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Izembek Comment Analysis Report 2010 JULY 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... ii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................... ii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................ ii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. iii 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT ............................................................................... 1 1.3 ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC COMMENT .............................................................................. 2 2.0 STATEMENTS OF CONCERN .................................................................................................. 8 Biological Resources - General (BIO) ............................................................................................. 9 Biological Resources - Fish (BIO FISH) ...................................................................................... 10 Biological Resources - Threatened & Endangered Species (BIO T&E) ....................................... 13 Biological Resources - Vegetation (BIO VEG) ............................................................................. 16 Biological Resources - Wetlands & Aquatic Communities (BIO WET) ....................................... 17 Biological Resources – Wildlife (BIO WILD) .............................................................................. 22 Cooperating Agencies (COOP) ...................................................................................................... 42 Data and Available Information (DATA) ...................................................................................... 43 Editorial (EDI) ............................................................................................................................... 55 Government to Government Consultation (G2G) .......................................................................... 60 Legislative History (HIST) ............................................................................................................ 61 NEPA Impact Analysis Methods (IAM) ........................................................................................ 63 Mitigation Measures (MIT) ........................................................................................................... 66 Physical Resources (PHY) ............................................................................................................. 70 Physical Resources - Climate & Air Quality (PHY AQ) ............................................................... 71 Physical Resources - Environmental Contaminants & Ecological Risk Assessment (PHY CON) ...................................................................................................................... 73 Physical Resources - Hydrology (PHY HYD) ............................................................................... 74 Proposed Action and Alternatives (PAA) ...................................................................................... 75 Public Involvement and Scoping Process (PUB) ........................................................................... 81 Purpose and Need of the Action (P&N)......................................................................................... 82 Federal/State Permits, Approvals, Laws, Regulations, and Policies (REG) .................................. 85 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange/Road Corridor EIS i Comment Analysis Report JULY 2012 Socioeconomic Resources (SER) .................................................................................................. 93 Socioeconomic Resources - Archeological/Cultural Resources (SER ARC) ................................ 95 Socioeconomic Resources - Cultural Values (SER CUL) ............................................................. 97 Socioeconomic Resources - Environmental Justice (SER EJ) ....................................................... 98 Socioeconomic Resources - Health and Safety (SER H&S) ......................................................... 99 Socioeconomic Resources - Land Use, Public Use, Recreation, Visual Resources (SER LAND) .................................................................................................................. 102 Socioeconomic Resources - Public Revenue and Fiscal Considerations (SER REV) ................. 110 Socioeconomic Resources - Road Design, Bridges, Transportation, Planning and Transportation Systems (air, water and road) (SER ROAD) .......................................... 113 Socioeconomic Resources - Subsistence (SER SUB) .................................................................. 125 Socioeconomic Resources - Wilderness (SER WILD) ................................................................ 127 Comment Acknowledged (ACK) ................................................................................................ 131 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Public Meetings, Locations and Dates ................................................................................ 2 Table 2 Issue Categories for Draft EIS Comments .......................................................................... 4 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Comments by Issue ............................................................................................................. 7 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Unique Submission and Comment Index Appendix B Statements of Concern for Form Letters Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange/Road Corridor EIS ii Comment Analysis Report JULY 2012 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS APA Administrative Procedure Act Draft EIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement EIS Environmental Impact Statement ESA Endangered Species Act Final EIS Final Environmental Impact Statement NEPA National Environmental Policy Act the Act Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 USC United States Code Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange/Road Corridor EIS iii Comment Analysis Report JULY 2012 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Service has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that analyzes the impacts of a proposed land exchange with the State of Alaska and the King Cove Corporation for the purpose of construction and operation of a single-lane gravel road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska. This Comment Analysis Report provides an analytical summary of some 71,960 submissions providing comments on the Draft EIS. The background to this EIS is provided in Section 1.1, while Section 1.2 describes the opportunities for public comment on the Draft EIS. Section 1.3 presents the methodology used by the Service in reviewing, sorting, and synthesizing substantive comments within each submission into common themes. Since NEPA requires that all substantive comments be considered and addressed in the Final EIS, a careful and deliberate approach has been undertaken to ensure that all substantive public comments were captured from the large volume of submissions. Section 2.0 describes the summary statements, referred to as Statements of Concern, which synthesize the key issues from similar individual comments. A comment index is provided in Appendix A, linking commenters to the applicable Statements of Concern. Appendix B shows the text of the form letters received, and the applicable Statements of Concern for each. For form letters, a complete list of those who signed will be available in the Administrative Record. 1.1 BACKGROUND In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (the Act), Congress directed the Secretary of the Interior to prepare an EIS to conduct an analysis of the proposed land exchange with the State of Alaska and the King Cove Corporation. In addition, the Act required an analysis of a road corridor through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in designated wilderness between the communities of Cold Bay and King Cove, Alaska. The project planning team includes the Service as the lead agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration - Western Federal Lands Division, State of Alaska, Aleutians East Borough, City of King Cove, King Cove Corporation, the Agdaagux Tribe, and the Belkofski Tribe as formal cooperators. The Environmental Protection Agency and Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council also are working with the planning team, though they are not formal cooperators. The Service conducted public involvement and scoping in 2010 and developed and analyzed alternatives in 2010 and 2011. 1.2 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT During the public comment period, public meetings were held to inform and to solicit comments from the public on the Draft EIS. The format for the public meetings consisted of an open house, followed by an opportunity for comments. During the open house, representatives from the Service, the cooperating agencies, and third-party EIS team were available to discuss the project and answer questions. The public meetings were documented by a court reporter.
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