

e sh

eets

for

dire

ct a

nd s

econ

dary

im

pact

s to

wet

land

s ex

pect

ed f

or t

he B

1c

Alte

rnat

ive

are

prov

ided

as

Atta

chm

ents

3.3

-1 a

nd3.

3-2,

resp

ectiv

ely.

The

UM

AM

FG

cr

edits

nee

ded

show

n in

Tab

le 3

.3-1

are

equ

ival

ent t

o th

e Fu

nctio

nal L

oss

(FL)

sco

res

calc

ulat

ed in

the

UM

AM

sco

re s

heet

s.4

Tabl

e 3.

3-1

Pot

entia

l Wet

land

Impa

cts

for t

he P

ropo

sed

Act

ion

(Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

)

Impa

ct A

cres

U

MA

M F

unct

iona

l Gai

n (F

G) C

redi

ts N

eede

d W

etla

nd

IDW

etla

nd T

ype

Tota

lA

cres

D

irect

Im

pact

Seco

ndar

y Im

pact

Dire

ct

Impa

ctSe

cond

ary

Impa

ctW

-8

Man

grov

e 2.

670.

000.

070.

000.

04W

-17a

Exo

tic0.

610.

610.

000.

160.

00W

-17b

Exo

tic2.

812.

810.

001.

030.

00W

-17c

Man

grov

e/E

xotic

2.

672.

670.

001.

250.

00W

-25a

Man

grov

e 8.

920.

200.

390.

120.

23W

-25b

Man

grov

e 22

.80

0.18

0.41

0.13

0.30

W-3

3E

xotic

8.59

5.37

0.22

1.79

0.07

W-N

3aE

xotic

2.95

2.83

0.09

0.85

0.03

W-N

3b

Tree

Far

m/P

rairi

e 5.

650.

740.

240.

300.

10A

cres

To

tal =

57

.67

Impa

ct A

cres

To

tal =

16.

83

UM

AM

FG

Cre

dits

Nee

ded

Tota

l = 6

.40

Sou

rce:

San

dra

Wal

ters

Con

sulta

nts,

Inc.

, 200

8.

4 O

ther

wet

land

s id

entif

ied

in th

e D

etai

led

Stu

dy A

rea

(i.e.

W-N

4, W

-N5,

W-N

2a, a

nd W

-N2b

) ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

th

is a

naly

sis

beca

use

no d

irect

or s

econ

dary

impa

cts

are

expe

cted

to o

ccur

to th

ese

wet

land

s as

a re

sult

of th

e B

1c A

ltern

ativ

e.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

6

4.0

CO

NC

EPTU

AL

MIT

IGA

TIO

N

Bro

war

d C

ount

y ha

s in

dica

ted

to t

he F

AA

tha

t th

e C

ount

y in

tend

s to

use

miti

gatio

n cr

edits

est

ablis

hed

at W

est

Lake

Par

k, i

n U

SA

CE

per

mit

no.

SA

J-20

02-0

0072

and

S

FWM

D p

erm

it no

. 06

-040

16-P

, to

com

pens

ate

for

dire

ct a

nd s

econ

dary

wet

land

im

pact

s re

sulti

ng fr

om th

e P

ropo

sed

Act

ion.

56

The

perm

its in

clud

e a

proj

ect p

lan

and

the

UM

AM

FG

sco

res

gene

rate

d by

the

enha

ncem

ent,

crea

tion,

and

rest

orat

ion

proj

ects

oc

curri

ng a

t the

par

k.7

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

is a

1,5

22-a

cre

park

loc

ated

to

the

east

and

sou

th o

f FL

L an

d is

cu

rren

tly m

anag

ed b

y th

e B

row

ard

Cou

nty

Par

ks a

nd R

ecre

atio

n D

ivis

ion

(BC

PR

D).

Th

e pa

rk in

clud

es m

angr

ove,

sea

gras

s, m

ud fl

at, u

plan

d, a

nd o

pen

wat

er c

omm

uniti

es

as w

ell

as o

ver

65 a

cres

of

exot

ic p

lant

-dom

inat

ed a

reas

in

addi

tion

to v

ario

us

recr

eatio

nal

faci

litie

s.

Tabl

e 4-

1 pr

ovid

es a

sum

mar

y of

the

est

imat

ed m

angr

ove

miti

gatio

n cr

edits

ava

ilabl

e ac

cord

ing

to th

e U

SA

CE

per

mit.

Tabl

e 4-

1 Es

timat

ed M

angr

ove

Miti

gatio

n C

redi

ts A

vaila

ble

at W

est L

ake

Park

Act

ivity

Pr

ojec

t Typ

e Si

ze (a

cres

)M

itiga

tion

Cre

dit

(Fun

ctio

nal G

ain

(FG

) C

redi

t)

Man

grov

e pr

otec

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent

by ri

prap

pla

cem

ent

Enh

ance

men

t 24

.06.

24

Man

grov

e pr

otec

tion

by ri

prap

su

pple

men

t E

nhan

cem

ent

8.0

2.08

Con

vers

ion

of s

poil

isla

nd/e

xotic

do

min

ated

upl

and

area

C

reat

ion

22.2

10.4

3

Man

grov

e cr

eatio

n fro

m D

ania

Cut

off

Can

al (o

pen

wat

er)

Cre

atio

n 2.

00.

42

Man

grov

e ou

tpar

cel a

cqui

sitio

n (o

utsi

de

of im

prov

emen

t are

as)

Pre

serv

atio

n 23

.31.

40

Acr

es T

otal

=

79.5

M

angr

ove

FG C

redi

t To

tal =

20.

57

Sou

rce:

U.S

. Arm

y C

orps

of E

ngin

eers

, Per

mit

SA

J-20

02-0

0072

, 200

6

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e U

SA

CE

per

mit,

the

re a

re a

n es

timat

ed 2

0.57

man

grov

e m

itiga

tion

cred

its

avai

labl

e fo

r B

row

ard

Cou

nty

base

d on

th

e cr

eatio

n,

enha

ncem

ent,

and

pres

erva

tion

proj

ects

per

mitt

ed a

t Wes

t Lak

e P

ark.

Th

e as

sess

men

t per

form

ed b

y th

e S

FWM

D r

esul

ted

in a

hig

her

man

grov

e cr

edit

tota

l (3

8.79

man

grov

e FG

cre

dits

av

aila

ble)

; ho

wev

er,

the

US

AC

E n

umbe

rs a

re s

how

n he

re a

s th

e m

inim

um e

stim

ated

cr

edits

ava

ilabl

e fo

r the

pur

pose

s of

this

con

cept

ual p

lan.

5 S

ourc

e: B

row

ard

Cou

nty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tmen

t (B

CA

D)

lette

r to

the

FAA

dat

ed D

ecem

ber

4, 2

007

rega

rdin

g th

e us

e of

wet

land

miti

gatio

n cr

edits

at W

est L

ake

Par

k fo

r Airp

ort S

pons

or’s

Pro

pose

d P

roje

ct, 2

007.

6

U

SA

CE

SA

J-20

02-0

0072

issu

ed M

arch

2, 2

006

and

SFW

MD

06-

0401

6-P

issu

ed A

pril

22, 2

004.

7

Wes

t Lak

e Pa

rk M

itiga

tion

Plan

and

UM

AM s

core

s w

ere

prod

uced

by

Mill

er L

egg

and

Ass

ocia

tes

and

incl

uded

in

the

US

AC

E a

nd S

FWM

D p

erm

its S

AJ-

2002

-000

72 a

nd 0

6-04

016-

P, 2

006.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

7

Bro

war

d C

ount

y pr

opos

es to

use

a p

ortio

n of

thes

e cr

edits

to c

ompe

nsat

e fo

r dire

ct a

nd

seco

ndar

y w

etla

nd im

pact

s th

at w

ould

occ

ur w

ith t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

of A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c.

No

FG c

redi

ts h

ave

yet

been

app

lied;

the

refo

re,

all f

unct

iona

l gai

n cr

edits

incl

uded

in

Tabl

e 4-

1 re

mai

n av

aila

ble.

8

As

stat

ed in

the

Dra

ft E

IS,

Wet

land

33

(W-3

3) is

a f

resh

wat

er w

etla

nd d

omin

ated

by

Bra

zilia

n P

eppe

r. U

SA

CE

and

SFW

MD

sta

ff ag

reed

con

cept

ually

to th

e us

e of

out

-of-

kind

miti

gatio

n cr

edit

at W

est L

ake

Par

k to

com

pens

ate

for i

mpa

cts

to W

-33.

9

The

perm

its fo

r the

Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

t req

uire

an

indi

vidu

al a

sses

smen

t of

eac

h C

ount

y pr

ojec

t in

volv

ing

impa

cts

and

a pe

rmit

mod

ifica

tion

to t

he W

est

Lake

pe

rmits

be

acqu

ired

to a

pply

FG

cre

dits

to

the

spec

ific

UM

AM

fun

ctio

nal l

oss

scor

es.

Ther

efor

e,

in

the

case

of

w

etla

nd

impa

cts

resu

lting

fro

m

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n,

envi

ronm

enta

l res

ourc

e pe

rmit

(ER

P)

appl

icat

ions

wou

ld b

e su

bmitt

ed t

o th

e S

FWM

D

and

US

AC

E a

long

with

an

appl

icat

ion

for

a W

est

Lake

Par

k pe

rmit

mod

ifica

tion

to

allo

cate

6.4

0 FG

cre

dits

to

com

pens

ate

for

the

16.8

3 ac

res

of u

navo

idab

le d

irect

and

se

cond

ary

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

. M

itiga

tion

cred

its

wou

ld t

hen

be a

ssig

ned

to t

his

proj

ect

upon

app

rova

l of

the

se a

pplic

atio

ns b

y th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s.

5.0

MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

ON

ITO

RIN

G

Mon

itorin

g pl

ans

for

the

ecol

ogic

al s

ucce

ss o

f miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

ts a

t Wes

t Lak

e P

ark

is

prov

ided

for

in W

est

Lake

Par

k U

SA

CE

Per

mit

Spe

cial

Con

ditio

n 14

and

in S

FWM

D

Per

mit

Spe

cial

Con

ditio

n 27

. A

ccor

ding

to

the

perm

its,

miti

gatio

n m

onito

ring

will

tak

e pl

ace

for

five

year

s, w

ith a

nnua

l rep

orts

sub

mitt

ed to

the

US

AC

E a

nd S

FWM

D.

At t

he

end

of th

e fiv

e-ye

ar m

onito

ring

perio

d th

ere

mus

t be

80 p

erce

nt s

urvi

val a

nd 8

0 pe

rcen

t co

vera

ge o

f des

irabl

e pl

ant s

peci

es s

uita

ble

to th

e m

itiga

tion

area

, and

if th

is s

tand

ard

is n

ot m

et, f

urth

er re

stor

atio

n w

ork

will

be re

quire

d. T

here

fore

, the

mon

itorin

g pl

an th

at

wou

ld b

e re

quire

d fo

r of

fsite

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

for

the

Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n is

ad

dres

sed

by t

he e

xist

ing

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

spec

ial c

ondi

tions

spe

cifie

d in

the

US

AC

E

and

SFW

MD

per

mits

.

6.0

MIT

IGA

TIO

N C

OM

PLIA

NC

E SC

HED

ULE

Tabl

e 6-

1 pr

ovid

es a

pro

pose

d co

mpl

ianc

e sc

hedu

le fo

r the

mon

itorin

g pl

ans

incl

uded

in

the

afor

emen

tione

d U

SA

CE

and

SFW

MD

per

mits

for

Wes

t La

ke P

ark.

Th

e or

igin

al

com

plia

nce

sche

dule

as

desc

ribed

in t

he p

erm

its w

as a

djus

ted

base

d on

dis

cuss

ions

8 S

ourc

e: J

anua

ry 2

2, 2

008

tele

phon

e co

nfer

ence

with

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

Man

ager

Pat

You

ng.

Inf

orm

atio

n pr

ovid

ed b

y S

andr

a W

alte

rs C

onsu

ltant

s, In

c. 2

008.

9

Sum

mar

y of

a S

epte

mbe

r 13

, 20

06 t

elep

hone

con

fere

nce

with

reg

ulat

ory

agen

cy r

epre

sent

ativ

es t

o de

velo

p co

ncur

renc

e on

UM

AM

sco

res

for

FLL

runw

ay e

xten

sion

EIS

pro

vide

d by

San

dra

Wal

ters

Con

sulta

nts,

Inc

. 20

06.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

8

with

Ms.

Pat

ricia

You

ng,

man

ager

of

Wes

t La

ke P

ark.

M

s. Y

oung

info

rmed

the

FA

A

that

miti

gatio

n pr

ojec

ts a

t Wes

t Lak

e P

ark,

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e U

SA

CE

and

SFW

MD

pe

rmits

, are

pro

ject

ed to

beg

in in

Jan

uary

200

9. 10

Tabl

e 6-

1 Pr

opos

ed P

erm

it C

ompl

ianc

e Sc

hedu

le

Perm

it A

ctiv

ities

D

ates

in P

erm

it A

djus

ted

Dat

es

Beg

in E

arth

wor

k 6/

2005

1/20

09C

ompl

ete

Ear

thw

ork

6/20

081/

2012

Beg

in P

lant

ing

7/20

082/

2012

Com

plet

e P

lant

ing

7/20

092/

2013

Sub

mit

Tim

e-Ze

ro M

onito

ring

Rep

ort

8/20

093/

2013

Sub

mit

Firs

t Ann

ual M

onito

ring

Rep

ort

9/20

104/

2014

Sub

mit

Sec

ond

Ann

ual M

onito

ring

Rep

ort

9/20

114/

2015

Sub

mit

Third

Ann

ual M

onito

ring

Rep

ort

9/20

124/

2016

Sub

mit

Four

th A

nnua

l Mon

itorin

g R

epor

t 9/

2013

4/20

17S

ubm

it Fi

fth A

nnua

l Mon

itorin

g R

epor

t 9/

2014

4/20

18S

ourc

e: S

andr

a W

alte

rs C

onsu

ltant

s, In

c., 2

008.

7.0

CO

MPL

ETIO

N O

F TH

E FA

A E

IS P

RO

CES

S A

ND

PR

OPO

SED

C

ON

STR

UC

TIO

N

The

FAA

ant

icip

ates

iss

uing

a F

inal

EIS

in

the

sum

mer

of

2008

with

a R

ecor

d of

D

ecis

ion

late

r in

the

fall.

The

FA

A w

ill id

entif

y th

e P

refe

rred

Alte

rnat

ive

in th

e Fi

nal E

IS.

Con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es c

ould

beg

in u

pon

com

plet

ion

of d

esig

n w

ork

with

con

stru

ctio

n oc

curr

ing

thro

ugh

2012

.

The

proj

ecte

d pr

ojec

t op

enin

g da

te

is

the

2012

-201

3 tim

efra

me.

10

Sou

rce:

Jan

uary

22,

200

8 te

leph

one

conf

eren

ce w

ith W

est

Lake

Par

k M

anag

er P

at Y

oung

. I

nfor

mat

ion

prov

ided

by

San

dra

Wal

ters

Con

sulta

nts,

Inc.

200

8.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

1

APP

END

IX A

D

escr

iptio

n of

the

Inst

alla

tion

of th

eR

unw

ay A

ppro

ach

Ligh

t Sys

tem

for A

ltern

ativ

e B

1c

Inst

alla

tion

of R

unw

ay A

ppro

ach

Ligh

ts fo

r Exp

ande

d R

unw

ay 9

R

The

prop

osed

ins

talla

tion

of c

able

s be

neat

h th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al t

o su

ppor

t th

e pr

opos

ed a

ppro

ach

runw

ay li

ghtin

g sy

stem

to

the

wes

t of

Run

way

9R

wou

ld b

e do

ne

via

horiz

onta

l dril

ling

(or

othe

r co

mpa

rabl

e m

etho

d) a

nd w

ould

not

pen

etra

te th

e D

ania

C

ut-O

ff C

anal

bot

tom

. E

ach

appr

oach

ligh

t tow

er w

ould

be

conn

ecte

d w

ith a

ser

ies

of

elec

trica

l ca

bles

. T

he c

ablin

g w

ould

be

enca

sed

in c

ondu

it an

d bu

ried

seve

ral

feet

be

neat

h th

e gr

ound

sur

face

. T

he c

ablin

g be

twee

n lig

ht t

ower

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d th

roug

h op

en tr

ench

ing

in u

plan

ds.

Hor

izon

tal o

r di

rect

iona

l dril

ling,

or

sim

ilar

met

hod,

w

ould

be

used

to

inst

all t

he c

able

s un

der

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

. T

his

inst

alla

tion

met

hod

wou

ld a

void

pen

etra

ting

the

botto

m o

f the

can

al.

Loca

tion

of th

e ca

bles

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al w

ould

be

coor

dina

ted

with

the

US

AC

E a

nd t

he

SFW

MD

due

to th

eir p

lann

ed w

iden

ing

and

deep

enin

g of

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

not

ed

in t

he U

SA

CE

EIS

for

the

Fea

sibi

lity

Stu

dy o

f N

avig

atio

nal

Impr

ovem

ents

at

Por

t E

verg

lade

s, B

row

ard

Cou

nty,

Flo

rida.

The

sepa

ratio

n be

twee

n ap

proa

ch li

ght t

ower

s w

ould

be

adju

sted

to a

void

pla

cing

the

tow

ers

with

in th

e D

ania

Cut

-Off

Can

al.

In a

dditi

on, t

he a

ppro

ach

light

tow

ers,

wes

t of

Run

way

9R

, w

ould

be

loca

ted

in u

plan

ds a

nd/o

r at

tach

ed t

o th

e H

ilton

(fo

rmer

ly

Wyn

dham

) H

otel

par

king

gar

age.

Th

eref

ore,

exp

ansi

on o

f R

unw

ay 9

R w

ould

not

im

pact

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

or W

-8 fo

r Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

.

The

appr

oach

ligh

t sys

tem

that

sup

ports

Run

way

9R

wou

ld b

e ac

cess

ed v

ia a

n ex

istin

g se

rvic

e ro

ad a

long

the

wes

t ban

k of

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

and

a n

ewly

con

stru

cted

se

rvic

e ro

ad fr

om th

e sh

ould

er o

f I-9

5.

Inst

alla

tion

of R

unw

ay A

ppro

ach

Ligh

ts fo

r Exp

ande

d R

unw

ay 2

7L

The

top

of th

e ap

proa

ch li

ght t

ower

s of

f the

eas

t end

of R

unw

ay 2

7L a

nd e

ast o

f NE

7th

Ave

nue,

wou

ld b

e 35

to

40 f

eet

abov

e gr

ound

lev

el.

Due

to

thei

r he

ight

, ea

ch l

ight

to

wer

wou

ld n

eed

to b

e su

ppor

ted

by th

ree

conc

rete

foun

datio

ns, e

ach

with

a ra

dius

of

thre

e fe

et.

The

se f

ound

atio

ns w

ould

be

cons

truct

ed in

a t

riang

ular

con

figur

atio

n w

ith

appr

oxim

atel

y fiv

e fe

et o

f sep

arat

ion

betw

een

the

foun

datio

n ce

nter

s. T

he p

lace

men

t of

thes

e lig

ht t

ower

s w

ould

im

pact

W-2

5a.

The

ins

talla

tion

of t

hese

app

roac

h lig

ht

foun

datio

ns w

ould

cau

se a

tem

pora

ry d

istu

rban

ce to

W-2

5a.

The

dist

urba

nce

resu

lting

fro

m c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e fo

unda

tions

cou

ld e

xten

d ap

prox

imat

ely

15 to

30

feet

bey

ond

the

foun

datio

ns,

due

to

exca

vatio

n ac

tiviti

es

and

the

oper

atio

n of

co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent.

The

serv

ice

road

for t

he a

ppro

ach

light

tow

ers

that

sup

port

Run

way

27L

and

loca

ted

to

the

east

of

NE

7th A

venu

e w

ould

ext

end

into

W-2

5a.

Thi

s se

rvic

e ro

ad w

ould

be

equi

pped

with

dra

inag

e st

ruct

ures

to

allo

w t

idal

flo

ws.

Th

e se

rvic

e ro

ad i

s ty

pica

lly

cons

truct

ed o

f gra

vel o

r asp

halt

and

has

a w

idth

of 1

2 to

15

feet

, with

an

addi

tiona

l 25-

foot

dia

met

er tu

rnar

ound

at t

he e

nd.

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

1

APP

END

IX B

D

escr

iptio

ns o

f Affe

cted

Wet

land

sin

the

Det

aile

d St

udy

Are

a fo

r the

B1c

Alte

rnat

ive11

Wet

land

8:

Wet

land

8 (

W-8

) is

loca

ted

sout

h of

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

. W

-8 w

as

iden

tifie

d in

pre

viou

s do

cum

ents

as

0.24

acr

es.

W-8

is n

ow id

entif

ied

as b

eing

2.6

7 ac

res,

bas

ed o

n an

alys

is a

nd fi

eld

inve

stig

atio

ns c

ondu

cted

for t

he D

raft

EIS

. W

-8 is

a

man

grov

e w

etla

nd (

FLU

CC

S C

ode

#612

) do

min

ated

by

whi

te m

angr

ove

(Lag

uncu

laria

race

mos

a) w

ith s

ome

blac

k m

angr

oves

(A

vice

nnia

ger

min

ans)

pre

sent

. T

he a

rea

imm

edia

tely

frin

ging

the

Dan

ia C

ut-O

ff C

anal

con

tain

s re

d m

angr

oves

(R

hizo

phor

a m

angl

e).

Bec

ause

of s

hadi

ng fr

om th

e ov

erst

ory

cano

py, t

here

is li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

gr

owth

typi

cal o

f man

grov

e fo

rest

s.

Sin

ce t

he N

ovem

ber

2004

fie

ld in

vest

igat

ion

and

calc

ulat

ion

of t

he U

MA

M s

core

, th

e m

angr

oves

hav

e be

en t

rimm

ed d

own

to r

educ

e th

e ca

nopy

hei

ght

with

in t

he e

xist

ing

appr

oach

to

Run

way

9R

/27L

. A

lar

ge s

torm

wat

er o

utfa

ll pr

esum

ably

fro

m t

he H

ilton

(fo

rmer

ly W

yndh

am)

Hot

el a

nd p

arki

ng g

arag

e di

scha

rges

into

the

sout

heas

t cor

ner

of

W-8

. T

idal

inun

datio

n of

W-8

app

ears

to

be n

eith

er r

egul

ar n

or c

ompl

ete

due

to t

he

pres

ence

of a

par

tial b

erm

bet

wee

n th

e w

etla

nd a

nd th

e op

en w

ater

s of

the

Dan

ia C

ut-

Off

Can

al.

A U

MA

M fu

nctio

nal a

sses

smen

t sco

re o

f 0.5

67 w

as c

alcu

late

d fo

r W-8

.

Wet

land

17:

Wet

land

17

(W-1

7) is

loca

ted

to th

e ea

st o

f U.S

. Hig

hway

1 o

n-ai

rpor

t and

is

bou

nded

by

Tayl

or R

oad

to th

e so

uth

and

the

airp

ort e

ntra

nce

road

way

ram

p to

the

north

. W

-17

was

iden

tifie

d in

pre

viou

s do

cum

ents

as

22.1

7 ac

res,

but

is id

entif

ied

in th

e D

raft

EIS

as

6.09

acr

es.

This

red

uctio

n in

siz

e is

ass

umed

to b

e th

e re

sult

of im

pact

s fro

m p

revi

ousl

y pe

rmitt

ed p

roje

cts.

W

-17

still

cont

ains

som

e m

angr

oves

with

in i

ts

east

ern

area

s, b

ut is

prim

arily

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er, a

nd is

cur

rent

ly s

ever

ed

from

any

tida

l con

nect

ion.

W-1

7 ha

s be

en d

ivid

ed i

nto

sub-

area

s W

-17a

, W

-17b

, an

d W

-17c

to

acco

unt

for

diffe

renc

es in

wet

land

qua

lity.

The

siz

es o

f the

se th

ree

sub-

area

s w

ere

estim

ated

to b

e:

W-1

7a =

0.1

6 ac

res,

W-1

7b =

2.8

1 ac

res

and

W-1

7c =

2.6

7 ac

res.

Cur

rent

con

ditio

ns w

ithin

the

sub

-are

as r

efle

ct a

mix

of

vege

tatio

n in

dica

tive

of a

di

stur

bed

and

hydr

olog

ical

ly-p

oor

wet

land

sys

tem

.U

MA

M f

unct

iona

l as

sess

men

t sc

ores

of

0.26

7, 0

.367

, an

d 0.

467

wer

e ca

lcul

ated

for

W-1

7a,

W-1

7b,

and

W-1

7c,

resp

ectiv

ely.

Wet

land

25:

W

etla

nd 2

5 (W

-25)

, th

e la

rges

t co

ntig

uous

wet

land

with

in t

he D

etai

led

Stu

dy A

rea,

is a

man

grov

e w

etla

nd (

FLU

CC

S C

ode

#612

) lo

cate

d im

med

iate

ly e

ast o

f N

W 7

th A

venu

e.

W-2

5 is

com

pose

d m

ainl

y of

red

man

grov

e, b

lack

man

grov

e, w

hite

m

angr

ove,

and

to a

less

er d

egre

e, b

utto

nwoo

d (C

onoc

arpu

s er

ectu

s).

This

wet

land

is in

ters

pers

ed w

ith a

reas

of B

razi

lian

pepp

er, A

ustra

lian

pine

(C

asua

rina

equi

setif

olia

), an

d ot

her

non-

nativ

e in

vasi

ve

plan

t sp

ecie

s,

parti

cula

rly

with

in

its

11 N

ote:

Des

crip

tions

and

UM

AM

sco

res

for a

ffect

ed w

etla

nds

are

docu

men

ted

in th

e Fi

nal E

IS

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

Fo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

north

wes

tern

reac

hes

and

alon

g its

per

iphe

ry.

The

pres

ence

of i

nvas

ive

spec

ies

is th

e re

sult

of t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

of d

rain

age

ditc

hes,

soi

l di

srup

tion

due

to f

arm

ing,

and

the

di

min

ishe

d re

ach

of ti

dal f

lush

ing

tow

ard

the

north

wes

t cor

ner o

f W-2

5. W

-25

has

been

di

vide

d in

to tw

o su

b-ar

eas,

W-2

5a a

nd W

-25b

, to

acco

unt f

or th

e di

ffere

nces

in w

etla

nd

qual

ity th

at w

ere

obse

rved

. Th

e ac

reag

es fo

r eac

h su

b-ar

ea w

ere

calc

ulat

ed a

s fo

llow

s:

W-2

5a =

8.9

2 ac

res,

W-2

5b =

22.

80 a

cres

.U

MA

M f

unct

iona

l ass

essm

ent

scor

es o

f 0.

600

and

0.73

3 w

ere

calc

ulat

ed fo

r W-2

5a a

nd W

-25b

, res

pect

ivel

y.

Wet

land

33:

Wet

land

33

(W-3

3) is

loca

ted

to th

e ea

st o

f FLL

and

sou

th o

f Tay

lor R

oad.

W-3

3 w

as id

entif

ied

in p

revi

ous

docu

men

ts a

s 0.

82 a

cres

. B

ased

on

field

inve

stig

atio

ns

cond

ucte

d fo

r th

is D

raft

EIS

, W-3

3 w

as e

xpen

ded

to 8

.59

acre

s.

W-3

3 is

a fr

eshw

ater

w

etla

nd, d

omin

ated

by

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

. D

ue to

its

low

ele

vatio

n, it

rece

ives

and

reta

ins

stor

mw

ater

run

off f

rom

the

surr

ound

ing

area

s an

d no

w m

aint

ains

the

requ

isite

wet

land

ch

arac

teris

tics

of h

ydro

logy

, soi

ls, a

nd p

lant

s. A

UM

AM

func

tiona

l ass

essm

ent s

core

of

0.33

3 w

as c

alcu

late

d fo

r W-3

3.

Wet

land

N3:

Wet

land

N3

(W-N

3) is

loca

ted

imm

edia

tely

eas

t of W

-N2,

and

is b

orde

red

by N

E 1

0th

Stre

et o

n th

e so

uth,

Tay

lor R

oad

on th

e no

rthw

est,

and

the

taxi

par

king

are

a on

the

east

. W

-N3

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y 8.

60 a

cres

in s

ize

(FLU

CC

S C

ode

#241

and

#42

2).

The

maj

ority

of

W-N

3 is

use

d as

a t

ree

nurs

ery,

but

con

tinue

s to

exh

ibit

wet

land

ch

arac

teris

tics

and

harb

or n

ativ

e w

etla

nd g

roun

dcov

er.

Bec

ause

of

the

diffe

renc

es in

ha

bita

t typ

es p

rese

nt w

ithin

W-N

3, it

has

bee

n di

vide

d in

to tw

o su

b-ar

eas:

W-N

3a (2

.95

acre

s) a

nd W

-N3b

(5.

65 a

cres

).U

MA

M f

unct

iona

l as

sess

men

t sc

ores

of

0.30

0 an

d 0.

400

wer

e ca

lcul

ated

for W

-N3a

and

W-N

3b, r

espe

ctiv

ely

2

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

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FRO

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e C

arne

y

TH

RO

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H:

Sand

ra W

alte

rs

SUB

JEC

T:

Sum

mar

y of

Sep

tem

ber

13, 2

006

tele

phon

e co

nfer

ence

with

reg

ulat

ory

agen

cy

repr

esen

tativ

es t

o de

velo

p co

ncur

renc

e on

Uni

form

Miti

gatio

n A

sses

smen

t M

etho

d (U

MA

M) s

core

s fo

r Ft.

Laud

erda

le In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L) ru

nway

ex

tens

ion

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent (

EIS)

Cal

l Par

ticip

ants

: Le

ah O

berli

n, U

.S. A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f Eng

inee

rs (U

SAC

E)

Rob

Hop

per,

Sout

h Fl

orid

a W

ater

Man

agem

ent D

istri

ct (S

FWM

D)

Lesl

ie

Ber

tolo

tti,

Bro

war

d C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n D

ivis

ion

(BC

EPD

)R

on M

iede

ma,

Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy

(EPA

) Sa

ndra

Wal

ters

and

Ste

ve C

arne

y, S

WC

The

follo

win

g ch

ange

s w

ere

mad

e in

the

fun

ctio

nal

loss

UM

AM

sco

res

for

the

wet

land

s th

at

coul

d be

af

fect

ed

by

one

or

mor

e pr

ojec

t al

tern

ativ

es

as

a re

sult

of

the

inte

rage

ncy

tele

conf

eren

ce: C

urre

nt U

MA

M

Cha

nged

UM

AM

W

etla

nd

Scor

e Sc

ore

W-8

0.

567

No

chan

geW

-17a

0.

250

0.26

7 W

-17b

0.

300

0.36

7 W

-17c

0.

433

0.46

7 W

-25a

0.

500

0.60

0 W

-25b

0.

583

0.73

3 W

-33

0.28

3 0.

333

W-N

1 0.

450

0.26

7 (N

ote

Wet

land

W-N

1 w

ill N

OT

be i

mpa

cted

by

any

alte

rnat

ive

and

rese

arch

on

stor

mw

ater

pe

rmitt

ing

foun

d th

at it

is p

art o

f a st

orm

wat

er sy

stem

so is

not

juris

dict

iona

l) W

-N2a

0.

333

0.36

7 W

-N2b

0.

267

0.30

0 W

-N3a

0.

283

0.30

0 W

-N3b

0.

417

0.40

0 W

-N5

0.38

3 0.

400

FLL

EIS

FILE

,NO

VEM

BER

15,

2006

,PA

GE

2

With

few

exc

eptio

ns,

all

wer

e in

crea

sed

mai

nly

in t

he c

ateg

ory

of L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e Su

ppor

t. W

-25

a/b

wen

t up

in

all

thre

e ca

tego

ries

(Wat

er E

nviro

nmen

t an

d C

omm

unity

St

ruct

ure,

as w

ell).

W-8

rem

aine

d un

chan

ged.

Lesl

ie B

erto

lotti

with

BC

EPD

ask

ed to

shift

the

east

ern

boun

dary

of W

-25a

slig

htly

to th

e w

est,

and

will

pro

vide

a sk

etch

show

ing

whe

re sh

e be

lieve

s it s

houl

d be

. Th

eref

ore,

this

shap

e fil

e an

d ca

lcul

atio

ns w

ill b

e re

wor

ked,

and

W-2

5b w

ill,

cons

eque

ntly

, be

inc

reas

ed b

y th

e eq

uiva

lent

am

ount

.

All

agen

cies

agr

eed

they

wan

t sec

onda

ry im

pact

s to

W-2

5 to

be

cons

ider

ed in

the

over

all i

mpa

ct

scor

ing,

as m

ost o

f the

sout

h ru

nway

alte

rnat

ives

will

be

clos

er to

/adj

acen

t to

the

wes

t sid

e of

W-

25, c

ausi

ng W

-25’

s cu

rren

t UM

AM

sco

re to

be

less

in th

e ca

tego

ry o

f Loc

atio

n an

d La

ndsc

ape

Supp

ort.

See

SW

C t

houg

hts

rega

rdin

g ap

proa

ch t

o ac

com

plis

hing

thi

s at

the

bot

tom

of

this

m

emo.

EPA

, and

then

the

othe

rs, r

eque

sted

that

W-N

4 be

rei

nclu

ded

with

its

UM

AM

sco

re b

ecau

se it

w

ill s

ee s

ome

of th

e sa

me

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s de

scrib

ed a

bove

. I s

ugge

sted

that

its

scor

e w

ould

lik

ely

be i

dent

ical

to

W-2

5b,

and

the

agen

cies

agr

eed—

ther

efor

e, w

e ca

n pr

esum

e W

-N4'

s U

MA

M sc

ore

to b

e 0.

733,

as w

ell.

All

agen

cies

wan

ted

to s

ee im

prov

emen

ts/e

nhan

cem

ents

to W

-25

incl

uded

in th

e pr

ojec

t, su

ch a

s im

prov

emen

ts t

o hy

drol

ogic

exc

hang

e, p

artic

ular

ly b

ecau

se o

f th

e po

tent

ial

for

its l

ower

ed

UM

AM

scor

e as

a re

sult

of th

e ru

nway

bei

ng m

uch

clos

er/a

djac

ent t

o it.

We

disc

usse

d th

e ne

ed

for

som

e ou

t-of-

kind

m

itiga

tion

for

fres

hwat

er

wet

land

s to

be

co

mpe

nsat

ed w

ith s

alt

wat

er h

abita

t re

stor

atio

n at

Wes

t La

ke P

ark

(i.e.

, W

-33,

whi

ch i

s fr

eshw

ater

, B p

eppe

r do

min

ated

), an

d a

prec

eden

t fo

r th

is k

ind

of o

ut-o

f-ki

nd m

itiga

tion

was

ap

prov

ed b

y an

othe

r FLL

per

mit.

Bot

h th

e U

SAC

E an

d th

e SF

WM

D s

tate

d th

at, i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith e

nhan

cem

ents

to W

-25,

this

did

not

seem

to b

e a

prob

lem

.

95

595Snyder Park

84

31

9R

13

9L

27R

27L

1

1

McIntosh R

d

Griffin Rd

Dania Cut Off Canal

NE

7th

Ave

Old Griffin Rd

Ang

lers

Ave

SW 9

th A

ve

Eller Drive

SW 53 Ct

SE 1

4th

Ave

SW 1

5th

Ave

SW 39th St

SW 4

th A

ve

SW 1

2th

Ave

S Andrew

s Ave

Bry

an R

d

Terminal Dr

NE

3rd

Ave

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood

InternationalAirport

Environmental Impact StatementFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

LegendDetailed Study Area

Existing Surface Waters

Existing Wetlands

Impacted AreasAccess Road Impacts

Permanent Airfield Impacts

Temporary Construction Impacts

Limits of DisturbanceRelocated Radar

Disturbed Area Access Road

Disturbed Area Airfield

Disturbed Area Facility Relocations

Disturbed Stormwater Collection System

Disturbed Area Temporary Construction

Disturbed Area Terminal

0 2,0001,000Feet

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Attachment:

3.1-1Impacts to Wetlands from B1b/c Alternative

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

D

RA

FTFo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

ATT

AC

HM

ENT

3.2-

1

Seco

ndar

y Im

pact

s Se

ctio

n 4-

2-7

from

200

7 SF

WM

D

Bas

is o

f Rev

iew

for E

nviro

nmen

t Res

ourc

e Pe

rmit

App

licat

ions

With

in th

e So

uth

Flor

ida

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent D

istr

ict

W-33

W-N3b

W-N3a

W-N2a

W-N2b

1/15/08 Pr epared bySWCAlternative B1c Secondary Impacts to Wetlands South of the Airfield

DRAFTEnvi ronme ntal Impact Stateme nt

Fort La uderdale -HollywoodI nternat iona lAirportAttachmen t:

3.2-2

LegendExisting Wetlands in Detailed Study Area

Disturbed Area Airfield

Disturbed Area Temporary Construction

Disturbed Area Stormwater Collection System

25 Foot Secondary Impact Buffer

0 150 30075Feet

NE

7th

Ave

W-25b W-N4

W-25a

W-17c

1-11-08 Pr epared bySWCAlternative B1c Secondary Impacts to Wetlands East of the Airfield

DRAFTEnvi ronme ntal Impact Stateme ntFort La uderdale -HollywoodI nternat iona lAirport

Attachmen t:3.2-3

LegendExisting Wetlands in Detailed Study Area

Disturbed Area Airfield

Disturbed Area Access Road

25 Foot Secondary Impact Buffer

0 100 20050Feet

W-8

12/19/07Prepared by SWC Alternative B1c Secondary Impacts to Wetlands West of the AirfieldDRAFT

Envi ronme ntal Impact Stateme ntFort La uderdale -HollywoodI nternat iona lAirport

Attachmen t:3.2-4

LegendExisting Wetlands in Detailed Study Area

Disturbed Area Airfield

Disturbed Area Access Road

25 Foot Secondary Impact Buffer

0 60 12030Feet

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

D

RA

FTFo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

ATT

AC

HM

ENT

3.3-

1

Dire

ct Im

pact

UM

AM

Wet

land

Sco

re S

heet

s fo

r Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld

visi

t.N

ot A

pplic

able

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey

base

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it; d

ense

can

opy

limits

wad

ing

bird

acc

ess.

Den

se c

anop

y di

min

ishe

s po

tent

ial A

A

use

for f

eedi

ng b

y w

adin

g bi

rds

and

rapt

ors.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s be

com

e hy

drol

ogic

ally

isol

ated

; con

nect

ion

to W

-25

to th

e ea

st n

o lo

nger

exi

sts.

US

-1 a

nd F

LL fl

anks

the

entir

e su

bjec

t are

a to

the

wes

t. To

the

north

is a

hea

vily

impa

cted

are

a w

ith th

e re

lativ

ely

rece

nt c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e U

S-1

inte

rcha

nge

acce

ssin

g FL

L. T

o th

e ea

st li

e N

E 7

th A

venu

e an

d W

-25.

To

the

sout

h lie

s Ta

ylor

Roa

d. T

hese

land

use

s es

sent

ially

sev

ere

any

wild

life

corr

idor

s an

d re

duce

the

prob

abili

ty th

at

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble.

W-1

7a is

a s

ub-

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

of fo

rmer

W-1

7. W

-17i

s po

or in

qua

lity,

bar

ely

juris

dict

iona

l.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-17a

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

619/

612

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood/

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Dire

ct Im

pact

0.61

acr

es

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, a

ppro

xim

atel

y 0.

61 a

cres

in s

ize

reta

inin

g ve

ry fe

w w

etla

nd c

hara

cter

s. A

A w

ill b

e co

mpl

etel

y im

pact

ed b

y co

nstru

ctio

n of

the

sout

h ru

nway

. N

o si

gnifi

cant

wild

life

usag

e w

as n

oted

dur

ing

the

site

vis

it. P

ondi

ng o

r ope

n w

ater

are

as (f

resh

wat

er) l

imite

d to

di

tche

s an

d de

ep d

epre

ssio

ns.

Prio

r to

the

mid

-198

0s a

rea

was

in a

gric

ultu

re w

ith d

istu

rbed

soi

ls, f

urro

ws,

etc

. A

sses

smen

t are

a sp

ecifi

cs a

re

prov

ided

on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

one

of m

any

fragm

ente

d fo

rmer

"man

grov

e" w

etla

nds

that

stil

l rem

ain

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a. I

t lie

s co

ntig

uous

to o

ther

sm

all,

fragm

ente

d m

angr

ove

wet

land

s. I

t app

ears

to b

e re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to F

LL a

nd U

S-1

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

Roa

dway

s, a

nd la

ck o

f sur

face

wat

er c

onne

ctio

ns h

ave

mad

e th

is w

etla

nd h

ydro

logi

cally

isol

ated

.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty -

all c

urre

nt w

etla

nds

prev

ious

ly

dist

urbe

d by

agr

icul

ture

and

dra

inag

e di

tche

s. L

ies

in a

hea

vily

urb

aniz

ed

area

.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-1

7a

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

t y

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.26

7

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.26

7w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Ext

rem

ely

limite

d su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Ext

ensi

ve

inva

sive

pes

t pla

nt c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) to

the

east

. Im

med

iate

ly fl

anke

d by

US

-1 to

the

wes

t and

the

FLL

inte

rcha

nge

to th

e no

rth; f

ill p

ad a

nd s

truct

ure

to th

e ea

st fu

rther

isol

ates

this

AA

-- a

ll cr

eate

a s

igni

fican

t det

erre

nt fo

r the

m

ovem

ent o

f des

ireab

le w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of a

vifa

una.

Bot

h up

stre

am a

nd d

owns

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity is

sub

stan

tially

lim

ited

- no

conn

ectio

n ex

ists

to ti

dally

influ

ence

d m

angr

oves

or o

ther

wet

land

s. I

ts

rela

tive

prox

imity

to W

-33

(sou

th o

f Tay

lor R

oad)

, als

o a

poor

qua

lity

wet

land

, doe

s no

t pro

vide

a fu

nctio

nal

land

scap

e su

ppor

t com

pone

nt.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

02

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

30

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

No

stan

ding

wat

er p

rese

nt a

t the

tim

e of

site

vis

it ot

her t

han

in th

e re

mna

nt d

itch

at th

e so

uth

and

with

in

depr

essi

ons

crea

ted

by d

owne

d tre

es.

No

surfa

ce w

ater

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble

-- d

rain

age

ditc

h cu

lver

ts c

olla

psed

, and

isol

ated

on

all s

ides

by

man

-mad

e up

land

s. N

o ra

fting

of d

ebris

to in

dica

te s

ome

epis

odic

flo

odin

g. N

o ev

iden

ce o

f ext

ende

d hy

drop

erio

d. P

rese

nce

of h

omel

ess

cam

p in

dica

tion

of d

rier c

ondi

tions

. Wat

er

qual

ity is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d, a

lthou

gh p

ossi

ble

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng ro

ads

may

deg

rade

wat

er in

AA

w

ith ti

me.

Fur

ther

redu

ctio

ns in

AA

hyd

rolo

gy a

ntic

ipat

ed d

ue to

sur

roun

ding

land

use

and

long

-term

hyd

rolo

gic

isol

atio

n.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

occ

urre

d in

mod

erat

ion.

Nor

folk

pin

e an

d da

te p

alm

s pr

esen

t -- a

ssum

ed to

be

an a

rtifa

ct o

f pas

t si

lvic

ultu

re.

Und

erst

ory

fairl

y sp

arse

with

the

pres

ence

of l

eath

er fe

rn a

nd s

hiel

d fe

rn n

oted

-- b

oth

oblig

ate

wet

land

spec

ies.

Lon

g te

rm v

iabi

lity

of c

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e is

con

side

red

poor

due

to p

rese

nce

of e

xotic

pes

t pla

nts

and

disr

upte

d hy

drol

ogy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

the

AA

but

non

e ob

serv

ed.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.16

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty -

all c

urre

nt w

etla

nds

prev

ious

ly

dist

urbe

d by

agr

icul

ture

and

dra

inag

e di

tche

s. L

ies

in a

hea

vily

urb

aniz

ed

area

.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld

visi

t.N

ot A

pplic

able

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey

base

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it; d

ense

can

opy

limits

wad

ing

bird

acc

ess.

Den

se c

anop

y di

min

ishe

s po

tent

ial A

A

use

for f

eedi

ng b

y w

adin

g bi

rds

and

rapt

ors;

spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

ava

ilabl

e --

racc

oons

, bla

ck ra

ts

likel

y in

habi

tant

s.

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s be

com

e hy

drol

ogic

ally

isol

ated

; con

nect

ion

to W

-25

to th

e ea

st n

o lo

nger

exi

sts.

US

-1 a

nd F

LL fl

anks

the

entir

e su

bjec

t are

a to

the

wes

t. To

the

north

is a

hea

vily

impa

cted

are

a w

ith th

e re

lativ

ely

rece

nt c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e U

S-1

inte

rcha

nge

acce

ssin

g FL

L. T

o th

e ea

st li

e N

E 7

th A

venu

e an

d W

-25.

To

the

sout

h lie

s Ta

ylor

Roa

d. T

hese

land

use

s es

sent

ially

sev

ere

any

wild

life

corr

idor

s an

d re

duce

the

prob

abili

ty th

at

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble.

W-1

7b is

a s

ub-

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

of fo

rmer

W-1

7. I

t is

pred

omin

ated

by

dens

e B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-17b

619/

612

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood/

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Dire

ct Im

pact

2.81

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t rec

tang

ular

ass

essm

ent a

rea,

app

roxi

mat

ely

2.81

acr

es in

siz

e th

at is

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er, a

n ex

otic

pes

t pla

nt.

AA

will

be

com

plet

ely

impa

cted

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

sout

h ru

nway

. N

o si

gnifi

cant

wild

life

usag

e w

as n

oted

dur

ing

the

site

vis

it.P

ondi

ng o

r ope

n w

ater

ar

eas

(fres

h w

ater

) lim

ited

to d

itch

alon

g Ta

ylor

Roa

d. P

rior t

o th

e m

id-1

980s

are

a w

as u

sed

in a

gric

ultu

re w

ith d

istu

rbed

soi

ls, f

urro

ws,

etc

.A

sses

smen

t are

a sp

ecifi

cs a

re p

rovi

ded

on th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

one

of m

any

fragm

ente

d fo

rmer

"man

grov

e" w

etla

nds

that

stil

l rem

ain

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a. I

t lie

s co

ntig

uous

to o

ther

sm

all,

fragm

ente

d m

angr

ove/

exot

ic h

ardw

ood

wet

land

s. I

t app

ears

to b

e re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to F

LL a

nd U

S-1

to

the

wes

t, an

d P

ort E

verg

lade

s to

the

east

. R

oadw

ays,

and

lack

of s

urfa

ce w

ater

con

nect

ions

hav

e m

ade

this

wet

land

hyd

rolo

gica

lly is

olat

ed.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

No

stan

ding

wat

er p

rese

nt a

t the

tim

e of

site

vis

it. N

o su

rface

wat

er fl

ows

beyo

nd th

e lim

its o

f AA

pos

sibl

e --

dr

aina

ge d

itch

culv

erts

col

laps

ed, a

nd p

rese

nce

of b

erm

to th

e so

uth.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

-- s

ome

rafti

ng o

f de

bris

and

dam

ps s

oils

indi

cate

som

e ep

isod

ic fl

oodi

ng.

No

evid

ence

of e

xten

ded

hydr

oper

iod.

Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pr

esum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d, a

lthou

gh p

ossi

ble

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng ro

ads

may

deg

rade

wat

er in

AA

with

tim

e.Fu

rther

redu

ctio

ns in

AA

hyd

rolo

gy a

ntic

ipat

ed d

ue to

sur

roun

ding

land

use

and

long

-term

hyd

rolo

gic

isol

atio

n.D

itch

culv

erts

frin

ging

the

sout

h ed

ge o

f the

AA

blo

cked

or c

olla

psed

.

AA

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to h

eavy

ca

nop y

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

the

AA

but n

one

obse

rved

.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 1

.03

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

30

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Lim

ited

supp

ort f

or m

any

wet

land

wild

life

spec

ies

prov

ided

in th

e im

med

iate

sur

roun

ding

s. E

xten

sive

inva

sive

pes

t pl

ant c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) o

ver t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

). P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sys

tem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e as

sess

men

t are

a ar

e de

terr

ents

and

gre

atly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f des

ireab

le w

etla

nd

wild

life

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

avi

faun

a. B

oth

upst

ream

and

dow

nstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

is s

ubst

antia

lly

limite

d - n

o co

nnec

tion

exis

ts to

tida

lly in

fluen

ced

man

grov

es.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.36

7

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.36

7w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-1

7b

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

4

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

area

.

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s su

rrou

ndin

g th

e ar

ea.

Ope

n w

ater

are

a pr

ovid

es p

ossi

ble

fora

ging

hab

itat

for w

adin

g bi

rds.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty.

Ope

n w

ater

feat

ure

of th

is A

A m

ost

sign

ifica

nt fo

r the

imm

edia

te a

rea

- all

curr

ent w

etla

nds

prev

ious

ly d

istu

rbed

by

agr

icul

ture

and

dra

inag

e di

tche

s. L

ies

in a

hea

vily

urb

aniz

ed a

rea.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

(e.g

., w

adin

g bi

rds

fora

ging

) wer

e no

t ob

serv

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

field

vis

it; b

ut p

rey

base

(for

age

fish)

obs

erve

d w

ithin

this

AA

.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d; h

owev

er,

a po

tent

ial p

rey

base

(she

epsh

ead

min

now

) was

obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld v

isit;

den

se c

anop

y lim

its w

adin

g bi

rd a

cces

s at

the

perip

hery

, but

op

en w

ater

are

as m

ay o

ffer a

eria

l acc

ess

for w

etla

nd d

epen

dent

bird

s lo

okin

g fo

r for

age.

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s be

com

e hy

drol

ogic

ally

isol

ated

; con

nect

ion

to W

-25

to th

e ea

st n

o lo

nger

exi

sts.

US

-1 a

nd F

LL fl

anks

the

entir

e su

bjec

t are

a to

the

wes

t. To

the

north

is a

hea

vily

impa

cted

are

a w

ith th

e re

lativ

ely

rece

nt c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e U

S-1

inte

rcha

nge

acce

ssin

g FL

L. T

o th

e ea

st li

e N

E 7

th A

venu

e an

d W

-25.

To

the

sout

h lie

s Ta

ylor

Roa

d. T

hese

land

use

s es

sent

ially

sev

ere

any

wild

life

corr

idor

s an

d re

duce

the

prob

abili

ty th

at

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e. W

-17c

is a

sub

-ass

essm

ent a

rea

of fo

rmer

W-1

7.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

CE

ME

X F

lorid

a C

ity Q

uarr

y A

cces

s R

oad

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-17c

619/

612

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood/

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Dire

ct Im

pact

2.67

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t squ

are

asse

ssm

ent a

rea,

app

roxi

mat

ely

2.67

acr

es in

siz

e th

at is

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y an

arti

ficia

l ope

n w

ater

are

a fri

nged

by

man

grov

e.A

A w

ill b

e co

mpl

etel

y im

pact

ed fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e so

uth

runw

ay.

No

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e us

age

was

not

ed d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Pon

d or

ope

n w

ater

are

as a

roun

d pr

op ro

ots

(fres

h w

ater

- duc

kwee

d) w

ith fo

rage

fish

not

ed .

Prio

r to

the

mid

-198

0s a

rea

was

use

d in

agr

icul

ture

with

dis

turb

ed

soils

, fur

row

s, e

tc.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pro

vide

d on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s co

ntig

uous

to o

ther

sm

all,

fragm

ente

d m

angr

ove

wet

land

s. I

t app

ears

to b

e re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant

wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

and

US

1 to

the

wes

t, an

d P

ort E

verg

lade

s to

the

east

. R

oadw

ays,

and

loss

of s

urfa

ce w

ater

con

nect

ions

hav

e m

ade

this

wet

land

hyd

rolo

gica

lly is

olat

ed.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Wat

er le

vels

app

ear a

rtific

ially

hig

h lik

ely

due

to p

ast l

and

use

prac

tices

- op

en p

onde

d ar

ea c

onta

inin

g fre

shw

ater

fri

nged

by

man

grov

es -

dist

urbe

d so

ils fr

inge

the

open

wat

er fe

atur

e. P

rese

nce

of d

uckw

eed

and

cat-t

ail i

ndic

ate

a fre

shw

ater

env

ironm

ent n

ot ty

pica

l of m

angr

ove

habi

tat.

No

surfa

ce w

ater

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble

--

drai

nage

ditc

h cu

lver

ts c

olla

psed

, and

pre

senc

e of

ber

m to

the

sout

h --

pre

clud

ing

the

activ

e pa

ssag

e of

fish

and

pa

ssiv

e pa

ssag

e of

pla

nkto

n. M

ucky

soi

ls a

re p

rese

nt.

Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d, a

lthou

gh

poss

ible

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng ro

ads

may

deg

rade

wat

er in

AA

with

tim

e. F

urth

er re

duct

ions

in A

A h

ydro

logy

an

ticip

ated

due

to s

urro

undi

ng la

nd u

se a

nd h

ydro

logi

c is

olat

ion.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (r

ed, w

hite

, and

bla

ck) a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith o

pen

wat

er fe

atur

e. B

razi

lian

pepp

er in

trudi

ng fr

om th

e pe

riphe

ry, p

artic

ular

ly fr

om th

e w

est.

Cat

-tail

and

duck

wee

d ob

serv

ed w

ithin

the

open

wat

er a

rea

indi

cativ

e of

fre

shw

ater

eco

syst

em.

Littl

e un

ders

tory

ass

ocia

ted

with

man

grov

es.

Prim

rose

and

sal

t bus

h ob

serv

ed n

ear t

he

fring

es to

the

north

east

indi

cativ

e of

soi

l dis

turb

ance

. P

oor l

ong-

term

via

bilit

y, w

ith ti

me

the

AA

will

like

ly b

e ov

erta

ken

with

B. p

eppe

r as

it en

croa

ches

from

the

perip

hery

. W

ith ti

me

the

open

wat

er a

rea

may

be

furth

er

redu

ced

as it

is fu

rther

col

oniz

ed b

y ca

t-tai

l.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 1

.25

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

50

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

05

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Min

imal

sup

port

for m

any

wet

land

wild

life

spec

ies

prov

ided

in th

e im

med

iate

sur

roun

ding

s. E

xten

sive

inva

sive

pes

plan

t cov

er in

terg

radi

ng fr

om th

e W

est a

nd p

erip

hery

. P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sys

tem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e as

sess

men

t are

a [A

A] a

re d

eter

rent

s an

d gr

eatly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f des

ireab

le w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of a

vifa

una.

Bot

h up

stre

am a

nd d

owns

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity is

sub

stan

tially

lim

ited

- no

conn

ectio

n ex

ists

to ti

dally

influ

ence

d m

angr

oves

. P

rese

nce

of m

inno

ws

with

in th

e A

A p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r fo

ragi

ng b

y bi

rds.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.46

7

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.46

7w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-1

7c

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

4

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

Fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, w

ith a

tota

l acr

eage

of

8.92

acr

es.

Of t

his,

0.2

0 ac

res

will

be

dire

ctly

impa

cted

by

the

cons

truct

ion

of

appr

oach

ligh

ts a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d ac

cess

road

. Th

is A

A w

as s

epar

ated

from

W-2

5b to

the

sout

h du

e to

obs

erve

d di

ffere

nces

in v

eget

atio

n si

gnat

ure.

Littl

e w

ildlif

e us

age

was

not

ed w

ithin

this

AA

dur

ing

the

site

vis

it. P

rior t

o th

e m

id-1

980s

, are

a w

as u

sed

in a

gric

ultu

re w

ith d

istu

rbed

soi

ls, f

urro

ws,

dr

aina

ge d

itche

s, e

tc.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pro

vide

d on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) a la

rge

rela

tivel

y is

olat

ed m

angr

ove

wet

land

that

lies

con

tiguo

us to

oth

er s

imila

r man

grov

e w

etla

nds.

It a

ppea

rs to

be

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om s

igni

fican

t wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

faci

litie

s an

d ro

ads

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

It is

hyd

rolo

gica

lly

conn

ecte

d to

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

by

a se

ries

of c

anal

s, c

ulve

rts, a

nd d

itche

s.

W-2

5a

612

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Dire

ct Im

pact

0.20

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, u

se b

y sm

all f

orag

e fis

h w

as n

oted

. W

adin

g bi

rds

or o

ther

wet

land

wild

ife w

ere

not o

bser

ved

likel

y du

e to

den

se c

anop

y, b

ut

mig

ht u

se th

is A

A p

erio

dica

lly w

here

con

ditio

ns a

re fa

vora

ble.

Red

-win

ged

blac

k bi

rds

wer

e no

ted

sing

ing

with

in th

is A

A.

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s re

mai

ned

hydr

olog

ical

ly c

onne

cted

to d

iurn

al ti

des

due

to p

lace

men

t of a

ser

ies

of c

ulve

rts a

long

the

FPL

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

A

A is

con

side

red

slig

htly

less

func

tiona

l rel

ativ

e to

W-2

5b to

the

sout

h be

caus

e it

appe

ars

to li

e at

the

uppe

r lim

it of

tida

l exc

hang

e, a

ppea

rs to

be

mor

e di

stur

bed,

and

has

a g

reat

er p

ropo

rtion

of e

xotic

pes

t pla

nts

with

in is

inte

rior.

The

veg

etat

ive

sign

atur

e in

the

field

and

den

oted

on

the

aeria

l le

ad to

the

sepa

ratio

n of

this

AA

from

W-2

5b.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yN

ovem

ber 1

5/16

, 200

4 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wad

ing

bird

use

app

ears

mod

erat

e du

e to

den

se c

anop

y. W

hile

at u

pper

re

ache

s of

dai

ly ti

dal e

xten

t, A

A p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r mar

ine/

estu

arin

e fis

h, c

rust

acea

ns, a

nd p

lank

ton.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty. A

A in

terg

rade

s in

to W

-25b

to th

e so

uth

and

is c

onne

cted

to ti

dal f

low

s by

a s

erie

s of

cul

verts

runn

ing

from

a c

anal

to

the

east

- ar

ea p

revi

ousl

y di

stur

bed

by a

gric

ultu

re.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Som

e w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e fu

nctio

ns (e

.g.,

wad

ing

bird

s fo

ragi

ng) w

ere

not

obse

rved

at t

he ti

me

of th

e fie

ld v

isit;

but

pre

y ba

se (f

orag

e fis

h) o

bser

ved

with

in th

is A

A; l

ess

than

foun

d in

W-2

5b h

owev

er.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Wat

er le

vels

and

tida

l flu

shin

g de

pend

ent o

n cu

lver

ts (a

rtific

ial s

yste

m w

ith s

ome

redu

ced

flow

s, h

owev

er a

llow

s fo

the

activ

e pa

ssag

e of

fish

and

pas

sive

pas

sage

of p

lank

ton

amon

g ot

hers

). S

urfa

ce w

ater

flow

s ex

tend

bey

ond

the

limits

of A

A to

nor

th b

ut d

imin

ishe

s w

ith d

ista

nce.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

. R

emna

nt d

rain

age

ditc

hs a

ffect

sur

face

w

ater

she

et fl

ow.

Are

as o

f soi

l dis

turb

ance

/mou

nds

affe

ct s

urfa

ce w

ater

flow

. W

ater

qua

lity

is p

resu

med

mod

erat

e- g

ood,

alth

ough

pos

sibl

e ru

noff

from

sur

roun

ding

road

s m

ay d

egra

de w

ater

in A

A w

ith ti

me.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (r

ed, w

hite

, and

bla

ck) a

nd b

utto

nwoo

d ch

arac

teriz

e A

A.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

and

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne

intru

ding

from

the

perip

hery

, par

ticul

arly

from

the

wes

t and

pro

vide

for a

cha

nge

in th

e ve

geta

tion

sign

atur

e - m

ost

appe

ar a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith n

oted

soi

l dis

turb

ance

. Li

ttle

unde

rsto

ry a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith m

angr

oves

; are

as o

f B. p

eppe

r m

ore

brus

hy.

Oth

er n

on-n

ativ

e sp

ecie

s no

ted

at th

e w

este

rn e

xtre

me

of th

e A

A --

bow

strin

g he

mp,

dat

e pa

lms

etc.

th

at m

ay h

ave

been

the

resu

lt of

pas

t dis

posa

l. R

educ

ed lo

ng-te

rm v

iabi

lity

rela

tive

to W

-25b

, with

furth

er

colo

niza

tion

of B

. pep

per a

s th

e sa

linity

regi

me

allo

ws.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.12

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

60

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

06

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Mod

erat

e su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Reg

iona

lly,

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

isol

ated

and

hig

hly

com

partm

enta

lized

due

the

pres

ence

of F

LL, P

ort E

verg

lade

s, a

nd

sim

ilar u

rban

infra

stru

ctur

e. I

nvas

ive

pest

pla

nt c

over

inte

rgra

ding

from

the

wes

tern

per

iphe

ry a

nd w

ithin

this

AA

.Ti

dally

influ

ence

d (a

rtific

ial)

man

grov

e w

etla

nds

cont

iguo

us to

nor

th (W

-25b

) and

bey

ond

the

FPL

trans

mis

sion

co

rrid

or to

the

east

(W-N

4) a

llow

ing

for s

ome

mov

emen

t and

exc

hang

e of

aqu

atic

faun

a. B

oth

upst

ream

and

do

wns

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity is

pro

vide

d w

ith fl

ows/

flush

ing

less

pro

noun

ced

farth

er n

orth

in th

e A

A.

Its

loca

tion

from

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

redu

ces

the

land

scap

e su

ppor

t rel

ativ

e to

W-2

5b

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.60

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.60

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Nov

embe

r 15/

16, 2

004

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-2

5a

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

6

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, w

ith a

tota

l acr

eage

of

22.8

0 ac

res.

Of t

his

0.18

acr

es w

ill b

e di

rect

ly im

pact

ed b

y th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

ap

proa

ch li

ghts

and

ass

ocia

ted

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

AA

was

sep

arat

ed fr

om W

-25a

to th

e no

rth d

ue to

obs

erve

d di

ffere

nces

in v

eget

atio

n si

gnat

ure.

Som

e w

ildlif

e us

age

(cra

bs, f

ish,

som

e bi

rds)

was

not

ed w

ithin

this

AA

dur

ing

the

site

vis

it. P

rior t

o th

e m

id-1

980s

are

a w

as u

sed

in a

gric

ultu

re w

ith

dist

urbe

d so

ils, f

urro

ws,

dra

inag

e di

tche

s, e

tc.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pro

vide

d on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

a la

rge

rela

tivel

y is

olat

ed m

angr

ove

wet

land

that

lies

con

tiguo

us to

oth

er s

imila

r man

grov

e w

etla

nds.

It a

ppea

rs to

be

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om s

igni

fican

t wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

faci

litie

s an

d ro

ads

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

It is

hyd

rolo

gica

lly

conn

ecte

d to

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

by

a se

ries

of c

anal

s, c

ulve

rts, a

nd d

itche

s.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty. A

A in

terg

rade

s in

to W

-25a

to th

e no

rth

and

is c

onne

cted

to ti

dal f

low

s by

a s

erie

s of

cul

verts

runn

ing

from

a c

anal

to

the

east

. A

rea

prev

ious

ly d

istu

rbed

by

agric

ultu

re.

612

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Dire

ct Im

pact

0.18

acr

es

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-25b

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, u

se b

y sm

all f

orag

e fis

h (e

.g.,

Fund

ulus

Cyp

rinod

on) w

ere

note

d. A

man

grov

e w

ater

sna

ke w

as o

bser

ved

with

in a

rem

nant

dr

aina

ge d

itch.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d lik

ely

due

to d

ense

can

opy,

but

mig

ht u

se th

is A

A p

erio

dica

lly w

here

co

nditi

ons

are

favo

rabl

e. R

ed-w

inge

d bl

ack

bird

s w

ere

note

d si

ngin

g w

ithin

this

AA

.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s re

mai

ned

hydr

olog

ical

ly c

onne

cted

to d

iurn

al ti

des

due

to p

lace

men

t of a

ser

ies

of c

ulve

rts a

long

the

FPL

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

A

A is

con

side

red

slig

htly

mor

e fu

nctio

nal r

elat

ive

to W

-25a

to th

e no

rth b

ecau

se it

app

ears

to s

ubje

ct to

a b

ette

r tid

al e

xcha

nge,

app

ears

to b

e m

ore

less

dis

turb

ed w

ithin

, and

has

a s

mal

ler

prop

ortio

n of

exo

tic p

est p

lant

s w

ithin

is in

terio

r. T

he v

eget

ativ

e si

gnat

ure

in th

e fie

ld a

nd d

enot

ed o

n th

e ae

rial l

ead

to th

e se

para

tion

of th

is A

A fr

om W

-25a

.

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yN

ovem

ber 1

5/16

, 200

4 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wad

ing

bird

use

app

ears

mod

erat

e du

e to

den

se c

anop

y. W

hile

at u

pper

re

ache

s of

dai

ly ti

dal e

xten

t, A

A p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r mar

ine/

estu

arin

e fis

h, c

rust

acea

ns, a

nd p

lank

ton

-- m

ulle

t, ki

llifis

h, fi

ddle

r cra

bs a

nd s

ome

wad

ing

bird

s ca

n be

exp

ecte

d, p

artic

ular

ly a

t its

edg

es.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

This

AA

exp

erie

nces

dai

ly ti

dal i

nund

atio

n an

d pr

ovid

es re

fugi

a fo

r aqu

atic

fa

una

trans

porte

d vi

a th

e cu

lver

t sys

tem

. S

ome

wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

(e

.g.,

wad

ing

bird

s fo

ragi

ng) w

ere

not o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it;

but p

rey

base

(for

age

fish,

mul

let,

crab

s) o

bser

ved

with

in th

is A

A.

Not

App

licab

le

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Wat

er le

vels

and

tida

l flu

shin

g de

pend

ent o

n cu

lver

ts (a

rtific

ial s

yste

m w

ith s

ome

redu

ced

flow

s), h

owev

er a

llow

s fo

r the

act

ive

pass

age

of fi

sh a

nd p

assi

ve p

assa

ge o

f pla

nkto

n am

ong

othe

rs. S

urfa

ce w

ater

flow

s ex

tend

s be

yond

th

e lim

its o

f AA

to n

orth

into

W-2

5b b

ut d

imin

ishe

s w

ith d

ista

nce.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

. R

emna

nt d

rain

age

ditc

hs a

ffect

sur

face

wat

er s

heet

flow

. Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d. W

ater

flow

s, fl

ushi

ng d

epen

den

upon

cul

vert

syst

em th

eref

ore

shee

tflow

not

uni

form

or n

atur

al, b

ut is

sco

red

slig

htly

hig

her t

han

W-2

5a d

ue to

be

tter/s

trong

er ti

dal f

lush

ing.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (r

ed, w

hite

, and

bla

ck) a

nd b

utto

nwoo

d ch

arac

teriz

e A

A.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

and

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne

intru

ding

from

the

wes

tern

per

iphe

ry, b

ut s

eem

to b

e lim

ited

by ti

dal f

lush

ing

and

salin

ity re

gim

e. L

ittle

und

erst

ory

typi

cal o

f man

grov

e co

mm

uniti

es.

Leat

her f

ern,

sea

oxe

ye d

aisy

in o

peni

ngs

at e

dges

of A

A.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.13

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

80

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

07

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Mod

erat

e su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Reg

iona

lly,

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

isol

ated

and

hig

hly

com

partm

enta

lized

due

the

pres

ence

of F

LL, P

ort E

verg

lade

s, a

nd

sim

ilar u

rban

infra

stru

ctur

e. T

idal

ly in

fluen

ced

(arti

ficia

l) m

angr

ove

wet

land

s co

ntig

uous

to n

orth

(W-2

5a) a

nd

beyo

nd th

e FP

L tra

nsm

issi

on c

orrid

or to

the

east

(W-N

4) a

llow

ing

for s

ome

mov

emen

t and

exc

hang

e of

aqu

atic

fa

una

-- m

ulle

t, ki

llifis

h, m

angr

ove

crab

s, fi

ddle

r cra

bs n

oted

. B

oth

upst

ream

and

dow

nstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

is p

rovi

ded

with

flow

s/flu

shin

g le

ss p

rono

unce

d fa

rther

nor

th in

the

AA

as

evid

ence

d by

the

chan

ge in

ve

geta

tion

in W

-25b

. Its

loca

tion

from

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

slig

htly

incr

eaes

the

land

scap

e su

ppor

t rel

ativ

e to

W-

25a.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.73

3

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.73

3w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Nov

embe

r 15/

16, 2

004

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-2

5b

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

7

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ngly

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

the

prop

erty

- al

l cur

rent

wet

land

s pr

evio

usly

dis

turb

ed

by a

gric

ultu

re a

nd d

rain

age

ditc

hes.

Lie

s in

a h

eavi

ly u

rban

ized

are

a.A

ppea

rs to

rece

ive

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng p

rope

rties

.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld v

isit

alth

ough

por

tions

of t

he s

ite m

ay b

e us

ed e

piso

dica

lly.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved

othe

r tha

n a

fera

l cat

. W

adin

g bi

rds

or o

ther

wet

land

wild

ife w

ere

not

obse

rved

; no

prey

bas

e or

evi

denc

e th

ereo

f was

obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld v

isit;

den

se c

anop

y lim

its w

adin

g bi

rd/ra

ptor

acc

ess

over

the

maj

ority

of t

he A

A;s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble

-- ra

ccoo

ns, b

lack

rats

, and

suc

h ar

e lik

ely

inha

bita

nts.

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls it

app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y di

stur

bed

and

reve

rted

to B

. pep

per w

etla

nd o

ver t

ime.

Tw

o pa

ved

faci

litie

s im

med

iate

ly fl

ank

the

AA

to th

e w

est;

to th

e no

rth li

es T

aylo

r Roa

d; to

the

east

a F

LL fa

cilit

y an

d fil

l/upl

and

area

; to

the

sout

h lie

s th

e FP

L co

rrid

or

and

silv

icul

ture

. Th

e A

A a

ppea

rs to

rece

ive

runo

ff fro

m th

ese

prop

ertie

s fu

rther

ing

its w

etla

nd c

hara

cter

. Th

ese

land

use

s an

d th

e he

avy

urba

niza

tion

regi

onal

ly, e

ssen

tially

sev

er a

ny w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

and

redu

ce th

e pr

obab

ility

that

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es

limite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-33

619

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood

(Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

)D

irect

Impa

ct5.

37 a

cres

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t rec

tang

ular

ass

essm

ent a

rea,

app

roxi

mat

ely

8.92

acr

es in

siz

e th

at is

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er, a

n ex

otic

pes

t pla

nt.

Of t

his,

5.

37 a

cres

will

be

dire

ctly

impa

cted

from

the

cons

truct

ion

of th

e so

uth

runw

ay.

No

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e us

age

was

not

ed d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

occ

ured

nea

rly th

roug

hout

with

som

ewha

t ope

n w

ater

are

as a

long

the

east

ern

and

sout

hern

frin

ges.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pr

ovid

ed o

n th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s in

low

lyin

g ar

ea th

at h

as re

verte

d to

wet

land

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er.

It lie

s be

twee

n a

larg

e fil

l are

a to

th

e ea

st, a

nd p

arki

ng lo

ts fo

r ren

tal c

ars/

taxi

cab

s. A

por

tion

of it

app

ears

to b

e pa

rt of

a s

torm

wat

er tr

eatm

ent f

acili

ty.

It is

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to F

LL a

nd U

S-1

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-3

3

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

t y

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.33

3

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.33

3w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Ext

rem

ely

limite

d su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Ext

ensi

ve

inva

sive

pes

t pla

nt c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) o

ver t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

). P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sy

stem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e A

A a

re d

eter

rent

and

gre

atly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f des

ireab

le w

etla

nd

wild

life

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

avi

faun

a. D

owns

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity is

sub

stan

tially

lim

ited

- no

dow

stre

am

hydr

olog

ic c

onne

ctio

n is

app

aren

t to

surr

ound

ing

habi

tats

. U

pstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

app

ears

to b

e in

flow

of

sto

rmw

ater

runo

ff.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

30

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

at t

he ti

me

of s

ite v

isit.

No

surfa

ce w

ater

out

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble.

Muc

ky

soils

are

pre

sent

-- s

ome

rafti

ng o

f deb

ris.

Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate,

alth

ough

pos

sibl

e ru

noff

from

su

rrou

ndin

g pa

vem

ent a

nd u

plan

ds m

ay d

egra

de w

ater

in A

A w

ith ti

me.

AA

hyd

rolo

gy/h

ydro

perio

d ap

pear

s ar

tific

ially

enh

ance

d du

e to

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng la

nd.

AA

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

ben

eath

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to

heav

y ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

th

e A

A b

ut n

one

obse

rved

. A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e m

ore

open

are

as a

t the

per

iphe

ry w

ere

leat

her f

ern,

cat

-tail,

love

vi

ne, h

empv

ine,

sal

t bus

h, b

room

sed

ge, p

urpl

e se

dge,

wed

elia

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to h

eavy

ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy

of B

pep

per.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 1

.79

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2.

95 a

cres

in s

ize

that

is p

redo

min

ated

by

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

, an

exot

ic p

est p

lant

. O

f thi

s,

2.83

acr

es w

ill b

e di

rect

ly im

pact

ed fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e so

uth

runw

ay.

No

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e us

age

was

not

ed d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

occ

ured

with

in w

ide

linea

r dep

ress

ions

orie

nted

N-S

thro

ugh

the

AA

; min

or s

oil r

idge

s w

ere

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

ese

feat

ures

. A

sses

smen

t are

a sp

ecifi

cs a

re p

rovi

ded

on th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s in

an

area

of f

orm

er a

gric

ultu

re th

at h

as re

verte

d to

wet

land

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er.

It lie

s be

twee

n pa

rkin

g lo

ts fo

r ren

tal c

ars/

taxi

cab

s to

the

east

; Tay

lor R

oad

to th

e no

rth; a

nd a

tree

farm

(W-N

3b) t

o th

e so

uth.

It i

s re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

si

gnifi

cant

wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

and

US

-1 to

the

wes

t, an

d P

ort E

verg

lade

s to

the

east

.

W-N

3a

619

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood

Dire

ct Im

pact

2.83

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey

base

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it; d

ense

can

opy

limits

wad

ing

bird

/rapt

or a

cces

s ov

er th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

A

A;s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble

-- ra

ccoo

ns, b

lack

rats

, and

suc

h ar

e lik

ely

inha

bita

nts.

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls it

app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y cl

eare

d an

d us

ed fo

r agr

icul

ture

/silv

icul

ture

. A

long

the

north

wes

t sid

e lie

s Ta

ylor

Roa

d; to

the

east

par

king

for c

ar re

ntal

; to

the

sout

h lie

s ac

tive

silv

icul

ture

. Th

ese

land

use

s an

d th

e he

avy

urba

niza

tion

regi

onal

ly,

esse

ntia

lly s

ever

e an

y w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

and

redu

ce th

e pr

obab

ility

that

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us

dist

urbe

d or

exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

ava

ilabl

e.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty -

all c

urre

nt w

etla

nds

prev

ious

ly

dist

urbe

d by

agr

icul

ture

and

dra

inag

e di

tche

s. L

ies

in a

hea

vily

urb

aniz

ed

area

.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld

visi

t.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

at t

he ti

me

of s

ite v

isit.

Lim

ited

surfa

ce w

ater

out

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble

via

drai

nage

ditc

hes

lead

ing

sout

h in

to tr

ee fa

rm (W

-N3b

). M

ucky

soi

ls a

re p

rese

nt --

som

e ra

fting

of d

ebris

. W

ater

qu

ality

is p

resu

med

mod

erat

e, a

lthou

gh p

ossi

ble

runo

ff fro

m T

aylo

r Roa

d an

d pa

rkin

g lo

t. A

A

hydr

olog

y/hy

drop

erio

d lik

ely

affe

cted

by

ditc

hing

to s

outh

and

line

ar d

epre

ssio

nal a

reas

with

in.

AA

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

ben

eath

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to

heav

y ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

th

e A

A b

ut n

one

obse

rved

. Lon

g te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to h

eavy

can

opy

shad

ing

and

alle

lopa

thy

of B

. pe

pper

. W

ithou

t mai

nten

ance

of t

he tr

ee fa

rm to

the

sout

h, B

. pep

per w

ill c

ontin

ue to

exp

and

sout

hwar

d in

to W

-N

3b.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.85

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

20

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Ext

rem

ely

limite

d su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Ext

ensi

ve

inva

sive

pes

t pla

nt c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) o

ver t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

). P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sy

stem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e as

sess

men

t are

a ar

e de

terr

ents

and

gre

atly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f de

sire

able

wet

land

wild

life.

Dow

nstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

is s

ubst

antia

lly li

mite

d - W

-N3b

(tre

e fa

rm) t

o th

e so

uth

is c

onne

cted

, but

pro

vide

s lit

tle la

ndsc

ape

supp

ort.

Ups

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity a

ppea

rs to

be

inflo

w o

f st

orm

wat

er ru

noff

but l

imite

d.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.30

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.30

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-N

3a

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Exc

ept f

or d

rain

age

ditc

hes

with

in th

e A

A, a

quat

ic w

ildlif

e us

e m

inim

al

beca

use

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t reg

iona

l wild

life

corr

idor

. Mov

emen

t bet

wee

n su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

limite

d du

e to

hea

vy

urba

niza

tion

and

heav

y tra

ffic.

Wad

ing

bird

s, ra

ccoo

ns, r

ats

poss

ible

.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion

seas

onal

ly a

nd d

urin

g si

gnifi

cant

rain

fall

even

ts.

Lim

ited

wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e ob

serv

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

field

vis

it, b

ut m

ay b

e av

aila

ble

durin

g pe

riods

of i

nund

atio

n.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o ev

iden

ce o

f wild

life

use

was

obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey b

ase

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it - b

ut m

ay

be a

vaila

ble

with

in th

e di

tche

s an

d as

the

site

floo

ds; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

isol

atio

n an

d in

tens

e la

nd u

se s

urro

undi

ng th

is A

A.

Wad

ing

bird

s an

d si

mila

r wet

land

dep

ende

nt s

peci

es m

ight

be

expe

cted

as

occa

sion

al v

isito

rs a

s co

nditi

ons

war

rant

.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls, i

t app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y cl

eare

d fo

r agr

icul

ture

and

late

r im

pact

ed w

ith th

e sh

iftin

g of

US

-1 to

the

east

. It

cont

inue

s to

be

used

as

a tre

e fa

rm.

Are

a ap

pear

s to

be

perio

dica

lly, b

ut m

inim

ally

, mai

ntai

ned/

mow

ed --

whe

n le

ft fa

llow

ope

n ar

eas

colo

nize

with

wet

land

veg

etat

ion

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-N3b

241

Tree

Nur

sery

Dire

ct Im

pact

0.74

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

roug

hly

squa

re a

sses

smen

t are

a, a

ppro

xim

atel

y 5.

65 a

cres

tota

l in

size

that

is a

n em

erge

nt/g

ram

inoi

d w

etla

nd g

row

ing

with

in a

tree

nur

sery

. O

f th

is, 0

.74

acre

s w

ill b

e di

rect

ly im

pact

ed fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e so

uth

runw

ay.

AA

may

pro

vide

tem

pora

ry h

abita

t to

aqua

tic s

peci

es o

r for

age

to

wet

land

dep

ende

nt s

peci

es d

urin

g pe

riods

of e

xtre

me

inun

datio

n. A

A a

ppea

rs to

be

mar

gina

lly m

aint

aine

d - w

ithou

t mor

e aq

uatic

pla

nt s

peci

es

colo

nize

. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s ea

st o

f US

-1 b

etw

een

NE

10

Stre

et a

nd T

aylo

r Roa

d. W

hile

man

aged

as

a tre

e fa

rm, t

his

AA

it h

arbo

rs e

mer

gent

he

rbac

eous

/gra

min

oid

wet

land

spe

cies

and

is a

t tim

es in

unda

ted.

It i

s re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to it

s po

sitio

n ne

xt to

U

S-1

and

with

in h

eavy

urb

aniz

atio

n.

A s

erie

s of

dra

inag

e di

tche

s w

ithin

the

AA

, a B

razi

lian

pepp

er th

icke

t (W

-N

3a) r

esid

es a

t the

nor

th e

nd.

Larg

e pa

rkin

g fa

cilit

y fo

r tax

is a

nd re

ntal

car

s to

the

east

. G

ener

ally

in a

n he

avily

urb

aniz

ed a

rea.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Pre

senc

e of

sta

ndin

g w

ater

, hig

hly

depe

nden

t on

time

of v

isit/

seas

on.

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

in d

itche

s, b

ut

varia

ble

in o

pen

area

s of

pla

ntin

g. L

imite

d su

rface

wat

er o

utflo

ws

beyo

nd th

e lim

its o

f AA

pos

sibl

e du

ring

extre

me

rain

/floo

d co

nditi

ons.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

-- s

oils

sog

gy a

t tim

e of

vis

it. W

ater

qua

lity

is p

resu

med

fair

- m

oder

ate

beca

use

sub j

ect t

o flo

odin

g fro

m s

torm

wat

er d

rain

age

ditc

h ad

jace

nt to

US

-1.

Als

o po

ssib

le im

pact

s du

eto

on-

site

use

of p

estic

ides

, her

bici

des,

ferti

lizer

s.

A v

arie

ty h

erba

ceou

s w

etla

nd p

lant

s w

ere

obse

rved

gro

win

g be

twee

n th

e ro

ws

of tr

ees/

palm

s an

d in

ass

ocat

ion

with

the

drai

nage

ditc

hes.

Som

e ob

serv

ed in

clud

ed:

barn

yard

gra

ss, p

urpl

e se

dge,

cam

phor

wee

d, h

urric

ane

gras

s, ta

ssel

flow

er, w

ater

hys

sop,

cat

-tail;

Asi

atic

coi

nwor

t; fro

g-fru

it; C

yper

us s

pp.

Are

a m

aint

aine

d/m

owed

- do

es n

ot a

ppea

r to

be d

one

on ir

regu

lar b

asis

. It

is n

ot k

now

n if

herb

icid

e/pe

stic

ide/

ferti

lizer

s ar

e ap

plie

d w

ithin

AA

.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t are

as

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.30

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

50

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Lim

ited

supp

ort f

or m

any

wet

land

wild

life

spec

ies

prov

ided

in th

e im

med

iate

sur

roun

ding

s du

e to

m

aint

enan

ce/m

owin

g of

the

area

, and

sur

roun

ding

land

usa

ge. U

pstre

am c

ompo

nent

link

ed to

the

over

topp

ing

of

ditc

h an

d st

orm

wat

er ru

noff.

No

appa

rent

dow

nstre

am c

onne

ctio

n - a

rea

low

er th

an s

urro

undi

ngs

to a

llow

wat

er

mov

emen

t off-

site

. P

rovi

des

som

e ha

bita

t for

refu

ge w

ith th

e di

tche

s, s

easo

nal f

orag

e et

c. w

ithin

ass

essm

ent (

AA

)H

eavi

ly tr

avel

led

road

way

s en

circ

le th

is s

mal

l AA

. E

xotic

veg

etat

ion

in a

n ad

jace

nt w

etla

nd (B

. pep

per)

and

som

e ca

t-tai

l affe

ct s

core

.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Dire

ct Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.40

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.40

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-N

3b

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

Con

cept

ual W

etla

nd M

itiga

tion

Plan

D

RA

FTFo

rt L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t

ATT

AC

HM

ENT

3.3-

2

Seco

ndar

y Im

pact

UM

AM

Wet

land

Sco

re S

heet

s fo

r Alte

rnat

ive

B1c

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

n

This

rect

angu

lar a

sses

smen

t are

a is

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y w

hite

man

grov

e an

d ha

s a

tota

l acr

eage

of

2.67

acr

es.

Of t

his,

0.0

7 ac

res

may

be

may

re

ceiv

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

as a

resu

lt of

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

appr

oach

ligh

ts a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d ac

cess

road

. S

ome

wild

life

usag

e (c

rabs

, fis

h, s

ome

bird

s) is

exp

ecte

d bu

t non

e w

as n

oted

with

in th

is A

A d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pro

vide

d on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

Ass

essm

ent A

rea

(AA

) is

a re

lativ

ely

smal

l re

ctan

gula

r man

grov

e w

etla

nd th

at a

buts

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

alo

ng it

s no

rth s

ide.

It i

s re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to I-

95 a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d fil

l to

the

wes

t, FL

L to

the

east

and

nor

th, a

nd c

omm

erci

aliz

atio

n to

th

e so

uth.

W-8

612

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

0.07

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, o

nly

fiddl

er c

rabs

wer

e ob

serv

ed. W

adin

g bi

rds

or o

ther

wet

land

wild

ife w

ere

not o

bser

ved

likel

y du

e to

den

se c

anop

y an

d th

e lim

ited

dura

tion/

exte

nt o

f flo

odin

g, b

ut m

ight

use

this

AA

per

iodi

cally

whe

re c

ondi

tions

are

favo

rabl

e.

Bas

ed o

n fie

ld o

bser

vatio

ns o

f flo

tsam

, it a

ppea

red

that

tida

l inu

ndat

ion

of W

-8 is

nei

ther

regu

lar o

r com

plet

e; th

e ex

trem

e so

uthe

rn li

mits

like

ly a

re

inun

date

d du

ring

extre

me

stor

m c

ondi

tions

; als

o a

berm

nea

r the

nor

thea

st c

orne

r lik

ely

furth

er li

mits

the

exte

nt o

f inu

ndat

ion.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 21

, 200

5

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wad

ing

bird

use

app

ears

lim

ited

due

to d

ense

can

opy

and

the

limite

d du

ratio

n of

floo

ding

. W

hile

at u

pper

reac

hes

of d

aily

tida

l ext

ent,

AA

pr

ovid

es te

mpo

rary

opp

ortu

nity

for m

arin

e/es

tuar

ine

fish,

cru

stac

eans

, and

pl

ankt

on, b

ut th

e si

te a

ppea

rs to

dra

in c

ompl

etel

y at

low

tide

, exc

ept a

t the

sh

ore

of th

e C

anal

. Fi

ddle

r cra

bs w

ere

note

d at

low

tide

.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty.

W-8

lies

adj

acen

t to

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

and

exp

erie

nces

som

e tid

al fl

oodi

ng o

n a

diur

nal b

asis

.

This

AA

exp

erie

nces

dai

ly ti

dal i

nund

atio

n an

d m

ay p

rovi

de li

mite

d re

fugi

a fo

r aqu

atic

faun

a te

mpo

raril

y tra

nspo

rted

onto

the

site

. S

ome

wet

land

w

ildlif

e fu

nctio

ns (e

.g.,

wad

ing

bird

s fo

ragi

ng) w

ere

not o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Bas

ed o

n fie

ld o

bser

vatio

ns o

f flo

tsam

, it a

ppea

red

that

tida

l inu

ndat

ion

of W

-8 is

nei

ther

regu

lar o

r com

plet

e; th

e ex

trem

e so

uthe

rn li

mits

like

ly a

re in

unda

ted

durin

g ex

trem

e st

orm

con

ditio

ns; n

onet

hele

ss, s

uch

inun

datio

ns a

llow

fo

r the

tem

pora

ry p

assa

ge o

f fis

h an

d pl

ankt

on a

mon

g ot

hers

. M

ucky

soi

ls a

re p

rese

nt. W

ater

qua

lity

is p

resu

med

m

oder

ate

- goo

d, a

s di

ctat

ed b

y th

e C

anal

wat

er q

ualit

y. A

real

ext

ent o

f sur

face

wat

er fl

ows,

flus

hing

dep

ende

nt

upon

sea

sona

l/wea

ther

tide

s, a

nd g

ener

ally

floo

ds th

e ex

trem

e no

rther

n po

rtion

of t

his

AA

. U

ncer

tain

whe

ther

st

orm

wat

er re

ceiv

ed fr

om h

otel

and

gar

age

at s

outh

edg

e.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (p

redo

min

antly

whi

te m

angr

ove

with

red

man

grov

e at

the

Can

al s

hore

) cha

ract

eriz

e th

e A

A.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

and

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne a

nd o

ther

exo

tics

lie in

the

upla

nd a

t the

wes

t but

see

m to

be

limite

d w

ithin

the

AA

by

tidal

flus

hing

and

sal

inity

regi

me.

Litt

le u

nder

stor

y ty

pica

l of m

angr

ove

com

mun

ities

. Whi

te m

angr

oves

ap

pear

to b

e ve

ry ta

ll an

d th

in a

s th

ough

som

ewha

t stre

ssed

- sa

linity

may

not

be

optim

al fo

r spe

cies

.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.04

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

70

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

06

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Mod

erat

e su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs

that

may

ent

er fr

om

the

Can

al.

Reg

iona

lly, a

sses

smen

t are

a (A

A) i

s is

olat

ed, h

ighl

y co

mpa

rtmen

taliz

ed d

ue th

e pr

esen

ce o

f FLL

, I-9

5,

and

sim

ilar h

igh

dens

ity u

rban

izat

ion.

Tid

ally

influ

ence

d by

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

allo

win

g fo

r som

e m

ovem

ent

and

exch

ange

of a

quat

ic fa

una

-- fi

ddle

r cra

bs n

oted

. C

onne

ctiv

ity is

lim

ited

to th

e no

rther

n ed

ge a

t the

Cut

-off

Can

al; i

sola

ted

on th

e re

mai

ning

thre

e si

des.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.56

7

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.56

7w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

21, 2

005

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-8

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

4

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yN

ovem

ber 1

5/16

, 200

4 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wad

ing

bird

use

app

ears

mod

erat

e du

e to

den

se c

anop

y. W

hile

at u

pper

re

ache

s of

dai

ly ti

dal e

xten

t, A

A p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r mar

ine/

estu

arin

e fis

h, c

rust

acea

ns, a

nd p

lank

ton.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Som

e w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e fu

nctio

ns (e

.g.,

wad

ing

bird

s fo

ragi

ng) w

ere

not

obse

rved

at t

he ti

me

of th

e fie

ld v

isit;

but

pre

y ba

se (f

orag

e fis

h) o

bser

ved

with

in th

is A

A; l

ess

than

foun

d in

W-2

5b h

owev

er.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, u

se b

y sm

all f

orag

e fis

h w

as n

oted

. W

adin

g bi

rds

or o

ther

wet

land

wild

ife w

ere

not o

bser

ved

likel

y du

e to

den

se c

anop

y, b

ut

mig

ht u

se th

is A

A p

erio

dica

lly w

here

con

ditio

ns a

re fa

vora

ble.

Red

-win

ged

blac

k bi

rds

wer

e no

ted

sing

ing

with

in th

is A

A.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s re

mai

ned

hydr

olog

ical

ly c

onne

cted

to d

iurn

al ti

des

due

to p

lace

men

t of a

ser

ies

of c

ulve

rts a

long

the

FPL

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

A

A is

con

side

red

slig

htly

less

func

tiona

l rel

ativ

e to

W-2

5b to

the

sout

h be

caus

e it

appe

ars

to li

e at

the

uppe

r lim

it of

tida

l exc

hang

e, a

ppea

rs to

be

mor

e di

stur

bed,

and

has

a g

reat

er p

ropo

rtion

of e

xotic

pes

t pla

nts

with

in is

inte

rior.

The

veg

etat

ive

sign

atur

e in

the

field

and

den

oted

on

the

aeria

l le

ad to

the

sepe

ratio

n of

this

AA

from

W-2

5b.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-25a

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

612

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

0.39

acr

es

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, w

ith a

tota

l acr

eage

of

8.92

acr

es.

Of t

his,

0.3

9 ac

res

may

rece

ive

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s fro

m c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e ap

proa

ch li

ghts

and

ass

ocia

ted

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

AA

was

sep

arat

ed fr

om W

-25b

to th

e so

uth

due

to o

bser

ved

diffe

renc

es in

veg

etat

ion

sign

atur

e. L

ittle

wild

life

usag

e w

as n

oted

with

in th

is A

A d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Prio

r to

the

mid

-198

0s, a

rea

was

use

d in

agr

icul

ture

with

dis

turb

ed

soils

, fur

row

s, d

rain

age

ditc

hes,

etc

. A

sses

smen

t are

a sp

ecifi

cs a

re p

rovi

ded

on th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

a la

rge

rela

tivel

y is

olat

ed m

angr

ove

wet

land

that

lies

con

tiguo

us to

oth

er s

imila

r man

grov

e w

etla

nds.

It a

ppea

rs to

be

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om s

igni

fican

t wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

faci

litie

s an

d ro

ads

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

It is

hyd

rolo

gica

lly

conn

ecte

d to

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

by

a se

ries

of c

anal

s, c

ulve

rts, a

nd d

itche

s.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty. A

A in

terg

rade

s in

to W

-25b

to th

e so

uth

and

is c

onne

cted

to ti

dal f

low

s by

a s

erie

s of

cul

verts

runn

ing

from

a c

anal

to

the

east

- ar

ea p

revi

ousl

y di

stur

bed

by a

gric

ultu

re.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Wat

er le

vels

and

tida

l flu

shin

g de

pend

ent o

n cu

lver

ts (a

rtific

ial s

yste

m w

ith s

ome

redu

ced

flow

s, h

owev

er a

llow

s fo

the

activ

e pa

ssag

e of

fish

and

pas

sive

pas

sage

of p

lank

ton

amon

g ot

hers

. Sur

face

wat

er fl

ows

exte

nds

beyo

nd th

e lim

its o

f AA

to n

orth

but

dim

inis

hes

with

dis

tanc

e. M

ucky

soi

ls a

re p

rese

nt.

Rem

nant

dra

inag

e di

tchs

affe

ct s

urfa

ce

wat

er s

heet

flow

. A

reas

of s

oil d

istu

rban

ce/m

ound

s af

fect

sur

face

wat

er fl

ow.

Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d, a

lthou

gh p

ossi

ble

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng ro

ads

may

deg

rade

wat

er in

AA

with

tim

e.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (r

ed, w

hite

, and

bla

ck) a

nd b

utto

nwoo

d ch

arac

teriz

e th

is A

A.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

and

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne in

trude

from

the

perip

hery

, par

ticul

arly

from

the

wes

t and

pro

vide

for a

cha

nge

in th

e ve

geta

tion

sign

atur

e -

mos

t app

ear a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith n

oted

soi

l dis

turb

ance

. Li

ttle

unde

rsto

ry a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith m

angr

oves

; are

as o

f B.

pepp

er m

ore

brus

hy.

Oth

er n

on-n

ativ

e sp

ecie

s no

ted

at th

e w

este

rn e

xtre

me

of th

e A

A --

bow

strin

g he

mp,

dat

e pa

lms

etc.

that

may

hav

e be

en th

e re

sult

of p

ast d

ispo

sal.

Red

uced

long

-term

via

bilit

y re

lativ

e to

W-2

5b, w

ith th

e A

A b

eing

sub

ject

to fu

rther

col

oniz

atio

n by

B. p

eppe

r as

the

salin

ity re

gim

e al

low

s.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.23

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

60

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

06

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Mod

erat

e su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Reg

iona

lly,

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

isol

ated

, hig

hly

com

partm

enta

lized

due

the

pres

ence

of F

LL, P

ort E

verg

lade

s, a

nd s

imila

r ur

ban

infra

stru

ctur

e. I

nvas

ive

pest

pla

nt c

over

inte

rgra

ding

from

the

wes

tern

per

iphe

ry a

nd w

ithin

this

AA

. Ti

dally

in

fluen

ced

(arti

ficia

l) m

angr

ove

wet

land

s co

ntig

uous

to s

outh

(W-2

5b) a

nd b

eyon

d th

e FP

L tra

nsm

issi

on c

orrid

or to

th

e ea

st (W

-N4)

allo

win

g fo

r som

e m

ovem

ent a

nd e

xcha

nge

of a

quat

ic fa

una.

Bot

h up

stre

am a

nd d

owns

tream

hy

drol

ogic

con

nect

ivity

is p

rovi

ded

with

flow

s/flu

shin

g le

ss p

rono

unce

d fa

rther

nor

th in

the

AA

. Its

loca

tion

from

D

ania

Cut

-off

Can

al re

duce

s th

e la

ndsc

ape

supp

ort r

elat

ive

to W

-25b

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.60

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.60

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Nov

embe

r 15/

16, 2

004

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-2

5a

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

6

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yN

ovem

ber 1

5/16

, 200

4 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wad

ing

bird

use

app

ears

mod

erat

e du

e to

den

se c

anop

y. W

hile

at u

pper

re

ache

s of

dai

ly ti

dal e

xten

t, A

A p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r mar

ine/

estu

arin

e fis

h, c

rust

acea

ns, a

nd p

lank

ton

-- m

ulle

t, ki

llifis

h, fi

ddle

r cra

bs, a

nd s

ome

wad

ing

bird

s ca

n be

exp

ecte

d, p

artic

ular

ly a

t its

edg

es.

Lim

ited

utili

zatio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

offe

red

and

land

use

pra

ctic

es.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

hav

e be

com

e in

crea

sing

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

This

AA

exp

erie

nces

dai

ly ti

dal i

nund

atio

n an

d pr

ovid

es re

fugi

a fo

r aqu

atic

fa

una

trans

porte

d vi

a th

e cu

lver

t sys

tem

. S

ome

wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

(e

.g.,

wad

ing

bird

s fo

ragi

ng) w

ere

not o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it;

but p

rey

base

(for

age

fish,

mul

let,

crab

s) o

bser

ved

with

in th

is A

A.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, u

se b

y sm

all f

orag

e fis

h (e

.g.,

Fund

ulus

Cyp

rinod

on) w

ere

note

d. A

man

grov

e w

ater

sna

ke w

as o

bser

ved

with

in a

rem

nant

dr

aina

ge d

itch.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d lik

ely

due

to d

ense

can

opy,

but

mig

ht u

se th

is A

A p

erio

dica

lly w

here

co

nditi

ons

are

favo

rabl

e. R

ed-w

inge

d bl

ack

bird

s w

ere

note

d si

ngin

g w

ithin

this

AA

.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

This

wet

land

are

a ha

s re

mai

ned

hydr

olog

ical

ly c

onne

cted

to d

iurn

al ti

des

due

to p

lace

men

t of a

ser

ies

of c

ulve

rts a

long

the

FPL

acce

ss ro

ad.

This

A

A is

con

side

red

slig

htly

mor

e fu

nctio

nal r

elat

ive

to W

-25a

to th

e no

rth b

ecau

se it

app

ears

to s

ubje

ct to

a b

ette

r tid

al e

xcha

nge,

app

ears

to b

e m

ore

less

dis

turb

ed w

ithin

, and

has

a s

mal

ler

prop

ortio

n of

exo

tic p

est p

lant

s w

ithin

is in

terio

r. T

he v

eget

ativ

e si

gnat

ure

in th

e fie

ld a

nd d

enot

ed o

n th

e ae

rial l

ead

to th

e se

para

tion

of th

is A

A fr

om W

-25a

.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

leW

-25b

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

612

Man

grov

e Fo

rest

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

0.41

acr

es

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

n

A s

omew

hat t

riang

ular

ass

essm

ent a

rea,

with

a to

tal a

crea

ge o

f 22

.80

acre

s. O

f thi

s, 0

.41

acre

s m

ay re

ceiv

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

appr

oach

ligh

ts a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d ac

cess

road

. Th

is A

A w

as s

epar

ated

from

W-2

5a to

the

north

due

to o

bser

ved

diffe

renc

es in

veg

etat

ion

sign

atur

e. S

ome

wild

life

usag

e (c

rabs

, fis

h, s

ome

bird

s) w

as n

oted

with

in th

is A

A d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Prio

r to

the

mid

-198

0s a

rea

was

use

d in

ag

ricul

ture

with

dis

turb

ed s

oils

, fur

row

s, d

rain

age

ditc

hes,

etc

. A

sses

smen

t are

a sp

ecifi

cs a

re p

rovi

ded

on th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

a la

rge

rela

tivel

y is

olat

ed m

angr

ove

wet

land

that

lies

con

tiguo

us to

oth

er s

imila

r man

grov

e w

etla

nds.

It a

ppea

rs to

be

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om s

igni

fican

t wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

faci

litie

s an

d ro

ads

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

It is

hyd

rolo

gica

lly

conn

ecte

d to

the

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

by

a se

ries

of c

anal

s, c

ulve

rts, a

nd d

itche

s.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty. A

A in

terg

rade

s in

to W

-25a

to th

e no

rth

and

is c

onne

cted

to ti

dal f

low

s by

a s

erie

s of

cul

verts

runn

ing

from

a c

anal

to

the

east

. A

rea

prev

ious

ly d

istu

rbed

by

agric

ultu

re.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Nov

embe

r 15/

16, 2

004

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-2

5b

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

t y

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

7

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.73

3

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.73

3w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Mod

erat

e su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Reg

iona

lly,

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

(AA

) is

isol

ated

and

hig

hly

com

partm

enta

lized

due

the

pres

ence

of F

LL, P

ort E

verg

lade

s, a

nd

sim

ilar u

rban

infra

stru

ctur

e. T

idal

ly in

fluen

ced

(arti

ficia

l) m

angr

ove

wet

land

s co

ntig

uous

to n

orth

(W-2

5a) a

nd

beyo

nd th

e FP

L tra

nsm

issi

on c

orrid

or to

the

east

(W-N

4) a

llow

ing

for s

ome

mov

emen

t and

exc

hang

e of

aqu

atic

fa

una

-- m

ulle

t, ki

llifis

h, m

angr

ove

crab

s, fi

ddle

r cra

bs n

oted

. B

oth

upst

ream

and

dow

nstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

is p

rovi

ded

with

flow

s/flu

shin

g le

ss p

rono

unce

d fa

rther

nor

th in

the

AA

as

evid

ence

d by

the

chan

ge in

ve

geta

tion

in W

-25a

. Its

loca

tion

from

Dan

ia C

ut-o

ff C

anal

slig

htly

incr

eaes

the

land

scap

e su

ppor

t rel

ativ

e to

W25

-a.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

07

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

80

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

Wat

er le

vels

and

tida

l flu

shin

g de

pend

ent o

n cu

lver

ts (a

rtific

ial s

yste

m w

ith s

ome

redu

ced

flow

s); h

owev

er, A

A

allo

ws

for t

he a

ctiv

e pa

ssag

e of

fish

and

pas

sive

pas

sage

of p

lank

ton

amon

g ot

hers

. Sur

face

wat

er fl

ows

exte

nds

beyo

nd th

e lim

its o

f AA

to n

orth

into

W-2

5b b

ut d

imin

ishe

s w

ith d

ista

nce.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

. R

emna

nt

drai

nage

ditc

hs a

ffect

sur

face

wat

er s

heet

flow

. Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate

- goo

d. W

ater

flow

s, fl

ushi

ng

depe

nden

t upo

n cu

lver

t sys

tem

; the

refo

re, s

heet

flow

is n

ot u

nifo

rm o

r nat

ural

, but

is s

core

d sl

ight

ly h

ighe

r tha

n W

-25

a du

e to

bet

ter/s

trong

er ti

dal f

lush

ing.

Man

grov

e sp

ecie

s (r

ed, w

hite

, and

bla

ck) a

nd b

utto

nwoo

d ch

arac

teriz

e A

A.

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

and

Aus

tralia

n pi

ne

intru

de fr

om th

e w

este

rn p

erip

hery

, but

see

m to

be

limite

d by

tida

l flu

shin

g an

d sa

linity

regi

me.

Litt

le u

nder

stor

y ty

pica

l of m

angr

ove

com

mun

ities

. Le

athe

r fer

n, s

ea o

xeye

dai

sy in

ope

ning

s at

edg

es o

f AA

.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.30

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t rec

tang

ular

ass

essm

ent a

rea,

app

roxi

mat

ely

8.92

acr

es in

siz

e th

at is

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er, a

n ex

otic

pes

t pla

nt.

Of t

his,

0.

22 a

cres

may

rece

ive

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s fro

m c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e so

uth

runw

ay.

No

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e us

age

was

not

ed d

urin

g th

e si

te v

isit.

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

occ

ured

nea

rly th

roug

hout

with

som

ewha

t ope

n w

ater

are

as a

long

the

east

ern

and

sout

hern

frin

ges.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pr

ovid

ed o

n th

e at

tach

ed U

MA

M P

art I

I. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s in

low

lyin

g ar

ea th

at h

as re

verte

d to

wet

land

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er.

It lie

s be

twee

n a

larg

e fil

l are

a to

th

e ea

st, a

nd p

arki

ng lo

ts fo

r ren

tal c

ars/

taxi

cab

s. A

por

tion

of it

app

ears

to b

e pa

rt of

a s

torm

wat

er tr

eatm

ent f

acili

ty.

It is

regi

onal

ly is

olat

ed fr

om

sign

ifica

nt w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to F

LL a

nd U

S-1

to th

e w

est,

and

Por

t Eve

rgla

des

to th

e ea

st.

W-3

3

619

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood

(Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

)S

econ

dary

Impa

ct0.

22 a

cres

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved

othe

r tha

n a

fera

l cat

. W

adin

g bi

rds

or o

ther

wet

land

wild

ife w

ere

not

obse

rved

; no

prey

bas

e or

evi

denc

e th

ereo

f was

obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld v

isit;

den

se c

anop

y lim

its w

adin

g bi

rd/ra

ptor

acc

ess

over

the

maj

ority

of t

he A

A;s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble

-- ra

ccoo

ns, b

lack

rats

, and

suc

h ar

e lik

ely

inha

bita

nts.

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls it

app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y di

stur

bed

and

reve

rted

to B

. pep

per w

etla

nd o

ver t

ime.

Tw

o pa

ved

faci

litie

s im

med

iate

ly fl

ank

the

AA

to th

e w

est;

to th

e no

rth li

es T

aylo

r Roa

d; to

the

east

a F

LL fa

cilit

y an

d fil

l/upl

and

area

; to

the

sout

h lie

s th

e FP

L co

rrid

or

and

silv

icul

ture

. Th

e A

A a

ppea

rs to

rece

ive

runo

ff fro

m th

ese

prop

ertie

s fu

rther

ing

its w

etla

nd c

hara

cter

. Th

ese

land

use

s an

d th

e he

avy

urba

niza

tion

regi

onal

ly, e

ssen

tially

sev

er a

ny w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

and

redu

ce th

e pr

obab

ility

that

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es

limite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ngly

dev

elop

ed w

ith ro

ads,

hig

hway

s, e

xist

ing

airp

ort,

exis

ting

seap

ort,

and

othe

r new

dev

elop

men

t.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

the

prop

erty

- al

l cur

rent

wet

land

s pr

evio

usly

dis

turb

ed

by a

gric

ultu

re a

nd d

rain

age

ditc

hes.

Lie

s in

a h

eavi

ly u

rban

ized

are

a.A

ppea

rs to

rece

ive

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng p

rope

rties

.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld v

isit

alth

ough

por

tions

of t

he s

ite m

ay b

e us

ed e

piso

dica

lly.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-3

3

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

t y

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.33

3

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.33

3w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Ext

rem

ely

limite

d su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Ext

ensi

ve

inva

sive

pes

t pla

nt c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) o

ver t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

). P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sy

stem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e A

A a

re d

eter

rent

and

gre

atly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f des

ireab

le w

etla

nd

wild

life

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

avi

faun

a. D

owns

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity is

sub

stan

tially

lim

ited

- no

dow

stre

am

hydr

olog

ic c

onne

ctio

n is

app

aren

t to

surr

ound

ing

habi

tats

. U

pstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

app

ears

to b

e in

flow

of

sto

rmw

ater

runo

ff.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

30

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

at t

he ti

me

of s

ite v

isit.

No

surfa

ce w

ater

out

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble.

Muc

ky

soils

are

pre

sent

-- s

ome

rafti

ng o

f deb

ris.

Wat

er q

ualit

y is

pre

sum

ed m

oder

ate,

alth

ough

pos

sibl

e ru

noff

from

su

rrou

ndin

g pa

vem

ent a

nd u

plan

ds m

ay d

egra

de w

ater

in A

A w

ith ti

me.

AA

hyd

rolo

gy/h

ydro

perio

d ap

pear

s ar

tific

ially

enh

ance

d du

e to

runo

ff fro

m s

urro

undi

ng la

nd.

AA

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

ben

eath

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to

heav

y ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

th

e A

A b

ut n

one

obse

rved

. A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e m

ore

open

are

as a

t the

per

iphe

ry w

ere

leat

her f

ern,

cat

-tail,

love

vi

ne, h

empv

ine,

sal

t bus

h, b

room

sed

ge, p

urpl

e se

dge,

wed

elia

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to h

eavy

ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy

of B

pep

per.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.07

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e(s)

fina

lized

:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

som

ewha

t tria

ngul

ar a

sses

smen

t are

a, a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2.

95 a

cres

in s

ize

that

is p

redo

min

ated

by

Bra

zilia

n pe

pper

, an

exot

ic p

est p

lant

. O

f thi

s,

0.09

acr

es m

ay re

ceiv

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

sout

h ru

nway

. N

o si

gnifi

cant

wild

life

usag

e w

as n

oted

dur

ing

the

site

vis

it.S

tand

ing

wat

er o

ccur

ed w

ithin

wid

e lin

ear d

epre

ssio

ns o

rient

ed N

-S th

roug

h th

e A

A; m

inor

soi

l rid

ges

wer

e as

soci

ated

with

thes

e fe

atur

es.

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

spec

ifics

are

pro

vide

d on

the

atta

ched

UM

AM

Par

t II.

Uni

quen

ess

(con

side

ring

the

rela

tive

rarit

y in

rela

tion

to th

e re

gion

al

land

scap

e.)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s in

an

area

of f

orm

er a

gric

ultu

re th

at h

as re

verte

d to

wet

land

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er.

It lie

s be

twee

n pa

rkin

g lo

ts fo

r ren

tal c

ars/

taxi

cab

s to

the

east

; Tay

lor R

oad

to th

e no

rth; a

nd a

tree

farm

(W-N

3b) t

o th

e so

uth.

It i

s re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

si

gnifi

cant

wild

life

corr

idor

s du

e to

FLL

and

US

-1 to

the

wes

t, an

d P

ort E

verg

lade

s to

the

east

.

W-N

3a

619

Exo

tic W

etla

nd H

ardw

ood

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

0.09

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o di

rect

or i

ndire

ct e

vide

nce

of w

ildlif

e us

e w

as o

bser

ved.

Wad

ing

bird

s or

oth

er w

etla

nd w

ildife

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey

base

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it; d

ense

can

opy

limits

wad

ing

bird

/rapt

or a

cces

s ov

er th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

A

A;s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us d

istu

rbed

or e

xotic

impa

cted

eco

syst

em a

vaila

ble

-- ra

ccoo

ns, b

lack

rats

, and

suc

h ar

e lik

ely

inha

bita

nts.

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls it

app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y cl

eare

d an

d us

ed fo

r agr

icul

ture

/silv

icul

ture

. A

long

the

north

wes

t sid

e lie

s Ta

ylor

Roa

d; to

the

east

par

king

for c

ar re

ntal

; to

the

sout

h lie

s ac

tive

silv

icul

ture

. Th

ese

land

use

s an

d th

e he

avy

urba

niza

tion

regi

onal

ly,

esse

ntia

lly s

ever

e an

y w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

and

redu

ce th

e pr

obab

ility

that

this

site

will

rece

ive

mea

ning

ful w

ildlif

e us

e; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

the

vario

us

dist

urbe

d or

exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

ava

ilabl

e.

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Wild

life

use

min

imal

bec

ause

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t re

gion

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

or. M

ovem

ent b

etw

een

surr

ound

ing

parc

els

poss

ible

bu

t spe

cies

lim

ited

by th

e va

rious

dis

turb

ed o

r exo

tic im

pact

ed e

cosy

stem

s pr

ovid

ed.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

No

biol

ogic

ally

sig

nific

ant u

plan

d fe

atur

es o

r sig

nific

ant w

etla

nd a

reas

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

near

by th

e pr

oper

ty -

all c

urre

nt w

etla

nds

prev

ious

ly

dist

urbe

d by

agr

icul

ture

and

dra

inag

e di

tche

s. L

ies

in a

hea

vily

urb

aniz

ed

area

.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion.

Mos

t wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e no

t obs

erve

d at

the

time

of th

e fie

ld

visi

t.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

at t

he ti

me

of s

ite v

isit.

Lim

ited

surfa

ce w

ater

out

flow

s be

yond

the

limits

of A

A p

ossi

ble

via

drai

nage

ditc

hes

lead

ing

sout

h in

to tr

ee fa

rm (W

-N3b

). M

ucky

soi

ls a

re p

rese

nt --

som

e ra

fting

of d

ebris

. W

ater

qu

ality

is p

resu

med

mod

erat

e, a

lthou

gh p

ossi

ble

runo

ff fro

m T

aylo

r Roa

d an

d pa

rkin

g lo

t. A

A

hydr

olog

y/hy

drop

erio

d lik

ely

affe

cted

by

ditc

hing

to s

outh

and

line

ar d

epre

ssio

nal a

reas

with

in.

AA

pre

dom

inat

ed b

y B

razi

lian

pepp

er w

ith li

ttle

or n

o un

ders

tory

ben

eath

. Lo

ng te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to

heav

y ca

nopy

sha

ding

and

alle

lopa

thy.

Som

e ve

rtica

l stru

ctur

e of

fere

d fo

r roo

stin

g an

d ne

stin

g al

ong

the

edge

s of

th

e A

A b

ut n

one

obse

rved

. Lon

g te

rm v

iabi

lity

of s

ite is

poo

r due

to h

eavy

can

opy

shad

ing

and

alle

lopa

thy

of B

. pe

pper

. W

ithou

t mai

nten

ance

of t

he tr

ee fa

rm to

the

sout

h, B

. pep

per w

ill c

ontin

ue to

exp

and

sout

hwar

d in

to W

-N

3b.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.03

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

20

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Ext

rem

ely

limite

d su

ppor

t for

man

y w

etla

nd w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

imm

edia

te s

urro

undi

ngs.

Ext

ensi

ve

inva

sive

pes

t pla

nt c

over

(B. p

eppe

r) o

ver t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

). P

rese

nce

of m

ajor

road

sy

stem

s an

d ur

bani

zatio

n su

rrou

ndin

g th

e as

sess

men

t are

a ar

e de

terr

ents

and

gre

atly

lim

it th

e m

ovem

ent o

f de

sire

able

wet

land

wild

life.

Dow

nstre

am h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tivity

is s

ubst

antia

lly li

mite

d - W

-N3b

(tre

e fa

rm) t

o th

e so

uth

is c

onne

cted

, but

pro

vide

s lit

tle la

ndsc

ape

supp

ort.

Ups

tream

hyd

rolo

gic

conn

ectiv

ity a

ppea

rs to

be

inflo

w o

f st

orm

wat

er ru

noff

but l

imite

d.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.30

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.30

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-N

3a

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

n S

ite?

Impa

ct A

rea

Siz

e

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Ass

essm

ent c

ondu

cted

by:

Ass

essm

ent d

ate(

s):

Geo

grap

hic

rela

tions

hip

to a

nd h

ydro

logi

c co

nnec

tion

with

wet

land

s, o

ther

sur

face

wat

er, u

plan

ds

Func

tions

Miti

gatio

n fo

r pre

viou

s pe

rmit/

othe

r his

toric

use

Sig

nific

ant n

earb

y fe

atur

es

Ass

essm

ent a

rea

desc

riptio

nA

roug

hly

squa

re a

sses

smen

t are

a, a

ppro

xim

atel

y 5.

65 a

cres

tota

l in

size

that

is a

n em

erge

nt/g

ram

inoi

d w

etla

nd g

row

ing

with

in a

tree

nur

sery

. O

f th

is, 0

.24

acre

s m

ay re

ceiv

e se

cond

ary

impa

cts

from

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

sout

h ru

nway

. A

A m

ay p

rovi

de te

mpo

rary

hab

itat t

o aq

uatic

spe

cies

or

fora

ge to

wet

land

dep

ende

nt s

peci

es d

urin

g pe

riods

of e

xtre

me

inun

datio

n. A

A a

ppea

rs to

be

mar

gina

lly m

aint

aine

d - w

ithou

t mor

e aq

uatic

pla

nt

spec

ies

colo

nize

. U

niqu

enes

s (c

onsi

derin

g th

e re

lativ

e ra

rity

in re

latio

n to

the

regi

onal

la

ndsc

ape.

)

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

(AA

) lie

s ea

st o

f US

-1 b

etw

een

NE

10

Stre

et a

nd T

aylo

r Roa

d. W

hile

man

aged

as

a tre

e fa

rm, t

his

AA

it h

arbo

rs e

mer

gent

he

rbac

eous

/gra

min

oid

wet

land

spe

cies

and

is a

t tim

es in

unda

ted.

It i

s re

gion

ally

isol

ated

from

sig

nific

ant w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

due

to it

s po

sitio

n ne

xt to

U

S-1

and

with

in h

eavy

urb

aniz

atio

n.

W-N

3b

241

Tree

Nur

sery

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

0.24

acr

es

Furth

er c

lass

ifica

tion

(opt

iona

l)

(See

Sec

tion

62-3

45.4

00, F

.A.C

.)

Not

App

licab

leC

lass

III

Non

e

Spe

cial

Cla

ssifi

catio

n (i.

e.O

FW, A

P, o

ther

loca

l/sta

te/fe

dera

l des

igna

tion

of im

porta

nce)

Affe

cted

Wat

erbo

dy (C

lass

)B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed N

ame/

Num

ber

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

FLU

CC

s co

de

Not

App

licab

le

Bas

ed o

n hi

stor

ic a

eria

ls, i

t app

ears

that

this

are

a ha

d be

en p

revi

ousl

y cl

eare

d fo

r agr

icul

ture

and

late

r im

pact

ed w

ith th

e sh

iftin

g of

US

-1 to

the

east

. It

cont

inue

s to

be

used

as

a tre

e fa

rm.

Are

a ap

pear

s to

be

perio

dica

lly, b

ut m

inim

ally

, mai

ntai

ned/

mow

ed --

whe

n le

ft fa

llow

ope

n ar

eas

colo

nize

with

wet

land

veg

etat

ion

Obs

erve

d E

vide

nce

of W

ildlif

e U

tiliz

atio

n (L

ist s

peci

es d

irect

ly o

bser

ved,

or o

ther

sig

ns s

uch

as tr

acks

, dro

ppin

gs, c

asin

gs, n

ests

, etc

.):

Ant

icip

ated

Util

izat

ion

by L

iste

d S

peci

es (L

ist s

peci

es, t

heir

lega

l cl

assi

ficat

ion

(E, T

, SS

C),

type

of u

se, a

nd in

tens

ity o

f use

of t

he

asse

ssm

ent a

rea)

Ant

icip

ated

Wild

life

Util

izat

ion

Bas

ed o

n Li

tera

ture

Rev

iew

(Lis

t of s

peci

es

that

are

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

rea

and

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

ted

to

be fo

und

)

A s

erie

s of

dra

inag

e di

tche

s w

ithin

the

AA

, a B

razi

lian

pepp

er th

icke

t (W

-N

3a) r

esid

es a

t the

nor

th e

nd.

Larg

e pa

rkin

g fa

cilit

y fo

r tax

is a

nd re

ntal

car

s to

the

east

. G

ener

ally

in a

n he

avily

urb

aniz

ed a

rea.

This

ass

essm

ent a

rea

func

tions

prim

arily

for w

ater

sto

rage

/flow

atte

nuat

ion

seas

onal

ly a

nd d

urin

g si

gnifi

cant

rain

fall

even

ts.

Lim

ited

wet

land

wild

life

func

tions

wer

e ob

serv

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

field

vis

it, b

ut m

ay b

e av

aila

ble

durin

g pe

riods

of i

nund

atio

n.

Not

App

licab

le

Dur

ing

the

site

vis

it, n

o ev

iden

ce o

f wild

life

use

was

obs

erve

d; n

o pr

ey b

ase

or e

vide

nce

ther

eof w

as o

bser

ved

at th

e tim

e of

the

field

vis

it - b

ut m

ay

be a

vaila

ble

with

in th

e di

tche

s an

d as

the

site

floo

ds; s

peci

es li

mite

d by

isol

atio

n an

d in

tens

e la

nd u

se s

urro

undi

ng th

is A

A.

Wad

ing

bird

s an

d si

mila

r wet

land

dep

ende

nt s

peci

es m

ight

be

expe

cted

as

occa

sion

al v

isito

rs a

s co

nditi

ons

war

rant

.

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

PA

RT

I – Q

ualit

ativ

e D

escr

iptio

n

Form

62-

345.

900(

1), F

.A.C

. [

effe

ctiv

e da

te ]

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

yJa

nuar

y 20

, 200

5 &

May

19,

200

6

Not

App

licab

le

Add

ition

al re

leva

nt fa

ctor

s:

Exc

ept f

or d

rain

age

ditc

hes

with

in th

e A

A, a

quat

ic w

ildlif

e us

e m

inim

al

beca

use

site

is is

olat

ed/s

ever

ed fr

om a

ny s

igni

fican

t reg

iona

l wild

life

corr

idor

. Mov

emen

t bet

wee

n su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

limite

d du

e to

hea

vy

urba

niza

tion

and

heav

y tra

ffic.

Wad

ing

bird

s, ra

ccoo

ns, r

ats

poss

ible

.

No

antic

ipat

ed u

tiliz

atio

n by

Lis

ted

Spe

cies

due

to th

e ty

pe o

f hab

itats

of

fere

d an

d la

nd u

se p

ract

ices

. R

egio

nally

, the

sur

roun

ding

are

as

have

bec

ome

incr

easi

ng d

evel

oped

with

road

s, h

ighw

ays,

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t, ex

istin

g se

apor

t, an

d ot

her n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

w/o

pre

s or

curr

ent

curr

ent

or w

/o p

res

Fina

lized

by:

Dat

e fin

aliz

ed:

Mic

hael

J. T

ust

Janu

ary

15, 2

008

Pre

senc

e of

sta

ndin

g w

ater

, hig

hly

depe

nden

t on

time

of v

isit/

seas

on.

Sta

ndin

g w

ater

pre

sent

in d

itche

s, b

ut

varia

ble

in o

pen

area

s of

pla

ntin

g. L

imite

d su

rface

wat

er o

utflo

ws

beyo

nd th

e lim

its o

f AA

pos

sibl

e du

ring

extre

me

rain

/floo

d co

nditi

ons.

Muc

ky s

oils

are

pre

sent

-- s

oils

sog

gy a

t tim

e of

vis

it. W

ater

qua

lity

is p

resu

med

fair

- m

oder

ate

beca

use

sub j

ect t

o flo

odin

g fro

m s

torm

wat

er d

rain

age

ditc

h ad

jace

nt to

US

-1.

Als

o po

ssib

le im

pact

s du

eto

on-

site

use

of p

estic

ides

, her

bici

des,

ferti

lizer

s.

A v

arie

ty h

erba

ceou

s w

etla

nd p

lant

s w

ere

obse

rved

gro

win

g be

twee

n th

e ro

ws

of tr

ees/

palm

s an

d in

ass

ocat

ion

with

the

drai

nage

ditc

hes.

Som

e ob

serv

ed in

clud

ed:

barn

yard

gra

ss, p

urpl

e se

dge,

cam

phor

wee

d, h

urric

ane

gras

s, ta

ssel

flow

er, w

ater

hys

sop,

cat

-tail;

Asi

atic

coi

nwor

t; fro

g-fru

it; C

yper

us s

pp.

Are

a m

aint

aine

d/m

owed

- do

es n

ot a

ppea

r to

be d

one

on ir

regu

lar b

asis

. It

is n

ot k

now

n if

herb

icid

e/pe

stic

ide/

ferti

lizer

s ar

e ap

plie

d w

ithin

AA

.

Tim

e la

g (t-

fact

or) =

NA

Ris

k fa

ctor

= N

A

If m

itiga

tion

For s

econ

dary

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t ar

eas

FL =

del

ta x

impa

ct a

cres

= 0

.10

For m

itiga

tion

asse

ssm

ent a

reas

RFG

= d

elta

/(t-fa

ctor

x ri

sk) =

NA

If pr

eser

vatio

n as

miti

gatio

n,

50

Sco

re =

sum

of a

bove

sco

res/

30

(if

upla

nds,

div

ide

by 2

0)

with0 with

.500

(6)(

c)C

omm

unity

stru

ctur

e

04

.500

(6)(

b)W

ater

Env

ironm

ent

(n/a

for u

plan

ds)

1. V

e get

atio

n an

d/or

2. B

enth

ic C

omm

unity

.500

(6)(

a) L

ocat

ion

and

Land

scap

e S

uppo

rt with

Lim

ited

supp

ort f

or m

any

wet

land

wild

life

spec

ies

prov

ided

in th

e im

med

iate

sur

roun

ding

s du

e to

m

aint

enan

ce/m

owin

g of

the

area

, and

sur

roun

ding

land

usa

ge. U

pstre

am c

ompo

nent

link

ed to

the

over

topp

ing

of

ditc

h an

d st

orm

wat

er ru

noff.

No

appa

rent

dow

nstre

am c

onne

ctio

n - a

rea

low

er th

an s

urro

undi

ngs

to a

llow

wat

er

mov

emen

t off-

site

. P

rovi

des

som

e ha

bita

t for

refu

ge w

ith th

e di

tche

s, s

easo

nal f

orag

e et

c. w

ithin

ass

essm

ent (

AA

)H

eavi

ly tr

avel

led

road

way

s en

circ

le th

is s

mal

l AA

. E

xotic

veg

etat

ion

in a

n ad

jace

nt w

etla

nd (B

. pep

per)

and

som

e ca

t-tai

l affe

ct s

core

.

Con

ditio

n is

insu

ffici

ent t

o pr

ovid

e w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce

wat

er fu

nctio

ns

Con

ditio

n is

opt

imal

and

fu

lly s

uppo

rts

wet

land

/sur

face

wat

er

func

tions

Con

ditio

n is

less

than

op

timal

, but

suf

ficie

nt to

m

aint

ain

mos

t w

etla

nd/s

urfa

cew

ater

func

tions

(See

Sec

tions

62-

345.

500

and

.600

, F.A

.C.)

Ft L

aude

rdal

e-H

olly

woo

d In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (FL

L)

Sec

onda

ry Im

pact

Ste

phen

W. C

arne

y

Site

/Pro

ject

Nam

eA

pplic

atio

n N

umbe

rA

sses

smen

t Are

a N

ame

or N

umbe

r

Impa

ct o

r Miti

gatio

nA

sses

smen

t dat

e:A

sses

smen

t con

duct

ed b

y:

PAR

T II

– Q

uant

ifica

tion

of A

sses

smen

t Are

a (im

pact

or m

itiga

tion)

Form

62-

345.

900(

2), F

.A.C

. [e

ffect

ive

date

]

0.40

0

Pre

serv

atio

n ad

just

men

t fac

tor =

NA

Adj

uste

d m

itiga

tion

delta

= N

A

Del

ta =

[with

-cur

rent

]

0.40

0w

ith

Min

imal

leve

l of s

uppo

rt of

w

etla

nd/s

urfa

ce w

ater

fu

nctio

ns

Opt

imal

(10)

0

Not

App

licab

le

Not

Pre

sent

(0)

Janu

ary

20, 2

005

& M

ay 1

9, 2

006

Mod

erat

e(7)

Min

imal

(4)

W-N

3b

Sco

ring

Gui

danc

eTh

e sc

orin

g of

eac

h in

dica

tor i

s ba

sed

on w

hat

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r the

ty

pe o

f wet

land

or s

urfa

ce

wat

er a

sses

sed

3

95

595Snyder Park

84

31

9R

13

9L

27R

27L

1

1

McIntosh R

d

Griffin Rd

Dania Cut Off Canal

NE

7th

Ave

Old Griffin Rd

Ang

lers

Ave

SW 9

th A

ve

Eller Drive

SW 53 Ct

SE 1

4th

Ave

SW 1

5th

Ave

SW 39th St

SW 4

th A

ve

SW 1

2th

Ave

S Andrew

s Ave

Bry

an R

d

Terminal Dr

NE

3rd

Ave

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood

InternationalAirport

Environmental Impact StatementFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

LegendDetailed Study Area

Existing Surface Waters

Existing Wetlands

Impacted AreasAccess Road Impacts

Permanent Airfield Impacts

Temporary Construction Impacts

Limits of DisturbanceRelocated Radar

Disturbed Area Access Road

Disturbed Area Airfield

Disturbed Area Facility Relocations

Disturbed Stormwater Collection System

Disturbed Area Temporary Construction

Disturbed Area Terminal

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To

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ia L

ane/

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c

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Wie

ble

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ubje

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Rec

ord

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FS t

ext

Hel

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irgin

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By

incl

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hig

hlig

hte

d t

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in t

he

atta

ched

exc

erpt

from

the

Rec

ord

of D

ecis

ion (

e.g.,

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e FA

A w

ill e

nsu

re t

hat

the

Airport

Sponso

r, in

consu

ltat

ion w

ith N

MFS

Hab

itat

Conse

rvation D

ivis

ion [

HCD

], w

ill d

evel

op a

m

itig

ation a

nd m

onitoring p

lan a

s part

of

the

Sec

tion 4

04 p

erm

it p

roce

ss")

, w

e ca

n c

lose

the

EFH

consu

ltation for

the

purp

ose

of

the

pro

ject

's E

IS.

We

rem

ain p

repar

ed t

o w

ork

dili

gen

tly

with t

he

loca

l sp

onso

r an

d F

AA t

o

com

ple

te t

he

mitig

atio

n p

lan t

o a

void

del

ays

during t

he

404 p

erm

itting

pro

cess

and d

uring t

he

continuation o

f th

e EFH

consu

ltat

ion t

hat

the

404

per

mitting p

roce

ss w

ill t

rigger

.

Than

ks,

Pace

Wilb

er

S

ubje

ct:

Exc

erpt

from

FLL

Rec

ord

of

Dec

isio

n -

NM

FS t

ext

F

rom

: Vir

gin

ia.L

ane@

faa.

gov

D

ate:

Fri,

21 N

ov

2008 1

3:5

9:2

7 -

0500

T

o:

Joce

lyn.K

araz

sia@

noaa

.gov

T

o:

Joce

lyn.K

araz

sia@

noaa

.gov

C

C:

jack

ie.s

wea

tt-e

ssic

k@fa

a.gov

Jo

cely

n,

bas

ed o

n o

ur

tele

phone

dis

cuss

ion t

oday,

I h

ave

att

ached

a

w

ord

docu

men

t w

ith e

xcer

pts

fro

m t

he

FLL

RO

D w

ith t

he

refe

rence

d N

MFS

se

ctio

ns

per

your

email.

Pl

ease

hav

e yo

ur

super

viso

r,M

r. W

ilber

,

se

nd u

s an

em

ail co

nfirm

ing t

hat

FAA h

as c

om

ple

ted t

he

EFH

pro

cess

on

M

onday

Nove

mber

24.

Thanks

.

Virgin

ia L

ane,

A.I

.C.P

.

Fe

der

al Avi

atio

n A

dm

inis

trat

ion

O

rlan

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irport

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ict

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ice

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xt.

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x: 4

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er,

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. Atlan

tic

Bra

nch

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f, C

har

lest

on (

F/SER47)

South

east

Reg

ional

Off

ice,

NO

AA F

isher

ies

PO B

ox

12559

Char

lest

on,

SC 2

9422-2

559

843-9

53-7

200

FAX 8

43-9

53-7

205

pac

e.w

ilber

@noaa

.gov

htt

p:/

/ser

o.n

mfs

.noaa.

gov/

dhc/

hab

itat

.htm

(See

att

ach

ed file

: Exc

erpt

from

FLL

Rec

ord

of

Dec

isio

n -

NM

FS t

ext.

doc)

Exce

rpt

fro

m

FLL

Reco

rd

of

Deci

sio

n-

SE

CTIO

N

4

SU

MM

AR

Y

OF

MIT

IGA

TIO

N

MEA

SU

RE

S…

……

……

……

……

……

…..

NM

FS

re

com

men

ded

te

xt

in b

lue.

Bro

war

d

County

, as

th

e

applic

ant,

w

ill

apply

fo

r al

l re

quired

per

mits.

Bro

war

d C

ounty

has

obta

ined

per

mits

from

the

USACE a

nd t

he

SFW

MD

that

al

low

fo

r hab

itat

re

stora

tion

and

enhan

cem

ent

within

W

est

Lake

Par

k.1

Bro

war

d

County

has

pro

vided

a

lett

er

indic

atin

g

thei

r co

mm

itm

ent

to

imple

ment

the

wet

land

mitig

atio

n

that

w

ould

be

required

for

pro

ject

im

pac

ts.2

A D

epar

tmen

t of

the

Arm

y per

mit u

nder

Sec

tion 4

04 o

f th

e C

lean

W

ater

Act

will

be

required

for

this

pro

ject

and a

modific

atio

n t

o t

he

SFW

MD

Envi

ronm

enta

l Res

ourc

e Per

mit

(ERP)

No.

06-0

0339-S

fo

r im

pac

ts

to

juri

sdic

tional

w

etla

nds.

In

resp

onse

to

th

e N

MFS

Conse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

mendat

ions3

, th

e FA

A

will

ensu

re

that

th

e Airport

Sponso

r,

in

consu

ltat

ion w

ith N

MFS

Hab

itat

Conse

rvat

ion D

ivis

ion (

HCD

), w

ill d

evelo

p a

m

itig

ation a

nd m

onitori

ng p

lan a

s par

t of

the S

ect

ion 4

04 p

erm

it p

roce

ss.

Exce

rpt

fro

m

FLL

Reco

rd

of

Deci

sio

n-

SEC

TIO

N

6

FIN

DIN

GS

A

ND

D

ETER

MIN

ATIO

NS

……

……

……

……

……

……

..N

MFS

reco

mm

en

ded

text

in

blu

e.

The

FAA p

rovi

ded

an E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

(EFH

) as

sess

ment

in a

ccord

ance

w

ith 5

0 C

FR S

ect

ion 6

00.9

20(e

) fo

r an

EFH

ass

essm

ent

in t

he D

raft

EIS

. I

n

resp

onse

to

th

eir

com

men

ts

on

the

Dra

ft

EIS

, th

e N

MFS

pro

vided

Conse

rvat

ion R

eco

mm

endat

ions

in a

ccord

ance

with S

ection 3

05(b

)(4)(

A)

of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

, and

als

o

reques

ted

additio

nal

info

rmat

ion

in

ord

er

to

fully

ev

aluat

e th

e pro

pose

d

pro

ject

.4

The

FAA

pro

vided

th

e

reques

ted a

dditio

nal

info

rmat

ion a

nd t

he

FAA's

res

ponse

to t

he

NM

FS E

FH

Conse

rvat

ion Rec

om

men

dat

ions.

5 The

FAA has

fully

co

nsi

der

ed th

e EFH

Conse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

men

dat

ions

in

acco

rdan

ce

with

the

requirem

ents

of

Sec

tion 305(b

)(4)(

B)

of

the

Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

. Consi

stent

with th

e

NM

FS E

FH C

onse

rvat

ion R

ecom

men

dat

ions,

a C

once

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n

Pla

n t

o c

om

pen

sate

for

unav

oid

able

im

pac

ts t

o w

etla

nds

and E

FH is

pro

vided

in

the

Final

EIS

, Appen

dix

M,

Bio

logic

al R

esourc

es.

The

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd

Mitig

atio

n P

lan r

efe

rence

s a

monitori

ng p

lan f

or

the

ecolo

gic

al s

ucc

ess

of

the

off

-site

com

pen

sato

ry

mitig

atio

n

as

des

crib

ed

in

Sec

tion

Five

of

the

1

United

Sta

tes

Arm

y Corp

s of

Engin

eer

s (U

SAC

E)

Perm

it N

um

ber

SAJ-

2002-0

0072 an

d

South

Flo

rida

Wat

er M

anag

em

ent

Dis

tric

t (S

FWM

D)

Per

mit N

um

ber

06 0

4016 P

. 2

Lett

er f

rom

Mar

c G

am

brill,

Bro

war

d C

ounty

Avi

atio

n D

epar

tment,

to V

irgin

ia L

ane,

FAA

Orlan

do A

irport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e.

Dat

ed

Dece

mber

4,

2007

3

Lett

er fr

om

Pau

l W

elle

r fo

r M

iles

M.

Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Regio

nal

Adm

inis

trato

r, H

abitat

Conse

rvat

ion D

ivis

ion,

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

, to

Vir

gin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do

Air

port

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e.

Dat

ed:

May

17,

2007

4

Lett

er fr

om

Pau

l W

elle

r fo

r M

iles

M.

Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Regio

nal

Adm

inis

trato

r, H

abitat

Conse

rvat

ion D

ivis

ion,

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

, to

Vir

gin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do

Air

port

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e,

RE:

F/S

ER4:J

K/p

w.

Dat

ed:

May

17,

2007

5

Lett

er

from

Vir

gin

ia

Lane,

FA

A

Orlan

do

Airport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e,

to

Joce

lyn

Kar

azsi

a,

Nat

ional

M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

, w

ith

encl

osu

re

Dir

ect,

Seco

ndar

y,

and

Cum

ula

tive

Eff

ects

on E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

. D

ated

: S

epte

mber

29,

2008.

Form

atte

d: N

ot H

ighl

ight

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan.

Furt

her

refinem

ent

of

the C

once

ptu

al

Wet

land M

itig

atio

n Pla

n an

d th

e m

onitoring pla

n ar

e to

be

addre

ssed

by

Bro

war

d C

ounty

and t

he U

SAC

E d

uri

ng t

he

Sec

tion 4

04 p

erm

itting p

roce

ss.

NM

FS

pro

vided

co

mm

ents

on

the

Final

EIS

re

gar

din

g

the

additio

nal

info

rmat

ion

refe

rence

d

above

.6

The

FAA

resu

bm

itte

d

the

additio

nal

in

form

atio

n t

o N

MFS

for

their r

evie

w a

nd c

om

men

t an

d c

onduct

ed f

urt

her

co

ord

inat

ion w

ith N

MFS

reg

ardin

g t

hei

r Conse

rvat

ion R

eco

mm

endat

ions.

7

In

resp

onse

to

th

e N

MFS

C

onse

rvat

ion

Rec

om

mendat

ions,

th

e FA

A

will

en

sure

that

the

Airport

Sponso

r, in c

onsu

ltat

ion w

ith N

MFS

HC

D,

will

dev

elo

p

a m

itig

atio

n a

nd m

onitori

ng p

lan a

s par

t of

the

404 p

erm

it p

roce

ss.

Base

d

on

the

pre

cedin

g,

NM

FS

has

in

dic

ated

that

th

e

FAA

has

co

mple

ted

its

coord

inat

ion in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith th

e M

agnuso

n-S

teve

ns

Act

. [E

mai

l fr

om

N

MFS

will

confirm

this

per

Joce

lyn 1

1-2

1-2

008]

Exce

rpt

fro

m FLL R

eco

rd o

f D

eci

sio

n S

EC

TIO

N 8

C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F

AP

PR

OV

AL,

Su

bse

ctio

n 8

.2

IMP

LE

MEN

TA

TIO

N O

F M

ITIG

AT

ION

…..

In a

ppro

ving th

is R

OD

, th

e FA

A is

id

entify

ing m

itig

atio

n m

easu

res

that

it

dee

ms

nece

ssar

y to

av

oid

or

min

imiz

e si

gnific

ant

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pac

ts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith a

ppro

val of th

e se

lect

ed a

lter

nat

ive.

Sec

tion

4

(Sum

mar

y of

Mitig

atio

n

Meas

ure

s)

of

this

RO

D

dis

cuss

es

the

mitig

ation a

ctio

ns

that

are

made

conditio

ns

of

appro

val of

this

RO

D.

(These

m

itig

ation m

easu

res

are

dis

cuss

ed g

reat

er d

etai

l in

the

Final

EIS

, Chap

ter

Eig

ht,

FAA’s

Pre

ferr

ed A

lter

nat

ive

and f

or

wet

land m

itig

atio

n in A

ppen

dix

M.3

Conce

ptu

al W

etla

nd M

itig

atio

n P

lan).

The

appro

vals

conta

ined

in t

his

RO

D

are

spec

ific

ally

co

nditio

ned

upon

full

imple

men

tation

of

these

m

itig

atio

n

mea

sure

s.

In a

ccord

ance

with 4

0 C

FR §

1505.3

, th

e F

AA w

ill t

ake

appro

pri

ate

steps,

th

rough

feder

al

gra

nt

assu

rance

s an

d

conditio

ns,

ai

rport

la

yout

pla

n

appro

vals

, an

d

contr

act

pla

ns

and

spec

ific

atio

ns,

to

en

sure

th

at

the

mitig

ation

actions

outlin

ed

in

this

RO

D

are

imple

men

ted

during

pro

ject

dev

elo

pm

ent,

and w

ill m

onitor

the

imple

men

tation o

f th

ese

mitig

atio

n a

ctio

ns

as nec

essa

ry to

as

sure

th

at re

pre

senta

tions

mad

e in

th

e Fi

nal

EIS

w

ith

resp

ect

to m

itig

atio

n ar

e ca

rrie

d out.

Thes

e m

itig

ation m

easu

res

will

be

mad

e th

e su

bje

ct of

speci

al co

nditio

ns

incl

uded

in

an

y fu

ture

gra

nts

of

feder

al f

inan

cial

ass

ista

nce

to t

he

Airport

Sponso

r.

6

Lett

er fr

om

Pau

l W

elle

r fo

r M

iles

M.

Cro

om

, Ass

ista

nt

Regio

nal

Adm

inis

trato

r, H

abitat

Conse

rvat

ion D

ivis

ion,

Nat

ional

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Ser

vice

, to

Vir

gin

ia L

ane,

FAA O

rlan

do

Air

port

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e,

RE:

F/S

ER4:J

K/p

w.

Dat

ed:

July

25,

2008

7

Lett

er

from

Vir

gin

ia

Lane,

FA

A

Orlan

do

Airport

s D

istr

ict

Offic

e,

to

Joce

lyn

Kar

azsi

a,

Nat

ional

M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Ser

vice

, w

ith

encl

osu

re

Direc

t,

Seco

ndar

y,

and

Cum

ula

tive

Effec

ts o

n E

ssen

tial

Fis

h H

abitat

. D

ated

: S

epte

mber

29,

2008.

Form

atte

d: N

ot H

ighl

ight

The

prim

ary

resp

onsi

bili

ty fo

r im

ple

men

tation of

the

mitig

atio

n m

eas

ure

s th

at

are

conditio

ns

of

appro

val of

this

RO

D lie

s w

ith t

he

Airport

Sponso

r.

The

FAA w

ill h

ave

ove

rsig

ht

resp

onsi

bili

ty t

o en

sure

the m

itig

atio

n m

easu

res

are

imple

mente

d.

The

FAA f

inds

that

these

mea

sure

s co

nst

itute

all

reas

onab

le

step

s to

m

inim

ize har

m and t

hat

they

rep

rese

nt

all

pra

ctic

able

mean

s to

av

oid

or

min

imiz

e har

m t

o w

etla

nds

and o

ther

envi

ronm

enta

l har

ms

from

the

sele

cted

alter

nat

ive

and p

ropose

d fed

eral

act

ions.