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• • scope of Work Page 73 Task 2.2.3 Affected Environment The environments affected by this project will be evaluated. The effects on the Coastal environment will be estimated by potential changes in the wind, waves, currents, tides, storm events and sea level rise. Changes to the sediment budget, littoral processes and sediment interaction with the inlet and nearshore hardbottom, and to the native beach and borrow area sediment characteristics will also be determined. The project's effects on water quality will also be evaluated, and variance requirements will be outlined. ATM will coordinate efforts with the EC to determine the project's effects on the nearshore hardbottom (hardgrounds). ATM will prepare Sections 3.1 Coastal Environment 3.2 Beach and Inlet Geology and Geomorphology 3.3 Sediment Characteristics of Borrow Area and Native Beach 3.4 Water Quality (including ambient conditions and variance requirements) The above items comprise the initial elements of Chapter 3 of the EA. ATM will also identify the effects of the project on recreational resources, navigation, and historic properties. The County and the County's EC will prepare the remaining sections of the EA, which include vegetation, threatened and endangered species, hardgrounds, fish & wildlife resources, Essential Fish Habitat, Coastal Barrier Resources issues, air quality, aesthetic, recreational and cultural resources, and navigation and noise issues. Task 2.2.4 Environmental Consequences of the Preferred Alternative ATM will analyze the Environmental Consequences of the Preferred Alternative, including preparing the no -action and preferred alternative write-ups of Sections: 4.1 Tides, Waves, Currents and Storm Events 4.2 Beach and Inlet Morphology and Geomorphology 4.3 Sediment Characteristics of the Borrow Area and Native Beach 4.4 Water Quality It is assumed that the County's EC will analyze and prepare Sections 4.4 through 4.17 of the EA, corresponding to descriptions of vegetation, threatened and endangered species, nearshore hardbottom, fish and wildlife resources (including Essential Fish Habitat), noise, coastal barrier resources, air quality, aesthetic & recreational resources, and areas of archeological or historic significance. Further, the County's EC will analyze and prepare sections 4.19 and 4.20 - Environmental Justice and Compatibility with Federal, State and Local Objectives. Sections 4.18 and 4.21 - Cumulative Impacts and Environmental Commitments (Mitigation) - will be prepared jointly by ATM and the County's EC. A meeting with the Project Team will be conducted in Jacksonville to review a draft of this critical section of the EA document and determine final changes necessary prior to submittal of a draft to the USACE. C%W1H00WSXTFMPVRC S us 127Ad&tk1"S--01.1&D0dxJ1/17/01