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Environmental Assessment <br />1. Project Title <br />2. Proposer <br />3. Identify RGU <br />4. Reason for EAW <br />S. Project Location <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 />