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Final Environmental Impact Statement - May 2008

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• DOCUMENT
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Table of Contents
  • Executive Summary and Table
  • 1.0 Purpose and Need
  • 2.0 Alternatives
  • 3.0 Description of Affected Environment:
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Geology and Soils
    • 3.3 Water Resources
    • 3.4 Air Quality
    • 3.5 Biological Resources
    • 3.6 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
    • 3.7 Socioeconomic Conditions
    • 3.8 Transportation/Circulation
    • 3.9 Land Use
    • 3.10 Public Services
    • 3.11 Noise
    • 3.12 Hazardous Materials
    • 3.13 Aesthetics
  • 4.0 Environmental Consequences:
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Geology and Soils
    • 4.3 Water Resources
    • 4.4 Air Quality
    • 4.5 Biological Resources
    • 4.6 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
    • 4.7 Socioeconomic Conditions
    • 4.8 Transportation/Circulation
    • 4.9 Land Use
    • 4.10 Public Services
    • 4.11 Noise
    • 4.12 Hazardous Materials
    • 4.13 Aesthetics
    • 4.14 Indirect and Growth-Inducing Effects
    • 4.15 Cumulative Effects
    • 4.16 Unavoidable Adverse Effects
  • 5.0 Mitigation Measures
  • 6.0 Consultation and Coordination/list of Preparers
  • 7.0 Acronyms
  • 8.0 References
• FIGURES
  • SECTION 1:
    • 1-1 Regional Location
    • 1-2 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) Project Location
    • 1-3 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) Aerial Photograph
  • SECTION 2:
    • 2-1 Proposed Site Plan – Alternative A
    • 2-2 Alternative A - Architectural Rendering (South View)
    • 2-3 Alternative A - Architectural Rendering (East Porte Cochere View)
    • 2-4 Alternative A - Elevation (Porte Cochere)
    • 2-5 Alternative A - Elevation (Hotel Tower)
    • 2-6 Proposed Site Plan - Alternative B
    • 2-7 Proposed Site Plan - Alternative C
    • 2-8 Proposed Site Plan - Alternative D
    • 2-9 Proposed Site Plan - Alternative E
  • SECTION 3:
    • 3.2-1 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Elevation Contours
    • 3.2-2 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Soils Map
    • 3.2-3 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Elevation Contours
    • 3.2-4 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Soils Map
    • 3.3-1 Water Resources Inventory Area #27
    • 3.3-2 East Fork Lewis River Watershed
    • 3.3-3 Watershed Drainage Map
    • 3.3-4 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - FEMA Floodplain Map
    • 3.3-5 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - FEMA Floodplain Map
    • 3.5-1 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Vegetation Map
    • 3.5-2 Site Photographs
    • 3.5-3 Site Photographs
    • 3.5-4 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Wetlands Map
    • 3.5-5 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) Habitat Map
    • 3.5-6 Site Photographs - Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E)
    • 3.5-7 Site Photographs - Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E)
    • 3.5-8 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) Wetlands Map
    • 3.6-1 Tribal Lands
    • 3.7-1 Primary Socioeconomic Study Area
    • 3.7-2 Public Schools in Ridgefield and La Center School Districts
    • 3.8-1 Existing Roadway Network
    • 3.8-2 Project Study Intersections - La Center Interchange and Ridgefield Interchange Sites
    • 3.8-3 Vancouver Area Supplemental Locations
    • 3.8-4 Existing AM Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 1
    • 3.8-5 Existing AM Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 2
    • 3.8-6 Existing PM Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 1
    • 3.8-7 Existing PM Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 2
    • 3.8-8 Existing Saturday Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 1
    • 3.8-9 Existing Saturday Peak Hour Turning Movement Volumes - 2
    • 3.9-1 County Land Use Designations - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.9-2 County Zoning Designations - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.9-3 City Land Use Designations - Ridgefield Interchange Site
    • 3.10-1 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Natural Gas Pipeline Locations
    • 3.10-2 Public Services
    • 3.10-3 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Natural Gas Pipeline Locations
    • 3.11-1 Noise Monitoring and Modeling Locations - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.11-2 Noise Monitoring and Modeling Locations - Ridgefield Interchange Site
    • 3.12-1 La Center Interchange Site (Alternatives A-D) - Site Photographs
    • 3.12-2 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Site Photographs
    • 3.12-3 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Site Photographs
    • 3.12-4 Ridgefield Interchange Site (Alternative E) - Site Photographs
    • 3.13-1 Regional Viewsheds - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.13-2 Viewshed A - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.13-3 Viewshed B - La Center Interchange Site
    • 3.13-4 Regional Viewsheds - Ridgefield Interchange Site
    • 3.13-5 Viewshed C - Ridgefield Interchange Site
  • SECTION 4:
    • 4.11-1 La Center Interchange Site Estimated Construction Noise Levels
    • 4.11-2 La Center Interchange Site Daytime Operational Noise Levels
    • 4.11-3 La Center Interchange Site Nighttime Operational Noise Levels
    • 4.11-4 Ridgefield Interchange Site Estimated Construction Noise Levels
    • 4.11-5 Ridgefield Interchange Site Daytime Operational Noise Levels
    • 4.11-6 Ridgefield Interchange Site Nighttime Operational Noise Levels
• APPENDICES
  • Volumes I-III included within the DEIS
  • Volume IV:
    • Cover
    • Title
    • Table of Contents
    • Appendix A Comment Letter Log
    • Appendix B General Comment Summaries and Responses
    • Appendix C Representative Comment Letters and Responses:
      • Responses to Comments
      • Comment Letters:
        • Letter 1 - Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Region Habitat Program
        • Letter 2 - Clark County Sheriff
        • Letter 3 - City of Vancouver
        • Letter 4 - US Environmental Protection Agency
        • Letter 5 - Board of Clark County Commissioners
        • Letter 6 - City of Ridgefield
        • Letter 7 - City of La Center
        • Letter 8 - Cowlitz Indian Tribe, c/o Patton & Boggs LLP
        • Letter 9 - Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners
        • Letter 10 - Port of Ridgefield
        • Letter 11 - Cowlitz Indian Tribe
        • Letter 12 - Dept. of Ecology, SW Regional Office, Water Quality
        • Letter 13 - Washington State Dept. of Transportation, SW Region
        • Letter 14 - Washington State Dept. of Transportation, SW Region
        • Letter 15 - Board of Clark County Commissioners
        • Letter 16 - La Center School District
        • Letter 17 - Joseph Volz, Attbar, Inc.
        • Letter 18 - Vancouver Housing Authority
        • Letter 19 - Cynthia Bushell
        • Letter 20 - Susan Gilbert, Enterprise/Paradise Point Neighborhood Association
        • Letter 21 - William F. Byrd, III, Pacific Die Casting Corp.
        • Letter 22 - Ron and Crystal Holstrom
        • Letter 23 - Kathreen A. Walling
        • Letter 24 - Terry Cornelius
        • Letter 25 - Alvin Alexanderson
        • Letter 26 - Woodland Chamber of Commerce
        • Letter 27 - Murray Falk, La Center North Clark County Chamber of Commerce
  • Volume V:
    • Cover
    • Title
    • Table of Contents
    • Appendix C Representative Comment Letters and Responses:
      • Comment Letter:
        • Letter 28 - Dragonslayer, Inc. and Michaels Development LLC c/o Perkins Coie:
          • Part 1: July 14, 2006 Letter
          • Exhibits Volume I
          • Exhibits Volume II
  • Volume VI:
    • Cover
    • Title
    • Table of Contents
    • Appendix C Representative Comment Letters and Responses:
      • Comment Letters:
        • Letter 28 - Dragonslayer, Inc. and Michaels Development LLC c/o Perkins Coie:
          • Exhibits Volume III
          • Part 2: July 12, 2006 Letter
          • Part 3: August 25, 2006 Letter
        • Letter 29 - The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
        • Letter 30 - Jo Ann Wohlers
        • Letter 31 - John Di Vittorio, Fish First
        • Letter 32 - Robert S. Taylor, Tyee, Chinook Nation
        • Letter 33 - Peter Mohn, Citizens Against Reservation Shopping (CARS)
        • Letter 34 - Edward Lynch, CARS
        • Letter 35 - Susan & Greg Gilbert
        • Letter 36 - Stand up for Clark County
        • Letter 37 - Michael Lang, Friends of the Columbia Gorge
        • Letter 38 - Doug Ballou
        • Letter 39 - John McKibben, Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
  • Volume VII:
    • Cover
    • Title
    • Table of Contents
    • Appendix D Notice of Availability of DEIS
    • Appendix E Tribal Business Plan
    • Appendix F Supplemental Water/Wastewater Report (Olson Engineering, 2006c)
    • Appendix G Supplemental Stormwater Report (Olson Engineering, 2006d)
    • Appendix H Supplemental Air Quality Report (CH2MHill, 2007) 
    • Appendix I Biological Assessment (AES, 2007)
    • Appendix J Cultural Resources Documentation
      • BIA and SHPO Consultation Letters
      • Confidential Cultural Reports Bound Under Separate Cover
        • La Center Interchange Site Historic Architectural Evaluations Addendum
        • La Center Archeological Addendum
        • Ridgefield Interchange Site Cultural Resources Study
    • Appendix K Supplemental Socio-Economics Report (Hovee, 2006c)
    • Appendix L Analysis of Impacts to Spirit Mountain (Hovee, 2007a)
    • Appendix M Post-Development Review (Hovee, 2006d)
    • Appendix N Vader Site Market Viability & Competition Effects (Hovee, 2007b)
    • Appendix O Supplemental Traffic Impact Study (Parsons, 2006e)
    • Appendix P Interchange Justification Report (Parsons, 2006d)
    • Appendix Q Farmland Conversion Impact Rating Form AD-1006
    • Appendix R Clark College MOU
    • Appendix S Technical Memo on Impacts to Aquatic Resources (SWCA, 2006)
    • Appendix T Baseline Surface Water Sampling & Analysis (ELS, 2007)
    • Appendix U Tribal Gaming Ordinance Amendment and Environment, Public Health and Safety (EPHS) Ordinance
    • Appendix V Tribal Gaming and EPHS Ordinances Interpretation Agreement Letters
    • Appendix W Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement Letters