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2000

RESTORATION OF THE EVERGLADES AND SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM

(106–73)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

MARCH 1, 2000

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman

DON YOUNG, Alaska
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
STEPHEN HORN, California
BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
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JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Lousiana
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
LEE TERRY, Nebraska
DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
GARY G. MILLER, California
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
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DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska
STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHNNY ISAKSON, GA
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
PAT DANNER, Missouri
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
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JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, JR., New Jersey
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
RONNIE SHOWS, Mississippi
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York, Chairman

DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania Vice Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
STEPHEN HORN, California
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BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JACK QUINN, New York
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
JOHN DOOLITTLE, California
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska
STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
  (Ex Officio)

ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
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ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
  (Ex Officio)

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CONTENTS

TESTIMONY

    Aguilera, Ibel, Director, United Property Owners and Friends of the 8.5 Square Mile Area, Inc., Miami, Florida
    Collins, Michael, Governing Board Chairman, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida
    Cypress, Billy, Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe, Miami, Florida

    Deutsch, Hon. Peter, a Representative in Congress from Florida
    Doyle, Mary E., Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
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    Foley, Hon. Mark, a Representative in Congress from Florida

    Meek, Hon. Carrie P., a Representative in Congress from Florida

    Strahl, Dr. Stuart D., President and CEO, Florida Audubon Society, Miami, Florida, and Vice President, National Audubon Society

     Struhs, David B., Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida

    Wade, Malcolm S., Jr., Senior Vice President, Administrative Services Group, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Clewiston, Florida

    Westphal, Dr. Joseph W., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Washington, D.C., accompanied by Michael L. Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Policy and Legislation, Washington, D.C.

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

    Borski, Hon. Robert A., of Pennsylvania
    Deutsch, Hon. Peter, a Representative in Congress from Florida
    Foley, Hon. Mark, a Representative in Congress from Florida
    Goss, Hon. Porter J., a Representative in Congress from Florida
    Meek, Hon. Carrie P., a Representative in Congress from Florida
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PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES
    Aguilera, Ibel
    Collins, Michael
    Cypress, Billy
    Doyle, Mary E
    Strahl, Dr. Stuart D

    Struhs, David B

    Wade, Malcolm S., Jr

    Westphal, Dr. Joseph W

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
    Aguilera, Ibel, Director, United Property Owners and Friends of the 8.5 Square Mile Area, Inc., Miami, Florida, statement, Discrimination Against Minorities in Everglades Restoration

    Cypress, Billy, Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe, Miami, Florida:

    Facing Up to Problems in Everglades Restoration, report, April 1999
    South Florida Modified Water Delivery: A Case Study of Agency Obstructionism, report, April 27, 1999

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    Dexter Lehtinen, Regarding Back-Room Secret Deals on the Everglades, statement, September 23, 1999
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    The Tragedy of the Central Everglades: Drowning in Her Own Tears, Dexter Lehtinen, January 6, 2000

    Essential Elements of Everglades Legislation, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, March 1, 2000

    Doyle, Mary E., Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., responses to questions

    Fox, Chuck, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, statement

    Wade, Malcolm S., Jr., Senior Vice President, Administrative Services Group, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Clewiston, Florida, responses to questions

    Westphal, Dr. Joseph W., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Washington, D.C., Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem: The Plan to Restore America's Everglades, the Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study

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ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD

    Costello, Hon. Jerry F., a Representative in Congress from Illinois, statement
    Diaz-Balart, Hon. Lincoln, a Representative in Congress from Florida
    The Everglades Trust, Mary Barley, Islamorada, FL, statement and attachments
    Seminole Tribe of Florida, statement

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