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Pavement Preservation Mammoth Cave Roads Project ID: 62334 Other Project ID:

Project Status: Proposed Compliance Status: Closed Complete

PMIS ID: 228690

Sensitive: No Project Creation Date: Dec 22, 2015

NEPA Status: CE Approved Project Target Start Date: Jul 3, 2019

Funding: 1 of 2 PMIS components funded.

Description:

The work will consist of applying a preventive maintenance action to the roadway surface that includes minor spot repairs (patching), crack sealing and the application of a surface seal or non-structural overlay.

Preventive maintenance is a pavement preservation tool to provide cost effective treatment to the surface of a structurally sound pavement to preserve the system and retard future deterioration. Since preventive maintenance treatments are inexpensive in comparison to resurfacing or reconstruction projects, a pavement preservation program is a cost-effective means of meeting pavement performance goals. Pavement preservation is an important tool in practicing sound asset management."

Project Leader: Steve Kovar

NEPA Specialist: Lillian Scoggins

NHPA Specialist: Ed Jakaitis

Project Type: Preventive Maintenance

Project Category: Road Paved

External Agency: Admin Record Contact: Ed Jakaitis

Division/Office: Admin Record Location: Science & Resource Management Office

General Notes None

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Milestones Target Project Start: Jul 3, 2019 Actual Project Start:

Target Project End: Actual Project End:

Target Agreement: Actual Agreement:

Target Alternatives: Actual Agreement:

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Name Responsibility Phone# Ext

Beth Byrd Regional 106 Reviewer 404-507-5793

Brian Coffey Historian

Brian Sacia District Ranger 270-758-2118

David Hasty Historical Landscape Architect 404-507-5780

Ed Jakaitis NHPA Specialist 270 758 2143

Ed Jakaitis 106 Coordinator 270 758 2143

Johnny Merideth Interpreter 270-758-2439

Leslie Lewis Interpretive Operations Supervisor 270-758-2426

Lillian Scoggins NEPA Specialist 270-758-2149

Rick Toomey Natural Resource Specialist 270-758-2145

Scott Powell District Facilities 270-758-2112

Steve Kovar Project Leader 270-758-2101

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Edmonson, KY

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DESIGN SCOPING REPORT- SDP Comments.docx 17.3 KB .docx file Apr 6, 2018

MACA_SER PMS FY19_Design-Scoping-Report_Draft_Rev.pdf 21.3 MB PDF file Apr 6, 2018

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MACA > Pavement Preservation Mammoth Cave Roads (62334)

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NEPA Status: CE

Current NEPA Type: CE

CE - Categorical Exclusion Internal Scoping Start: Internal Scoping End:

CE Citation: C.9 Repair, resurfacing, striping, installation of traffic control devices, repair/replacement of guardrails, etc., on existing roads.

CE Justification: Repairs are being made to existing foot print of the road.

CE Superintendent Signed Date: Dec 18, 2018

Extraordinary Circumstances

If implemented, would the proposal... Answer Notes

A. Have significant impacts on public health or safety?

No

B. Have significant impacts on such natural resources and unique geographic characteristics as historic or cultural resources; park, recreation, or refuge lands;

wilderness areas; wild or scenic rivers;

national natural landmarks; sole or principal drinking water aquifers; prime farmlands;

wetlands (Executive Order 11990);

floodplains (Executive Order 11988);

national monuments; migratory birds; and other ecologically significant or critical areas?

No

C. Have highly controversial environmental effects or involve unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources (NEPA section 102(2) (E))?

No

D. Have highly uncertain and potentially significant environmental effects or involve unique or unknown environmental risks?

No

E. Establish a precedent for future action or represent a decision in principle about future actions with potentially significant environmental effects?

No

F. Have a direct relationship to other actions with individually insignificant, but cumulatively significant, environmental effects?

No

G. Have significant impacts on properties listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, as determined by either the bureau or office?

No

H. Have significant impacts on species listed or proposed to be listed on the List of Endangered or Threatened Species, or have significant impacts on designated Critical Habitat for these species?

No

I. Violate a federal, state, local or tribal law or requirement imposed for the protection of the environment?

No

J. Have a disproportionately high and adverse effect on low income or minority populations (EO 12898)?

No

K. Limit access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites on federal lands by Indian religious practitioners or adversely

No

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Last Updated Date: Dec 18, 2018

Last Updated By: edward_jakaitis affect the physical integrity of such sacred sites (EO 130007)?

L. Contribute to the introduction, continued existence, or spread of noxious weeds or non-native invasive species known to occur in the area or actions that may promote the introduction, growth, or expansion of the range of such species (Federal Noxious Weed Control Act and Executive Order 13112)?

No

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MACA > Pavement Preservation Mammoth Cave Roads (62334)

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Form Prepared: Dec 12, 2018 Data Entered By: Ed Jakaitis

Area of Potential Effect Area of Potential Effect: The area of potential effect (APE) includes all paved surface streets inside of Mammoth Cave National Park. The attached file displays an overview map of the major roads that are found within the park. The project design and scope report provides further detail of these roads and adjacent spurs that will be included as a part of this work. All activity will occur within the paved surfaces and staging of equipment and materials will be kept to the roadways and previously surveyed maintenance yards of the park.

Area of Potential Effect Document:

Question Answer

A. Has the area been surveyed? Yes Survey Sources: NPS. 2015. Mammoth Cave National Park Core Visitor Services Area Cultural Landscape Report

B. Have NRHP resources been identified? No

C. Ground disturbance involved? No

D. Archeological resources present? No

E. Historic structures/resources present? No

F. Cultural landscapes present? No

G. Ethnographic resources present? No

(Subtype, have interested parties been contacted?)

No

Archeology / ARPA / NAGPRA / Sacred Sites Surveyor(s):

ARCH Survey Required: No

Started:

Completed:

Report Generated: No

Where housed:

ARPA Permit Required: No

Permit Number:

H. Are there any Native American sacred or culturally sensitive sites, locales (such as clan gathering or other cultural event), or landscapes present in the project area?

No

I. Is the location information associated with these sites (such as in caves, contain burials, or at the request of the Native American group(s) to be considered sensitive and/or restricted information?

No

J. Have the associated Native American groups been consulted as to the project potential impacts, if any, to sacred or sensitive sites, locales, or landscapes?

No

K. Is implementation of the project likely to disturb human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony, as defined by

NAGPRA?

No

L. Is an approved plan of action in place to address inadvertent discoveries of human remains, funerary objects, sacred sites, or objects of cultural patrimony?

No

M. Will the project result in the intentional excavation of human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony?

No

The Proposed action will: (Check as many as apply) N. Destroy, remove, or alter features/elements from a historic structure. No

O. Replace historic features/elements in kind No

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P. Add nonhistoric features/elements to a historic structure No

Q. Alter or remove features/elements of a historic setting or environment (inc. terrain) No

R. Add nonhistoric features/elements (inc. visual, audible, or atmospheric) to a historic setting or cultural landscape

No

S. Disturb, destroy, or make archeological resources inaccessible No

S2. Disturb, destroy, or make ethnographic resources inaccessible No

T. Potentially affect presently unidentified cultural resources No

U. Begin or contribute to deterioration of historic fabric, terrain, setting, landscape elements, or archeological or ethnographic resources

No

V. Involve a real property transaction (exchange, sale, or lease of land or structures) No

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Assesment of Effect Assesment of Effect: No Adverse Effect

Documentation Method Streamlined Review (PA)

Streamlined Review Streamlined Review Activity: 3. Repair/Resurfacing/Removal of Existing, Roads, Trails and Parking

Areas Explanation: The project design and scope is limited to those existing road surfaces within the park and no further ground disturbance will occur as a result of the proposed project. Spot repairs will occur as a part of routine, cyclic maintenance of the road surfaces and no historic properties, nor their setting, should be affected by these actions. Roads do travel through both defined and currently undefined cultural landscapes within the park, but these actions will not alter the location, design, or materials of these roads. Based on these proposed activities, we recommend that the project commence with a finding of no adverse effect [36 CFR 800.5(d) (1)].

Conditions/Stipulations Recommendations for Conditions or Stipulations:

Superintendent Approval Date:

Dec 18, 2018

Last Updated Date: Dec 18, 2018

Last Updated By: edward_jakaitis

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