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NEPA Checklist

February 2016

NEPA Compliance Checklist

Project Name: APHIS – Project EN21742 Project Location: Hollywood, SC Project Description:

Contract No.:

Category:

YES NO NEED DATA

1. Is the project likely to be inconsistent with any applicable federal, State, Indian tribal, or local law, regulation, or standard designed to protect any aspect of the environment? (e.g. local noise control ordinance, odors, air quality, requirement for the control of hazardous or toxic substances)

X

Explanation for Question 1:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on the proposed design and numerous supplemental studies (Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), Threatened and Endangered Species (T&E) Survey, Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Wetland Delineation and Jurisdictional Determination (JD), and compliance with required permits, the project is likely to be consistent with applicable laws.

2. Is the project likely to have results that are inconsistent with locally desired social, economic, or other environmental conditions?

X

Explanation for Question 2:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. No adverse environmental impacts were identified in the project's total environmental review.

3. Is the project likely to result in the use, storage, release and/or disposal of toxic, hazardous, or radioactive materials or in the exposure of people to such materials?

X

Explanation for Question 3:

Based on the findings of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), 0n-site or nearby toxic, hazardous, or radioactive substances that could affect the health and safety of project occupants or conflict with the intended use of the property were not found.

4. Is the project likely to adversely affect a significant aspect of the natural environment i.e., plants, animals, shrubs, grasses, fish, environmentally sensitive areas, etc.?

X

Explanation for Question 4:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary and will have No Effect on listed species due to the nature of the activities involved in the project.

5. Is the project likely to adversely affect a significant aspect of the sociocultural environment?

X

Explanation for Question 5:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary; it is unlikely the proposed actions will adversely affect sociocultural environment due to the nature of the activities involved in the project.

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6. Is the project likely to generate controversy on environmental grounds?

X

Explanation for Question 6:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. It is also unlikely the proposed project will generate controversy on environmental grounds due to the nature of the activities involved in the project.

7. Is there a high level of uncertainty about the project's environmental effects?

X

Explanation for Question 7:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on the proposed design and numerous supplemental studies, there is a high level of certainly about the project’s environmental effects – or lack thereof.

8. Is the project likely to do something especially risky to have an effect on the quality of the human environment i.e., that is likely to be highly controversial in terms of scientific validity; likely to be highly uncertain; likely to involve unique or unknown environmental risks?

X

Explanation for Question 8:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on design and numerous supplemental studies, the proposed project will unlikely do something risky to have an effect on the quality of the human environment.

9 Is the project part of an ongoing pattern of projects (whether under the control of USDA or others) that are cumulatively likely to have adverse effects on the human environment?

X

Explanation for Question 9:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. It is unlikely the proposed project will have a cumulative adverse effect on the human environment.

10. Is the project likely to set a precedent for, or represent a decision in principle about, future projects that could have significant effects on the human environment?

X

Explanation for Question 10:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on design and numerous supplemental studies, it is unlikely to set a precedent for future projects that could have significant effects on the environment.

11. Is the project likely to have some other adverse effect on public health and safety or on any other environmental media or resources that are not specifically identified above?"

X

Explanation for Question 11:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on design and numerous supplemental studies, it is unlikely the proposed project will have adverse effect on public health or safety.

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12. Is the project likely to have a significant impact on a district, site, highway, structure, or object that is listed in or eligible for listing in the National Registry of Historic Places, affects a historic or cultural resource or traditional and sacred sites, or the loss or destruction of a significant scientific, cultural, or historic resource?

X

Explanation for Question 12:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, the findings of the Phase I Cultural Resource Survey indicate the project has No Potential to Cause Effects.

13. Is the project likely to have significant effect on public health or public safety?

X

Explanation for Question 13:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on design and numerous supplemental studies, it is unlikely the proposed project will have adverse effect on public health or safety.

14. Is this project likely to have a significant impact on species or habitats protected by the endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, or Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery and Management Act?

X

Explanation for Question 14:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on the Threatened & Endangered Species (T&E) Survey, design and numerous supplemental studies, it is unlikely the proposed project will impact species or habitats protected by the endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, or Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery and Management Act.

15. Is the project likely to have a significant effect on a unique characteristic of the geographical area such as park land, prime farmland, wetland, floodplain, coastal zone or a wild scenic river, sole or principal drinking water aquifers, or an ecologically critical area?

X

Explanation for Question 15:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, based on design, numerous supplemental studies and compliance with required permits, the project is unlikely to have a significant effect on a unique characteristic of the geographical area such as park land, prime farmland, wetland, floodplain, coastal zone or a wild scenic river, sole or principal drinking water aquifers, or an ecologically critical area.

16. Will the proposed action have need of a Spill Control and

Countermeasure Plan, and/or Installation Spill Contingency Plan?

X

Explanation for Question 16:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Based on current design and the findings of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), proposed project will not require a Spill Control and Countermeasure Plan, and/or Installation Spill Contingency Plan.

17. Will the proposed action require a NPDES stormwater or wastewater discharge permit?

X

Explanation of Question 17:

The proposed project is location falls under Charleston County’s NPDES permit.

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18. Does the project have the potential for significant degradation of already existing poor environmental conditions? Also, does the project involve the initiation of a potentially significant environmental degrading influence, activity, or effect in areas not already significantly modified from their natural condition?

X

Explanation for Question 18:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary and does not have the potential for significant degradation of existing poor environmental conditions.

19. Does the project involve the employment of new or unproven technology that is likely to involve unique or unknown environmental risks, where the effect on the human environment is likely to be highly uncertain, or where the effect on the human environment is likely to be highly controversial in terms of scientific validity?

X

Explanation for Question 19:

Based on the project description and design, it does not involve new or unproven technologies.

20. Will the project set a precedent that forecloses future options that may have significant effect?

X

Explanation for Question 20:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary.

21. Is the project of significantly greater scope or size than normally experienced for a particular category of action?

X

Explanation for Question 21:

Based on the project description, the proposed project is of reasonable size and is only temporary.

22. Will the proposed action result in the need for new systems or substantial alterations to the following: (please identify)

• Electrical power, fossil fuel, or other

• Drinking water

• Wastewater treatment

• Sewer collection system

• Wash racks

• Solid waste disposal

X

Explanation of Question 22:

Based on the project description, the proposed actions are temporary. Furthermore, the project design does not result in the need for new systems of substantial alterations.

CONCLUSION

The project is a CATEX and requires no further environmental review.

X

The project is a CATEX but requires further review under one or more other environmental authorities (list).

The project is a FONSI

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The project requires an EA.

The project requires an EIS.

Project Manager Date

Environmental Quality Representative Date

APHIS Environmental Protection Program Manager Date

Ref.: 7 CFR 1.b.3; 7 CFR 372.5(c) http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/PBS_NEPA_Deskguide.pdf http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/PBS_NEPA_Deskguide.pdf wgsalters Typewriter 01/21/2022