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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br />STORMWATER DIVISION <br />180127 1h STREET <br />VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 <br />Phone: (772) 226-1562 <br />January 10, 2018 <br />Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program <br />Frank Sakuma <br />sakuma(@irlcouncil.orq <br />Subject: LETTER OF INTENT to apply for a SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE <br />TECHNOLOGIES PROJECTS GRANT for INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S <br />NORTH RELIEF CANAL MANAGED AQUATIC PLANT SYSTEM <br />Dear Mr. Sakuma: <br />Indian River County intends to apply for a Science and Innovative Technologies Projects <br />Grant for the above referenced pollution reduction project. In accordance with the Indian <br />River Lagoon National Estuary Program's Request for Proposals Category 2: Science and <br />Innovative Technologies Projects, we are providing the following information: <br />Requesting Organization Name and Contact Information for Project Lead <br />Requesting Organization: Indian River County <br />Public Works Stormwater Division <br />1801 27th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Project Lead: Keith McCully, P.E. <br />772-226-1562 <br />kmccully(cDircgov.com <br />Participating Organizations or Institutions <br />Confirmed: None at this time <br />Possible: St. Johns River Water Management District <br />Florida Department of Environmental Protection <br />Florida Legislature <br />United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />Brief Summary of the Project and its Benefits to the Indian River Lagoon <br />When Implemented <br />The North Relief Canal (NRC) Managed Aquatic Plant System (MAPS) will protect the IRL <br />from nitrogen and phosphorus discharges from the Indian River Farms Water Control <br />District's North Relief Canal. <br />A year-long pilot plant study on NRC water indicates that the most efficient nutrient <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />F:\PUBLIC WORKS\KEITHM\STORMWATER PROJECTSWANAGED AQUATIC PLANT SYSTEMURLNEP GRANTSISCIENCE GR4NT\STATEMENT OF <br />INTENT - SCIENCE.DOC <br />60 <br />