Environmental Impact Statement - Sonoma Land Trust

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California Department of Fish and Game U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Table of Contents Thresholds of Significance.........................................................3.11-15 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ..............................................3.11-17 Section 3.12 Noise.................................................................................................3.12-1 Introduction........................................................................................3.12-1 Affected Environment ........................................................................3.12-1 Noise Terminology.......................................................................3.12-1 Noise-Sensitive Land Uses..........................................................3.12-2 Existing Noise Conditions ............................................................3.12-3 Regulatory Setting .............................................................................3.12-3 Federal.........................................................................................3.12-3 State ............................................................................................3.12-4 Local ............................................................................................3.12-4 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation Measures...................3.12-5 Approach and Methods................................................................3.12-5 Impact Mechanisms.....................................................................3.12-5 Thresholds of Significance...........................................................3.12-7 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................3.12-7 Section 3.13 Cultural Resources..........................................................................3.13-1 Introduction........................................................................................3.13-1 Methodology for Assessment of Existing Conditions.........................3.13-1 Area of Potential Effects ..............................................................3.13-1 Data Sources ...............................................................................3.13-2 Field Survey.................................................................................3.13-3 Determination of Significance of Cultural Resources ........................3.13-4 Cultural Resource Significance Criteria .......................................3.13-5 Affected Environment ........................................................................3.13-6 Prehistory.....................................................................................3.13-6 Ethnography ................................................................................3.13-7 History..........................................................................................3.13-8 Summary of Known Cultural Resources in the APE..................3.13-11 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation Measures.................3.13-13 Approach and Methods..............................................................3.13-13 Impact Mechanisms...................................................................3.13-14 Thresholds of Significance.........................................................3.13-14 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ..............................................3.13-15 Section 3.14 Aesthetics.........................................................................................3.14-1 Introduction........................................................................................3.14-1 Affected Environment ........................................................................3.14-1 Data Sources ...............................................................................3.14-1 Regional Setting ..........................................................................3.14-1 Regulatory Setting .......................................................................3.14-2 Viewer Groups .............................................................................3.14-2 Key Viewpoints ............................................................................3.14-3 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation Measures...................3.14-4 Approach and Methodology.........................................................3.14-4 Impact Mechanisms.....................................................................3.14-5 Thresholds of Significance...........................................................3.14-5 Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement vi April 2012
California Department of Fish and Game U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Table of Contents Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................3.14-5 Section 3.15 Environmental Justice ....................................................................3.15-1 Introduction........................................................................................3.15-1 Affected Environment ........................................................................3.15-1 Data Sources ...............................................................................3.15-1 Regional Setting ..........................................................................3.15-1 Regulatory Context ......................................................................3.15-3 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation Measures...................3.15-4 Approach and Methodology.........................................................3.15-4 Impact Mechanisms.....................................................................3.15-4 Thresholds of Significance...........................................................3.15-4 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................3.15-5 Chapter 4 Consultation and Other Requirements...............................................4-1 Compliance with Applicable Laws, Policies, and Plans and Regulatory Framework ...........................................................................4-1 Introduction .......................................................................................4-1 Federal Endangered Species Act ....................................................4-1 California Endangered Species Act ..................................................4-2 National Historic Preservation Act ....................................................4-3 Farmland Protection Policy Act.........................................................4-4 Executive Order 11988—Floodplain Management...........................4-4 Executive Order 11990—Protection of Wetlands .............................4-5 Executive Order 12898—Environmental Justice ..............................4-5 NEPA/CEQA Environmentally Preferable/Environmentally Superior Alternative ............................................................................... 4-6 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................4-8 Requirements for Analysis................................................................4-8 Approach to Cumulative Impact Analysis .........................................4-8 Geology, Soils, and Paleontology...................................................4-10 Surface-Water Hydrology and Tidal Hydraulics..............................4-10 Water Quality ..................................................................................4-11 Public Health...................................................................................4-13 Biological Resources ......................................................................4-13 Environmental Justice.................................................................... 4-13 Cultural Resources ........................................................................ 4-14 Land Use and Public Utilities ..........................................................4-14 Agricultural Resources....................................................................4-14 Recreation ......................................................................................4-15 Hazardous Substances and Waste ................................................4-16 Traffic and Transportation...............................................................4-16 Air Qualtiy .......................................................................................4-17 Noise...............................................................................................4-17 Aesthetics .......................................................................................4-18 Significant and Unavoidable Impacts....................................................4-18 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources .....................4-18 Relationship between Short-Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity ...........................................................................................4-18 Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement vii April 2012
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