2001 Environmental Review of City Activities

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CITY OF EUGENE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW City Activities with Highest-Rated Relevance to ESA-Listed Species City activities with highest-rated potential for negative effects on ESA-listed chinook salmon are summarized in Table 6, and activities with highest-rated potential for positive effects on ESA-listed chinook salmon are summarized in Table 7. The approach for rating effects on ESA-listed chinook salmon differs from the approach for rating habitat effects (Tables 4 and 5) in two ways: (1) the ratings for ESA-listed salmon focus on aquatic-related habitat factors; and (2) the ratings for ESA-listed salmon include an adjustment to account for whether ESA-listed salmon are known or suspected to occur in the drainage areas where the activity occurs. The activities with highest potential to negatively affect ESA-listed chinook salmon (ESA Relevance Categories -V and -IV) include: • Stormwater outfalls discharge • Use of fleet vehicles • Wastewater treatment and effluent discharge • Road construction • Vehicle parking areas operation and maintenance • Mowing of banks for open channel and ditch maintenance • Fire fighting (industrial /commercial /multi-family units) • Tree and brush removal to maintain flow in channels • Extreme wet weather overflow events • Culvert installation and maintenance The activities with highest potential to positively affect ESA-listed chinook salmon (ESA Relevance Categories +V and +IV) include: • Culvert and flood control dike removal • Integrated Pest Management Program development and implementation • Removal of invasive plants in wetland and riparian areas • Delta Ponds wetlands restoration project • Tree planting • HazMat/spill response • Cleanout of stormwater catch basins • Planting and~maintenance of native species of plants • Amazon Creek stream and bank improvement project • Lower Amazon wetlands restoration project • Street tree planting and maintenance • Eugene Stream Team activities • Street sweeping • Removal of invasive, non-native plant species • Stormwater public education materials development . 13 PRELIMINARY REVIEW DRAFT (1/23/2001). MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES. DO NOT CITE.