Summary of Advanced Identification Projects
             Under Section 230.80
          of the 404(b)(l) Guidelines
                          Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
                                       Wetlands Division
                                         June 10, 1991

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Executive Summary
This document contains a project summary for each completed and ongoing
advanced identification (ADID) project. As of June, 1991, 20 ADID projects have
been completed and 39 ADID projects are currently ongoing. ADID projects have
ranged in size from less than 100 acres to greater than 4,000 square miles and are
located from Alaska to Florida. Although ADID projects can be resource intensive
activities, some have been completed in as short as six months. The number and status
of all ADID projects including ADID/Special Area Management Plans (SA 1 MP) and
other wetland comprehensive planning studies, is presented below.
EPA Region Completed Ongoing
1 1 3
II 0 1
III 3 3
IV 1 13
V 8 4
VI 1 3
VII 1 0
VIII 0 6
Ix 0 1
X 5 5
Totals 20 39
The project summaries contained in this document are based on information
submitted by the EPA Regions. This document updates an earlier status report which
was included as Appendix C of the March, 1989, Draft ADID Guidance to EPA
Regional Offices.
The advanced identification process allows EPA and the Corps of Engineers to
distinguish the values of a wetland area in advance of permit applications. The use of
advanced identification has reduced problems with planned activities in wetlands by
increasing public/landowner awareness of wetland values and the requirements for
Section 404 permits. Information generated and disseminated from ADID studies
serves to educate the regulated community and, more importantly, gives them a
preliminary indication of whether a permit is likely to be issued for fill activities in a
particular wetland site. Thus, the results of advanced identification have allowed the
regulated community to avoid potential problems and make more informed decisions
regarding the use of wetland resources. In general, ADID studies have proven to be a
very beneficial tool in EPA’s overall effort to protect valuable wetland resources.

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ADID Project Summarq
March, 1991
Region: I
Project Name: Southern Maine/York County ADID
Project Size: 18 towns [ 600 square miles]
Location: Southern portion of York County, Maine
Key Initiating Factors: Combination of valuable wetlands and the imminent threat
of development
Project Goals: To educate the public about the value of wetlands and the
Section 404 program; to reduce cumulative wetland losses
through promoting earlier and better planning, and to
decrease the incidence of unauthorized work and unknowing
Section 404 violations in area wetlands.
Status: Completed November, 1987
Comments: This ADID employed the approach of designating unsuitable
and suitable activities in wetlands, rather than designating
the suitability of individual wetlands within the study area.
To address the issue of cumulative wetland loss within the
ADID area, the Corps agreed to modify nationwide permit
number 26 to require an individual permit for fills of greater
than one acre in size.
Contact: Cathy Manwaring
FfS 835-4429
(617) 565-4429
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ADII) Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: I
Project Name: Lake Champlain Region Advance Planning Project
Project Size: 26 towns [ 1,500 square miles]
Location: East of Lake Champlain, Vermont, within the Lake
Champlain drainage basin
Key Initiating Factors: A report developed by EPA which assessed rates of wetland
loss within the basin and found that accelerated rates of
wetland loss were occurring in areas under increasing growth
and development pressure. The repo t identified a 26 town
area within the basin as an area where wetlands need
additional protection from these threats.
Project Goals: Identify wetlands in need of additional protection, and
develop strategies with the state and local governments to
protect these wetland areas. Coordinate the development of
a wetland map depicting these areas with an increased focus
on public education efforts within the basin.
Status: Satellite mapping of study area will be completed by
Summer, 1991. Wetland study will be completed in early
FY 1992. Coordination with state, regional and local
agencies is being pursued.
Comments: The typical ADID approach where wetlands are designated
as generally suitable or unsuitable disposal sites is not being
pursued. Rather, emphasis is being placed in this project on
developing strategies at the state and local level to protect
high priority wetland systems in advance of permit
applications to alter them.
Contact: Cathy Manwanng
FTS 835-4429
(617) 565-4429
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ADEDJAdva nce 404(c Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: I
Project Name: Leonard Pond Advance 404(c)
Project Size: 135 acres
Location: Agawam, Massachusetts
Key Initiating Factors: Proposal by Massachusetts Department of Public Works to
route a new road through the Leonard Pond wetland
combined with outstanding value wetlands
Status: Draft proposed determination written
Issues and Problems: Framing of restriction
Contact: Ralph Abele
(FTS) 835-4438
(617) 565-4438
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ADED Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: I
Project Name: Merrimack River Basin Wetland Planning Project
Project Size: 12-15 towns [ 1,000 square miles]
Location: Southern New Hampshire covenng a subpart of the
Merrimack River Basin
Key Initiating Factors: Valuable wetlands threatened by high growth rates and
development
Project Goals: Development of a priority wetland list; public education;
coordination with and assistance to local and state
governments to protect identified wetlands; increased
enforcement; potential advance 404(c) actIon
Status: Draft maps nearly completed; prioritization process well
underway
Comments: Initiated as a component of EPA Regional pollution
prevention initiative within the Merrimack River Basin
Contact: Mark Kern
ETS 835-4426
(617) 565-4426
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: 11
Project Name: Hackensack Meadowlands
Project Size: 7,800 acres
Location: Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey
Key Initiating Factors: Revision of Hackensack Meadowlands Development
Commission’s (HMDC) Master Plan. The 1972 Master Plan
needs to address applicable requirements under Section 404
and related federal laws and regulations. Meadowlands
wetlands are subject to intense development pressure.
Project Goals: Application in the HMDC Master Plan revision
Sta is: Wetland functional assessment complete; final report
December, 1989. Draft ADID complete; public hearing held
February 5, 1991. Public comment period extended to
March 6, 1991. Revisions to ADID and final ADID report
expected to be completed August, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Interagency coordination, given the very divergent agency
mandates of protection and development. The use of ADID
functional assessment data in the Special Area Management
Plan (SAMP) environmental impact statement being
prepared for the Meadowlands is under intense discussion.
Comments: Additional data obtained during the public comment period
is being used to revise the study and may change some site
designations
Contact: Mario Del Vicario
FIS 264-5170
(212) 264-5170
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D [ D Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: III
Project Name: Chincoteague Island, Virginia
Project Size: 13.3 km x 2.8 km [ size of entire island]. 3,250-3,750 acres of
wetlands
Location: Coastal island of Virginia
Key Initiating Factors: Extensive history of 404 enforcement cases. Poor public
knowledge of 404 program. Understanding wetlands-related
conflicts highly visible.
Project Goals: Provide defimtive wetland maps at large scale for ease of
understanding. Provide indication of environmentally based
404 permit characterizations. Effect compliance with the
Clean Water Act.
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: Despite clear, repeated explanations of the ADID study’s
use only as information and guidance, a small group of
individuals maintains that ADID is preclusive final permit
decision making. Continuous monitonng and oversight
necessary in functional assessment. Study did not have State
Agencies’ assistance outside of limited advocacy. Challenged
in court and they were awarded court costs.
Comments: Regulatory agencies and public now appraised of wetlands
and their regulation. Public comment period and public
meeting illuminated concerns best handled through individual
permit applications.
Contact: Peter Stokely
FTS 597-2940
(215) 597-2940
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AD D Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: III
Project Name: Pocono ADID
Project Size: 1,200 acres
Location: Pocono Mountain Region of Pennsylvania
Key Initiating Factors: Ecologically rare and unique wetland systems under
continued threat from seasonal residential development and
peat mining. Opportunity to enhance wetlands protection
measures underway by the Nature Conservancy. Black bear
habitat.
Project Goals: Prepare general wetland data base over nine counties (900
square miles) from which to select mosLcritical sites for
ADID. Assess cumulative and site specific impacts to
wetlands. Reduce wetland losses.
Status: Completed. Public notice issued 10-17-88 for three systems
totalling 1,200 acres [ English Swamp, Silkman’s Swamp, and
Two Mile Run].
Issues and Problems: Despite level of threat/value, wetland systems too numerous
to study individually (potentially over 10,000 wetlands exist in
the 900 square mile study area). Emerging need for EPA to
become visible and maintain visibility throughout the area.
Comments: Broad announcement of 404 program requirements for
entire study area was a result of the ADID. After ADID of
3 sites complete, input from regulators and the community
resulted in the channeling of the remaining ADID resources
into a major enforcement effort (interagency agreement with
FWS). Good community relations.
Contact: Peter Stokely Laury Zicari
FTS 597-2940 FTS 597-9922
(215) 597-2940 (215) 597-9922
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ADID Project Summa!y
March, 1991
Region: 111
Project Name: Cedar Island, Virginia
Project Size: 2,000 acres
Location: Coastal barrier island of Virginia
Key Initiating Factors: Coastal barrier island possessing high value special aquatic
sites
Project Goals: Send message to landowners on the critical ecological
significance of wetlands. Strong initial consideration of
advanced 404(c).
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: Coastal barrier island shifts Iandward annually reducing
accuracy of wetland/upland delineations. 404(c)
determination would have consumed significant (unavailable)
resource and would not have affected residehtial
development ongorng on beach bluffs.
Comments: Resources conserved by issuing a combined public notice.
No technical studies performed unless requested. Action
non-controversial and supported by intergovernmental
contacts. Advanced 404(c) not undertaken due to increased
involvement of FWS to acquire portions of the island.
Contact: Peter Stokely
FTS 597-2940
(215) 597-2940
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: III
Project Name: Sussex County/Delaware Inland Bays
Project Size: 165,000 acres [ 33,000 acres wetlands]
Location: Sussex County, Delaware
Key Initiating Factors: State resource agency request, area of high environmental
concern. High wetland loss rate due to seasonal/second
home development and agricultural activity.
Project Goals: Incorporate ADID into larger citizen-based environmental
program for the Inland Bays. Improved protection of area’s
wetlands. Share goals, objectives and resources of other
EPA programs; estuaries, construction grants. Reduce
unauthorized filling and enforcement cases.
Status: Re-evaluating approach to take into account difficulty in
headwater wetland identification
Issues and Problems: Headwater wetlands extremely difficult to map using remote
sensing or with comparison with hydric soils maps
Comments: Good opportunity to initiate ADID technology transfer after
partial completion (1 to 2 watersheds). State or local ADID
implementation will benefit State plan for inland wetland
law. Results of ADID may result in developing a policy for
forested wetlands on the Delmarva peninsula.
Contact: Peter Stokely
FT ’S 597-2940
(215) 597-2940
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AD [ D Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: HI
Project Name: Ph ilipsburg/Moshannon Valley, Pennsylvania
Project Size: Four quadrangles [ 7.5 minute mapj
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Key initiating Factors: Request by County planning agency through U.S.
Congressman. Land use changes to promote industrial
establishment in an economically depressed coal mining area.
404 enforcement history.
Project Goals: Improved public awareness of 404 and wetland boundaries.
Use interagency agreement with local FWS office to conduct
majority of technical tasks. Have ADID results incorporated
into master plan as amendment.
Status: NW! is remapping using recent aerial photography of the
wetlands (ongoing). FWS will produce a wetland change
map (from previous aerial photography) and a wetlands-
hydric soils “non-agreement’ areas map. Land use maps
digitized, hydrography digitized, 1930 wetland map diginzed,
soil survey digitized. Update : Project size reduced for
ADID - package will include supplemental information on
land use and updated NWI maps for the four quadrangles
and a study of water quality function of the wetlands.
Expect to complete Fall, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Are locally occurring acid flats wetlands? Do they have
water quality values? Public awareness of wetland locations
and values an important issue. Is ADID going to aggravate
the already poor economic conditions by restricting
development?
Contact: Laury Zicari
FTS 597-9922
(215) 597-9922
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: ill
Project Name: Quakertown Swamp
Project Size: 500 acres
Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Key Initiating Factors: Recognized as significant by Pennsylvania National Diversity
Inventory. Area of increased urbanization; concern for
cumulatwe historic/ongoing/future impacts. Concern for
water quality impacts to wetlands resulting from groundwater
withdrawal.
Project Goals: Wetlands mapping. To determine which wetlands are
generally unsuitable for disposal of dredged or fill material
and areas as possible future disposal sites.
Status: Narrative report and field work near completion. Map
preparation underway. Public hearings expected to occur
Summer, 1991, including publication of public notice.
Issues and Problems: Conservancy concerned about public receipt of ADID
Comments: Outstanding cooperation from Bucks County Conservancy.
Most of the field work done by the Conservancy.
Contact: Peter Stokely
ETS 597-2940
(215) 597-2940
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AIDED Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Northeast Shark River Slough [ East Everglades]
Project Size: 125 square miles
IA)cation: Dade County, florida
Key Initiating Factors: Continued urban and agricultural encroachment and.
conversion of the East Everglades. Public, local, State, and
Federal concern for the declining quality of the East
Everglades.
Project Goals: Public awareness. Identify possible future disposal sites and
areas generally unsuitable for disposal site specification.
Define criteria for mitigation and/or permit conditions.
Facilitate issuance of a general permit in highly stressed
wetland areas. Support of the ongoing Federal/State
proposals to purchase the majority of the ADID area for
expansion of Everglades National Park.
Status: Completed. Public notice issued March 11, 1991.
Issues and Problems: The number of private landowners in the AI3ID area will
require an extensive public outreach and awareness program.
Potential controversy of a 9 square mile general permit for
residential development. Support from and close
coordination with Dade County a key issue.
Comments: Congress approved in FY 1990 appropriations to putchase
most of ADID study area for inclusion into Everglades
National Park
Contact: Maryann Gerber
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: West Broward County
Project Size: 30 square miles
Location: Broward County, Florida
Key Initiating Factors: Continued urban and agricultural encroachment and
conversion of the East Everglades. Public, local, state, and
federal concern for the declining quality of the East
Everglades.
Project Goals: Public awareness. Identify possible future disposal sites and
areas generally unsuitable for disposal site specification.
Define criteria for mitigation and/or permit conditions.
Facilitate issuance of a general permit in highly stressed
wetland areas,
Status: Field work is complete. Technical summary document is
almost complete. Designations have been decided and
Corps concurs. Public notice and public meeting expected
July, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Intense development pressure; land area almost 100%
wetlands
Contact: Maryann Gerber
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Western Kentucky Coalfield
Project Size: 1,770 square miles [ 450,000 acres of wetlandsi
Location: Four counties in Western Kentucky
Key Initiating Factors: Conflict and significant impact of coal mining on wetlands,
primanly bottomland hardwoods. The region has been
mined since 1829 with significant historical wetland loss due
to mining and farming.
Project Goals: Public and industry awareness of wetland values.
Information on wetland resource for regulatory agencies in
making permit decisions.
Status: Field work is complete; presently compiling and assembling
data to make determinations of suitability and unsuitability
Issues and Problems: Coal is a valuable energy resource. Conflicts expected
between value of wetlands versus value of coal.
Contact: Bill Ainslie
FTS 257-2126
(404) 357-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Bird Drive - East Everglades Basin
Project Size: 12 square miles
Location: Dade County, Florida
Key Initiating Factors: Dade County’s request for a Special Area Management Plan
(SAMP)/ADID, precipitated by the Corps’ denial of a
proposed wetland fill for a high school in the area.
Continued urban and agricultural encroachment and
conversion of the East Everglades.
Project Goals: Public awareness. Functional evaluation. Develop suitable
and unsuitable sites for discharge. Defi e criteria for
mitigation and/or permit conditions.
Status: SAMP functional analysis is complete. Alternative mitigation
options under evaluation.
Issues and Problems: Dade County has proposed a 140 million gallons/day well
field (groundwater) in the SAMP/ADID project area.
Comments: The SAMP/ADID has become very complic ted due to the
proposed West Dade well field siting. Currently, completion
of the SAMP/ADID is pending completion of the West
Dade well field EIS/404 permit process which is unlikely to
occur prior to mid-1992.
Contact: Eric Hughes
FTS 257-2126
(404) 3472126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Southwest Biscayne Bay
Project Size: 13,000 acres of wetlands
! .ocation: Dade County, Florida. Southwest shoreline of B scayne Bay
Key Initiating Factors: Continuing urban encroachment into coastal wetlands
adjacent to Biscayne Bay. Dade County request for
assistance. Controversial 404 permit application by Old
Cutler Bay developers.
Project Goals: Designation of wetland areas as unsuitable for filling and
suitable with appropriate mitigation. Support and improve
County wetland program in the study area. Public education
on wetland values in the study area. Identify viable
mitigation program for areas designated as suitable.
Improve protection of wetlands adjacent to Biscayne Bay
National Park.
Status: EPA initiation letter sent to Jacksonville Corps District on
October 10, 1989. Grant to Dade County to assist them in
performing ADID and geographic information system (GIS)
field work. GIS maps of soils and vegetation completed.
Assessment and compilation of data underway to develop
draft designations.
Issues and Problems: Designation of transitional, hydrologically isolated and exotic
stressed wetlands
Comments: Expected completion Fall, 1991
Contact: Eric Hughes
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADUD Project Summ !y
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Carolina Bays ADID of South Carolina
Project Size: 250 bays [ range in size from 10 acres to several hundred
acres]
Location: Coastal plain of South Carolina
Key Initiating Factors: Of the more than 2,651 bays in South Carolina, 80% have
been disturbed and 25% have been completely altered.
Over the last 4 years, the State has evaluated historical
losses of bay wetlands, and developed valuable information
on the current status of the remaining bays.
Project Goals: To produce maps with bay wetlands delineated, to designate
valuable bay areas generally unsuitable for disposal site
specification, and to evaluate the cumulative impact of bay
wetlands alterations.
Status: Much of the delineation and ground-truthing has been
completed by the State. EPA and the State are working
together to digitize wetlands mapping data. Determination
of unsuitable bays is underway.
Issues and Problems: Bays are predominantly located in rural areas where values
of wetlands are not well understood. Need for extensive
public outreach.
Contact: Eric Hughes
FTS 257-2126
(404) 357-2126
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AD [ D Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Florida Keys
Project Size: 32,000 acres of wetlands [ 17,500 acres privately owned;
14,500 acres publicly ownedi
Location: Monroe County, Florida
Key Initiating Factors: Continued urban development and conversion of sensitive
wetlands
Project Goals: Public awareness. Identify possible future disposal sites and
areas generally unsuitable for disposal site specification.
Define criteria for mitigation and/or permit conditions.
Support recently approved State and Caunty land-use plans
for Monroe County.
Status: Technical scoping underway. Field work should begin in
Fall, 1991. Expected completion September, 1992.
Issues and Problems: Large number of federal, state and local agencies to be
coordinated. Sensitive nature of the aquatic ecosystem and
intense development pressure.
Comments: We are in the preliminary stages of developihg this ADID
project
Contact: Eric Hughes
ETS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Proiect Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Central Dougherty Plain
Project Size: 40,000 acres
Location: Near Albany, Georgia [ Baker, Dougherty, and Calhoun
Counties]
Key Initiating Factors: Recent conversions and illegal fill activity due to the growth
of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area. Large extensive
swamp system supporting large populations of wading birds.
Project Goals: To delineate wetlands resources such that the public and
developers can better identify wetland areas on their
properties and avoid wetland impacts; o delineate valuable
contiguous parcels for acquisition by state or federal
government.
Status: Field work is underway. Wetlands evaluation technique
(WET) and habitat evaluation procedure (HEP) will be
used.
Issues and Problems: Three extensive creek bottomland wetland drainages with
intervening uplands. The area is karst with extensive
limestone sinkhole ponds and wetlands. Detailed delineation
will be difficult. Agriculture and silviculture common in the
area.
Contact: Rick Gooch
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Pocosins and associated wetlands of North Carolina
Project Size: 1.5 million acres
Location: 22 counties in eastern North Carolina
Key Initiating Factors: Development pressure and the significant cumulative loss of
pocosms, an irreplaceable wetland resource
Project Goals: Protection of the Albemarle-Pamlico Ri er watershed areas
and prime ecological habitat by designating the highly
valuable pocosins as unsuitable for disposal site specification.
Status: Workshop on the pocosins held in October, 1989, to
assimilate the available information on the function and
values of the pocosins. Decision to coordinate this ADID
effort with the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine study. Waiting
on geographic information system databases.,
Issues and Problems: Near the metropolitan areas of Wilmington, Beaufort-
Morehead City and others, development pressure threatens
the wetlands. Also, peat mining interests may object to any
unsuitable designations.
Contact: Maryann Gerber
FTS 257-2126
(404) 357-2126
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ADID Project Summaiy
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Huntsville, Alabama
Project Size: 117 square miles [ 45,000 acres of wetlands]
Location: Madison and Limestone Counties, Huntsville, Alabama
Key Initiating Factors: Illegal fill activities common in this area. Need to educate
public and regulated community about the 404 regulatory
program and the value of wetlands.
Project Goals: To increase public awareness of wetlands issues and need
for protection. To provide maps that delineate wetlands in
the interest of avoiding illegal fills. To provide information
the city can incorporate into their land use plan.
Status: Technical scoping is complete. Field work will begin Spring,
1991.
Comments: City of Huntsville requested EPA assistance iii performing
the ADID
Contact: Rick Gooch
FTS 257-2126
(404) 357-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Upper Pearl River ADID
Project Size: 58,000 acres
Location: Jackson, Mississippi [ Hinds and Rankin Counties]
Key Initiating Factors: Local concerns from environmental groups regarding
floodplain development
Project Goals: Public awareness of wetland functions and values.
Designation of unsuitable wetlands.
Status: Field work is almost complete including HEP and WET.
Large GIS effort underway.
Issues and Problems: Corps is reluctant to designate wetlands regarding likelihood
of receiving a permit
Contact: Eric Hughes
ETS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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AD [ D Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: West Chatham County
Project Size: 45,000 acres
Location: Chatham County, Georgia
Key Initiating Factors: Concern of the coastal communities over the implementation
of the unified 1989 Federal Delineation Manual and its
effects on economic development. Interest by the local
government in planning growth away from valuable wetland
areas.
Project Goals: Identify possible future disposal sites and areas generally
unsuitable for disposal site specification. Public awareness.
Define criteria for mitigation and/or permit conditions.
Develop quantitative methodology to assess function and
values of lowland pine flatwood/savannahs.
Status: Technical scoping underway. Field work expected to begin
Spring, 1991
Issues and Problems: Valuation of disturbed wetland systems such as slash pine
plantations with hydric soils
Comments: We are in the preliminary stages of developing this ADJD
project
Contact: Rick Gooch
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: Rookery Bay
Project Size: 20,400 acres
Location: Collier County, florida
Key Initiating Factors: Intense development pressure in the county threatens to
impact Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
(NERR).
Project Goals: Work with a multi-agency group (MAG) to identify both
sensitive habitat surrounding Rookery ay NERR which may
be necessary to maintain a high quality estuarine system and
less sensitive areas which may be suitable for future disposal
areas. Acquaint the public with the ADID process in
general and the specific findings of the MAG. Correlate
input from the public and the MAG to arrive at
determinations of suitability and use these determinations to
strengthen local land use decisions.
Status: Corps concurrence 12-3-90
Technical scoping meeting 2-5-91
Press release announcing initiation of ADID study 3-31-91
Issues and Problems: There is strong support from conservation groups, elected
officials, local offices of city, county, state, and federal
agencies. Property values in this area are high enough to
prompt challenges to any determinations which are not
thoroughly substantiated. Coordination will require care to
arrive at a well balanced product.
Contact: Haynes Johnson
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IV
Project Name: St. John’s Forest
Project Size: 18,000 acres [ 6,000 acres wetlands]
Location: St. John’s County, florida
Key Initiating Factors: Request from property owner, Rayland Company, to
consider this site for a potential ADID. Rayland is seeking
to develop a planned community on the site over a 35-year
timeframe.
Project Goals: To provide comprehensive planning to approximately 18,000
acres of land in St. John’s County, through implementation
of “no net loss” policy and ADD to pafallel State
Development of Regional Impact (DRI) process. Develop
suitable and unsuitable sites for discharge. Define criteria
for mitigation for suitable discharges.
Status: Developer has prepared a package of information indicating
the areas of wetlands and conservation plans. Jurisdictional
delineation approved by Corps. EPA staff have performed a
functional assessment of the wetlands including WET.
Initiating the technical summary document process.
Issues and Problems: Owner/developer has terminated the State DRI process for
the site and indicated concern over “no net loss” or
mitigation for unavoidable wetland losses.
Comments: This ADID has progressed better than expected due to the
help provided by the landowners, including identification and
mapping of wetlands requiring only verification by the Corps.
Contact Maryann Gerber
FTS 257-2126
(404) 347-2126
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Kenosha County ADID
Project Size: 278 square miles
Location: Kenosha County, Wisconsin, on the west shore of Lake
Michigan, north of Illinois
Key Initiating Factors: Request by Wisconsin DNR as part of areawide waste
treatment plan by Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning
Commission (SEWRPC)
Project Goals: Support SEWRPC’s environmental corridor concept, where
existing natural resource base is protected by linking
sensitive natural areas by means of linear corridors such as
stream corridors and adjacent wetlands
Status: Completed September 29, 1983, with identification of 2,400
acres in 13 sites generally unsuitable for filling
Issues and Problems: No major problems
Comments: Believed to be the first completed ADID
Contact: Tom Glatzel
FTS 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Lake County, Illinois ADID (I)
Project Size: 440 square miles
Location: Northeastern Illinois, between Chicago and Kenosha County,
Wisconsin
Key Initiating Factors: Proximity to the Kenosha County and’ SEWRPC ADID sites.
Much of Kenosha County drains into Lake County
Project Goals: Identify and protect remaining wetlands in area undergoing
heavy pressure from residential and recreational
development.
Status: Completed February 6, 1985. Over 3,300 acres of wetland
were found generally unsuitable for disposal of dredged or
fill material
Issues and Problems: Heavy recreational boat traffic on major lakes requires
continual dredging in an area with few dispc$sal sites other
than wetlands. The ADID found all wetlands adjacent to
these lakes to be unsuitable for the disposal of the dredged
material.
Comments: The county is being restudied under a new ADID in
cooperation with the Northeastern Illinois Planning
Commission.
Contact: Tom Glatzel
ETS 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Kosciusko County AD!D
Project Size: 560 square miles
Location: North central Indiana
Key Initiating Factors: Request from local environmental coalition
Project Goals: Protect wetlands that serve to store flood waters and alter
flood flows in a county that has criticalflooding problems
after rainstorms
Status: Completed July 19, 1985. Found 3,600 acres in 40 sites to
be unsuitable for the discharge of dredged or fill material.
Issues and Problems: This project required cooperation with two Corps districts,
since their district boundary line crossed through the county.
Comments: The environmental coalition is carefully reviewing all public
notices to spot proposals in the ADID areas, and is notifying
Region V of all proposals and violations in the ADID areas
Contact: Tom Glatzel
Ff5 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: SEWRPC Corridor ADID
Project Size: 2,689 square miles
Location: Southeastern Wisconsin [ seven county area]
Key Initiating Factors: Request of Wisconsin DNR and Southeastern Wisconsin
Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) to expand
Kenosha County ADED to other SEWRPC areas.
Project Goals: Protect all wetlands within the boundaries of environmental
corridors established by SEWRPC as part of their areawide
planning process
Status: Completed November 6, 1985. All wetlands within primary
environmental corridors were found generally unsuitable for
the discharge of dredged or fill material. The total acreage
of such wetlands is 8,000 acres.
Issues and Problems: Residents in a small community feared the land use plan, of
which ADID was only a part, would lower property values
and unduly restrict development potential. Others feared
(incorrectly) that AD1D would negate previous designation
of acceptable dredged material disposal areas for the Port of
Milwaukee.
Comments: The controversy concerning land use designations centered
around the DNR and SEWRPC, not around EPA and the
Corps. The ADID itself drew very little additional adverse
comment.
Contact: Tom Glatzel
FTS 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal ADH)
Project Size: 68 square miles
Location: Lake County, Indiana, in the extreme northwest corner, on
the south shore of Lake Michigan
Key Initiating Factors: The International Joint Commission had an interest in the
concerns of an environmental group called the Grand
Calumet Task Force, part of the Lake Michigan Federation.
As a result of this concern, Region V produced a Master
Plan for the Grand Calumet, and the ADID became a
product of that plan.
Project Goals: Protect remaining wetlands in an area where over 86% have
been lost, including rare and valuable dune and swale
habitat on the southern shores of Lake Michigan
Status: Completed March 4, 1988. Found 1,800 acres of wetlands in
14 complexes and 20 individual wetlands to be unsuitable for
discharge of dredged or fill material.
Issues and Problems: Possible conflict with the proposed expansion of the Gary,
Indiana airport. Proponents are confident the expansion can
occur without harm to the most valuable and sensitive ADID
wetlands. The area has heavy industrial activity, landfills,
dumps, and Superfund sites.
Contact: Tom Glatzel
FTS 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID/SAMP Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Lake Calumet SAM?
Project Size: 31 square miles
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Key Initiating Factors: Intense development pressure; controversial permit
application; presence of State threatened and endangered
species
Project Goals: Protect the most valuable wetlands and guide development
away from sensitive areas and into areas suitable for
industrial and commercial growth. -
Status: Completed. Public notice issued May 21, 1988, announcing
preliminary finding of 3 categories of wetlands: suitable,
unsuitable, and needing individual review. About 233 acres
were found unsuitable. A public notice announcing final
decisions was published on March 2, 1990, and a public
hearing was held March 22, 1990. An ADID notice and
notice of a general permit for the suitable sites were part of
this public notice.
Issues and Problems: Over 20 agencies, local units of government, and interested
parties were involved and were part of a steering committee.
The large size made complete agreement difficult.
Comments: The project area includes portions of the area now under
consideration as a site for the third major Chicago airport.
Wetland impacts could be significant.
Contact: Sue Elston
Fl’S 886-6115
(312) 886-6115
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Rock Run ADID
Project Size: 14 square miles
Location: Will County, Illinois, southwest of Chicago
Key Initiating Factors: Development pressure from Joliet, illinois, and surrounding
communities. Rock Run is a small stream with many
unspoiled wetlands important for plant and animal habitat.
Project Goals: Protect the stream corridor and wetlands from certain loss
to channelizing, culverting, and filling. Maintain a high
quality riparian environment in an urban/suburban setting.
Status: Completed. A public hearing was held Februaiy 15, 1989 to
identif ’ the areas likely to be unsuitable under ADID. A
public notice announcing the completion of the ADID was
issued July 17, 1989, and the determination became final
August 18, 1989. We found 867 acres of wetlands to be
generally unsuitable for filling.
Issues arid Problems: Some local concerns about takings
Contact: Tom Glatzel
FTS 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Streetsboro Project
Project Size: 25 square miles
Location: Streetsboro, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland
Key Initiating Factors: The Streetsboro city planner, working with the local four-
county planning agency, asked Region V to help in
developing a local ADID/wetland ordinance to guide
development away from sensitive areas and inform the
public of natural resource values
Project Goals: Develop a local ADID/wetland protection mechanism that
can go beyond Section 404 and can be used by communities
desiring their own wetland protection ordinances
Status: Completed. Wetland inventory and evaluation completed
September 30, 1990. Maps and recommendations were
attached.
Issues and Problems: Political factors terminated the position of city planner and
any hopes of local wetland protection efforts
Comments: Contractor’s report and draft wetland protection ordinance
received favorable comment from neighboring communities,
which may use the ordinance as a model
Contact: Tom Glatzel
Fl ’S 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Lake County, Illinois (II)
Project Size: 440 square miles
Location: Northeastern Illinois, between Chicago and Kenosha County,
Wisconsin
Key Initiating Factors: Development pressure
Project Goals: Identify and protect remaining wetlands in area undergoing
heavy pressure from residential and recreational
development
Status: Digitizing updated wetland maps. Collecting field data.
Public notice expected August, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Heavy recreational boat traffic on major lakes requires
continual dredging in an area with few disposal sites other
than wetlands. Residential development increasing.
Comments: This ADID will build a GIS data base to be used by Lake
County
Contact Sue Elston
Fl ’S 886-6115
(312) 886-6115
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Green Bay Special Wetlands Inventory Study (SWIS)
Project Size: 3,000 square miles
Location: Five county area around Green Bay, Wisconsin
Key Initiating Factors: Great Lakes wetland resource under development pressure
Project Goals: Identify wetlands generally unsuitable for filling. Update and
computerize wetlands inventory maps. Prepare a database.
Involve the public, especially developers, real estate,
planning and financial interests.
Status: The public notice was issued and followed by a series of
public informational meetings in Spring, 1990
Issues and Problems: To date, the Corps has been unable to be an active
participant in the Green Bay study
Comments: Several sites within the SWIS study area may have 404(c)
potential. Public outreach to developers, etc. is being
expanded under a State wetland grant to develop a data
base and outreach tools to reach this audience better in
wetlands regulatory issues.
Contact Cathy Garra
ETS 886-0241
(312) 886-0241
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: DuPage County, Illinois
Project Size: 289 square miles
Location: West of Chicago
Key Initiating Factors: Increasing flood damage due to alteration of natural
landscape by commercial and residential development. The
DuPage County Department of Environmental Concerns
(stormwater management) sought the cooperation of EPA to
identify and protect wetlands as part of a management
strategy. -
Project Goals: Identify wetlands important for stormwater management, as
well as natural areas to be protected under a county
stormwater management plan
Status: EPA and DuPage County jointly hired a contractor to create
and implement a methodology to identify and evaluate
wetlands for flood abatement, water quality improvements,
habitat, and natural area functions. All data is being
entered into an ARCIINFO system. Data collection should
be complete by June, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Obtaining existing GIS data from various sources.
Transforming some data to ARC/INFO format.
Contact: Tom Glatzel
FT’S 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V
Project Name: Western Ohio/Lake Erie ADID
Project Size/Location: Western shoreline of Lake Erie. Ottawa County - entire
shoreline. Erie County - watersheds that drain into
Sandusky Bay, up to and including Pipe Creek. Sandusky
County - portion along Sandusky Bay.. [ Note: The inland
extent of these boundaries has not yet been determined.]
Key Initiating Factors: Need to determine project boundaries, finalize evaluation
methods, evaluate wetlands in preparation for fieldwork and
initiate public outreach.
Project Goals: Protect existing wetland resources. Identify areas with good
potential for wetland restoration and encourage the
restoration of those areas in order to in crease wetland
resources. Improve baseline information to expedite permit
processing, facilitate enforcement actions, and better
evaluate cumulative impacts. Provide predictability to the
Section 404 permitting process. Serve as a tool in the local
planning process. Provide communication mechanisms for
public outreach and education. The results of the ADID
should be publicized through these mechanisms.
Status: The technical committee has finalized the scope of work and
workplan. Functions and associated criteria that will be used
to evaluate the wetlands was agreed upon. A specific
evaluation method is being drafted for the next meeting.
Public information meeting held March 28, 1991 with local
officials. Interagency agreement with FWS for completing
most of the field work and preliminary office work. Grant
request from Ohio EPA to develop GIS component and
wetlands water quality functions. Public outreach component
should begin in April, 1991.
Contact: Tom Glatzel
Fl ’S 886-6678
(312) 886-6678
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VI
Project Name: Faulkner Lake
Project Size: 25 square miles
Location: Near Uttle Rock, Arkansas. East of the Arkansas River
within Pulaski County, Arkansas
Key Initiating Factors: Formal request from little Rock District, Corps of
Engineers. Public concerns on impacts to the remaining
wetland areas. Audubon Society very concerned over loss of
habitat and resulting impacts to bird populations and
diversity of avian species. -
Project Goals: The main project goals are public awareness, delineating
wetlands and evaluating functional values of wetlands.
Status: Completed. Public notice and final summary report was
completed in May, 1989.
Issues and Problems: Other agencies acceptance of WET II method, measuring
success of public outreach through ADID projects,
jurisdiction of farmed wetlands and participa tion of State
agencies in process and their concern over wetland losses.
Comments: 3,200 wetland acres (of 3,700) were designated unsuitable for
fill, based on values obtained from WET II analysis. No
GIS work is ongoing or planned.
Contact Norm Thomas
FTS 255-2260
(214) 655-2260
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VI
Project Name: Lower Pearl River
Project Size: 200 square miles [ 128,000 acres]
Location: St. Tammariy Parish, Louisiana
Key Initiating Factors: Urban expansion. Proposed river diversion project.
Proposed levee project. Ongoing maintenance dredging and
spoil deposition.
Project Goals: Public outreach. Identifying wetlands. Assessment of
wetlands functions and values.
Status: Ongoing. Draft report to be written.
Issues and Problems: The project has not moved forward since the completion of
fieldwork in FY 1989 due to staffing problems. Final GIS
products were not produced due to lack of funds and other
priorities.
Comments: This ADID is a component of the Pearl River cumulative
impact analysis. With the hiring of additional 1 1Es, this
ADID may be put back onto a schedule. No target date for
completion will be established until available staff are hired
and trained.
Contact: Bill Kirchner
FTS 255-2263
(214) 655-2263
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VI
Project Name: Bolivar Flats
Project Size: 1,200 acres
Location: Bolivar Peninsula, near Galveston, Texas
Key Initiating Factors: Formal request from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
potential development pressures on Bolivar peninsula and
heavy use by migrating and wintering shorebirds, including
the threatened piping plover.
Project Goals: Delineate wetlands, conduct special stucfies, conduct WET I!
functional analysis. The special studies include an avian
survey, fisheries survey, and recreation study.
Status: We conducted a public meeting and approximately 56
people attended. Most of the attendees were permanent
residents of the peninsula. The avian, fishery and
recreational surveys are complete. A wetland delineation
and a WET II functional assessment have been completed.
Draft summary report and draft public notice will be
prepared in the third quarter FY 1991.
Issues and Problems: Lack of F’iEs has prevented progress
Comments: This study has been conducted without federal funding,
except for salaries and travel expenses
Contact: Norm Sears
FTS 655-2263
(214) 255-2263
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ADIDJSAMP Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VI
Project Name: Upper Trinity River Basin
Project Size: 725,960 acres
Location: Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman Counties, Texas
Key Initiating Factors: Trinity River and tributary floodplains contain the last
vestiges of natural, high value habitat resources in the
metroplex area. Interior drainage areas, old oxbow scars,
and abandoned gravel mine areas compose major wetland
associations within the floodplain. Economic conditions have
led municipalities and developers to seek use of areas along
the Trinity River and its tributaries. Unauthorized fill
activity and enforcement actions have increased.
Project Goals: To identify probable jurisdictional wetlands, possible future
disposal sites and areas generally unsuitable for till, to
educate the public, and landowners on the values of
wetlands and the laws and regulations which govern them.
To reduce instances of unauthorized fill and enforcement
activities and to preserve the resource.
Status: Phase I, initiate informal discussions with local, Federal
resource agencies. To identify scope and information data
base. This phase is completed and we have discussed this
project with the local Corps district in Fort Worth
(FWCOE), the North Central Texas Council of Governments
(NCTCOG), and the local USFWS. We have already
received various data sets from these agencies and have
committed to sharing our products in return. Also, we have
committed to joint field work on this project.
We are now in Phase II which involves organizing the data
that we have and obtaining additional data where needed.
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It includes digitizing soils data from S S soil surveys and
developing techniques to make this process easier in the
future. It includes developing 2 year floodplain data in
areas that have not already been developed by FWCOE. It
includes developing digital NW! vegetation maps that have
not already been developed, and it includes processing this
data to delineate probable wetland areas. We are currently
finishing up development of the soils data.
Phase III will involve joint field work between the different
agencies. We will use results from the GIS to help us pick
areas for field work (we will be using a global positioning
system). This will allow us to evaluate the accuracy of our
data and assign associated probabilities. We hope to do this
in Spring, 1991.
Issues and Problems: Very large area, coordination, public perception, high value
real estate, conflicting interest for floodplain usage. During
our coordination meetings with the FWCOE, NCTCOG,
S S, and the USFWS, all parties involved decided it would
be more effective to conduct a SAMP rather than an ADID.
Comments: This project will enable our Region to explore new
technologies (e.g., GIS) and their ability to effectively aid in
wetland protection. We hope to develop techniques that will
minimize effort in future projects and that can be cost
estimated. We hope to conduct several studies on the
accuracy of different data sets in order to improve the ability
of our technology to protect wetlands.
Contact: Norm Thomas
Carol Langston
FTS 255-2260
(214) 655-2260
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: V II
Project Name: Rainwater Basin ADID Study
Project Size: 4,200 square miles [ Parts of 17 counties]
Location: South Central Nebraska, South of Platte River
Key Initiating Factors: Threat: Agricultural conversion of wetlands, waterfowl
cholera outbreaks due to overcrowding, and loss of essential
migratory habitat. Originally 4,000 wçtland basins totaling
94,000 acres. Today 375-400 basins totaling approximately
34,000 acres remain (of which 10,000 acres are in State or
Federal ownership).
Requests by USFWS and Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission. Corps of Engineers declined to take
jurisdiction over most of these wetlands.
Project Goals: Concurrent Activities
Inventory wetlands - NW! mapping using 1981 aerial
photography (Palustrine emergent wetlands (PEM), semi-
permanent (F), seasonal (C), and Temporary (A) water
regimes completed in 1986-87.
Collection of technical data - Adamus functional assessment
(conducted in 1986), waterfowl time-budget assessment
(conducted in 1986-87), vegetation and remote sensing
studies (conducted in 1986-87), and water quality studies
(conducted in 1986).
Economic study - Completed in 1986 and distributed in
1987. Public awareness workshops held in 1987.
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Community involvement program - Initiated in 1985 and
Phase I concluded in public workshops. Phase II maintained
communication and release of draft NWI maps and
economic study results. Phase HI resulted in public notice
and meeting.
Status: Completed. All studies and mapping completed. Public
notice issued February 8, 1991. Public meeting and other
post-study outreach February-April 1991. Public comment
period extended to Fall, 1991, with additional public
meetings expected.
Issues and Problems: Jurisdictional issues. Delineation of regulated wetlands by
water regime (semi-permanent (PEMF), seasonal (PEMC),
and temporary (PEMA). Multi-agency effort - coordination
and workload priorities of various agencies delayed
finalization of effort.
Contact: Diane Hershberger
FTS 276-7573
(913) 551-7573
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Salt Lake County [ Jordan River ADID]
Project Size: 2000 acres
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah along the Jordan River corridor
from the Jordan Narrows to 2100 South
Key Initiating Factors: Concern by county employees over wetland losses
contributing to flood control costs. Interest by some
landowners in knowing what activities along the river they
could freely engage in. Opportunity for resource agencies to
gain important biological data for present and future use.
Corps freed from permit decisions in some areas.
Project Goals: To identify wetland areas where permitting can be expedited
and what types of mitigation may be required. To identify
wetland areas where it is unlikely that permits would be
issued except for a limited number of wetland compatible
activities. To identify wetland areas of considerable value
where 404(c) may be considered.
Status: Field studies complete. Final study draft document
complete. July, 1991 designation of specific wetland basins
as suitable or unsuitable for discharge. Late July, 1991
publication of public notice announcing designations. All
tasks completed except final public notice.
Issues and Problems: Some entities erroneously believed EPA would exercise
404(c) on all wetlands in the study area.
Comments: Having a local person as coordinator while Federal agencies
kept a low profile resulted in few obstacles
Contact Bob Mairley
Fl ’S 330-1582
(303) 293-1582
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Missouri River Valley Project, North Dakota
Project Size: 160 square miles
Location: Valley of Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Osha
reservoir floodpool
Key Initiating Factors: Letter from Bismarck Field Office and USFWS. Possible
support from North Dakota Parks and Recreation
Department and Missouri River centennial committee.
Project Goals: Delineate wetlands and other natural resource areas to
protect or otherwise minimize impacts to these resources
from development
Status: Wetland data digitized for GIS application on EPA’s
regional computer. Developing geographic color maps
showing wetlands location.
Issues and Problems: Continued development of floodplain, particularly in
BismarcklMandan areas and serious impacts to wetland
resources. Only free flowing portion of the Missouri River
remaining in North Dakota.
Comments: Requested Corps, Omaha District to participate in ADID on
March 6, 1989; have not received written confirmation.
EPA staff in North Dakota would facilitate project
implementation.
Contact: John Peters
FTS 330-1579
(303) 293-1579
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ADID Project Sunimar
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Boulder ADID
Project Size: 86 square miles
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Key Initiating Factors: Local interest in protecting wetlands and streamlining the
Federal regulatory process
Project Goals: See item above. In addition, there is interest in similar work
in the adjacent lands owned by Boulder County.
Status: A redrafted local ordinance is complete and will now go to
City Council for review. The Corps is also processing a
Regional general permit for projects covered by the local
wetland permit process.
Issues and Problems: At a public meeting where the original local ordinance was
discussed, objections were raised by realtors, developers, and
homeowners. A work group comprised of concerned groups
is working with Boulder staff to develop recommendations
for the revised ordinance.
Contact: Bradely Miller
F l ’S 330-1583
(303) 293-1583
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AD [ D Project Summarq
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Telluride ADID
Project Size: 400 acres
Location: San Miguel County, Colorado
Key Initiating Factors: A local landowner concerned about incremental losses of
wetlands in Telluride. County planner integrated ADID
concepts and goals in the 1988 Draft Telluride Regional
master plan. The County planning commission (and
Telluride residents) adopted these goals in hopes of
identifying the environmentally sensitive areas in the county
with the intent of steering future development away from
these sensitive areas. The goal is to ‘preserve wetlands as
open space. The County would also like to see 404(c)
designations. -
Project Goals: Effective wetland protection, by identification of possible
future disposal sites and areas generally unsuitable for
disposal site specification. Incorporation of information from
ADID study into the Telluride and county planning
processes.
Status: September 8, 1988 - request for EPA’s assistance for ADID
January 9, 1989 - EPA requested Corps participation
January 23, 1989 - Corps responds affirmative
April, 1989 - EPA representatives to Telluride to discuss
process
Summer, 1989 - wetlands surveys
Spring, 1990 - wetland report completed
Issues and Problems: Major enforcement action has occurred as a result of
mapping effort. Problems may arise with some landowners.
Contact: Sarah Fowler
FTS 330-1575
(303) 293-1575
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Jackson ADID [ Informal]
Project Size: Snake River Corridor. 12 x 60 mile corridor through
Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [ 10,839 acres of wetlands]
Location: Teton County, Wyoming
Key Initiating Factors: ,Inter se development pressure on wetlands in the Snake
River Valley. Request by FWS, Wyoming Game and Fish
Department, and Teton County.
Project Goals: To educate the public on Section 404 requirements and the
values of wetlands. To designate possible future disposal
sites and areas generally unsuitable for disposal site
specification.
Status: Final NWI maps are available
Issues and Problems: Both the Town of Jackson and Teton County commissioners
have expressed their concern with the ADID project. They
apparently see the project as a threat by EPA to take
jurisdiction of all wetlands in the county. However, because
of a recent 404 violation in Teton County, the County
commissioners have expressed a positive intçrest in a
wetland identification study. Corps of Engineers is
supportive of the project if they can identify some benefits
to the permitting program.
Comments: Some form of wetland identification study (ADID, SAM?)
needs to be done in Teton County to protect the wetlands
and also to reduce the time spent on individual permit
applications. Educating the County commissioner officers
regarding wetland issues and the Section 404 program is one
of the first requirements.
Contact: Vern Helbig
(303) 293-1585 or FT’S 330-1585
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: VIII
Project Name: Park County [ Informal]
Project Size: 700 square miles [ 50,000 acres of wetlands]
Location: Northern part of Park County, Colorado
Key Initiating Factors: County commissioners requested mapping for future land
use/planning regulations. Recent discovery of the greatest
vestige plant community in Colorado sparked interest.
Project Goals: Mapping and functional assessment to be used in county
GIS system.
Status: Summer, 1990 - studies completed
Summer, 1991 - report to be completed
Issues and Problems: Peat mining is the primary threat. Local county government
recognizes recreation values of inter-mountain sub-basin
wetlands and is pursuing tighter regulations.
Contact: Sarah Fowler
F l ’S 330-1575
(303) 5644575
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: IX
Project Name: Verde River
Project Size: 125 mile segment of Verde River
Location: Upper Verde River from Sullivan Lake to Horseshoe
reservoir, in Yavapai and Gila Counties, Arizona
Key Initiating Factors: High resource values - 40 mile segment designated wild and
scenic river, threatened and endangered species, diverse
native fish community, key cold water flsheiy, high state
priority for corridor planning, proposed critical habitat.
Project Goals: Strengthen enforcement through public outreach. Possible
advance 404(c) for certain segments of the river.
Development of a comprehensive riparian management plan
to meet Clean Water Act goals and, where appropriate, to
augment other federal, state, and local objectives.
Status: Recently initiated. ADID introduced to public via press
release, mailing, and meeting of the Verde River corridor
project. FWS preparing workplan for the ADID study.
Comments: Arizona State Parks is facilitating the Verde River corridor
project, a local corridor planning effort. Several parcels
have been identified as a priority for acquisition by State
and Federal agencies and private organizations. The
communities of Camp Verde, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood
support protection of the riparian corridor along the Verde.
Contact: Mary Butterwick
FTS 484-1976
(415) 744-1976
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis (PSDDA)
Phase I (Central Sound)
Project Size: 400 square miles [ disposal sites 300-400 acres each]
Location: Puget Sound, Washington
Key Initiating Factors: Lack of consistency in managing/disposing of dredged
materials; closure of traditional dumping areas due to
contamination concerns
Project Goals: Develop procedures for evaluating dredged material and
determining material suitable for unconflned, open water
disposal; identify and designate three sites as potentially
suitable for discharge of dredged material that meets
PSDDA criteria.
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: Consistency with national sediment criteria approaches;
concern that criteria developed specifically f r Puget Sound
will be exported; consistency with sediment remediation
objectives under the Superfund program.
Comments: The PSDDA approach (not the criteria themselves) has high
potential for successful application in other embayments.
Contact: John Malek
FTS 399-1286
(206) 442-1286
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Juneau ADID
Project Size: 15 square miles
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Key Initiating Factors: Veiy valuable estuarine wetlands and freshwater wetlands
being lost at twice the national average
Project Goals: Develop information that local government can use as a
basis for wetland management plan -
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: City and Borough at Juneau attempting an alternatives
analysis as part of the plan; will be difficult to incorporate
Comments: City is largely ignoring ADID results in addressing local
planning/wetland issues
Contact Susan Cantor
(907) 271-5083
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Homer ADID
Project Size: 630 acres [ 120 acres of wetlands]
Location: Homer, Alaska
Key Initiating Factors: Citizen interest in protecting wetlands
Project Goals: ADID with Regional permit for potentially suitable areas
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: Needed to insert language in Regional permit that requires
justification/minimization to obtain local authorization. Did
not want to subvert 404(b)(1) compliance for potentially
suitable areas.
Comments: Completed ADID in approximately 6 months
Contact: Heather Dean
(907) 271-5083
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Columbia South Shore Wetlands Management Plan
Project Size: 40,000 acres
Location: East of Portland, Oregon
Key Initiating Factors: Major light industrial and commercial growth area; high
proportion of wetlands -
Project Goals: Regional permit and wetland mitigation bank
Status: Completed
Issues and Problems: Current development proposals want to fill now and mitigate
later when mitigation bank is developed
Comments: Low key EPA involvement; several issues were resolved via
the 404(q) process during regional permit evaluation
Contact Ralph Rogers
FTS 423-2716
(503) 221-2716
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ADID Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Grays Harbor Estuaiy Management Plan
Project Size: 200 square miles
Location: Grays Harbor, Washington
Key Initiating Factors: High growth projections for port activity and resource
conflicts
Project Goals: A “balanced” estuary management plan that preserves the
integrity of the estuary while accommodating growth
Status: Essentially complete. Awaiting adoption by State and
NOAA
Issues and Problems: The plan was begun in 1977. Growth projections were
exaggerated, hence the plan has been criticized for giving
away too much of the resource. USFWS recently
established the Bowerman Basin National Wildlife Refuge.
Presentation of Bowerman Basin by the Port was a pivotal
issue in developing consensus on the Plan. The Plan must
now be amended to address the Refuge.
Comments: The first annual review meeting was held in February, 1989.
Although the plan has not been formally adopted, several
amendments from local jurisdictions were proposed and
discussed by task force members. The process demonstrated
clearly that the plan is now functioning well and meeting its
objectives.
Contact: Fred Weinmann
FTS 399-1414
(206) 442-1414
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Colville Delta ADID
Project Size: 38 square miles
Location: North Slope of Alaska
Key Initiating Factors: Prime habitat area for water birds and fish. Oil and gas
industry interested in drilling there.
Project Goals: Identify areas potentially suitable and unsuitable areas for
placement of fill material for oil and gas development
Status: Draft ADID completed
Issues and Problems: Entire area is highly valuable
Comments: Corps has withdrawn from this ADID
Contact: Dan Robison
(907) 271-5083
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ADID1SAMP Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Mill Creek Drainage Basin SAMP
Project Size: 22 square miles
Location: King County, Washington
Key Initiating Factors: High growth; 1,000 to 2,000 acres of mostly isolated
wetlands; frustrated development community due to inclusion
of isolated wetlands within 404 jurisdiction.
Project Goals: Wetland management plan that meets 404, 401, Shorelines
Management Act, and local planning requirements
Status: Inventory and assessment complete FY 1991. Draft plan to
be completed January, 1992.
issues and Problems: Many business parks and speculative fills proposed, as well
as major housing projects. Expect to have major state
involvement from 401 perspective.
Comments: Due to highly urbanized setting, development of plan
acceptable to all parties will be difficult. Wetland
restoration and mitigation banking will be necessary.
Contact: Fred Weinmann
FTS 399-1414
(206) 442-1414
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ADID Project Summary
March., 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis (PSDDA)
Phase II (North & South) Puget Sound
Project Size: Several hundred square miles (300-400 acres per site)
Location: North and South Puget Sound
Key Initiating Factors: See PSDDA Phase I
Project Goals: Designate 12 unconfined, open water disposal sites
Status: Field work in progress; ADID initiated via public notice;
draft environmental impact statement released for public
comment
Issues and Problems: Same as PSDDA Phase I
Contact: John Malek
F l’S 399-1286
(206) 442-1286
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ADD Project Summa!y
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Eugene Wetland Management Plan
Project Size: 12.5 square miles
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Key Initiating Factors: Industrial growth area contains high proportion of wetlands
Project Goals: Local wetland management plan (potential AD1D);
mitigation banking and restoration
Status: Draft plan distributed for public review in April, 1991
Issues and Problems: Large areas of remnant prairie wetlands recently
discovered -- a fire climax ecosystem
Contact: Ralph Rogers
FTS 423-2716
(503) 221-2716
Fred Weinmann
FT’S 399-1414
(206) 442-1414
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ADD Project Summary
March, 1991
Region: X
Project Name: Teton Valley Wetland Management Plan
Project Size: 400 square miles
Location: Teton County, Idaho
Key Initiating Factors: Rapidly encroaching development into high altitude rural
river valley
Project Goals: Local wetland management plan (potential ADID)
Status: Wetland inventory initiated - 1991
Plan development - 1992
Issues and Problems: Developable land on valley floor is predominantly high value
wetland and riparian habitat
Contact: John Olson
FTS 554-9488
(208) 334-9488
Fred Weinrnann
FTS 399-1414
(206) 442-1414
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