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

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Intent to Perform the Second Periodic Nourishment of the Sunny

Isles and Miami Beach Segments of the Beach Erosion Control and

Hurricane Protection Project for Dade County, Florida

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is

planning for the second periodic nourishment of the Sunny Isles and

Miami Beach Segments of the Dade County Shore Protection Project. This

is a notice to inform the public of those plans. This is not a Notice

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Branch, Planning

Division, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael Dupes, (904) 232-1689.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane

Protection Project for Dade County was authorized by the flood control

Act of 1968. The authorized project include the shoreline between

Government Cut and Bakers Haulover Inlet. The project was extended

north to include the beach at Sunny Isles by the Supplemental

Appropriations Act of 1985 and the Water Resources Development Act of

1986. The length of beach to be nourished at Sunny Isles is

approximately 3,400 feet and extends from DNR survey monument DNR-7 TO

DNR-10. The beach to be nourished at Miami Beach is approximately 5,300

feet long and extends from DNR monument DNR-53 to DNR-58. Approximately

53,000 cubic yards of sand will be used to fill the beach at Sunny

Isles and approximately 410,000 will be used at Miami Beach. Both areas

proposed for nourishment have been nourished before. Sunny Isles was

initially nourished in 1988 and renourished in 1991. The Miami Beach

segment was initially nourished in 1980 and renourished in 1987. The

borrow area proposed for this project is located offshore northeast of

Sunny Isles approximately 1.5 miles east of the Town of Golden Beach. A

buffer zone will be established to protect reef communities, and

magnetometer anomalies deemed to have potential historic significance

that are located in the borrow area will be avoided. A permitted

artificial reef area, located offshore of Miami Beach, will be used to

dispose of rock material unsuitable for placement on the beach. An

Environmental Assessment will be prepared to provide supplemental

environmental information on the project since the completion of the

1975 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the 1982 FEIS

Supplement.

2. Scoping: The scoping process will involve Federal, State, county

and municipal agencies, and other interested persons and organizations.

A scoping letter has been sent to interested Federal, State, county and

municipal agencies requesting their comments and concerns. Any persons

and organizations wishing to participate in the scoping process should

contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the address provided in

this Notice. Significant issues that are anticipated include concern

for offshore hard bottom communities, fisheries, water quality, sea

turtles and sea turtle nests. A public workshop is planned to discuss

the project and address any concerns the public may have. The workshop

will be held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 1995 in Conference

Room 18-2 at the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 N.W. 1st Street, Miami,

Florida 33130. Notices of the project and the workshop will be placed

in local newspapers.

3. Coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the

National Marine Fisheries Service will be accomplished in compliance

with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Coordination required by

applicable Federal and State laws and policies will be conducted. Since

the project will require the discharge of material into waters of the

United States, the discharge will comply with the provisions of section

404 of the Clean Water Act as amended.

Kenneth L. Denton,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-30204 Filed 12-7-94; 8:45 am]

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