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INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS Visual Effects There is no federal statutory or regulatory requirement for adverse effects resulting from light emissions or visual impacts. Order 1050.1F describe factors to consider within light emissions and visual resources/visual character. Potential impacts of light emissions include the annoyance or interference with normal activities, as well as effects to the visual character of the area due to light emissions, including the importance, uniqueness, and aesthetic value of the affected visual resources. 1.13.13.1 Light Emissions Various lighting features currently illuminate Airport facilities, such as the airfield (e.g., runways and taxiways), buildings, access roadways, automobile parking areas, and apron areas for the safe and secure movement of people and vehicles (e.g., aircraft, passenger cars, etc.). 1.13.13.2 Visual Resources and Visual Character Structures at the Airport include, but are not limited to, the terminal building, fixed base operators, hangars, and maintenance buildings. As previously mentioned, the Airport is zoned as Airport Operations and is developed in a manner that is consistent with this zoning. Vegetation (e.g., trees and shrubs) helps to reduce both the light emissions and visual effects to the Airport for residential areas. Commercial land uses to the east have a direct line of sight to the Airport; however, the visual effects of the Airport to commercial or industrial land uses are not typically considered a nuisance. Water Resources (including Wetlands, Floodplains, Surface Waters, Groundwater, and Wild and Scenic Rivers) Water resources are considered wetlands, floodplains, surface waters, groundwater and wild and scenic rivers. These resources typically function as a single, integrated natural system that are important in providing drinking water and in supporting recreation, transportation and commerce, industry, agriculture, and aquatic ecosystems. 1.13.14.1 Wetlands Statutes and EOs that are relevant to wetlands include: »EO 11990, Protection of Wetlands (42 FR 26961); »Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387); »Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. § 661-667d) ; and »USDOT Order 6660.1A, Preservation of the Nation’s Wetlands. The Clean Water Act defines wetlands as “…those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, 36 a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.” Wetlands have three necessary characteristics: »Water: presence of water at or near the ground surface for a part of the year; 36 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Accessed: https://www.epa.gov/cwa-404/section-404- clean-water-act-how-wetlands-are-defined-and-identified, June 2016. EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 1-64