4.2 Water No Action Alternative: No Final and Approved Project workers would use required Resources water quality changes. Construction Plans / soil erosion reduction Best SWFWMD ERP Management Practices (BMPs), such as using silt fences, wetting 4.2.1 Water Quality Proposed Action: Minor bare soil during construction, and impact on water quality. vegetating bare soil after Details below. construction. See attached in the BMP’s outlined attached 03/17/2011 “Final Design and the SWFWMD ERP #: Plans” 44013208.007. 4.2.2 Wetlands No Action Alternative: No Project workers would use wetland changes. required BMPs, such as using silt fences, wetting bare soil during, and vegetating bare soils after Proposed Action: No construction, to minimize wetlands present in project sediment runoff to Lake Anoka. construction area. 4.2.3 Floodplains No Action Alternative: No Erosion control measures shall be floodplain changes. implemented. Proposed Action: Locally reduced flood elevations. Details below. 4.3 Biological No Action Alternative: No USFWS Project workers would contain Resources changes for threatened and gas/oil, properly handle all endangered species or hazardous material, and stage critical habitat. vehicles, equipment and materials 4.3.1 Threatened on locations away from protected and Endangered species habitat. Work shall adhere Proposed Action: Likely to Species and to all and Prudent “Reasonable adversely impact threatened Critical Habitat and Measures”, “Terms and endangered species. and Conditions” “Conservation Details below. in the Recommendations” stated 05/22/2013 USFWS Biological Opinion. Project work locations would be 4.3.2 Wildlife and FFWCC No Action Alternative: No surveyed before work starts, to find fish or wildlife changes . Fish gopher tortoise burrows. Gopher tortoises and borrows would be Proposed Action: May to suitable habitat. Filled adversely impact grasslands would be reseeded and species. Details restored to former use and capacity. below.
4.2 Water Resources 4.2.1 Water Quality No Action Alternative: No water quality changes. Proposed Action: Minor impact on water quality. Details below. Final and Approved Construction Plans / SWFWMD ERP Project workers would use required soil erosion reduction Best Management Practices (BMPs), such as using silt fences, wetting bare soil during construction, and vegetating bare soil after construction. See attached BMP’s outlined in the attached 03/17/2011 “Final Design Plans” and the SWFWMD ERP #: 44013208.007. 4.2.2 Wetlands No Action Alternative: No wetland changes. Proposed Action: No wetlands present in project construction area. Project workers would use required BMPs, such as using silt fences, wetting bare soil during, and vegetating bare soils after construction, to minimize sediment runoff to Lake Anoka. 4.2.3 Floodplains No Action Alternative: No floodplain changes. Proposed Action: Locally reduced flood elevations. Details below. Erosion control measures shall be implemented. 4.3 Biological Resources 4.3.1 Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitat No Action Alternative: No changes for threatened and endangered species or critical habitat. Proposed Action: Likely to adversely impact threatened and endangered species. Details below. USFWS Project workers would contain gas/oil, properly handle all hazardous material, and stage vehicles, equipment and materials on locations away from protected species habitat. Work shall adhere to all “Reasonable and Prudent Measures”, “Terms and Conditions” and “Conservation Recommendations” stated in the 05/22/2013 USFWS Biological Opinion. 4.3.2 Wildlife and Fish No Action Alternative: No fish or wildlife changes . Proposed Action: May adversely impact species. Details below. FFWCC Project work locations would be surveyed before work starts, to find gopher tortoise burrows. Gopher tortoises and borrows would be to suitable habitat. Filled grasslands would be reseeded and restored to former use and capacity.
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