Powerline Plan and Environ. Assessment Jan. 2013 - Flood Control ...

Powerline Flood Retarding Structure
Pinal County, AZ
Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan
and Environmental Assessment
Table 6-4 Effects of the Alternatives on Resources of National Recognition
Types of Resources
Air Quality
Coastal Zone
Endangered &
Threatened Species
Critical Habitat
Fish and Wildlife
Habitat
Floodplains
Historic and Cultural
Properties
Prime and Unique
Farmland
Water Quality
Principal Sources of
National Recognition
Clean Air Act, as amended
(42 USC 7401 et seq.)
Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972, as amended (16
USC 1451 et seq.)
Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 USC
1531 et seq.)
Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act (16 USC
661 et seq.)
Executive Order 11988, Flood
plain Management
National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966, as amended (16
USC 470 et seq)
CEQ Memorandum of August
1, 1980: Analysis of Impacts
on Prime or Unique
Agricultural Lands in
Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act,
Farmland Protection Policy
Act of 1981.
Clean Water Act of 1977, as
amended (33 USC 1251 et
seq.)
Alternative 1
No Federal
Action
No effect
No effect
No effect
No effect
No effect
No effect
No effect
No effect
Measurement of Effects
Alternative 2
Decommissioning
Sponsor's
Preferred/NED Plan
Short-term minor adverse
effect during
construction.
No effect
No effect
Short-term minor adverse
effect during
construction.
Establish floodplain
associated with channel.
Sites in the APE that will
not be subject to projectrelated
impacts will be
avoided by project
implementation
activities. Data recovery
studies will be performed
to mitigate impacts to all
sites likely to suffer
project-related impacts
No effect
No effect
USDA- NRCS Page 6-13 January 2013
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