Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. - Energy Highway

16.0 COMMUNITY CHARACTER ...............................................................................................16-1
16.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................16-1
16.2 QUALITY OF LIFE...............................................................................................................16-1
16.3 BUILT ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................16-2
16.3.1 Historic Buildings............................................................................................................16-2
16.3.2 Development....................................................................................................................16-4
16.3.3 Land Use Patterns............................................................................................................16-5
16.4 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...............................................................................................16-5
16.5 SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ..............................16-6
16.5.1 Population........................................................................................................................16-6
16.5.2 Economy and Employment..............................................................................................16-7
16.5.3 Housing............................................................................................................................16-8
16.5.4 Numbers and Composition of the Workforce..................................................................16-8
16.5.5 Crime Rates .....................................................................................................................16-8
16.5.6 Public Services and Facilities ..........................................................................................16-9
16.6 CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................................16-10
16.7 IMPACTS TO COMMUNITY CHARACTER ...................................................................16-11
16.7.1 Construction Impacts.....................................................................................................16-11
16.7.2 Operation Impacts..........................................................................................................16-11
16.8 REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................16-13
17.0 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS .....................................................................................................17-1
17.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................17-1
17.2 SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY
SERVICES WITHIN THE TOWN OF WAWAYANDA .....................................................17-1
17.3 CUMULATIVE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT..........................................................................17-3
17.4 AIR QUALITY CUMULATIVE ANALYSES .....................................................................17-4
17.5 GAS LINE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ANALYSIS..............................................................17-5
17.6 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE AND WASTE WATER LINE CUMULATIVE
IMPACT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................17-8
17.6.1 Electric Transmission Line Routing ................................................................................17-8
17.6.2 Water/Wastewater Line Routings..................................................................................17-10
17.6.3 Installation Techniques..................................................................................................17-11
18.0 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .............................................................................18-1
18.1 REASONABLY RELATED SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS ...................18-1
18.1.1 Short-Term Impacts.........................................................................................................18-1
18.1.2 Long-Term Impacts .........................................................................................................18-1
18.1.2.1 Visual Impacts .......................................................................................................18-1
18.1.2.2 Traffic Impacts.......................................................................................................18-2
18.1.2.3 Air Quality Impacts................................................................................................18-2
18.1.2.4 Noise ......................................................................................................................18-2
18.1.2.5 Energy ....................................................................................................................18-3
18.2 ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED IF THE
PROJECT IS IMPLEMENTED .............................................................................................18-3
18.3 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES ...............18-4
18.3.1 Land Use..........................................................................................................................18-4
18.3.2 Community Facilities.......................................................................................................18-4
18.3.3 Cultural Resources...........................................................................................................18-4
18.3.4 Earth and Terrestrial Resources.......................................................................................18-4
18.3.5 Water Resources ..............................................................................................................18-5
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