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1 Sterling Highway MP Draft SEIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation Chapter 3 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences Prepared for: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities P.O. Box Anchorage, AK Prepared by: HDR, Inc C Street, Suite 305 Anchorage, AK March 2015
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3 Table of Contents Sterling Highway MP Project Draft SEIS 3 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences Land Ownership and Land Use Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Land Use Plans and Policies Affected Environment Environmental Consequences (KNWR Comprehensive Conservation Plan) Environmental Consequences (Chugach National Forest Plan) Environmental Consequences (Federal Management USFS Roadless Areas) Environmental Consequences (Federal Management ANILCA Title XI) Environmental Consequences (State Plans) Environmental Consequences (Borough and Other Pertinent Plans) Social Environment Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Housing and Relocation Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Economic Environment Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Transportation Affected Environment Environmental Consequences River Navigation Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Park and Recreation Resources Affected Environment March i
4 Sterling Highway MP Draft SEIS Project Environmental Consequences Historic and Archaeological Preservation Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Subsistence Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Utilities Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Geology and Topography Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Water Bodies and Water Quality Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Air Quality Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Noise Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Visual Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Hazardous Waste Sites and Spills Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Energy Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Floodplains Affected Environment ii March 2015
5 Sterling Highway MP Project Draft SEIS Environmental Consequences Wetlands and Vegetation Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Fish and Essential Fish Habitat Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Wildlife Affected Environment Environmental Consequences (Threatened and Endangered Species) Environmental Consequences (Brown Bear) Environmental Consequences (Moose) Environmental Consequences (Other Mammals) Environmental Consequences (Birds) Environmental Consequences (Wood Frog) Coastal Zone Management Affected Environment Environmental Consequences Permits Laws, Regulations, and Permits Related to the Project Implications for Permitting Short-Term Uses versus Long-Term Productivity Environmental Consequences Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Environmental Consequences Cumulative Impacts Introduction to Cumulative Impacts Resources Assessed for Cumulative Impacts Geographic Scope and Timeframe of Cumulative Impacts Analysis Past, Present, and Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions Characterization of the Resources to be Evaluated Cause-and-Effect Relationships between Activities and Resources Magnitude and Significance of Cumulative Effects March iii
6 Sterling Highway MP Draft SEIS Project List of Tables Table Land ownership and land use in the project area Table Lands required for build alternatives Table Land uses converted to transportation use Table Estimated land use construction impacts Table Impacts to Inventoried Roadless Areas Cooper Creek Alternative Table Impacts to Inventoried Roadless Areas G South Alternative Table Impacts to Inventoried Roadless Areas Juneau Creek Alternative and Juneau Creek Variant Alternative Table Population in Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Cooper Landing Table U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2013 poverty guidelines Table Poverty rates in Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Cooper Landing Table Population breakdown by age for Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Cooper Landing Table Community facilities and services available in Cooper Landing vicinity Table Cooper Landing housing characteristics Table Ownership and right-of-way acquisition by alternative Table Cooper Landing residences for sale in $200,000 to $350,000 price range Table Kenai Peninsula Borough 2010 employment and earnings Table Cooper Landing income and employment, Table Cooper Landing licensed businesses by industry, Table Project costs by alternative (millions of dollars) Table Build alternative design standard factor comparison Table Pullouts along the build alternatives Table Impacts of alternatives on existing intersection conflict points Table Intersection LOS comparison (2043) Table Level of service Cooper Creek Alternative, Table Level of service G South Alternative, Table Level of service Juneau Creek Alternatives, Table Kenai River access and facilities Table Kenai Lake access and facilities Table River accidents occurring near the project area, iv March 2015
7 Sterling Highway MP Project Draft SEIS Table Park, recreation, and refuge properties and associated Section 4(f) applicability Table Kenai River angler days (effort expended by recreational anglers), , for early run and late run sockeye salmon Table Upper Kenai River total boat use, 2004 season Table Russian River angler days (effort expended by recreational anglers), , for early run and late run sockeye salmon Table Annual number of visitors at area facilities, Table Estimated harvest of fish and wildlife resources Table Estimated harvest of select fish and wildlife resources Table Estimated harvest of select fish resources, 2002/ Table Potential impacts to select fish and wildlife resource habitat by alternative Table Summary of direct and indirect impacts on water bodies under build alternatives Table Common noise sources and levels Table FHWA Noise Abatement Criteria Table Ambient noise levels measured away from the Sterling Highway Table No Build Alternative noise analysis results Table Summary of noise impacts Table Receptors with predicted noise impacts - Cooper Creek Alternative Table Receptors with predicted noise impacts, G South Alternative Table Receptors with predicted noise impacts, Juneau Creek and Juneau Creek Variant alternatives Table Visual assessment of Landscape Units Table Key Views Visual Quality Evaluation (VQE) ratings Table Key View VQE rating by build alternative Table VPP score by alternative Table Key Views Cooper Creek Alternative Table Key Views G South Alternative Table Key Views Juneau Creek Alternative Table Key Views Juneau Creek Variant Alternative Table Known spill sites in the project area Table Sites in the project area in the Contaminated Sites Program Database Table Sensitive resources in spill migration pathway by alternative March v
8 Sterling Highway MP Draft SEIS Project Table Flood levels on the Kenai River at Cooper Landing Table Area of floodplain and floodway encroachment for each build alternative (acres) Table Mapped wetland types Table Mapped vegetation types Table USFS sensitive plant species in Chugach National Forest Table Invasive plant species with highest categories of invasiveness ranking documented in the project area Table Direct impacts on wetlands Table Indirect impacts on wetlands, acreage of wetlands adjacent to alternatives Table Areas of vegetation, by type removed under build alternatives (acres) Table Construction impacts to wetlands and ponds by build alternative (acres) Table Areas of construction disturbances to vegetation types under build alternatives (acres) Table Approximate area of wetland fill Cooper Creek Alternative Table Approximate area of wetland fill G South Alternative Table Approximate area of wetland fill Juneau Creek Alternative Table Approximate area of wetland fill Juneau Creek Variant Alternative Table Fish species (known or which may occur), uses, and habitats in the project area Table Seasonal information for selected fish species in the project area Table Project area EFH represented by salmon streams Table Cooper Creek Alternative EFH impacts Table G South Alternative EFH impacts Table Juneau Creek and Juneau Creek Variant alternatives EFH impacts Table Mammals known or likely to occur in the project area, with agency status* Table Seasonal activities and associated habitat use for brown bears Table Reported Kenai Peninsula (Game Management Units 7 and 15) brown bear mortality and related factors for Table ADF&G moose population estimates and status in the greater project area Table Seasonal activities and associated habitat use for moose Table Seasonal activities and associated habitat use for other mammals Table Year-round resident bird species in the project area Table Birds of conservation concern in the project area vi March 2015
9 Sterling Highway MP Project Draft SEIS Table Summary of Build Alternative impacts to brown bear habitat Table Construction impacts on vegetated habitat under build alternatives Table Moose habitat lost under build alternatives (acres and percent of habitat type in project area) Table Moose habitat fragmentation by alternative Table Construction impacts on moose habitat under build alternatives Table Area of bird habitat eliminated (in acres) Table Distances (in feet) from documented bald eagle nests in USFWS-defined buffer zones Table Applicable laws and related permits for the project Table Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources, major construction elements Table Geographic areas of analysis for cumulative effects analysis Table Likely maximum development in Unit 395, by alternative Table Existing actions or RFFAs potentially impacting resources Table Costs by alternative Table Statewide and project emissions potential, relative to global totals Table Wetland and vegetation impacts by alternative List of Figures Figure Kenai Peninsula Borough employment by sector, Figure Kenai Peninsula Borough government employment, Figure Year monthly average discharge rate (cfs) for the Kenai River at Cooper Landing Figure Gage height fluctuations for the Kenai River at Cooper Landing, Figure Existing conditions and simulated conditions at Sportsman s Landing Figure View from Quartz Creek Road/Sterling Highway intersection at Kenai Lake, looking west (Key View 1), an example of views in lower elevations of the project area Figure View from Juneau Creek Falls informal overlook (near Resurrection Pass Trail) looking down Juneau Creek (Key View 12a), an example of views in higher elevations in the project area Figure Tanker truck traversing the Sterling Highway through the project area March vii
10 Sterling Highway MP Draft SEIS Project Figure The human population and number of brown bear DLP kills by decade on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska List of Maps Map Kenai Peninsula Borough and the project area Map Land use in the project area Map Land ownership in the project area Map Subdivisions in the project area Map Kenai National Wildlife Refuge management designations Map U.S. Forest Service land prescriptions Map Inventoried Roadless Areas Map Kenai Area Plan management units Map Kenai River Special Management Area (KRSMA) Map Cooper Landing planning areas Map Community features and facilities Map Transportation features in the project area Map Pullouts in the project area Map Intersection conflicts in the project area Map Cooper Creek Alternative 2043 level of service Map G South Alternative 2043 level of service Map Juneau Creek Alternative 2043 level of service Map Juneau Creek Variant Alternative 2043 level of service Map Kenai River and access points in the project area Map Recreation sites in the project area Map Historic properties and Areas of Potential Effect in the project area Map Subsistence overview map Map Utilities in the project area Map Avalanche paths in the project area Map Water bodies in the project area Map Wellhead protection zones in the project area Map Noise monitoring locations in the project area Map Noise impacts in the project area Map Landscape units and key views in the project area viii March 2015
11 Sterling Highway MP Project Draft SEIS Map Hazardous material sites Map Buffer zone areas near Tier 1 streams Map Floodplain impacts in the project area Map Wetlands in the project area Map Vegetation types in the project area Map Wetland impacts in the project area Map Essential fish habitat in the project area Map Wildlife areas of predicted use Map Moose habitat in the project area Map Dall sheep habitat in the project area Map Eagle nest locations in the project area Map Coastal zone in the project area Map Cumulative boundaries Map Present and reasonably foreseeable future actions (RFFAs) March ix
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