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Page 17 <br />kimley-horn.com 2828 Colby Avenue, Suite 200 Everett, WA 98201 425-708-8275 <br />NEPA and SEPA Compliance <br />Kimley-Horn will coordinate with the City, College, WSDOT, and applicable agencies to confirm <br />the environmental permitting path, including anticipated NEPA documentation, consistent with <br />the use of federal funding. Activities will include coordination of design and environmental <br />schedules to support timely agency review. <br />Environmental coordination and documentation services for the project will be provided by S&W <br />as a subconsultant to Kimley-Horn. S&W will be responsible for planning, managing, and <br />performing environmental review and documentation to support the use of state and federal <br />funding for project construction. <br />The City of Everett has not mapped any bodies of water (including streams and wetlands), <br />buffers, steep slopes, landslide hazard areas, or flood hazard areas in or near the project site. <br />The site has low liquefaction susceptibility and is within the Wildland Urban Interface (City of <br />Everett 2023). The site is not located above a sole source aquifer (USEPA 2026). Further, the <br />project would not result in permanent increases in vehicular traffic volumes or traffic-related air <br />or noise emissions. Snohomish County maps the site as having an aquifer located more than <br />100 feet below ground surface (Snohomish County 2016). The site does not likely contain <br />sensitive habitats because it is covered with impervious pavement, landscaped area, shrubs, or <br />street trees. The project would not include changes to stormwater treatment or require <br />acquisition of right-of-way. <br />NEPA Documentation <br />S&W will conduct analysis and prepare documentation for compliance with NEPA. <br />· NEPA Kick-off: S&W will support the City and Kimley-Horn team to schedule, prepare an <br />agenda and participate in a NEPA Kick-off Meeting with the City and WSDOT Local <br />Programs when ~30% design is reached to confirm the appropriate environmental <br />documentation pathway and level of review. The appropriate type of NEPA documentation is <br />assumed to be a NEPA Categorical Exclusion (CatEx) based on the understanding of the <br />project and site characteristics at the time this scope was written. S&W will review and <br />contribute to the Kimley-Horn meeting minutes. <br />· Note that in Phase 2 (see Task 2.04) S&W will support the City and Kimley-Horn team to <br />schedule, prepare an agenda, and participate in a second NEPA meeting with WSDOT that <br />will reflect the latest project understanding when the ~60% drainage report is available to <br />discuss Endangered Species Act compliance. <br />· S&W will complete a preliminary draft and draft CatEx Form for team review and a final for <br />WSDOT review, as described below, for the proposed project: <br />i. Part 1-Project Description. The City or Kimley-Horn will develop an official Project <br />Description that is consistent with the STIP, to be used for the environmental permitting. <br />ii. Air Quality: The project is assumed to be exempt from Air Quality conformity <br />requirements and is not located in a Non-Attainment Area or Maintenance Area for <br />carbon monoxide, ozone or PM 10 or PM 2.5. No special studies will be needed. <br />iii. Critical and Sensitive Areas: S&W will complete this section based on information from <br />any prior studies in the area (to be provided by the City), a site visit, and project <br />information collected from Kimley-Horn and the City.