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| VOLUME I |
Cover (pdf)
Acronyms (pdf)
Summary (pdf)*
Table of Contents (pdf)
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1 |
Introduction |
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1.1 |
Project Purpose and Need: The 1943 Agreement (pdf) |
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1.2 |
Project Goals and Objectives (pdf) |
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1.3 |
Cooperating Agencies (pdf) |
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1.4 |
Project History and Background (pdf) |
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1.5 |
Project Setting (pdf) |
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1.6 |
System Linkage (pdf) |
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1.7 |
Study Issues (pdf) |
2 |
Description of Alternatives |
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2.1 |
Development of Preliminary Study Alternatives (pdf) |
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2.2 |
Description of Preliminary Study Alternatives (pdf) |
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2.3 |
Framework for Decison-making: Summary of Potential Impacts (pdf) |
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2.4 |
Alternatives Refinement (pdf) |
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2.5 |
Detailed Study Alternatives (pdf) |
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2.6 |
Consistency with Sections 101(b) and 102(1) of NEPA (pdf) |
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2.7 |
Environmentally Preferred Alternative (pdf) |
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2.8 |
Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (pdf) |
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2.9 |
Preferred Alternative (pdf) |
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2.10 |
Cost (pdf) |
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2.11 |
Comparison of Alternatives (pdf) |
3 |
Affected Environment |
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3.1 |
Existing Roadway and Traffic Conditions (pdf) |
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3.2 |
Existing Human Environment (pdf) |
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3.3 |
Existing Physical Environment (pdf) |
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3.4 |
Existing Natural Environment (pdf) |
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3.5 |
Aesthetics and Visual Resources (pdf) |
4 |
Environmental Consequences |
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4.1 |
Introduction (pdf) |
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4.1.1 |
Impact Methods/Thresholds (pdf) |
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4.1.2 |
Cumulative Impacts (pdf) |
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4.1.3 |
Impairment (pdf) |
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4.2 |
Impacts to Human Environment |
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4.2.1 |
Traffic, Mobility, and Access (pdf) |
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4.2.2 |
Community (pdf) |
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4.2.3 |
Economics (pdf) |
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4.2.4 |
Land Use (pdf) |
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4.2.5 |
Visitor Use and Experience (pdf) |
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4.2.6 |
Environmental Justice and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (pdf) |
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4.2.7 |
Utilities (pdf) |
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4.2.8 |
Cultural Resources (pdf) |
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4.2.9 |
Public Health and Safety (pdf) |
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4.3 |
Impacts of Physical Environment |
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4.3.1 |
Topography, Geology, Soils (pdf) |
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4.3.2 |
Floodplains and Floodways (pdf) |
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4.3.3 |
Hazardous Materials and Underground Storage Tanks (pdf) |
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4.3.4 |
Air Quality (pdf) |
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4.3.5 |
Soundscapes (pdf) |
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4.4 |
Impacts to the Natural Environment |
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4.4.1 |
Wetlands (pdf) |
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4.4.2 |
Lakes, Rivers, and Streams (pdf) |
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4.4.3 |
Water Quality (pdf) |
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4.4.4 |
Aquatic Ecology (pdf) |
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4.4.5 |
Vegetation Communities (pdf) |
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4.4.6 |
Terrestrial Wildlife (pdf) |
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4.4.7 |
Black Bears (pdf) |
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4.4.8 |
Migratory Birds (pdf) |
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4.4.9 |
Invasive Exotics (pdf) |
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4.4.10 |
Protected Species (pdf) |
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4.5 |
Impacts to Aesthetics and Visual Resources (pdf) |
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4.6 |
Energy Impacts (pdf) |
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4.7 |
Private In-Holdings (pdf) |
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4.8 |
Collective Impacts, Sustainability, and Long-Term Management (pdf) |
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4.9 |
Impairment Evaluation Summary (pdf) |
5 |
Agency Consultation and Coordination |
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5.0 |
Agency Consultation and Coordination Introduction (pdf) |
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5.1 |
Interagency Meeting No. 1: Scoping (March 12, 2003) (pdf) |
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5.2 |
Notice of Intent (April 24, 2003) (pdf) |
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5.3 |
Interagency Meeting No. 2: Existing Conditions (September 10, 2003) (pdf) |
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5.4 |
Interagency Meeting No. 3: Alternatives Development (March 24, 2004 and April 22, 2004) (pdf) |
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5.5 |
Section 106 Consulting Parties Meeting No. 1 (August 4, 2004) (pdf) |
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5.6 |
Natural Resources Agency Field Meeting (October 19, 2004) (pdf) |
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5.7 |
Section 106 Consulting Parties Meeting No. 2 (February 8, 2005) (pdf) |
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5.8 |
Interagency Meeting No. 4: Impact Analysis (February 23, 2005) (pdf) |
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5.9 |
Endangered Species Act Coordination (pdf) |
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5.10 |
Consultation Regarding the Clean Air Act (pdf) |
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5.11 |
Continued Section 106 Consultation and Coordination (pdf) |
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5.12 |
Coordination Between the Signatories of the 1943 Agreement (pdf) |
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5.13 |
Other Coordination (pdf) |
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5.14 |
Notice of Availability (pdf) |
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5.15 |
Agency Comments and Responses on the DEIS (pdf) |
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5.16 |
List of Preparers (pdf) |
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5.17 |
List of Reviewers (pdf) |
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5.18 |
List of DEIS Recipients (pdf) |
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5.19 |
List of FEIS Recipients (pdf) |
6 |
Public Involvement |
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6.1 |
Introduction (pdf) |
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6.2 |
Media Strategies (pdf) |
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6.3 |
Enhanced Outreach (pdf) |
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6.4 |
Public Participation Opportunities (pdf) |
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6.5 |
Public Comments (pdf) |
7 |
References, Acronymns, and Glossary |
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7.1 |
References (pdf) |
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7.2 |
List of Acronymns (pdf) |
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7.3 |
Glossary (pdf) |
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7.4 |
Key Word Index (pdf) |
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