Environmental Assessment Evaluation Sheet

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Project Title:___________________________________________________________

Reviewer: _______________  Date received:_______  Date reviewed: ________

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______________ 1. Title - Disaster, Program, Location
______________ 2. Purpose and Need:
______________   Need - Description of project area problems
______________   Goals for taking action (not focused on proposed project)
______________ 3. Proposed Action and Alternatives:
______________   Enough alternatives
______________   All alternatives feasible
______________   Level of detail:
______________   --All components of full scope of action (clearly described, site maps/plans, etc.)
______________   --Details (amounts, sizes, acres, locations, etc.)
______________   --Construction/Implementation (equipment, methods/timing)
______________   No Action Description
______________   Alternatives Considered but Dismissed
______________ 4. Affected Environment Impacts of Proposed Action and Alternatives
______________   No action, proposed action, and alternatives clearly identified
______________   Affected environment description incorporated
______________   Impacts of no action, proposed, and alternatives evaluated
______________   --Level of analysis
______________   --Information distinguishes differences between impacts of alternatives.
______________   Analysis, discussion, and citation of authority/reference for:
______________   --E.O. 12898 (Low Income & Minority) (required)
______________   --E.O. 11988 (Floodplains) and 11990 (Wetlands)
______________   --Geology (hazards, resources)
______________   --Soils (erodability, hydric, load bearing capacity, Prime)
______________   --Special Land/Natural Features
______________   --Water Resources (surface and ground)
______________   --Biotic Resources (plants, fish, wildlife, T&E species, habitat)
______________   --Climate and Air Quality (dust, odor, humidity, temp.)
______________   --Cultural (Historic and Archeological) Resources
______________   --Socioeconomics (neighborhoods, businesses, politics, zoning and
______________   --Visual Resources
______________   --Solid Waste and Hazardous/Toxic Materials
______________   Complete consultation from:
______________   --USACE (CWA § 404 Wetlands, RHA § 10 Waterways)
______________   --USFWS and/or NMFS (FWCA § 7; ESA T&E Species)
______________   --SHPO (NHPA § 106 Cultural Resources)
______________   --Federal, State, or local agencies, as required, for other resource issues (e.g.,stormwater management, water quality, Prime other farmlands)
______________ 5. Mitigation measures
______________   Described in project or alternative description
______________   Clear description and rationale related to impacts
______________   Measures required to mitigate below significance identified
______________ 6. EA should not:
______________   Eliminate alternatives
______________   Indicate selection of an action
______________ 7. Appropriate level of public notice/involvement (EA addresses public comments)
______________ 8. Attachments and Appendices
______________ 9. Other Areas Adequate?

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