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Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge Project Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge Project SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 08-SBd-0-Mount Vernon Avenue City of San Bernardino, Mount Vernon Avenue EA 965120/BRLS-6507(003) Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation Prepared by the State of California, Department of Transportation The environmental review, consultation, and any other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by Caltrans pursuant to 23 USC 327 and the Memorandum of Understanding dated December 23, 2016, and executed by FHWA and Caltrans. May 2018 General Information about This Document What’s in This Document: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), as assigned by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA), which examines the potential environmental impacts of the alternatives being considered for the proposed project located in the City of San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. Caltrans is the lead agency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The document tells you why the project is being proposed, what alternatives we have considered for the project, how the existing environment could be affected by the project, the potential impacts of each of the alternatives, and the proposed avoidance, minimization, and/or mitigation measures. What You Should Do: • Please read this document. • Additional copies of this document are available for review at the following locations. This document may be downloaded at the following website (include web page address). Norman F. Feldheym Public Library SBCTA Caltrans District 8 555 W 6th St, 1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor 464 W. 4th Street San Bernardino, CA 92410 San Bernardino, CA San Bernardino, CA 92401 (Closed Fridays and Sundays) 92410-1715 • We’d like to hear what you think. If you have any comments about the proposed project, please send your written comments to Caltrans District 8 by the deadline. • Send comments via postal mail: Caltrans District 8 ATTN: Aaron Burton, Senior Environmental Planner Environmental Special Projects “C” 464 West Fourth Street, 6th Floor, MS 760, San Bernardino, California 92401-1400 • Send comments by email to: [email protected]. (Please include “Comments on Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge Environmental Assessment - BRLS-6507(003)” in the subject line.) • Be sure to send comments by the deadline: June 29, 2018. What Happens Next: After comments are received from the public and reviewing agencies, Caltrans, as assigned by FHWA, may (1) give environmental approval to the proposed project, (2) do additional environmental studies, or (3) abandon the project. If the project is given environmental approval and funding is obtained, Caltrans could design and construct all or part of the project. Alternative Formats: For individuals with sensory disabilities, this document can be made available in Braille, with large print, on audiocassette, or on computer disk. To obtain a copy in one of these alternate formats, please write to Caltrans District 8, ATTN: Aaron Burton, Senior Environmental Planner, Environmental Special Projects “C”, 464 West Fourth Street, 6th Floor, MS 760; call 909-383-2841; or use the California Relay Service, 1 (800) 735-2929 (TTY), or 711. This page is intentionally left blank. This page is intentionally left blank. Contents Page Chapter 1 Proposed Project .......................................................................... 1-1 1.1 NEPA Assignment ...................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Introduction................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.2.1 Existing Facility ................................................................................................................ 1-2 1.2.2 Project History .................................................................................................................. 1-7 1.2.3 Purpose and Need ........................................................................................................... 1-9 1.2.4 Social Demands or Economic Development ................................................................. 1-10 1.2.5 Modal Interrelationships and System Linkages ............................................................. 1-11 1.2.6 Independent Utility and Logical Termini ......................................................................... 1-12 1.3 Project Description ................................................................................................... 1-13 1.4 Alternatives............................................................................................................... 1-13 1.4.1 Proposed Build Alternative ............................................................................................. 1-13 1.4.2 No-Build Alternative ....................................................................................................... 1-29 1.4.3 Comparison of Alternatives ............................................................................................ 1-29 1.4.4 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated From Further Discussion ................................ 1-30 1.5 Permits and Approvals Needed ................................................................................ 1-32 Chapter 2. Affected Environment, Environmental Consequences, and Avoidance, Minimization, and/or Mitigation Measures ........................................... 2-1 2.1 Human Environment................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Land Use .......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Parks and Recreational Facilities ................................................................................... 2-12 2.1.3 Growth ............................................................................................................................ 2-14 2.1.4 Community Impacts ....................................................................................................... 2-15 2.1.5 Relocations and Real Property Acquisition .................................................................... 2-23 2.1.6 Environmental Justice .................................................................................................... 2-30 2.1.7 Utilities/Emergency Services ......................................................................................... 2-37 2.1.8 Traffic and Transportation/Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities ......................................... 2-41 2.1.9 Visual/Aesthetics ............................................................................................................ 2-59 2.1.10 Cultural Resources......................................................................................................... 2-64 2.2 Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 2-77 2.2.1 Water Quality and Storm Water Runoff ......................................................................... 2-77 2.2.2 Geology/Soils/Seismicity/Topography ........................................................................... 2-87 2.2.3 Paleontology .................................................................................................................. 2-90 Supplemental Environmental Assessment i Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge Project Table of Contents 2.2.4 Hazardous Waste/Materials ........................................................................................... 2-92 2.2.5 Air Quality ..................................................................................................................... 2-110 2.2.6 Noise ............................................................................................................................ 2-127 2.3 Biological Environment ........................................................................................... 2-151 2.3.1 Natural Communities.................................................................................................... 2-151 2.3.2 Wetlands and Other Waters ......................................................................................... 2-155 2.3.3 Plant Species ............................................................................................................... 2-156 2.3.4 Animal Species ............................................................................................................ 2-166 2.3.5 Threatened and Endangered Species ......................................................................... 2-181 2.3.6 Invasive Species .......................................................................................................... 2-183 2.4 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................................ 2-185 2.4.1 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................................................ 2-185 2.4.1.1 Community Impacts ................................................................................................. 2-186 2.4.1.2 Relocations and Real Property Acquisitions ........................................................... 2-187 2.4.1.3 Environmental Justice .............................................................................................
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