This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has been developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Norfolk District and its non-Federal sponsor, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA), in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 USC 4321-4347), 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, and 33 CFR Parts 230 and 325. This document has been prepared to assess a range of alternatives and to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of those alternatives including proposed eastward expansion of the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA) and subsequent development of a marine containerized cargo terminal complex (container port) on the new cell.

A notice of availability of the Draft EIS (DEIS) was published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2005. The 45-day comment period for the DEIS ended on November 7, 2005. Seventy letters and over 200 comments were received. These comments were analyzed and considered in preparing this FEIS, and responses to comments appear in the document.

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Table of Contents
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
TABLE OF CONTENTS	25.9 KB
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1.05 MB
PART I - PURPOSE AND NEED	69.4 KB
PART II - EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES	509 KB
PART III - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT	1.13 MB
PART IV  -  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES	730 KB
PART V – LIST OF PREPARERS	33.8 KB
PART VI – REFERENCES	72.6 KB

Appendices
List of Appendices		23.3 KB
	Appendix A - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Planning and Report	25.4 MB
	Appendix B - Mitigation Analysis	28.7 MB
	Appendix C - Cumulative Impacts Assessment	28.4 MB
	Appendix D - HEA Reports (Peterson, Ruddy, Buchman)	28.8 MB
	Appendix E- VIMS Benthic Study Seitz and Lipicuis)	28.8 MB
	Appendix F - National Environmental Policy Act Coordination Table	28.8 MB
	Appendix G - Pertinent Correspondence	10.3 MB
	Appendix H - Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation	1.31 MB
	Appendix I - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coordination Act Report	25.4 MB
	Appendix J - U.S. House of Representatives Document No. 563, 79th Congress, 2D Session, May 6, 1946	28.8 MB
	Appendix K - Comments and Responses from Draft Environmental Impact Statement Coordination	1.65 MB