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Condit Dam Hydroelectric Project
Final Supplemental EIS
Table of Contents
Fact Sheet........................................................................................................................ i
Acronyms and Abbreviations...........................................................................................ix
Glossary ..........................................................................................................................xi
1.0 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................1-1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................1-1
1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND ....................................................................1-1
1.3 ADOPTION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
DOCUMENTS.........................................................................................1-2
1.4 FOCUS OF SEPA SEIS..........................................................................1-3
1.5 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTION..............................................1-3
1.6 IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................1-8
2.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................... 2-1
2.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 FERC RELICENSING PROCESS SINCE 1991 ..................................... 2-1
2.3 NEED FOR STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.................................. 2-2
2.4 SCOPE OF THIS SEIS........................................................................... 2-5
3.0 PROPOSED ACTION........................................................................................ 3-1
3.1 PRE-DAM REMOVAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 3-1
3.2 DAM BREACHING AND REMOVAL..................................................... 3-18
3.3 POST-REMOVAL MANAGEMENT....................................................... 3-21
3.4 SCHEDULE .......................................................................................... 3-23
4.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, IMPACTS, MITIGATION MEASURES, AND
SIGNIFICANT UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS ................................... 4.1-1
4.1 GEOLOGY, SOILS, AND SEDIMENTS............................................... 4.1-1
4.2 WATER RESOURCES ........................................................................ 4.2-1
4.3 AQUATIC RESOURCES ..................................................................... 4.3-1
4.4 WETLAND RESOURCES.................................................................... 4.4-1
4.5 TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES ............................................................ 4.5-1
4.6 TRANSPORTATION............................................................................ 4.6-1
4.7 AIR QUALITY ...................................................................................... 4.7-1
4.8 NOISE.................................................................................................. 4.8-1
4.9 LAND USE/CRITICAL AREAS ............................................................ 4.9-1
4.10 AESTHETICS AND SCENIC RESOURCES...................................... 4.10-1
4.11 PUBLIC SAFETY............................................................................... 4.11-1
4.12 PUBLIC SERVICES........................................................................... 4.12-1
5.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 5-1
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