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Environmental Assessment City of Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project City of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio March 2019 Draft Environmental Assessment City of Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project City of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio March 2019 Prepared by CDM Smith 10560 Arrowhead Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Prepared for FEMA Region V, Project # PDMC-PJ-05-OH-2017-007 536 South Clark Street, Sixth Floor Chicago, IL 60605 List of Acronyms, Chemical Formulas, and Abbreviations ACS American Community Survey OEPA Ohio Environmental Protection APE Area of Potential Effects Agency BFE Base Flood Elevation OHI Ohio Historic Inventory BMP Best Management Practice OHWM ordinary high-water mark CAA Clean Air Act Ohio Rev. Code Ohio Revised Code CEQ Council on Environmental Quality OSHA Occupational Safety and Health C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations Administration CO Carbon Monoxide Pb Lead CWA Clean Water Act PDM Pre-Disaster Mitigation CY Cubic Yard PM Particulate Matter CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act ROW Right-of-way DBH Diameter Breast Height SHPO State Historic Preservation Office EA Environmental Assessment SO2 Sulfur Dioxide EO Executive Order SWP3 stormwater pollution prevention plan EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Uc Urban Land – Allis Complex ESA Endangered Species Act UeA Urban Land – Elnora Complex FEMA Federal Emergency Management USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Agency U.S.C. U.S. Code FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact USFWS U.S. Department of the Interior Fish GIS Geographic Information System and Wildlife Service NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality VOC Volatile Organic Compound Standards NAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum 1988 NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NGVD 29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOx Nitrogen Oxide NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NRHP National Register of Historic Places NWI National Wetlands Inventory O3 Ozone OAC Ohio Administrative Code OCMP Ohio Coastal Management Program ODNR Ohio Department of Natural Resources ODOT Ohio Department of Transportation OEMA Ohio Emergency Management Agency Draft Environmental Assessment February 2019 City of Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project Page i Table of Contents 1. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Authority ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Location .......................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purpose and Need ....................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Existing Facility ............................................................................................................ 3 2. ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS..................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Alternative 1 – No Action ............................................................................................ 3 2.2 Action Alternative 2 – Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project (Proposed Action) .............. 4 2.3 Alternatives Considered and Eliminated from Further Consideration ....................... 6 3. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND CONSEQUENCES .............................................................. 9 3.1 Physical Environment .................................................................................................. 9 3.1.1 Geology, Soils, and Topography ..................................................................... 9 3.1.2 Water Resources and Water Quality ........................................................... 11 3.1.3 Floodplain Management (Executive Order 11988) ...................................... 14 3.1.4 Air Quality .................................................................................................... 15 3.1.5 Coastal Zone Management .......................................................................... 17 3.2 Biological Environment ............................................................................................. 18 3.2.1 Terrestrial and Aquatic Environment ........................................................... 18 3.2.2 Wetlands (Executive Order 11990) .............................................................. 20 3.2.3 Threatened and Endangered Species .......................................................... 21 3.2.4 Migratory Birds ............................................................................................ 22 3.3 Hazardous Materials ................................................................................................. 23 3.4 Socioeconomics ......................................................................................................... 25 3.4.1 Zoning and Land Use .................................................................................... 25 3.4.2 Visual Resources .......................................................................................... 26 3.4.3 Noise ............................................................................................................ 27 3.4.4 Public Services and Utilities ......................................................................... 27 3.4.5 Traffic and Circulation .................................................................................. 28 3.4.6 Environmental Justice (Executive Order 12898) .......................................... 29 3.4.7 Safety and Security ....................................................................................... 30 3.5 Historic and Cultural Resources ................................................................................ 31 3.5.1 Historic Structures and Archaeological Resources ...................................... 32 3.5.2 Tribal Coordination and Religious Sites ....................................................... 34 3.6 Comparison of Alternatives ...................................................................................... 35 4. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ..................................................................................................... 42 4.1 Soils and Topography ................................................................................................ 43 4.2 Water Quality ............................................................................................................ 43 4.3 Coastal Resources ..................................................................................................... 44 Draft Environmental Assessment February 2019 City of Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project Page ii 4.4 Terrestrial and Aquatic Habitat ................................................................................. 44 4.5 Traffic and Circulation ............................................................................................... 44 4.6 Land Use and Development ...................................................................................... 45 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ..................................................................................................... 45 6. MITIGATION MEASURES AND PERMITS ............................................................................ 46 6.1 Permits ...................................................................................................................... 46 6.2 Project Conditions ..................................................................................................... 47 7. CONSULTATIONS AND REFERENCES .................................................................................. 50 8. LIST OF PREPARERS ........................................................................................................... 55 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Project Alternative Summary (Test Series) ......................................................................... 8 Table 2: Dredge and Fill Estimates for Waters of the United States .............................................. 12 Table 3: Regulated Sites in the Project Vicinity .............................................................................. 24 Table 4: Project Area Minority Population ..................................................................................... 30 Table 5: Summary of Environmental Impacts ................................................................................ 35 Table 6: Permit Summary ............................................................................................................... 46 Draft Environmental Assessment February 2019 City of Euclid Erosion Mitigation Project Page iii APPENDICES Appendix A Maps and Figures Figure 1: Regional Project Location Map Figure 2: Project Area Figure 3: Property Boundaries Figure 4: 2009 City of Euclid Waterfront Improvements Plan Figure 5: Shoreline Photographs Figure 6: Project Area Soils Map Figure 7: National Flood Hazard Layer FIRMette Figure 8: Ohio Coastal Zone Boundary Figure 9: National Wetlands Inventory Map Figure 10: Existing Land Use Figure 11: Existing Zoning Figure 12: Redevelopment Zone (2018 City of Euclid Master Plan) Appendix B Floodplain Management Eight-Step Documentation Appendix C Agency Correspondence Appendix D Tribal Consultation Appendix E Public Notice Appendix F Plan Set for the Proposed Action Appendix G Abstract: 3D Physical Model Study of a Shoreline Improvement Scheme for Euclid, Ohio, USA Appendix H Initial
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