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Everglades Restoration Hearings S. HRG. 106±729 EVERGLADES RESTORATION HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JANUARY 7, 2000ÐNAPLES, FL MAY 11, 2000 SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN PROPOSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works ( EVERGLADES RESTORATION S. HRG. 106±729 EVERGLADES RESTORATION HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN PROPOSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS JANUARY 7, 2000ÐNAPLES, FL MAY 11, 2000 SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 63±232 CC WASHINGTON : 2000 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS BOB SMITH, New Hampshire, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia MAX BAUCUS, Montana JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri HARRY REID, Nevada GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio BOB GRAHAM, Florida MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah BARBARA BOXER, California KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas RON WYDEN, Oregon LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island DAVE CONOVER, Staff Director TOM SLITER, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Wyoming MAX BAUCUS, Montana CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma HARRY REID, Nevada CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming BOB GRAHAM, Florida LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut (II) CONTENTS Page JANUARY 7, 2000ÐNAPLES, FL OPENING STATEMENTS Graham, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from the State of Florida ................................ 5 Smith, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire ..................... 1 Voinovich, Hon. George V., U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio ........................ 6 WITNESSES Browner, Hon. Carol, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .. 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 61 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 67 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 68 Collins, Mike, chairman, South Florida Water Management District ................ 40 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 99 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 103 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 102 Doyle, Mary, Counselor to the Secretary, Chair, South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, U.S. Department of the Interior ................................ 30 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 92 Lehtinen, Dexter, member, South Florida Ecosystem Task Force and Gov- ernor's Commission on the Everglades, on behalf of the Miccosukee Tribe .... 44 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 106 Responses to additional questions from Senator Smith ................................ 109 Reed, Hon. Nathaniel, Florida environmentalist and former Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior ............................................................................................ 49 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 110 Shore, Jim, esquire, general counsel, Seminole Tribe of Florida ......................... 42 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 104 Struhs, Hon. David B., Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Pro- tection .................................................................................................................... 34 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 95 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 97 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 97 Wade, Malcolm S. ``Bubba'', Jr., senior vice president, U.S. Sugar Corporation 52 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 115 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 123 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 121 Westphal, Hon. Joseph, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), U.S. Department of Defense ........................................................................................ 21 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 72 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 86 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 77 Senator Voinovich ..................................................................................... 83 Williams, Hon. Nora, county commissioner, Monroe County, Florida ................ 55 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 124 (III) IV Page ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Letters: Florida Attorney General ................................................................................. 126 Florida House of Representatives ................................................................... 126 Mooney, Robert ................................................................................................. 129 Nelson, Bill, Florida State Treasurer ............................................................. 128 Young, Rep. C.W. Bill ....................................................................................... 128 Statements: Foley, Hon. Mark, U.S. Representative from the State of Florida ............... 128 Lake Worth Drainage District ..................................................................... 130±142 Meek, Hon. Carrie, U.S. Represenatative from the State of Florida ........... 127 MAY 11, 2000 OPENING STATEMENTS Baucus, Hon. Max, U.S. Senator from the State of Montana .............................. 152 Chafee, Hon. Lincoln, U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island .................. 190 Graham, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from the State of Florida ................................ 145 Letters, Department of the Interior and the Corps ................... 164±187, 229±232 Lautenberg, Hon. Frank R., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey ........... 242 Smith, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire ................. 143, 206 Voinovich, Hon. George V., U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio ........................ 152 Warner, Hon. John W., U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia ................................................................................................................... 156, 242 WITNESSES Bush, Hon. Jeb, Governor, State of Florida .......................................................... 147 Additional statement ........................................................................................ 244 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 242 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Crapo ............................................................................................ 247 Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 247 Senator Mack ............................................................................................. 248 Senator Smith ............................................................................................ 245 Senator Voinovich ..................................................................................... 250 Collins, Mike, Chairman, South Florida Water Management District ............... 200 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 263 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Graham ........................................................................................ 265 Senator Mack ............................................................................................. 267 Senator
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