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Contents3.3.13 Energy......................................................................................................................... 3–1783.3.14 Facilities......................................................................................................................3–179CHAPTER 4 IMPACT METHODOLOGY .........................................................................................4–14.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................4–14.1.1 Introduction to Impact Methodology..............................................................................4–14.1.2 Standardized Impact Analysis and Significance Criteria................................................4–14.1.3 Presentation of Impacts...................................................................................................4–14.2 DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS .......................................................................................4–24.2.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts.............................................................................................4–24.2.2 Short-term versus Long-term Impacts ............................................................................4–24.2.3 Measure of Impacts.........................................................................................................4–24.2.4 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................................4–24.2.5 Magnitude of Impacts (context and intensity) ................................................................4–34.2.6 Significance Criteria (elements leading to a significance threshold)..............................4–34.2.7 Valued Environmental Components (VECs)..................................................................4–34.2.8 Institutional Programs.....................................................................................................4–44.2.9 Mitigation........................................................................................................................4–44.3 GEOLOGY, SOILS, AND SEISMICITY ................................................................................4–44.3.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ..........................................................4–44.3.2 Resource-specific significance criteria ...........................................................................4–74.4 WATER RESOURCES ............................................................................................................4–84.4.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ..........................................................4–84.4.2 Resource-specific significance criteria ...........................................................................4–84.5 WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................4–94.5.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ..........................................................4–94.5.2 Resource-specific significance criteria ...........................................................................4–94.6 CULTURAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................................4–104.6.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–104.6.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–114.7 LAND USE AND RECREATION .........................................................................................4–114.7.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–114.7.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–114.8 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION..................................................................................4–124.8.1 Resource-Specific Impact Analysis Methodology........................................................4–124.8.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–124.9 SOCIOECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND PROTECTIONOF CHILDREN .....................................................................................................................4–124.9.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–124.9.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–134.10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE ..............................................4–134.10.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–134.10.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–144.11 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................4–144.11.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–144.11.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–164.12 AIR QUALITY.......................................................................................................................4–164.12.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–164.12.2 Resource-specific significance criteria .........................................................................4–174.13 NOISE.....................................................................................................................................4–174.13.1 Resource-specific Impact Analysis Methodology ........................................................4–17February 2008 xxix 2/25th SBCT Final EIS