VOLUME I
 Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
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Section 4(f) Evaluation

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Cover Sheet, Letter, Table of Contents 255 KB
Summary  9.06 MB

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Chapter 1 - Project History and Background

 1.14 MB

Chapter 2 - Purpose and Need

 2.83 MB
Chapter 3 - Alternatives 15.8 MB
Chapter 4 - Affected Environment 1.22 MB
Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences
5.1       Methodology for Evaluating Environmental Impacts 413 KB
5.2       Land Use Impacts 739 KB
5.3       Social Impacts 820 MB
5.4       Environmental Justice 337 KB
5.5       Economic Impacts 103 KB
5.6       Joint Development 193 KB
5.7       Pedestrian and Bicyclists Impacts .99 MB
5.8       Traffic Impacts 301 KB
5.9       Air Quality Impacts 280 KB
5.10     Highway Noise Impacts 596 KB
5.11     Wild and Scenic Rivers 323 KB
5.12     Construction Impacts 168 KB
5.13     Historic and Archaeology Impacts 2.22 MB
5.14     Mineral Resource Impacts 1.13 MB
5.15     Visual and Aesthetic Impacts 541 KB
5.16     Hazardous Waste Sites Impacts 289 KB
5.17     Threatened and Endangered Species Impacts 3.72 MB
5.18     Floodplain Impacts 151 KB
5.19     Wetlands Impacts 689 KB
5.20     Agricultural Impacts 412 MB
5.21     Forest Impacts 486 KB
5.22     Water Body Impacts 1.01 MB
5.23     Ecosystem Impacts 1.21 MB
5.24     Water Quality Impacts 1.15 MB
5.25     Permits 230 KB
5.26     Cumulative Impacts 510 KB
5.27     Energy Impacts 69 KB
5.28     Short-Term Uses vs. Long-Term Productivity 81 KB
5.29     Irretrievable and Irreversible Resource Losses 65 KB
Chapter 6 - Comparison of Alternatives

6.77 MB

Chapter 7 - Mitigation and Commitments

733 KB

Chapter 8 - Section 4(f) Evaluation

14.0 MB

Chapter 9 - List of Preparers

81 KB

Chapter 10 - Distribution of EIS

149 KB

Chapter 11 - Comments, Coordination, and Public Involvement

652 KB

Chapter 12 - References

181 KB

Chapter 13 - Glossary, Acronyms, Index

181 KB