Environmental Education Center

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Environmental Education Center
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Wetland Creation/Enhancement
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Cove Existing Conditions
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Planting at Swan Creek
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Cox Creek Wetland
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Cove Aerial
Aquatic Habitat Improvement
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Masonville Cove
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Point Lookout Reef Ball
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Poplar Island Aquatic Habitat
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Successful SAV growth
Potomac River

• Need picture from cwl

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Beach Creation
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Masonville Cove
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Poplar Island Beach
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Debris Clean-up
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Beach Creation
Masonville Cove
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Kal-Haven Trail Park

• Add park scene

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Proposed Conservation Easement
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Masonville Cove Environmental Restoration
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Mitigation Summary

• Impacted Area 120 Acres of Open Water
• Mitigation Plan
• 150 Acres of Improved Area (Aquatic Upland)
• Wetland Creation/Enhancement
• Reef Creation
• SAV Planting
• Beach Creation
• Debris Clean-up
• Environmental Education Center
• Additional Benefits

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Additional Benefits

• Encapsulation of Contaminated Sediments
• Nature Center/Environmental Education
• Community Stewardship
• Conservation Easement
• Ecosystem-level Restoration
• Water Quality Improvement Through Riparian Buffer
  
• Implements the Vision Developed in City of
  Baltimore Critical Area Management Plan (2002)

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Schedule

• Publish Notice of Intent 26 May 05
• Agency Pre-application Meeting 31 May 05
• Conduct Scoping Process
• Public Meeting 15 June 05
• Comments Due 15 July 05
• Draft EIS (completed) Dec 05
• DEIS/Permit Application Dec 05
• Corps/MDE Public Notice Jan 06
• Corps/MDE Joint Hearing Feb 06
• Circulate FEIS Apr 06
• File FEIS with EPA Apr 06
• ROD/Permit Decision May 06

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Comments to

• Jon Romeo
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• Regulatory Division
• 10 South Howard Street
• P.O. Box 1715
• Baltimore, MD 212031715
• Phone [phone]
• e-mail jon.romeo_at_nab02.usace.army.mil