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News Archive - 2003

An archive of news items, announcements, e-notices and press releases.

News Archive 2003

• 17 Dec 2003
  Press Release:
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To Hold Volunteer Trail Day January 17 at St. Lucie Lock Recreation Area Nature Trail (PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 12 Dec, 2003
  IRL South Draft PIR and SEIS Posted for Review
  The Indian River Lagoon - South Draft Project Implementation Report and Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement has been posted for public review. The public is invited to comment until February 10, 2004.
• 10 Dec 2003
  System-Wide Modeling
  Initial CERP Update 2050 Future Without Project Condition model results have been posted on the CERP system-wide modeling web page http://modeling.cerpzone.org/. (For a more general overview of how system-wide modeling is used in CERP, click here.)
• 8 Dec 2003
  New CERP Report:
  Read or download the Nov-Dec 2003 issue of the CERP Report, a monthly e-newsletter on the on community outreach initiatives of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)
• 4 Dec 2003
  New RECOVER Management Plan:
  View the latest Management Plan for the Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Program.
• 21 Nov 2003
  Periphyton-based Stormwater Treat Area (PSTA): Press Release on PSTA, Fact Sheet on PSTA. , View or download the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about PSTA technology.
• 18 Dec 2003
  Press Release
  Breakthrough Phosphorus Treatment Technology Approved for Large Scale Test (24 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 12 Nov 2003
  Programmatic Regulations Final Rule:
  Final programmatic regulations published in the Federal Register on November 12, 2003 are available.
• 3 Nov 2003
  Press Release
  Assistant Secretary of The Army for Civil Works, FDEP Secretary to Speak at Ten Mile Creek Groundbreaking
• 30 Oct 2003
  Press Release
  Assistant Secretary of The Army for Civil Works, FDEP Secretary to Speak at Ten Mile Creek Groundbreaking
  Agency: USACE
• 21 Oct 2003
  Press Release
  Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Project Set to Break Ground (17 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 15 Oct 2003
  First Groundbreaking for Everglades Restoration:
  On Oct 16th, come celebrate the groundbreaking of the first construction project in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan!
• 7 Oct 2003
  CGM Notification:
  Sign up to receive E-Notifications of published CERP Guidance Memoranda (CGM).
• 3 Oct 2003
  Press Release:
  Public Invited to Workshop on Florida Keys Tidal Restoration (16 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 22 Sep 2003
  ICU Model Results:
  Initial CERP Update 2000 Existing Condition model results have been posted on the CERP system-wide modeling web page.
• 22 Sep 2003
  New Draft Project Management Plan
  View the Sept 2003 Draft Project Management Plan for the Comprehensive Integrated Water Quality Feasibility Study.
• 27 Aug 2003
  New Final Report:
  Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Use Forecast, Initial Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Update; Final Report, August 2003
• 26 Aug 2003
  Public Workshop:
  Public Workshop planned for August 26, 2003, to gather verbal comments and answer questions on Wastewater Reuse Pilot Project - Draft Project Management Plan.
• 30 Jul 2003
  Press Releases:
  Public Invited to Workshop on Lake Belt Reservoir Pilot Project (116 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
  
• 30 Jul 2003
  Press Releases:
  Survey in Okeechobee Waterways Scheduled for August (124 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 23 Jul 2003
  Data Management Plan
  Data Management Plan, October 2003 Revision
• 10 Jul 2003
  Press Release:
  Army Submits Final Rules for Everglades Restoration to OMB for Administration Review (119 kb, PDF)
  Agency: USACE
• 2 Jul 2003
  The Final Reconnaissance Study Report for the Additional Water for Everglades National Park and Biscayne Bay Reconnaissance Study has been posted.
• 26 Jun 2003
  A new CGM has been added to the site: CGM #033.00 - CERP Web Design Usability and Graphics Standards.
• 25 Jun 2003
  The draft Quality Assurance System Requirements (QASR) document, prepared by RECOVER, is available for review and comment.
• 2 Jun 2003
  Read the final draft of "A Vision Statement for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan" prepared by the Design Coordination Team (DCT)
• 2 Jun 2003
  A revised CGM has been added to the site:
  CGM #003.01 - Development and Approval of CERP Guidance Memoranda.
• 30 May 2003
  Comments due on the RECOVER Monitoring and Assessment Plan by June 8, 2003. Click Here to read or download.
• 7 May 2003
  Press Release
  Public Invited to Workshop, May 21, 2003, on Draft Monitoring, Assessment Plan (118 kb, PDF)
• 30 May 2003
  Comments due on the RECOVER Monitoring and Assessment Plan by June 8, 2003. Click Here to read or download.
• 1 May 2003
  Two revised CERP Guidance Memorandums have been added to the site: CGM #009.01 Web Calendar Management and CGM #011.02 FACA Requirements for CERP Teams.
• 25 Apr 2003
  Get the latest CERP Report! CERP Report - the CERP community outreach initiatives newsletter from the US Army Corps of Engineers. Missed an issue? View the archives.
• 8 Apr 2003
  A revised draft version of the RECOVER Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) has been posted and there is a 60-day agency and public review comment period for this document. Comments are due by 8 June 2003.
• 29 Mar 2003
  Three new CERP Guidance Memorandums have been added to the site: CGM #018.01 - Project Delivery Team Membership, CGM #023.00 - Implementation of Water Quality Features (Interim Guidance), and CGM #028.00 - Technical Specifications for CERP GIS Data.
• 11 Mar 2003
  RECOVER Monitoring Data Inventory Report (August 2002)
  available)
• 18 Feb 2003
  View Independent Scientific Review Draft Concept Paper
• 30 Jan 2003
  Notice of public meeting - The Council on Environmental Quality will host a public meeting for stakeholders to clarify and respond to comments filed on the proposed rule to establish programmatic regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
• 13 Jan 2003
  Open House for interested Labs to learn about CERP analytical laboratory needs on Feb 12, 2003.
• 10 Jan 2003
  View or download the Dispute Resolution Agreement between the Department of the Army, State of Florida and the SFWMD
• 9 Jan 2003
  Press Release
  CORPS, SFWMD to Host Workshop on Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Phase 1 Project (13 kb, PDF)
• 8 Jan 2003
  3 new CERP Guidance Memorandums (CGMs) have been added to the site: CGM #005.00 - Total Project Cost Estimate Management, CGM #011.01 - Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Requirements for PDTs, and CGM #015.00 - CERP Project Milestones.

 

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