Preferred Alternative. The CONSULTANT will finalize the preferred alternative concept plan by incorporating comments received from the Public Hearing process as directed by the DEPARTMENT.
Preferred Alternative. FHWA screened the range of alternatives against criteria for purpose and need and technical criteria to identify reasonable alternatives for detailed study in the Draft EIS. Based on these screening criteria and subsequent detailed evaluations, FHWA has identified a Preferred Alternative. The preferred approach route to the proposed Knik Arm Bridge on the Mat-Su side is Point MacKenzie Road from the intersection with Burma Road south to the Port MacKenzie District and connecting to the Northern Access Alternative through the port district. FHWA chose this route because it would avoid wetlands, would not impact Port MacKenzie operations, and is favored by Mat-Su Borough and Port MacKenzie officials. The proposed Southern Alignment is the preferred route for the bridge to cross Knik Arm. The Southern Alignment, with its accompanying Below-the-Bluff Roadway on the Anchorage approach, would be the most technically feasible and practical alignment that would avoid the Cairn Point Trench (a submarine trough), would not impact military mission and operations at Elmendorf, and would minimize potential impacts to beluga whales that congregate in areas of Knik Arm further to the north. An 8,200-foot-long pier-supported bridge is preferred over a 14,000-foot-long bridge because a shorter bridge would require fewer piers, result in less construction noise and pile driving impacts that might adversely affect beluga whales and marine fishes, would require shorter in- water construction time, and would have substantially lower construction costs. The preferred Anchorage approach to the proposed bridge would be a cut-and-cover tunnel under Government Hill, along either of the proposed Xxxxx or Xxxxxxxx Street alignments, to connect initially to the A-C Couplet, and ultimately to the Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx Couplet. All reasonable alternatives evaluated in the Draft EIS are under consideration and have been developed to a comparable level of detail. Final identification of a Recommended Alternative will not occur until the alternatives, impacts, written comments on the Draft EIS, and comments received at the public hearings have been fully evaluated and considered. The Recommended Alternative will be provided in the Final EIS.
Preferred Alternative. This concurrence point will be sought following the Iowa DOT Commission’s selection of an alternative. The Iowa DOT will provide materials that support the preferred alternative. This will include results from any new studies, information developed following concurrence point 3, information from public and resource agency input, minutes of the Commission meeting, documentation of minimization efforts, and conceptual mitigation site alternatives.
Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative is also the Proposed Action (Alternative A). It proposes to implement the LA CREP II, which would make the following additional CPs available to participating producers: • CP2, Establish Permanent Native Grasses • CP 9, Shallow Water Areas for Wildlife • CP 25, Rare and Declining Habitat Under this alternative, current agricultural production practices would be discontinued on up to 28,000 acres of eligible agricultural land and native tall grass coastal prairie vegetation would be restored on that land. Producers would receive annual rental payments and incentive awards in accordance with the LA CREP II Agreement.
Preferred Alternative. Under the Preferred Alternative, FWS will continue to provide funding, as modified by certain mitigation provisions, for operations of CDFG’s 14 trout hatcheries and the Mad River Hatchery for steelhead, and associated stocking of fish produced at those hatcheries. Although hatchery operations will remain unchanged from those conducted during the last 5 years, decisions on stocking of trout will be made using a statewide tiered review process that emphasizes protection of native, sensitive, or legally protected species. In high mountain lake areas where Aquatic Biodiversity Management Plans (ABMPs) have been 51874 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 194 / Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Notices prepared, stocking will continue to follow guidelines that ensure expansion of habitats for native amphibians and fish. In areas without ABMPs, trout stocking will be based on site-specific evaluations of risk to native, sensitive, or legally protected species. Where appropriate surveys have yet to be completed, stocking will be suspended until the appropriate evaluations have been completed. ABMPs or other similar plans may be developed and implemented prior to reinitiation of stocking in those locations. Depending on the specific location, such plans could include eradication of nonnative fish from water bodies currently or formerly harboring sensitive native species, genetic analysis of native fish to determine degree of hybridization, cessation of nonnative trout stocking in waters occupied by native trout populations, and implementation of measures consistent with FWS recovery plans and CDFG management plans. Stocking of Mad River steelhead will continue with measures intended to reduce the interaction between hatchery reared fish and naturally reproducing populations and consistent with the Draft Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Fishing in the City and Classroom Aquarium Education Programs will continue under uniform protocols developed to ensure that stocking locations are properly screened to protect native, sensitive, and legally protected species. Implementation of Program activities following development of any ABMPs or uniform protocols for the Fishing in the City and Classroom Aquarium Education Programs may require additional, site-specific NEPA compliance tiered from the EIR/EIS.
Preferred Alternative. The No Action alternative would not be protective of human health or the environment. would not eliminate potential future routes for human exposure, and would not be protective of human health because of the potential for soil exposure to a worker, and would not provide control of leaching of contaminants to groundwater. The No Action alternative would require no construction and could, therefore, be implemented immediately. The estimated cost associated with the No Action alternative is $0.
Preferred Alternative. Following the screening process, the Engineer shall coordinate with Xxxxxxxxxx County and BOR to identify the preferred alternative. Following selection, the Engineer shall develop a schematic design showing the preferred improvements to the Silos Recreation Area and recommended phasing. The schematic design will be adequately detailed to gain Xxxxxxxxxx County and BOR review and approval, to meet future grant/other funding application requirements, and to establish the standards and references to be used in future design plans. Construction-ready drawings or specifications will not be prepared for the Master Plan Task Order.
Preferred Alternative. Select a preferred alternative based on assessments of the impacts and CLIENT/OWNER feedback.
Preferred Alternative. The alternative identified by the Authority to best balance the tradeoffs between potential environmental or community impacts and high-speed system performance and cost factors on an end-to- end basis. ROD. Record of Decision: The final step in the NEPA environmental process.
Preferred Alternative. As a result of early comments from NCPC staff in NEPA scoping comments and in subsequent conversations with NCPC and SHPO, the design team developed Alternative 2 with the goal of minimizing or eliminating adverse indirect effects on historic properties (Attachment 2). Developed with input from the Chinese design team, this alternative responds to comments related to the potential adverse visual effect of the pagoda element of the National China Garden on historic properties. This alternative places the pagoda at a slightly higher elevation than the Alternative 1 and within the wooded area to the west of the existing clearing.
