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The study described herein was performed as an independent assessment of the coastal 

 physical processes occurring along Brevard County, Florida. The study was conducted for the 

 United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, in its 

 involvement with the lawsuit Applegate et al. v the United States of America. The subject matter 

 focuses on the two test plaintiffs in the lawsuit. 



The study was conducted by Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station (WES), Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Dr. Mark R. Byrnes of Applied 

 Coastal Research and Engineering, Inc., Mashpee, Massachusetts, and Ms. Anne-Lise Lindquist, 

 Coastal Consultant, San Diego, California. At the inception of the project, Dr. Kraus was a staff 

 member at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Dr. Byrnes was a 

 staff member at the Center for Coastal Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

 Louisiana. 



At the time of publication of this report, COL Robin R. Cababa, EN, was Acting Director of 

 WES. 



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