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Record of Decision - The Department of the Army Record of Decision (ROD) and Statement of Findings on the May 2009 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) on Rock Mining in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, Florida (Lake Belt FSEIS) Part 1 and Part 2


Record of Decision - Cemex FEC Quarry Record of Decision/Statement of Findings


CEMEX FEC Quarry Permit


News Release - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Finishes Lake Belt Study; Issues Mining Permit to CEMEX Constructions Materials


Biological Opinion Letter Alt 8 - United States Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion for the continued mining


Biological Opinion Letter Phase 1 - United States Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion for Phase 1 limerock mining


2009 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, Florida


January 30, 2009 Judges Ruling (1.61 MB)


May 2008 Judges Ruling (158 kb)


Additional Mining Applications


Presentation from the Public Meeting on September 18, 2007 (1.25 MB)


2007 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, Florida


July 2007 Judges Ruling (9 MB)


2000 Lake Belt Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement






2009 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, Florida



Complete Volume 1


Lake Belt EIS Volume 1 - Including Executive Summary (11.6 MB)



Individual Sections for Volume 1 and 2


Lake Belt EIS Summary (245 kb)


Volume 1

Table of Contents (74 kb)

Chapter 1: Project Purpose and Need (467 kb)

Chapter 2: Alternatives (1.3 MB)

Chapter 3: Affected Environment (3.18 MB)

Chapter 4: Environmental Impacts (3.47 MB)

Chapter 5: Mitigation Plan (2.27 MB)

Chapter 6: Compliance with Environmental Requirements (60 kb)

Chapter 7: Public Involvement Program (692 kb)

Chapter 8: References (117 kb)

Chapter 9: List of Preparers (37 kb)

Chapter 10: Distribution List (43 kb)

Chapter 11: Glossary (96 kb)

Chapter 12: Index (28 kb)



Volume 2

Table of Contents (35 kb)

Appendix A: Legal Notices (365 kb)

Appendix B: Lake Belt Phase II Plan (78.9 MB)

Appendix C: Lake Belt Groundwater Flow Modeling (6.07 MB)

Appendix C: Figures Zip File (43.5 MB)

Appendix D: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion (3.97 MB)

Appendix E: Permit (7.4 MB)

Appendix F: Florida Coastal Zone Management Program Federal Consistency Determination (50 kb)

Appendix G: Comment/Response Document (50.6 MB)

Appendix H: Seepage Mitigation Plans for Lake Belt Mining (1.3 MB)

Appendix I: Potential Wood Stork Impacts Related to Changes in Short-Hydroperiod Wetlands Within the Lake Belt (212 kb)

Appendix J: Relevant Sections of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, with Respect to Protection of the Northwest Wellfield (110 kb)




Additional Mining Applications



Nine applications have been received for additional mining within the Lake Belt Region. The Lake Belt mining applications include the following nine project application numbers and project names:

20080205-SAJ-2007-535.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Miami Dade County Aviation Dept

20080205-SAJ-2000-2373.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Rinker Materials of Florida

20080205-SAJ-2000-2369.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Kendall Properties & Investments

20080205-SAJ-2000-2367.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Florida Rock

20080205-SAJ-2000-2366.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-APAC-Southeast, Inc.

20080205-SAJ-2000-2346.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-White Rock Quarries

20080205-SAJ-2000-2287.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Tarmac America

20080205-SAJ-2000-2286.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-Sawgrass Rock Quarry

20080205-SAJ-2000-2284.pdf
Project Name: Lake Belt Mining Permit-White Rock Quarries




2007 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, Florida



Full EIS


Lake Belt EIS Volume 1 - Including Summary (11 MB)

Lake Belt EIS Volume 2 (105 MB)



Individual Sections


Lake Belt EIS Summary (778 kb)

Lake Belt EIS Summary - Spanish Version (815 kb)


Volume 1

Front Matter/Table of Contents (76 kb)

Chapter 1: Project Purpose and Need (330 kb)

Chapter 2: Alternatives (1.5 MB)

Chapter 3: Affected Environment (4.05 MB)

Chapter 4: Environmental Impacts (2.59 MB)

Chapter 5: Mitigation Plan (858 kb)

Chapter 6: Compliance with Environmental Requirements (100 kb)

Chapter 7: Public Involvement Program (210 kb)

Chapter 8: References (154 kb)

Chapter 9: List of Preparers (70 kb)

Chapter 10: Distribution List (52 kb)

Chapter 11: Glossary (106 kb)

Chapter 12: Index (56 kb)



Volume 2

Front Matter/Table of Contents (49 kb)

Appendix A: Legal Notices (98 kb)

Appendix B: Lake Belt Phase II Plan (79 MB)

Appendix C: Lake Belt Groundwater Flow Modeling (6.5 MB)

Appendix D: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion (3.6 MB)

Appendix E: Sample Permit (4.3 MB)

Appendix F: Florida Coastal Zone Management Program Federal Consistency Evaluation (68 kb)






May 2000 Lake Belt Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement



Final EIS Front Matter (1.2 MB)

Final EIS Sections 1-3 (13.8 MB)

Final EIS Sections 4-16 (9.2 MB)

Appendix A: Hydrology (24.3 MB)

Appendix B: Water Quality Evaluation (17.7 MB)

Appendix C: Vegetation and Soils Mapping and Analysis (30.1 MB)

Appendix D: Lakebelt Wildlife Study (32 MB)

Appendix E: Lakebelt Land Use Report (4.2 MB)

Appendix F: Lakebelt Issue Advisory Team Report to the Working Group (7.9 MB)

Appendix G: Socio-economics (3.2 MB)

Appendix H: Comments and Responses (6.3 MB)

Appendix I: Alternative Sources of Basic Construction Materials (12.3 MB)

Appendix J: Draft Permit Template (1.8 MB)

Annex A: Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion (635 kb)

Annex B: Programmatic Section 404(b)(1) evaluation (1 MB)

Annex C: Coastal Zone Management Program (1 MB)