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Draft Environmental Assessment Logan & Northern Irrigation Draft Environmental Assessment Logan & Northern Irrigation Company Piping & Pressurization Project Cache County, Utah PRO-EA-15-005 Provo Area Office Provo, Utah Upper Colorado Region U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Provo Area Office Provo, Utah July 2015 Mission Statements The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and manage the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provide scientific and other information about those resources; and honor its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities. The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Draft Environmental Assessment Logan & Northern Irrigation Company Piping &Pressurization Project Cache County, Utah PRO-EA-15-005 Provo Area Office Provo, Utah Upper Colorado Region prepared by: Rick Baxter Provo Area Office Upper Colorado Region U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Provo Area Office Provo, Utah July 2015 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT PROVO AREA OFFICE Decision: It is my decision to authorize the Proposed Action identified in EA No. PRO-EA-15­ 005. Finding ofNo Significant Impact: Based on the analysis of potential environmental impacts contained in the attached environmental assessment, I have determined that impacts are not expected to be significant and an environmental impact statement is not required. Rationale for Decision: The decision to allow the Proposed Action does not result in any undue or unnecessary environmental degradation. Recommended by: Mary Beth Reinhart Chief, Environmental Group Concur: Approved by: Date Area Manager, Provo Area Office Introduction In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Logan and Northern Irrigation Company (LNIC) have conducted an environmental assessment (EA) for a proposed action to enclose, pressurize, and meter a section of the LNIC Canal located in Cache County, Utah. Reclamation is providing funding for the project and therefore is the lead agency for the purposes of compliance with the NEPA for this proposed action. The EA was prepared by Reclamation to address the potential impacts to the human environment due to implementation of the proposed action. Alternatives The EA analyzed the no action alternative and the proposed action alternative to pipe, pressurize and meter the existing LNIC Canal. My decision is to implement the proposed action alternative. Decision and Finding of No Significant Impact Based upon a review of the EA and supporting documents, I have determined that implementing the proposal will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment, individually or cumulatively with other actions in the area. No environmental effects meet the definition of significance in context or intensity as defined at 40 CFR 1508.27. Therefore, an environmental impact statement is not required for this proposed action. This finding is based on consideration of the context and intensity as summarized here from the EA. Context The affected locality is the Logan and Northern Irrigation Company (LNIC) Canal located in Cache County, Utah. Affected interests include the LNIC, its shareholders, and the adjacent landowners. The project does not occur on Reclamation administered land and does not have national, regional, or state-wide importance. Intensity The following discussion is organized around the 10 significance criteria described in 40 CFR 1508.27. These criteria were incorporated into the resource analysis and issues considered in the EA. 1. Impacts may be both beneficial and adverse. The proposed action would impact resources as described in the EA. Mitigating measures were incorporated into the design of the action alternatives to reduce impacts. The predicted short- term effects of the proposed action include: minor amounts of fugitive dust during 1 construction, minor disturbance to wildlife if present during construction, and temporary access to the walking path and traffic movement where the canal crosses city streets during the construction process. The only predicted long-term effects may be a change in vegetation if trees and other shrubs must be removed to install the pipe. Beneficial effects include the elimination of water loss due to seepage, improved water quality, and a shoring up of water for shareholders down the line, especially in times of drought. None of the environmental effects discussed in detail in the EA are considered significant. None of the effects from the proposed action together with other past, current, and reasonably foreseeable actions rises to a significant cumulative impact. 2. The degree to which the selected alternative will affect public health or safety or a minority or low-income population. The proposal will have no significant impacts on public health or safety. No minority or low income community would be disproportionately affected by the proposed action. 3. Unique characteristics of the geographic area. There are no park lands, prime farmlands, wetlands, wild and scenic rivers, or ecologically critical areas that would be negatively affected by the proposal. 4. The degree to which the effects on the quality of the human environment are likely to be highly controversial. Reclamation contacted representatives of other federal agencies, state and local governments, public and private organization, and individuals regarding the proposal and its effects on resources. Based on the responses received, the effects on the proposal on the quality of the human environment are not highly controversial. 5. The degree to which the possible effects on the human environment are highly uncertain or involve unique or unknown risks. There are no predicted effects on the human environment that are considered highly uncertain or that involve unique or unknown risks. 6. The degree to which the action may establish a precedent for future actions with significant effects or represents a decision in principle about a future consideration. Implementing the action will not establish a precedent for future actions with significant effects and will not represent a decision in principle about a future consideration. 7. Whether the action is related to other actions which are individually insignificant but cumulatively significant. Cumulative impacts are possible when the effects of the proposed action are added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions as described under related NEPA documents above; however, significant cumulative effects are not predicted, as described in the EA. 2 8. The degree to which the action may adversely affect sites, districts, buildings, structures, and objects listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The State Historic Preservation Officer has concurred with a determination of no historic properties affected by the proposal. 9. The degree to which the action may adversely affect an endangered or threatened species or its habitat that has been determined to be critical under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. There are no Threatened or Endangered Species in the project area. Therefore a no effect determination was made. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made a site visit to the area and concurred with Reclamation's finding. 10. Whether the action threatens a violation of Federal, state, local, or tribal law, regulation or policy imposed for the protection of the environment. The project does not violate any federal, state, local, or tribal law, regulation, or policy imposed for the protection of the environment. In addition, this project is consistent with applicable land management plans, policies, and programs. State, local, and interested publics were given the opportunity to participate in the environmental analysis process. 3 Contents Page Chapter 1 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action .................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Background ................................................................................................ 1 1.2.1 WaterSMART ................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 The Logan and Northern Irrigation Canal ........................................ 1 1.3 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action ............................................... 4 1.4 Decisions to be Made ................................................................................. 5 1.5 Permits and Authorizations ........................................................................ 5 1.5.1 Natural Resource Protection Laws.................................................... 6 1.5.2 Cultural Resource Laws .................................................................... 6 1.5.3 Paleontological Resource Laws ........................................................ 6 1.6 Relationship to Other Projects ................................................................... 7 Chapter 2 Alternatives ........................................................................................ 8 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 8 2.2 No Action Alternative ...............................................................................
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