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Project Title:
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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
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WSTB-U-03-04-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Water Science and Technology Board
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RSO:
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Johnson, Stephanie
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Earth Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Environment and Environmental Studies; Policy for Science and Technology
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Meeting #10
August 29, 2007 - August 31, 2007
Hilton Miami Airport Hotel
5101 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, FL 33126
Tel: 1-305-262-1000
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Dorothy Weir
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| Email:
dweir@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-3856
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Fax:
202-334-1961
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Agenda:
Wednesday, August 29
OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions Will Graf, Chair
Overview of day’s agenda
Briefings: CERP Restoration Planning and Implementation
8:40 a.m. Case study of project planning and implementation issues:
The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir
Eric Bush, USACE
Matt Morrison, SFWMD
Cary White, Interagency Modeling Center
Tom Van Lent, Everglades Foundation
Additional speakers TBD
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Proposed changes to the restoration schedule:
The Integrated Delivery Schedule
• Overview presentation Stu Appelbaum, USACE
• Committee questions and discussion
11:45 a.m. Public Comment
(Members of the public interested in addressing the committee for 3-4 minutes
should sign up during the meeting before 11:45 a.m.)
12:00 noon Working Lunch
1:00 p.m. Overview of the Regional Water Availability Rule and its likely effects on water availability for the CERP
Chip Merriam, SFWMD
1:30 a.m. Overview of the water reservations process:
Current draft plans and unresolved issues
Ken Ammon, SFWMD
2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Senior management perspectives on restoration progress
Ken Ammon, SFWMD
Chip Merriam, SFWMD
Stu Appelbaum, USACE
Gary Hardesty, USACE HQ (invited)
Rock Salt, DOI (invited)
3:00 pm Break
Briefings: Climate Change and Water Storage for CERP
3:15 p.m. Future precipitation scenarios and their potential effects on water budgets
and the Everglades restoration
Eric Wood, Princeton Univ.
3:40 pm Engineering implications of uncertainties in future water budgets and
surface flows in south Florida
Jim Heaney, UFL
4:05 pm Modeling and design considerations to address future precipitation
scenarios for CERP
Jayantha Obeysekera, SFWMD
Paul Trimble, SFWMD
4:30 pm Open discussion on climate issues
5:00 pm Adjourn
Thursday, August 30
OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. Miccosukee Tribe's perspectives on the Modified Water Deliveries project
• Presentations Joette Lorion
Col. Terry Rice
• Committee questions and discussion
10:10 a.m. Public Comment
(Members of the public interested in addressing the committee for 3-4 minutes
should sign up during the meeting before 10:10 a.m.)
10:30 a.m. Open session adjourns
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
William Graf
Chair
Steven Beissinger
Linda Blum (absent 8/31)
Donald Boesch
Frank Davis
Charles Driscoll
Joan Ehrenfeld
William Horn
Wayne Huber
David Moreau
Yves Parlange
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
The committee discussed the presentations from the open sessions, future meeting topics and speakers, information needs, draft report structure and content, and writing assignments.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
September 4, 2007
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