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Indian River County Work Order Number 3 Sector 3 - Design & Permitting Scope of Work digital copy in "pdf' format — of the Draft EIS . The USACE will provide for further reproduction and distribution as deemed appropriate by the USACE in accordance with federal regulations. Task 5e — Public Hearing & Comments : In accordance with applicable federal regulations and USACE guidance, COASTAL TECH will prepare and provide to the USACE a draft notice for publication in the Federal Register to announce the availability of the Draft EIS for a 45 day public review period and the public hearing on the document - with mailing labels for interested parties identified by the USACE . The COUNTY will identify and provide (a) locations where the Draft EIS will be available for public review, and (b) a date and location for the public hearing. COASTAL TECH will also provide the Draft EIS in a format acceptable to the USACE for posting on the USACE website. COASTAL TECH will prepare for and present the Draft EIS document at the public hearing scheduled by the USACE. COASTAL TECH will coordinate the public hearing agenda with USACE staff and prepare such exhibits, summaries or other materials to facilitate the public hearing process. In accordance with applicable federal regulations and USACE guidance, COASTAL TECH will compile and prepare a written summary of written and oral comments received on the Draft EIS during the public review period, including the comments received at the public hearing. In coordination with the USACE and the COUNTY, COASTAL TECH will prepare draft responses to all public comments individually or collectively, including drafts of any necessary and appropriate revisions to the Draft EIS ; the COUN'T'Y shall address revisions to sections relative to "Affected Environment' and "Environmental Consequences". The draft response to cormnents and draft document revisions will be forwarded to the USACE staff f'or review and approval. COASTAL Tech will schedule and attend one meeting with USACE staff to review the draft responses. The purpose of this meeting will be to identify and advance appropriate revisions to (a) responses to public comments and (b) the EIS document revisions. COASTAL TECH will make such revisions to the Draft EIS as directed by the USACE after consultation with and concurrence by the COUNTY. A revised Draft EIS will be produced incorporating the changes and the Public Comment and Response Appendix . COASTAL TECH will provide the Draft EIS in digital form to the USACE . COASTAL TECH will reproduce and distribute the revised Draft EIS to the USFW S, NMFS , EPA and other entities identified by the USACE. Task 5f — Final EIS : Following receipt of the Revised Draft EIS by the commenting federal agencies, COASTAL TECH will schedule and attend with USACE staff an interagency coordination and consultation meeting to review document modifications and comment responses. COASTAL TECH will solicit input from the agencies as to appropriate revisions to the EIS document. COASTAL TECH will prepare a written smnmary of the comments. The COUNTY shall address comments relative to "Affected Environment" and "Environmental Consequences". COASTAL TECH will compile the Draft Final EIS document. Compilation of the Draft Final EIS is expected to be primarily administrative in nature and include such tasks as re-titling the report, footnotes, document references, and addition or expansion of select sections. COASTAL TECH will schedule and attend up to three USACE meetings to present the Draft Final EIS and solicit USACE comments on the content, format, organization, and analysis in the document. Based on the USACE comments, COASTAL TECH will make appropriate revisions to the Final EIS . COASTAL TECH will provide the USACE and COUNTY with (a) a "hard copy", (b) a digital copy in Microsoft Word, and (c) a digital copy in "pdf' format — of the Final EIS . The USACE will provide for reproduction and distribution to agencies and the public in accordance with federal regulations. Page 7 of 8 Jmie 9, 2006