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Conduct field investigations <br />• <br />Determine presence or absence <br />• <br />Listed and proposed threatened or endangered species <br />– <br />Designated and proposed critical habitat <br />– <br />Identify location and extent of any water body modifications <br />• <br />If proposed species or critical habitat may be present, prepare evaluation or biological <br />• <br />assessment <br />Conduct and document consultation with resource agencies <br />• <br />Document efforts to avoid, minimize, or reduce project impacts including reasonable <br />• <br />and prudent alternatives to avoid impacts <br />Wetlands and Waters of State and US <br />• <br />Identify existing wetlands and waters of the State and US <br />• <br />Identify and evaluate any impacts to wetlands <br />• <br />Determination there are no practicable alternatives <br />• <br />Determine mitigation efforts necessary to minimize harm to wetlands, including <br />preservation and improvement of existing wetlands and creation of new wetlands <br />Water Quality, Hydrology and Floodplains <br />• <br />Identify water resources and floodplains <br />• <br />Describe ambient conditions and water quality trend data <br />• <br />Identify potential impacts <br />– Nonpoint source pollution on sensitive water resources <br />– Principal or sole-source aquifer areas <br />– Wellhead protection areas <br />– 100-year floodplains and floodways <br />• <br />Document coordination with local, state and federal agencies <br />Energy and Sustainability <br />• <br />Identify regulations, plans and policies related to sustainability and energy <br />consumption <br />• <br />Conduct evaluations appropriate to identified regulations and policies, such as <br />– Energy analysis including construction and operational energy requirements and <br />conservation potential of various alternatives under consideration <br />– Carbon footprint analysis <br />• <br />Determine major direct and indirect impacts <br />• <br />Identify opportunities for conservation <br />Construction Activities <br />• <br />Identify short-term impacts associated with construction activities <br />– <br />Air, noise, water, traffic congestion, detours, safety, visual, etc. <br />– <br />Address impacts of obtaining borrow material or disposal of waste material <br />• <br />Identify appropriate mitigation measures <br />5 <br />