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Biological Resources Survey Report Appendix F Appendix F BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT Biological Resources Survey Report for the Monterey Regional Airport Master Plan and Associated Development Projects, Monterey County, California JULY 2018 PREPARED FOR Coffman Associates PREPARED BY SWCA Environmental Consultants DRAFT EIR F-1 DRAFT EIR F-2 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT FOR THE MONTEREY REGIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for Coffman Associates 4835 East Cactus Road, Suite 235 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Attn: Judi Krauss, Environmental Planner Prepared by Travis Belt, B.S. Senior Biologist SWCA Environmental Consultants 1422 Monterey Street, Suite C200 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7095 www.swca.com SWCA Project No. 37212 July 2018 DRAFT EIR F-3 DRAFT EIR F-4 Monterey Regional Airport Master Plan and Associated Development Projects Biological Resources Survey Report CONTENTS 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Location ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Project Description ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Proposed Project ................................................................................................................. 1 1.2.2 Comparison of Project Alternatives .................................................................................... 6 2 Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Literature Review and Field Surveys ........................................................................................... 7 2.2 Short-Term Project Study Areas ................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Special-Status Biological Resources Investigated for Potential Occurrence ................................ 8 3 Survey Results ..................................................................................................................................... 25 3.1 Topography and Soils ................................................................................................................. 25 3.2 Vegetative Communities ............................................................................................................ 25 3.2.1 Ruderal .............................................................................................................................. 25 3.2.2 Pinus Radiata Forest (Monterey Pine Forest) ................................................................... 25 3.2.3 Arctostaphylos Pumila Shrubland (Sandmat Manzanita Chaparral) ................................ 26 3.2.4 Quercus Agrifolia Woodland Alliance (Coast live oak Woodland) ................................. 26 3.2.5 Baccharis Pilularis Shrubland Alliance (Coyote Brush Scrub)......................................... 26 3.2.6 Salix lasiolepis Shrubland (Arroyo Willow Thickets) ...................................................... 29 3.3 Special-Status Plants Observed in the Study Areas .................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Sandmat Manzanita (Arctostaphylos pumila) ................................................................... 30 3.3.2 Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens) ................................................................. 30 3.3.3 Eastwood’s Goldenbush (Ericameria fasciculata) ........................................................... 30 3.3.4 Monterey Ceanothus (Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus) .................................................. 30 3.3.5 Yadon’s Piperia (Piperia yadonii) .................................................................................... 33 3.3.6 Seaside Bird’s Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis) ............................................... 33 3.3.7 Small-Leaved Lomatium (Lomatium parvifolium) ........................................................... 33 3.3.8 Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) ......................................................................................... 33 3.4 Federal and State Protected Wildlife .......................................................................................... 34 3.4.1 Migratory Birds ................................................................................................................. 34 3.4.2 California Red-Legged Frog (Rana draytonii) ................................................................. 34 3.4.3 California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) ................................................. 35 3.4.4 California Red-Legged Frog and California Tiger Salamander Discussion ..................... 35 3.4.5 California Legless Lizards (Anniella pulchra pulchra, A. p. nigra) ................................. 36 3.4.6 Federal and State Regulated Habitats ............................................................................... 36 4 Regulatory Overview ......................................................................................................................... 37 4.1 Federal Policies and Regulations ................................................................................................ 37 4.1.1 Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 ......................................................................... 37 4.1.2 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 ................................................................................... 38 4.1.3 Section 404 of the Clean Water Act ................................................................................. 38 4.2 State Policies and Regulations .................................................................................................... 38 4.2.1 California Fish and Game Code ........................................................................................ 38 4.2.2 California Endangered Species Act of 1984 ..................................................................... 39 4.2.3 Section 401 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 .................................................................... 39 4.2.4 Senate Bill 1334 ................................................................................................................ 39 5 Thresholds of Significance ................................................................................................................. 40 i DRAFT EIR F-5 Monterey Regional Airport Master Plan and Associated Development Projects Biological Resources Survey Report 6 Short-Term Projects Impact Analysis .............................................................................................. 40 6.1 Threshold #1: Candidate, Sensitive, or Special-Status Species .................................................. 40 6.1.1 Proposed Project ............................................................................................................... 41 6.1.2 Alternative 1 ..................................................................................................................... 45 6.1.3 Threshold 1 Proposed Project and Alternative 1 Compared Impacts ............................... 49 6.2 Threshold #2: Riparian Habitat or Sensitive Natural Community.............................................. 49 6.2.1 Proposed Project ............................................................................................................... 50 6.2.2 Alternative 1 ..................................................................................................................... 50 6.3 Threshold #3: Wetlands .............................................................................................................. 50 6.4 Threshold #4: Movement of Resident or Migratory Species ...................................................... 51 6.5 Threshold #5: Local Policies or Ordinances Regarding Biological Resources .......................... 51 6.5.1 Proposed Project ............................................................................................................... 52 6.5.2 Alternative 1 ..................................................................................................................... 53 6.6 Threshold #6: Conflict with a Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other Conservation Plan .......................................................................... 54 7 Short-Term Projects Mitigation ........................................................................................................ 54 7.1 Threshold #1: Candidate, Sensitive, or Special-status Species................................................... 54 7.1.1 Sandmat Manzanita Proposed Project .............................................................................. 54 7.1.2 Sandmat Manzanita Alternative 1 ..................................................................................... 57 7.1.3 Monterey Pine Proposed Project and Alternative 1 .......................................................... 57 7.1.4 Eastwood’s Goldenbush Proposed Project and Alternative 1 ........................................... 57 7.1.5 Monterey Ceanothus Proposed Project and Alternative 1 ................................................ 57 7.1.6 Small-Leaved Lomatium Proposed Project
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