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Chapter6 Environmental Inventory DRAFT Existing Conditions Report New Haven Hartford Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation Study Chapter 6 Environmental Inventory As noted in Chapter 5, while the environmental effects of implementing commuter rail would generally be expected to be fairly minimal, a cursory review of existing socio- economic and environmental conditions is being performed to ensure that there are no environmental “fatal flaws”, or “red flags” that would hinder implementation of commuter rail service. For the purposes of this inventory, secondary sources of information were reviewed and field work was generally not conducted. This chapter considers resources in the natural environment. 6.1 Surface Water Resources Numerous watercourses intersect the rail study corridor from New Haven, Connecticut to Springfield, Massachusetts. Any impacts on surface waters in Connecticut are regulated by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s (CT DEP) Inland Waters Resources Division (for non-navigable inland wetlands) and Office of Long Island Sound Programs (for tidal and navigable wetlands), and by the US Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 process. If this study moves forward past the feasibility stage, all necessary permits will be obtained through the agencies cited above.. Major watercourses are listed below by town and are briefly described in terms of their location. (There may be other crossings of unnamed streams that would need to be assessed if the study moves forward). This information was obtained from the United States Geological Service (USGS) Quadrangle Maps that comprise the project study area. Locations of water crossings were not field verified for this planning level study, thus specific characteristics of each crossing are not available. Surface water resources obtained as hydrography data layers from CT and MA GIS are pictured in Figures 6.1-1 through 6.1-3. With respect to water quality, designated uses and descriptions of surface water quality classifications developed by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) are presented in Table 6.1-1 for freshwater resources and Table 6.1-2 for marine and/or brackish water resources. Freshwater streams that are not classified by the CTDEP for water quality are presumed Class A, which is the default classification assigned by CTDEP to all freshwater surface waters where water quality data is unavailable. No water quality information is readily available in electronic form for the watercourses located in the Massachusetts portion of the corridor. There are no public surface supply watersheds in proximity to the study area. ________________________________________________________________________ Page 6-1 k o o r B 15 r RQ e h c Exit 66 l e B . 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