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RBLY TO ATTEHTIOH OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS P.O. BOX 4970 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32232-0019 BEACH EROSION CONTROL AND HURRICANE PROTECTION PROJECT CONTRACT J MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The purpose of this Environmental Assessment (EA) Is to review the environmental effects of utilizing sand source alternatives which have been determined to meet the requirements for future renourishments throughout the remaining period of Federal participation in the Miami -Dade County, Beach Erosions Control and Hurricane Protection (BEC&HP) Project. In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, the Jacksonville District has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate new information regarding sand sources subsequent to the 1975 EIS and 1985 Supplemental EIS for the Construction of the BEC&HP Project at Miami -Dade County, Florida. The Draft EA for the project has been forwarded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero Beach Field Office, the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the State Historic Preservation Officer and all other known interested parties for review and comment Sand source locations include two sites located offshore of southeast Florida in Outer Continental Shelf waters, approximately 80 miles and 120 miles north of Miami - Dade County. As the sand sources are located within the territorial waters of the United States, the Corps and the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) pursuant to 43 U.S.C. Section 1337(k)(2). There are two sites in nearshore waters off of Miami - Dade County, one at Baker's Haulover Inlet (BHI) ebb shoal and one on Miami Beach at Lummus Park. The remaining three sites are commercial sand mines located in Miami - Dade County (ACI) and Glades County (Ortona and Witherspoon). I have reviewed the EA of the proposed action. This Finding incorporates by reference all discussions and conclusions continued in the EA enclosed hereto. Based on the information analyzed, in the EA, reflecting pertinent information obtained from other agencies and special interest groups having jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise, I conclude that the proposed action will have no significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Reasons for this conclusion are, in summary: 132