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Orange County Dump Comment Letter: According to the Public Notice, the applicant proposes to destroy over 72.50 acres of jurisdictional wetlands to construct a landfill over a 25-year period. Please explain by what regulatory authority the Corps is empowered to issue a 25-year permit. Read The Entire Comment HERE
No description of the wetlands condition is provided, their type, vegetation, or characteristics, much less their quality and level of function. Please provide so that adequate comment can be made. Read The Entire Comment HERE
The public notice does not provide description of the condition of the wetlands, their quality and level of function. This information must be provided to allow adequate comment. Nevertheless, "palustrine forested and herbaceous wetlands" adjacent to a lake are very valuable wetland communities and necessary to the ecological health of the lake. Read The Entire Comment HERE
Everglades Urban Comment Letter: According to the public notice, the applicant proposes to fill 4.29 acres to build a parking lot. A parking lot is not a "water-dependent" activity. The Corps' rules (40 C. F. R. 230.10(3)) specify that the discharge of dredge and fill material is not permitted for activities that are not water dependent. Read The Entire Comment HERE
"Residential development is not water dependent". The wetlands areas described by the applicant in general terms as "freshwater marshes, hydric pine flatwoods, and wet prairies." No list of plant species comprising the wetlands is provided, nor is there any description of the condition of the wetlands, their quality and level of function. Read The Entire Comment HERE
Miami Apartments Comment Letter: "An example of how Miami became 'Exhibit A' for Florida's ecological destruction. According to the public notice, the applicant proposes to fill approximately 150 acres of waters of the United States to build an apartment complex. An apartment complex is not a "water-dependent" activity. Read The Entire Comment HERE
Residential Development in Jacksonville Comment Letter: This letter is submitted on behalf of Floridians for Environmental Accountability and Reform, as comments on the permit referenced above....The wetlands are not described sufficiently in terms of type, quality and function to provide for adequate comment. Read The Entire Comment HERE
"St. Joe is Busy in the Panhandle" Comment Letter: The public notice does not provide description of the condition of the wetlands, their quality and level of function. This information must be provided to allow adequate comment. Nonetheless, the land proposed for development of a residential subdivision on Palm Point between the cities of Mexico Beach and Port St. Joe both contains and is adjacent to areas of very high ecological and natural resource significance. Read The Entire Comment HERE
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Comment Letters by a Ph.D in Hydroecology Cutrale Farms, Inc. Comment Letter: Numerous deficiencies are associated with the Public Notice for the referenced project. Those deficiencies prevent an accurate determination of the full impacts of the proposed project. Despite those deficiencies, it is obvious that the proposed project poses serious water quality and water quantity threats to the proposed restoration of the Everglades, which involves $8 billion in federal tax dollars. Read The Entire Comment HERE
I am responding to the joint Revised Public Notice dated March 1, 2001, for the 10 individual permit applications and reported acres of wetlands lost, as referenced above. The referenced permit applications were consolidated for public comment, for the convenience of the reviewers. Read The Entire Comment HERE
This section of the public notice states that the "applicant proposes to operate a sand mine and ancillary uses related to the sand mining activities on the Jahna Ranch for the life of the mine which will include paved access roads, stormwater management system, and mining activities such as sand excavation, stockpiling of materials, and processing of materials." Read The Entire Comment HERE
Phosphate Mining Comment Letter: I am directing this letter to your attention because Florida's regional aquifer system is in a state of crisis. It is analogous to a multiple stab-wound victim, hemorrhaging from every artery due to gouging wounds inflicted over its body by the mining industry. Read The Entire Comment HERE
State Road 520 Comment Letter: The comments included in this letter are not intended to represent a comprehensive list of the basis for DENIAL of this proposed project, but are sufficient to justify the denial. If the COE is uncertain regarding the sufficiency of these impacts to justify DENIAL of the proposed project, I respectfully request the initiation of a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a public hearing. Read The Entire Comment HERE
There is no indication in the Public Notice that an Alternatives Analysis has been conducted. There is no indication in the Public Notice that a Section 7 consultation has been conducted. There is no information on a Public Interest evaluation or determination. Read The Entire Comment HERE
The public notice does not provide description of the condition of the wetlands, their quality and level of function. This information must be provided to allow adequate comment. Nevertheless, "palustrine forested and herbaceous wetlands" adjacent to a lake are very valuable wetland communities and necessary to the ecological health of the lake. Read The Entire Comment HERE
Subdivision Compliance Comment Letter: "Failure to prepare and plant wetland vegetation on a 55.44-acre mitigation site within 24 months of permit issuance......As part of the Permit conditions, the permittee was required to clear the existing low-quality vegetation, re-grade the site to an elevation of + 1.5 NGVD, restore wetland hydrology, and plant the site with native wetland species within 24 months of permit issuance...." Read The Entire Comment HERE
A Hyrdoecologist Critiques a Proposed Walmart in Volusia: "I am submitting this formal letter of public comment on behalf of Floridians for Environmental Accountability and Reform (FEAR), in response to your agency's Public Notice dated April 12, 2002, pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C 1344)." Read The Entire Comment HERE
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