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Environmental Assessment <br /> 1. Project Title <br /> 2. Proposer <br /> 3. Identify RGU <br /> 4. Reason for EAW <br /> 5. Project Location 111 <br /> 6. Description <br /> 6a. Provide a project summary <br /> 6b. Give a complete description of the proposed project. <br /> 6c. Explain the project purpose; explain the need for the project and identify its <br /> beneficiaries. <br /> 6d. Are future stages of this development including development on any other <br /> property planned or likely to happen? <br /> 6e. Is this project a subsequent stage of an earlier project? <br /> 7. Project magnitude data <br /> 8. Permits and approvals required. List all "known local, state and federal <br /> permits, approvals and financial assistance for the project. <br /> 9. Land use. Describe current and recent past land use and development on the <br /> site and on adjacent lands. Describe relationship to existing facilities and <br /> utilities. <br /> 10. Cover types. Estimate the acreage of the site with each of the following cover <br /> types before and after development. <br /> 11. Fish, wildlife and ecologically sensitive resources. <br /> - Trumpeter Swans frequently fly through this area. One significant <br /> cause of swan mortality is collision with power lines. Specifically, the <br /> EAW needs to address measures to protect the swan population from <br /> power line entanglement. <br /> 11a. Identify fish and wildlife resources and habitats on or near the site and <br /> describe how they would be affected by the project. Describe any measures <br /> to be taken to minimize or avoid impacts including but not limited to: <br /> - Wetlands - Identify actual requirements for utility pole installation in <br /> non-stable soils within marsh. <br /> - Woods/forest - Specifically address the construction impacts and <br /> impacts of long-term maintenance on the trees southeast of Lake <br /> Katrina.. Identify height restrictions of vegetation under the proposed <br /> transmission line and the frequency and method of vegetation control. <br /> Documented experience indicates that disruption of the natural <br /> vegetation in the Park Reserve will increase the potential for invasive - <br /> species introductions into the Park Reserve. The EAW needs to discuss <br /> short-term and long-range measures to minimize these invasive <br /> introductions and preventative measures to manage vegetation. <br /> - Brush/grassland <br /> - Lawn/landscaping <br /> - Impervious surfaces <br /> 11b. Identify mitigation strategies <br /> 11c. Are any state-listed (endangered, threatened or special concern) species rare <br /> plant communities or other sensitive ecological resources on or near the site? <br /> 12. Physical impacts on water resources. Will the project involve the physical or <br /> hydrologic alteration - dredging, filling, stream diversion, outfall structure, <br /> diking, and impoundment - of any surface waters such as a lake, pond, <br /> wetland, stream or drainage ditch? <br /> If yes, identify water resource affected. Describe alternatives considered and <br /> proposed mitigation measures to minimize impacts. <br /> 2 <br />