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Scope of Work <br />US 2 Trestle Interim Improvements 10 April 2026 <br />provide up to 16 hours of support, if necessary, after the biological assessment has been submitted <br />to the Services, including additional coordination and responses to questions from those agencies. <br />Subtask 03-03 – Section 106 Support <br />It is anticipated that the project would qualify for an exemption from Section 106 consultation as <br />listed in Appendix J, Section 106 Exemptions, in WSDOT’s NEPA Categorical Exclusions, A Guidebook <br />for Local Agencies (October 2022), based on the project’s construction within areas that have been <br />previously disturbed. To support review by WSDOT Cultural Resources staff, the Consultant shall <br />develop a brief memo outlining the project’s area of potential effect (APE), along with a description of <br />how the project area has been previously disturbed. The APE will be developed to encompass all <br />areas that may be directly and indirectly affected by the project. <br />Assumptions <br />Assumptions for this task include: <br /> The environmental review will be conducted for one alternative, covering all of the project <br />area. <br /> This task includes one field reconnaissance visit for two staff to support the DCE and BA. <br /> WSDOT and FHWA will agree that a NEPA DCE is the appropriate level of documentation <br />under NEPA. <br /> The NEPA DCE will be used to support a SEPA threshold determination, anticipated to be a <br />determination of non-significance; no separate SEPA documentation is required. <br /> Aside from the BA and APE memo, no technical memos will be necessary to support the <br />NEPA DCE and SEPA threshold determination. <br /> The City of Everett’s environmental lead will work with WSDOT to complete the project’s <br />NEPA, Section 106, and Section 7 Consultation processes. <br /> The City of Everett will be responsible for drafting and publishing the SEPA threshold <br />determination. <br /> Due to the project’s increase in pollution-generating impervious surfaces (PGIS), the project <br />will require formal ESA consultation with the Services. <br /> The analysis of stormwater-related impacts in the biological assessment will be based on the <br />results of the conceptual stormwater analysis developed under Task 05. <br /> Based on the absence of mature conifer-dominated stands near the project site, a formal <br />survey for marbled murrelet nest platforms will not be conducted. <br /> Additional scope and budget would be needed if development of new treatment facilities or a <br />program for monitoring and assessing stormwater runoff from the project site are required by <br />Services. <br /> WSDOT will not require the project to be presented in a formal meeting with the Services. <br /> The project will qualify for an exemption from Section 106 consultation and no further <br />technical documentation, aside from the APE memo described under Subtask 03-03, is <br />required. <br /> Project is within an area of attainment and therefore no air quality conformity is required.