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• Conduct field investigations <br />• Determine presence or absence <br />- Listed and proposed threatened or endangered species <br />- Designated and proposed critical habitat <br />• Identify location and extent of any water body modifications <br />• If proposed species or critical habitat may be present, prepare evaluation or biological <br />assessment <br />• Conduct and document consultation with resource agencies <br />• Document efforts to avoid, minimize, or reduce project impacts including reasonable <br />and prudent alternatives to avoid impacts <br />Wetlands and Waters of State and US <br />• Identify existing wetlands and waters of the State and US <br />• Identify and evaluate any impacts to wetlands <br />• Determination there are no practicable alternatives <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 Qualitv, Hvdroloqv and Floodplains <br />• Identify water resources and floodplains <br />• Describe ambient conditions and water quality trend data <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 />• Document coordination with local, state and federal agencies <br />Enerav and Sustainabilitv <br />• Identify regulations, plans and policies related to sustainability and energy <br />consumption <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 />° Determine major direct and indirect impacts <br />• Identify opportunities for conservation <br />Construction Activities <br />• Identify short-term impacts associated with construction activities <br />- Air, noise, water, traffic congestion, detours, safety, visual, etc. <br />- Address impacts of obtaining borrow material or disposal of waste material <br />• Identify appropriate mitigation measures <br />