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Section 7 Environmental Effects of the Selected Plan

EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006

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7.18 CULTURAL RESOURCES

Construction and operation of the Reservoir would have no effects on cultural

resources. A review of the Florida Master Site Files, and a site visit determined

the project site contained no recorded historical properties. The property has

been heavily impacted by long-term agricultural practices and both road and

canal construction, resulting in a highly disturbed landscape. SHPO concurred

with the recommendation that no cultural resource survey was necessary, with

the conditions that the project manager complete Archaeological Resource

Manager’s training or a professional archaeological consultant to be on call to

perform periodic monitoring throughout the ground-disturbing phase of the

project. Consultation with the SHPO for the project site (Compartment A) is

complete.

The Florida Master Site Files were reviewed and site visits conducted on the

major canal system within the EAA to evaluate the historical significance and

the potential impact by the canal modifications to the area. SHPO expressed

concern that the Bolles, Cross, Miami and New River Canals may be potentially

eligible for the National Register of Historic Places since they were constructed

over 50 years ago. Proposed modifications to the canals as part of the Project

may have an adverse impact on the historical integrity of the canals. A

documented prehistoric site is located at the junction of the Bolles, Cross and

New River Canals. There are also documented historic sites on the south side of

Lake Okeechobee around the junctions of Lake Okeechobee and both the Miami

and North New River Canals.

Evaluation of the historical eligibility of the Bolles, Cross, Miami, and North

New River Canals, and surveys of the prehistoric site at the junction of Bolles,

Cross and New River Canals are currently pending.

Consultation with SHPO, site file reviews, cultural resource surveys, and

determinations of significance and eligibility for listing of historic properties

(archaeological, architectural, and historic resources) to the National Register of

Historic Places, will continue until the Section 106 process of the National

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and 36 C.F.R., Part 800,

Protection of Historic Properties, and the National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, as amended, is complete. Consultation with the Miccosukee and Seminole

tribes addressing potential cultural concerns in the project area is currently

underway.

If surveys locate historic properties listed or eligible for listing in the National

mitigate adverse impacts to those sites.

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