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Caribou Connector Project: Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES TRACKING MATRIX
• TERMS
• ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Summary

• Study Overview
• PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
• ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
  • No-Action Alternative
  • Corridor Hm – Smyrna Mills to Madawaska.
  • Corridor Km – Houlton to Madawaska
  • Composite Corridor 1 – Houlton to Fort Kent and Van Buren.
  • Composite Corridor 2 – Smyrna Mills to Fort Kent and Van Buren
• POTENTIAL MAJOR IMPACTS
  • Transportation Effects
  • Economic Effects
  • Land Use and Community Effects.
  • Cultural Resources.
  • Floodplains
  • Wetlands
  • Wildlife Habitats
  • Atmospheric Resources
• POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES
  • Land Use and Farmland
  • Surface and Groundwater Quality
  • Aquatic Habitats
  • Floodplains
  • Wetlands
  • Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Air Quality and Noise
• APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, REQUIRED COORDINATION AND PERMITS

1.0 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION

• 1.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1.1 Study Area
  • 1.1.2 Study History
• 1.2 PURPOSE AND NEED
  • 1.2.1 Purpose and Need Statement
  • 1.2.2 Study Area Economic and Transportation System Needs and Deficiencies
• 1.3 SCOPE OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
  • 1.3.1 Scoping Process
  • 1.3.2 Relevant Issues
• 1.4 FEDERAL AND STATE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
• 1.5 APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, REQUIRED COORDINATION AND PERMITS

2.0 DESCRIPTION OF CORRIDORS

• 2.1 OVERVIEW OF CORRIDOR SELECTION PROCESS
• 2.2 SENSIBLE TRANSPORTATION POLICY ACT ANALYSIS
  • 2.2.1 Transportation Systems Management (TSM) Options
  • 2.2.2 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Options
• 2.3 PRELIMINARY SCREENING ANALYSIS
  • 2.3.1 Corridors Considered
  • 2.3.2 Screening Process
  • 2.3.3 Results of Preliminary Screening Analysis
• 2.4 INTERMEDIATE SCREENING ANALYSIS
  • 2.4.1 Corridors Considered
  • 2.4.2 Intermediate Screening Process
  • 2.4.3 Results of the Intermediate Screening Analysis
  • 2.4.4 Summary of Intermediate Screening Analysis
• 2.5 DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE CORRIDORS
  • 2.5.1 Regional Corridors Considered
  • 2.5.2 Results of Regional Corridor Analysis
• 2.6 POTENTIAL ACTIONS
  • 2.6.1 No-Action Alternative
  • 2.6.2 Corridor Hm – Smyrna Mills to Madawaska
  • 2.6.3 Corridor Km – Houlton to Madawaska
  • 2.6.4 Composite Corridor 1 – Houlton to Fort Kent and Van Buren
  • 2.6.5 Composite Corridor 2 – Smyrna Mills to Fort Kent and Van Buren
• 2.7 SUMMARY OF PREDICTED EFFECTS
  • 2.7.1 Summary of Transportation Effects
  • 2.7.2 Matrix of Land Use, Economic, and Cultural Effects
  • 2.7.3 Matrix of Impacts to the Physical and Biological Environment
  • 2.7.4 Preliminary Cost Estimate

3.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

• 3.1 INTRODUCTION
• 3.2 TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT
• 3.2.1 The Transportation System
• 3.2.2 Existing Traffic Conditions
• 3.2.3 Geometric and Safety Deficiencies
• 3.2.4 System Continuity and Mobility
• 3.3 LAND USE, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
  • 3.3.1 Land Use
  • 3.3.2 Agricultural Land
  • 3.3.3 Economic Environment
  • 3.3.4 Minority and Disadvantaged Populations
  • 3.3.5 Uncontrolled Petroleum and Hazardous Wastes
• 3.3.6 Cultural Resources
• 3.3.7 Public Parks and Recreation Lands
• 3.4 PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • 3.4.1 Physical Geography, Geology and Soils
  • 3.4.2 Aquatic Resources and Wetlands
  • 3.4.3 Vegetation
  • 3.4.4 Wildlife
  • 3.4.5 Endangered, Threatened and Other Protected Species
• 3.5 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
  • 3.5.1 Air Quality
  • 3.5.2 Noise

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AND MITIGATION

• 4.1 INTRODUCTION
• 4.2 TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT
  • 4.2.1 Projected Demands
  • 4.2.2 Safety and Geometric Deficiencies
  • 4.2.3 System Continuity, Compatibility, and Mobility
  • 4.2.4 Summary
• 4.3 LAND USE, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
  • 4.3.1 Land Use
  • 4.3.2 Agricultural Land
  • 4.3.3 Economic Environment
  • 4.3.4 Minority and Disadvantaged Populations
  • 4.3.5 Uncontrolled Petroleum and Hazardous Wastes
  • 4.3.6 Cultural Resources
  • 4.3.7 Public Parks, Recreation Areas, and Wildlife Refuges
• 4.4 PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • 4.4.1 Physical Geography, Geology and Soils
  • 4.4.2 Aquatic Resources and Wetlands
  • 4.4.3 Vegetation
  • 4.4.4 Wildlife
  • 4.4.5 Endangered, Threatened and Other Protected Species
• 4.5 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
  • 4.5.1 Air Quality
  • 4.5.2 Noise
• 4.6 CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND MITIGATION
  • 4.6.1 Water Quality and Wetlands
  • 4.6.2 Wildlife
  • 4.6.3 Air Quality
  • 4.6.4 Noise Impacts
  • 4.6.5 Traffic Management and Control
  • 4.6.6 Utilities
• 4.7 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT-TERM USES OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY
• 4.8 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES
• 4.9 SECONDARY AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
  • 4.9.1 Secondary Impacts
  • 4.9.2 Cumulative Impacts
• 4.10 SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL STUDY COMMITMENTS
  • 4.10.1 Land Use
  • 4.10.2 Farmlands
  • 4.10.3 Cultural Resources (Historical and Archaeological)
  • 4.10.4 Public Parks, Recreation Areas, and Wildlife Refuges
  • 4.10.5 Surface and Groundwater Quality
  • 4.10.6 Aquatic Habitats
  • 4.10.7 Floodplains
  • 4.10.8 Wetlands
  • 4.10.9 Wildlife and Fisheries
  • 4.10.10 Exemplary Natural Communities
  • 4.10.11 Air Quality and Noise
  • 4.10.12 Construction Traffic Impacts
  • 4.10.13 Utility Impacts
• 5.0 SECTION 4(F) EVALUATION
• 5.1 INTRODUCTION
• 5.2 STUDY DESCRIPTION
• 5.3 PURPOSE AND NEED
• 5.4 CORRIDORS EVALUATED
• 5.5 SECTION 4(F) PROPERTIES
• 5.6 POTENTIAL USE OF SECTION 4(F) PROPERTIES
  • 5.6.1 Potential Use of Historic and Archaeological Resources
  • 5.6.2 Public Parks, Recreation Areas, and Wildlife Refuges
• 5.7 SUMMARY
• 6.0 COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION
• 6.1 FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCY COORDINATION
  • 6.1.1 Scoping Process
  • 6.1.2 Interagency Coordination
• 6.2 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
  • 6.2.1 Public Advisory Committee
  • 6.2.2 Public Information Meetings
  • 6.2.3 Coordination with the Local Communities and Organizations
  • 6.2.4 Study Web Site
  • 6.2.5 Other Media
• 7.0 LIST OF PREPARERS
  • FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
  • MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  • VANASSE, HANGEN, BRUSTLIN, INC
  • FITZGERALD & HALLIDAY
  • MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
  • RKG ASSOCIATES
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
  • LANGILLE AROOSTOOK ENGINEERING GROUP
• 8.0 CIRCULATION LIST
  • FEDERAL
  • STATE
  • ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE COMPLETION OF THE DEIS
  • REGIONAL AGENCIES
  • LOCAL COMMUNITIES
  • PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
  • OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
• 9.0 REFERENCES
• 10.0 INDEX
• VOLUME II – FIGURES
• VOLUME III – APPENDICES
  • Appendix 1 – Travel Time Savings Matrix
  • Appendix 2 – VMT/VHT Distribution by Highway Functional Classification
  • Appendix 3 – Transportation Screening Memorandum
  • Appendix 4 – Business Survey Results
  • Appendix 5 – Economic Screening Memorandum

 

 

 

This page last updated on 9/15/09

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