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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
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<br />ALTERNATIVES ...,..,......,.....................,.... 25
<br />a. Alternative A - Flow-Through Chute. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . ., 26
<br />b. Alternative B - Backwater/Wetland Complex ................... 27
<br />c. Alternative C - Terrestrial Habitat Only. . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ., 27
<br />d. Alternative D - No Federal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . ' . .. 27
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<br />EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES ,......................,... 31
<br />a. Alternative A - Flow-Through Chute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31
<br />b. Alternative B - BackwaterlWetland Complex ..................' 33
<br />c. Alternative C - Terrestrial Habitat Only . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .. 34
<br />d. Alternative D - No Federal Action .......................... 34
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<br />e. Discussion. , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . , . . . . . , ., 34
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<br />SELECTED PLAN WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTION . , . . . . . . , . , . . ., 35
<br />a. General Description .....................,......,..,... 35
<br />b. Pilot Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35
<br />c. Inlet/Outlet Structures .................,....,........... 35
<br />d. Grade Control ..............,.............,.......... 36
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<br />e. Operation, , . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . ., 36
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<br />ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS .....,..,....................,. 36
<br />a. Physiography and Topography . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . , . . , .. 36
<br />b. Water Quality ....................................... 36
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<br />c. Air Quality ....,.......,............................ 38
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<br />d. Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . ., 38
<br />e. Prime Farmland . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , .. 38
<br />f. Aquatic Resources ............,.............,.....,... 38
<br />g. TerrestriallWetland Resources . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . ,. 39
<br />h. Threatened and Endangered Species - Biological Assessment .....,..' 40
<br />1. Cultural Resources .....,.......,..,.,....,..,........, 44
<br />J. Socioeconomic Resources. . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. 44
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<br />k. Recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .. 44
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<br />I. Aesthetics ....,..,.................................. 44
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<br />m. Land Use .......................,..,........,...... 44
<br />n. Adverse Effects Which Cannot be Avoided. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ,. 45
<br />o. Short-Term Use Versus Long-Term Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 45
<br />p. Irreversible or Irretrievable Resource Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 45
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