FEIS Summary - Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority

Exhibit S‐1. Final EIS Document Organization (continued)
Section and topics covered
Section 4: Environmental Consequences. This
section presents the environmental consequences of
the No-Action and reasonable alternatives, including
preliminary measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate
impacts.
Knik Arm Crossing Final EIS
Summary
New or revised section
Text has been added to clarify project compatibility with
existing land use plans and policies.
Updates to tables reporting traffic impacts have been
slightly modified.
Other principal changes include additional information
on hydrology, anadromous fish use of Knik Arm and
impacts associated with anadromous fish, and the status
of the beluga whale.
Additional mitigation measures have also been included.
Additions/modifications regarding mitigation and
commitments are also in Exhibit S‐24 in the Final EIS
Summary.
Section 5: List of Preparers
Section 6: Draft EIS Distribution
Section 7: Comments and Coordination [Scoping].
This section presents a summary of the scoping
activities with agencies, tribes, and the public, and
scoping comments. It also includes information on
Draft EIS comment opportunities.
Section 8: Comments and Coordination Following
Approval of the Draft EIS for Public
Availability. This section provides an overview of
notification and coordination (meetings and
correspondence) with agencies, tribes, and the public
following the release of the Draft EIS. Comments
received on the Draft EIS—and responses to those
comments—are also included in this section.
Additional appendixes support this new section.
Final Section 4(f) Evaluation. Attached to the
Final EIS is a final report on the effects of the action
on those resources afforded protection under
provisions of Section 4(f) of the Department of
Transportation Act of 1966 (as amended), 23 United
States Code (U.S.C.) § 138.
Appendix F: Preliminary Alaska Coastal
Management Program Consistency
Appendix G: Notices of Availability of Draft EIS
and Notices of Public Hearing
Appendix H: Public Hearing Material
Appendix I: Public Hearing Transcripts
Appendix J: Records of Other Meetings Held and
Conclusionary Documents/Correspondence
Appendix K: Draft EIS Comment Database Reports
Appendix L: Comments Submitted on Draft EIS
Appendix M: Wetlands and Floodplains Findings
Updates have been made to the “List of Preparers” table.
Additions have been made to the Draft EIS distribution
list.
This section remains largely unchanged.
This is an entirely new section, one that was not
published in the Draft EIS. For readability, this addition is
not displayed in highlighted text.
Additions and revisions have been made to the Draft
Section 4(f) Evaluation, primarily related to identification
of the overall least net harm alternative selection and
mitigation.
Supporting material not published in the Draft EIS has
been added in a series of appendixes.
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