NORMANDY RESERVOIR FINAL RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN Volume VII MULTIPLE RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT August 2017 This page intentionally left blank Document Type: EIS Administrative Record Index Field: Final EIS Project Name: Multiple RLMPs & CVLP EIS Project Number: 2016-2 NORMANDY RESERVOIR Final Reservoir Land Management Plan VOLUME VII MULTIPLE RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT Prepared by: Tennessee Valley Authority August 2017 This page intentionally left blank Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................... VII-V CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................VII-1 1.1 Tennessee Valley Authority History .......................................................................... VII-2 1.2 Overview of TVA’s Mission and Environmental Policy ............................................. VII-2 1.2.1 TVA’s Mission .................................................................................................... VII-2 1.2.2 Environmental Policy ......................................................................................... VII-3 1.2.3 Land Policy ........................................................................................................ VII-3 1.2.4 Shoreline Management Policy ........................................................................... VII-4 1.3 The Natural Resource Plan ...................................................................................... VII-6 1.4 Purpose of Reservoir Land Planning ........................................................................ VII-6 CHAPTER 2. REGIONAL OVERVIEW ................................................................................................VII-9 2.1 History of Normandy Dam ........................................................................................ VII-9 2.2 Normandy Reservoir and Present Shoreline .......................................................... VII-11 2.2.1 Land Use and Prime Farmland ....................................................................... VII-11 2.2.2 Recreation ....................................................................................................... VII-13 2.2.3 Terrestrial Ecology .......................................................................................... VII-15 2.2.4 Aquatic Ecology ............................................................................................... VII-20 2.2.5 Threatened and Endangered Species ............................................................. VII-24 2.2.6 Water Quality ................................................................................................... VII-35 2.2.7 Wetlands ......................................................................................................... VII-36 2.2.8 Floodplains ...................................................................................................... VII-38 2.2.9 Air Quality ........................................................................................................ VII-38 2.2.10 Cultural and Historic Resources ...................................................................... VII-39 2.2.11 Natural Areas and Ecologically Significant Sites ............................................. VII-41 2.2.12 Aesthetics and Visual Resources .................................................................... VII-42 2.2.13 Noise ............................................................................................................... VII-42 2.2.14 Socioeconomics and Environmental Justice ................................................... VII-44 2.3 Major Features of Normandy Reservoir ................................................................. VII-46 2.3.1 Natural Resource Management ...................................................................... VII-46 2.3.2 Normandy Fish Hatchery ................................................................................. VII-47 2.3.3 Short Springs Natural Area ............................................................................. VII-47 2.4 The Future Management of Reservoir Lands ......................................................... VII-47 CHAPTER 3. LAND PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................... VII-49 3.1 Process for Planning Land ..................................................................................... VII-49 3.2 Normandy Reservoir Goals and Objectives ........................................................... VII-54 VII-i Normandy Reservoir Land Management Plan 3.3 Parcel Allocations ................................................................................................... VII-55 3.4 Property Administration .......................................................................................... VII-61 CHAPTER 4. PARCEL DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................................................... VII-63 CHAPTER 5. PLANNING TEAM ...................................................................................................... VII-87 CHAPTER 6. LITERATURE CITED .................................................................................................. VII-89 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................................................................... VII-93 INDEX ................................................................................................................................................... VII-97 Appendices Appendix A – Final Land Management Plan Maps – Panels 1 and 2 .................................................. VII-99 Appendix B – Comparison of Parcel Allocations by Alternative .......................................................... VII-103 List of Tables Table 2-1. Prime Farmland in Normandy Reservoir ....................................................................... VII-12 Table 2-2. Developed Public Recreation Areas on TVA Lands on the Normandy Reservoir ........ VII-14 Table 2-3 Developed Commercial, Private and Semi-Private (Camps) Recreation Areas on TVA Lands on the Normandy Reservoir ....................................................................... VII-15 Table 2-4. Land Cover on TVA Owned Parcels and within the Vicinity of Normandy Reservoir ... VII-16 Table 2-5. Invasive Non-native Plant Species that Pose a Severe Threat Known to Occur in Tennessee .................................................................................................................... VII-19 Table 2-6. RFAI and Benthic Community Scores for Normandy Reservoir (2008-2013) ............. VII-22 Table 2-7. Fish Species in Normandy Reservoir ............................................................................ VII-23 Table 2-8. Federally and State-Listed Species in the Normandy Reservoir Counties ................... VII-25 Table 2-9. Habitat Requirements for Plant Species of Conservation Concern within 5 Miles of Normandy Reservoir ..................................................................................................... VII-30 Table 2-10. Habitat Requirements for Terrestrial Wildlife Species of Conservation Concern within 3 Miles of Normandy Reservoir ..................................................................................... VII-32 Table 2-11. Habitat Requirements for Aquatic Species of Conservation Concern within 10 Miles of Normandy Reservoir ..................................................................................................... VII-34 Table 2-12. Wetland Types within the Normandy Reservoir ............................................................ VII-37 Table 2-13. Population and Percent Growth – Normandy Reservoir ............................................... VII-44 Table 2-14. Employment and Income, 2010-2014 – Normandy Reservoir ...................................... VII-45 Table 2-15. Minority Population and Poverty, 2010-2014 – Normandy Reservoir ........................... VII-46 Table 3-1. Land Use Zone Definitions ............................................................................................ VII-50 Table 3-2. Summary of Land Use Allocations for the Final Normandy Reservoir Land Management Plan ................................................................................................ VII-56 Table 3-3. Final Normandy Reservoir Land Management Plan and 2011 Comprehensive Valleywide Land Plan Comparison ............................................................................... VII-60 Table A-1. Normandy Reservoir Parcels by Map Panel ............................................................... VII-101 VII-ii Contents List of Figures Figure 1-1. TVA Managed Reservoir Land ........................................................................................ VII-5 Figure 2-1. Normandy Reservoir ..................................................................................................... VII-10 Figure 3-1. Percent of Normandy Reservoir Acreage Allocated by Zone ....................................... VII-57 Figure 3-2. TVA Allocated Land Normandy Reservoir .................................................................... VII-58 VII-iii This page intentionally left blank Acronyms and Abbreviations ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS