Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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1 Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Highway 67 - I-40 West Pulaski County, Arkansas January, 2007 Federal Highway Administration Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department AHTD Job Number R60101 F.A.P. DPI-0100(1)

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5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page LIST OF FIGURES... iii LIST OF TABLES... iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS...v SUMMARY...S-1 1 PURPOSE AND NEED INTRODUCTION PROPOSED PROJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT HISTORY DEVELOPMENT OF PURPOSE AND NEED SUMMARY OF PURPOSE AND NEED ALTERNATIVES INTRODUCTION ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND NOT ADVANCED THE NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE NEW LOCATION ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVE COMPARISONS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES INTRODUCTION LAND USE AND LAND COVER VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY NOISE QUALITY SOCIOECONOMIC HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC COMMUNITIES SECTIONS 4(f) AND 6(f) RESOURCES CULTURAL RESOURCES FARMLAND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENERGY POLLUTION PREVENTION MEASURES CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS SHORT-TERM USES & LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY IRREVERSIBLE & IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES IMPACT SUMMARY COMMITMENTS LAND USE AND LAND COVER VISUAL ENVIRONMENT i

6 4.3 AIR QUALITY NOISE QUALITY SOCIOECONOMIC HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE US DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC COMMUNITIES CULTURAL RESOURCES FARMLAND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS POLLUTION PREVENTION COORDINATION AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AGENCY/PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT LIST OF PREPARERS LIST OF REVIEWERS DISTRIBUTION LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REFERENCES Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L APPENDICES Level of Service Descriptions Land Use and Land Cover Analysis Results Air Quality Analysis, Procedures and Results Noise Quality Analysis, Procedures and Results Socioeconomic Information Coordination and Public Involvement Water Quantity and Quality Impacts Hazardous Materials Procedures and Results Natural Resources Conservation Service Coordination Terrestrial and Aquatic Species Likely to Occur Pollution Prevention Cultural Resources ii

7 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page S-1 Alignment Alternatives S-5 S-2 Preferred Alternative S Typical Section of Improvement Central Arkansas Regional Transportation Study Area Estimated Daily Traffic on Existing Highway System Environmental Impact Study Process Project Area Preliminary Alignment Alternatives Revised Alignment Alternatives Common Alignment Alignment Alternatives Forecast 2030 Average Daily Traffic Preferred Alternative View from the north side of Engineers Lake on Camp Robinson View to the northeast at Batesville Pike and Maryland Avenue View to the southwest from Trapp Road south of Camp Robinson New residential development at Sherwood on the A Alignment Alternatives Intersection of Brockington Road and Highway Indianhead Lake and Indianhead Lake Estates Oak-hickory forest along Oakdale Road View south on Highway 107 from Alignment Alternative C Estimated Noise Receptors Communities and Title VI/Environmental Justice Populations Floodplains Common Alignment Waters of the US Crossings Alignment Alternatives Waters of the US Crossings Fears Lake Wetland Kellogg Creek Palustrine Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Bayou Meto Palustrine Bottomland Hardwood and Cypress Wetland Palustrine Forested Wetland Scrub-Shrub Wetland Cypress Brake Wetland Wetlands Impacted Historic Structures and Roads Hazardous Materials Sites iii

8 LIST OF TABLES Tables Page S-1 Alignment Alternative Impact Summary S-9 S-2 Alignment Alternative Comparison S Little Rock-North Little Rock MSA Estimated County Population Growth Little Rock-North Little Rock MSA Estimated City Population Growth Traffic Growth North Belt Freeway Corridor Arterials /2030 Forecast Traffic and Level of Service Common Alignment Information Alignment Alternatives A and Ab Information Alignment Alternatives B, Ba, Bb, and Bab Information Alignment Alternative C Information Average Daily Traffic Average Daily Traffic Impacts on other Roadways Impact of North Belt Freeway on Roadways Forecast at Critical LOS in Alignment Alternative Cost Comparisons Population Totals Title VI and Environmental Justice Populations Age, Household Income and Median House Value Information Single Family Housing Unit Permits Issued Employment Figures for Year Industry Percent of Labor Force Relocation Impacts Employment by City Stream Crossings and Average Water Quality Index Ratings Floodplain Impacts US Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 Impacts Alignment Alternative Comparison Alignment Alternative Impact Summary iv

9 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AA AAS ADEQ ADPCE ADT AHPP AHTD AMASDA APE BA BS BMP CARTS CERCLA CFR CO db dba DEIS DOT EIS EO EPA FEIS FHWA GIS GLO km L eq L eq (h) LOS MA MS MSA Associate of Arts Arkansas Archeological Survey Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology Average Daily Traffic Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Automated Management of Archeological Site Data in Arkansas Area of Potential Effect Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Best Management Practice Central Arkansas Regional Transportation Study Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Code of Federal Regulations Carbon Monoxide Decibels A-weighted Sound Level in Decibels Draft Environmental Impact Statement Department of Transportation Environmental Impact Statement Executive Order Environmental Protection Agency Final Environmental Impact Statement Federal Highway Administration Geographic Information System General Land Office Kilometer Equivalent Steady State Sound Level Equivalent Steady State Sound Level Per Hour Level of Service Master of Arts Master of Science Metropolitan Statistical Area v

10 MSDS MURP MOA NAAQS NAC NEPA NFIP NPDES OSHA ppm RCRA SDEIS SHPO STIP SWPPP TIP TNM USGS US USC UST WQI Material Safety Data Sheets Master of Urban and Regional Planning Memorandum Of Agreement National Ambient Air Quality Standards Noise Abatement Criteria National Environmental Policy Act National Flood Insurance Program National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Occupational Safety and Health Administration Parts Per Million Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement State Historic Preservation Officer Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Transportation Improvement Plan Traffic Noise Model United States Geological Service United States United States Code Underground Storage Tank Water Quality Index vi