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Conclusion: All building sites will be filled to two feet of <br /> freeboard above the 100-year flood elevation to comply with <br /> Commercial/Industrial Flood Fringe District zoning applied to this <br /> property and the Federal Flood Insurance Program. <br /> 5. Environmental Impacts <br /> A. Finding: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS - GENERAL <br /> The environmental impacts of the proposal have been addressed in a <br /> NEPA FEIS, a NEPA FEISS, and a SEPA SEIS. Permit decisions based <br /> upon this information have been made by the WDOE and the Corps. The <br /> permits, the Water Quality Certification issued by Ecology and the <br /> Corps Record of Decision contain a substantial number of conditions <br /> and requirements to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts <br /> generated by the Navy Homeport project. <br /> Conclusion: Requirements and conditions contained in the Water <br /> Quality Certification insure that State Water Quality Standards are <br /> complied with and that no significant deterioration in the <br /> surrounding environment will result from the proposed action. <br /> Requirements contained in the Corps of Engineers Record of Decision <br /> insure that the environmental impacts of dredging and dredge spoils <br /> disposal are mitigated. Appropriate conditions and requirements <br /> pertaining to the State of Washington Shoreline Policies and the <br /> City's Shoreline Master Program have been defined and are recommended <br /> as conditions of approval of this Conditional Use Shoreline <br /> Substantial Development Permit. The City is recommending adoption of <br /> the conditions and requirements in the WDOE Water Quality <br /> Certification and with one exception (eagle perching piles) is <br /> recommending adoption of conditions in the Corps Record of Decision. <br /> The environmental impacts associated with dredging, disposal and <br /> construction of the Homeport will be adequately addressed with the <br /> conditions and requirements set forth in this Staff Report. <br /> B. Finding: NUCLEAR SAFETY <br /> Vessels making up the carrier battle group may be nuclear-powered. <br /> Safety and radiological environmental effects of the propulsion <br /> systems and the Navy's nuclear program have been questioned. <br /> Conclusion: The Navy's nuclear program is extensively monitored and <br /> its design, construction, operation, maintenance and personnel <br /> selection, training and qualification have been oriented towards <br /> minimizing environmental effects. The Navy issues annual reports to <br /> Congress which assess the radiological environmental effects of its <br /> nuclear program. Extensive monitoring has shown that the procedures <br /> used by the Navy to control discharges of radioactivity from <br /> nuclear-powered ships are effective in protecting the environment and <br /> the health and safety of the general public. The procedures for <br /> radiological environment protection and monitoring used by <br /> nuclear-powered ships and support facilities at Everett would be the <br /> same as those that have been proven effective throughout the Naval <br /> Nuclear Propulsion Program. No significant radiological <br /> environmental effects are expected during operations at Everett, <br /> Washington. <br /> In the event that a radiological emergency occurs, the Navy would <br /> follow Department of Defense (DOD) policy in coordinating with state <br /> and local governments. State and local governmental emergency <br /> response plans, together with Federal emergency response resources as <br /> outlined in a Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan, would be <br /> activated as needed were an emergency to occur. <br /> -17- <br />