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Foreword

FOREWORD

A note to the reader of this Revised Draft PIR/SEIS

Prior to completion of this Revised Draft Project Implementation Report (PIR)

and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the State of Florida

determined that it was urgent to accelerate funding, design, and construction of

critical restoration projects to capture immediate environmental, social, and

economic benefits in the South Florida region. To that end, the State of Florida’s

“Acceler8” program was established, including the Everglades Agricultural Area

Reservoir A-1 project. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)

is the state agency responsible for water resources management in South Florida

and acts as the non-federal sponsor for federal water resources projects,

including the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The

SFWMD is also responsible for implementing the Acceler8 program.

Since the SFWMD anticipated that the review of this Draft PIR/SEIS under the

CERP Programmatic Regulations, Corps of Engineers policy requirements, and

public and agency review requirements of NEPA, followed by subsequent

preparation and submittal of a Final PIR/SEIS for eventual Congressional

review and authorization were not likely to be completed on the construction

schedule originally established by the SFWMD for the Everglades Agricultural

Area Reservoir A-1 project, the SFWMD decided to pursue a Corps of Engineers

regulatory permit issued under Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act

(supported by a separate regulatory EIS) for the Acceler8 project so that

construction could begin as scheduled in 2006.

The Acceler8 project (Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir A-1 project) is

similar to a component of the NEPA preferred alternative or Tentatively

Selected Plan, described in this Revised Draft PIR/SEIS. The SFWMD’s

proposed Acceler8 project represents approximately one-half the dimensions

(e.g., area and storage volume) of the PIR preferred alternative. The purposes of

the preferred alternative identified in this Draft PIR and the Acceler8 project are

consistent, but the completion of the Regulatory EIS and receipt of associated

permits and required land use approvals are expected to occur more quickly than

a final agency decision on this PIR/SEIS, thereby enabling the SFWMD to

initiate construction in 2006 as scheduled.

The Draft Regulatory EIS is available for public and agency review at the same

time as this Revised Draft PIR/SEIS for the proposed Federal project. For

details of the Acceler8 project, the reader is referred to the Regulatory EIS. The

availability of both documents will be noticed in the Federal Register and the

Regulatory SEIS will be posted on the Jacksonville Corps District web site

(http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/) and this Revised Draft PIR/SEIS is posted on

the CERP website (

http://www.evergladesplan.org).

EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006

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