One Lake External Agency Reviews
Final Independent External Peer Review (IEPR) Report, 26 June 2018
After reviewing the One Lake Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Independent External Peer Review team made 23 comments including 5 High Significance, 2 Medium/High, 4 Medium, 5 Medium/Low and 7 Low. Comments and links to the documents are listed below.
*TSP=Tentatively Selected Plan (Alternative C, One Lake)
*NED=National Economic Development (identified as reasonably maximizing the economic or ecosystem restoration benefits, respectively, of the project compared to its costs)
After reviewing the One Lake Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Independent External Peer Review team made 23 comments including 5 High Significance, 2 Medium/High, 4 Medium, 5 Medium/Low and 7 Low. Comments and links to the documents are listed below.
*TSP=Tentatively Selected Plan (Alternative C, One Lake)
*NED=National Economic Development (identified as reasonably maximizing the economic or ecosystem restoration benefits, respectively, of the project compared to its costs)
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Agency Technical Review (ATR) Summary Report, 20 June 2018
The Army Corps of Engineers Agency Technical Review (20 June 2018) generated 153 comments with 19 critical flagged and 24 high significance. 10 Critical or High Significance comments remained "Open" and 7 comments remained "Flagged for Follow-up" upon publication of the Summary Report. Comments and link to the document below.
10 Critical or High Significance "Open" comments:
"Flagged for Follow Up" comments:
10 Critical or High Significance "Open" comments:
- 7066365 (Civil) Critical: "Report needs more presentation and definition on the various flood risk levels ran for the final array of alternatives. It is not readily apparent right now the level of protection for the final array of alternatives." (page 71)
- 7069330 (Cost Engineering) Critical (page 93)
- 7069332 (Cost Engineering) Critical (page 93)
- 7071776 (Environmental) High: Purpose and need for the project (page 105)
- 7071779 (Environmental) Critical: Screening criteria are "substantially flawed". "In my opinion, we are neither compliant with, nor operating within the spirit of the Clean Water Act." (page 107)
- 7071784 (Environmental) High: "there appears to be little consideration for environmental impacts within the selection process. The TSP does appear to the most substantial environmental impacts, including over a thousand acres of wetland fill." "There is no explanation why the most impactful alternative was selected as the TSP." "The report needs to justify why the TSP impacts are warranted..and why these objectives can't be met with other alternatives." (page 109)
- 7071790 (Environmental) Critical: "We cannot select an alternative if another practicable alternative could be selected with fewer impacts to waters of the United States." (page 112)
- 7071792 (Environmental) Critical: Regarding an Adaptive Management Plan. "This plan has specific requirements, almost none of which appears within the Feasibility Study." *"This needs to be completed as part of the draft report moving forward for public and vertical team review." (page 113)
- 7071795 (Environmental) High: Lack of clarity in the mitigation analysis (page 114)
- 7465720 (Cost) Critical: No Cost Certification at Draft
"Flagged for Follow Up" comments:
- 7069585 (Real Estate) Critical: Incorrect calculation of LERRD (Land, Easements, Rights-of-Way, Relocation and Disposal) cost and total project costs (page 96)
- 7069594 (Real Estate) Critical: Real Estate Plan not Compliant with Corps Policy (HTRW sites, bridge upgrades, etc) (page 97)
- 7069699 (Real Estate) Critical: "The standard estates required should be identified by number and interests in lands owned by the NFS (non-federal sponsor) to be utilized for the project that do not match the standard estates need to be identified in the report using the exact language that requires approval." (page 100)
- 7069702 (Real Estate) Critical: "A Non-Federal Sponsor Capability analysis must be included in the final report." (page 100)
- 7069773 (Real Estate) Critical: Multiple Project Purposes (page 102)
- 7069774 (Real Estate) High: Excavated fill disposal requirements. "the Real Estate Plan must include a discussion of the land requirements for mitigation." (page 102)
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