GLMRIS – Brandon Road Appendix B - Planning FINAL US Army Corps NOVEMBER 2018 of Engineers Rock Island & Chicago Districts The Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study—Brandon Road Draft Integrated Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement—Will County, Illinois (Page Intentionally Left Blank) Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ I LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................................... I LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... II 1. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ................................... B-1 1.1. Studies, Reports, and Existing Water Projects within Study Area .................................... B-1 1.1.1. Great Lakes and Connected Tributaries .................................................................................... B-1 1.1.2. CAWS ....................................................................................................................................... B-4 1.1.3. Des Plaines River ...................................................................................................................... B-5 1.1.4. Illinois River .............................................................................................................................. B-6 1.1.5. Kankakee River ......................................................................................................................... B-7 1.2. Affected Environment ............................................................................................................ B-7 1.2.1. Physical Resources .................................................................................................................... B-7 1.2.2. Biological Resources ............................................................................................................... B-15 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NONSTRUCTURAL ALTERNATIVE ............................. B-80 3. CE/ICA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................. B-83 3.1. Asian Carp............................................................................................................................. B-83 3.1.1. Asian Carp Using Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment ................ B-83 3.1.2. Asian Carp Using Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment .................... B-85 3.1.3. Asian Carp Using Maximum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment ................ B-86 3.1.4. A. lacustre Using Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment ................. B-88 3.1.5. A. lacustre Using Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment ..................... B-90 3.1.6. A. lacustre Using Maximum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment. ............... B-91 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................. B-94 List of Tables Table B-1: Characteristics of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Connecting Channels .................................... B-8 Table B-2: Principal Features of the St. Marys Falls Canal Locks ............................................................................ B-9 Table B-3 Principal Features of the Welland Canal Locks ........................................................................................ B-9 Table B-4: Principal Features of the St. Lawrence River Locks .............................................................................. B-10 Table B-5: State Parks, Wilderness Areas, and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) Within the GLB ................ B-14 Table B-6: Freshwater Mussel Species Recorded from the Great Lakes Basin ....................................................... B-20 Table B-15: Fish Species Captured by Reach During Intensive Sampling Events in 2015 (MRWG 2016) ........... B-33 Table B-16: Species of Fish Captured from 2015 Fixed and Random Electrofishing in Lockport and Brandon Road B- Pools (MRWG 2016). ................................................................................................................................ B-35 Table B-17: Fish Species Collected from the Mainstem Des Plaines River (Illinois). ............................................ B-37 Table B-18: Species of Fish Captured from 2015 Fixed and Random Electrofishing in Dresden Island and Marseille Pools (MRWG 2016). ..................................................................................................................................... B-43 Table B-19: Fish Species Collected from the Mainstem Kankakee River and Its Tributaries Between 1945 and 2005 (Veraldi unpublished data). ............................................................................................................................. B-46 Table B-20: Listed Species Within the Great Lakes Region ................................................................................... B-49 Table B- 21: State Listed Species Potentially Occurring within the GLMRIS-BR Illinois Waterway Study Area (Illinois DNR 2014) ........................................................................................................................................ B-79 Table B-22: Action Items from the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan (ACRCC 2016) Selected as Part of the GLMRIS- BR Nonstructural Measures ............................................................................................................................ B-81 B-i Brandon Road Lock & Dam Final Feasibility Study, November 2018 Planning Table B-23: Additional Action Items/Level of Effort Selected as Part of the GLMRIS-BR Nonstructural Measures ........................................................................................................................................................ B-82 Table B-24: Contract Fishing Proposed Level of Effort by GLMRIS-BR Alternative ........................................... B-82 Table B-25: Estimated Average Annual Cost of Nonstructural Measures by GLMRIS-BR Alternative ................ B-82 Table B-26: Summary of Alternative Costs and Outputs Used in CE/ICA ............................................................. B-83 Table B-27: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-84 Table B-28: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-86 Table B- 29: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Maximum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-87 Table B-30: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for A. lacustre (Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-89 Table B-31: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for A. lacustre (Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-91 Table B-32: Summary of CE/ICA “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for A. lacustre (Maximum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .................................................................................................................... B-92 List of Figures Figure B-1: Land Use Surrounding the Great Lakes ............................................................................................... B-10 Figure B-2: Location of Natural Areas within the GLB .......................................................................................... B-13 Figure B-3: Cost and Output Results of Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) ...................................................................................................................................... B-84 Figure B-4: Incremental Cost and Output of “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Minimum Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .............................................................................................................. B-85 Figure B-5: Cost and Output Results of Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) ........................................................................................................................................... B-85 Figure B-6: Incremental Cost and Output of “Best Buy” Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Median Elicited Values for Probability of No Establishment) .............................................................................................................. B-86 Figure B-7: Cost and Output Results of Alternative Plans for Asian Carp (Maximum Elicited