Environmental Impact Statement - Sonoma Land Trust

Chapter 3
Affected Environment and
Environmental Consequences
Introduction
This chapter presents the affected environment and the environmental
consequences and mitigation measures of the proposed project. The analysis of
environmental consequences is based on the conceptual designs for wetland
restoration presented in the previous chapter. Each of the restoration alternatives
and the No-Action Alternative are analyzed in terms of the following resource
topics:
• Section 3.1, Geology, Soils, and Paleontology;
• Section 3.2, Surface-Water Hydrology, Tidal Hydraulics, and Sedimentation;
• Section 3.3, Water Quality;
• Section 3.4, Public Health and Safety;
• Section 3.5, Biological Resources;
• Section 3.6, Land Use and Public Utilities;
• Section 3.7, Agricultural Resources;
• Section 3.8, Recreation;
• Section 3.9, Hazardous Substances and Waste;
• Section 3.10, Traffic and Transportation;
• Section 3.11, Air Quality;
• Section 3.12, Noise;
• Section 3.13, Cultural Resources; and
• Section 3.14, Aesthetics.
• Section 3.15—Environmental Justice
The focus of the analysis of environmental consequences is limited to the
determination of whether the restoration alternatives would result in a
“significant effect on the environment,” according to CEQA, or would
“significantly affect the quality of the human environment,” according to NEPA.
Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration
Project Final Environmental Impact
Report/Environmental Impact Statement
3-1
April 2012