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U.S. EPA Environmental Assessment for the Town of Chino Valley, Arizona Municipal Water System Improvement Project Environmental Assessment for the Town of Chino Valley, Arizona Municipal Water System Improvement Project U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 November 2016 Page intentionally left blank Environmental Assessment, Town of Chino Valley, AZ Municipal Water System Improvement Yavapai County, AZ Contents ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................. iv PROPOSED PROJECT AND FUNDING STATUS ............................................... 1 1. Project Purpose and Need ........................................................................................... 1 Public Health Concerns and Inadequate System or System Components .................................. 1 2. Project Description ...................................................................................................... 1 Project Summary .......................................................................................................................... 1 Planning Area Description ............................................................................................................ 4 Planning Period ............................................................................................................................. 4 Description of Project Construction Phases ................................................................................. 6 Owner and Operator of the Facilities ............................................................................................ 6 Location of the Facilities ............................................................................................................... 6 3. Relevant Design Parameters ....................................................................................... 6 4. Project Cost ................................................................................................................. 6 Proposed Total Project Cost ......................................................................................................... 6 Portion of Total Project Cost Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ....... 6 EXISTING DRINKING WATER SYSTEM.............................................................. 8 1. Description of Distribution System ............................................................................... 8 2. Water Demand: Average, Peak ................................................................................... 8 3. Surface Water Source ................................................................................................. 8 4. Ground Water Source .................................................................................................. 8 5. Water Storage ............................................................................................................. 8 6. Raw Water Characteristics .......................................................................................... 8 7. Service Area ................................................................................................................ 8 NEED FOR PROPOSED PROJECT ................................................................... 10 1. Description of Need ....................................................................................................10 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................ 11 1. No Action ....................................................................................................................11 2. New Construction Alternatives ....................................................................................11 3. Preferred Alternative ...................................................................................................11 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, AND MITIGATION MEASURES .................................................................................. 12 1. Existing Environment ..................................................................................................12 Public Health Problems Due to Water Quality ............................................................................12 Water Quality Problems .............................................................................................................. 12 Surface & Ground Water Hydrology ........................................................................................... 12 Drinking Water Sources and Supply ........................................................................................... 14 November 2016 Page i Environmental Assessment, Town of Chino Valley, AZ Municipal Water System Improvement Yavapai County, AZ Physiography, Topography, Geology & Soils .............................................................................14 Federally Endangered & Threatened Species ............................................................................ 17 Archeological and Architectural Cultural Resources .................................................................. 19 Air Quality ................................................................................................................................... 20 Environmental Justice Information .............................................................................................. 21 Conditions, Minority & Low Income Areas (include median family income) ...............................21 Land Use & Development, Percent Impervious Cover, Pollutant Sources.................................22 Identification of Floodplains and Wetlands ................................................................................. 23 2. Direct Impacts ............................................................................................................23 3. Secondary Impacts of Future Growth and Development .............................................23 4. Cumulative Impacts ....................................................................................................23 5. No-Action Alternative ..................................................................................................32 6. Unavoidable Adverse Impacts ....................................................................................32 7. Minimization of Adverse Impacts ................................................................................32 8. Mitigation ....................................................................................................................32 9. Cross-cutter Environmental Laws and Coordination and Consultation Process ..........32 Archeological and Historic Preservation Act ...............................................................................32 Clean Air Act ............................................................................................................................... 32 Coastal Barrier Resources Act ................................................................................................... 33 Coastal Zone Management Act .................................................................................................. 33 Endangered Species Act ............................................................................................................ 33 Environmental Justice ................................................................................................................. 33 Floodplain Management ............................................................................................................. 33 Protection of Wetlands ................................................................................................................ 33 Farmland Protection Policy Act ................................................................................................... 33 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act .............................................................................................. 33 National Historic Preservation Act .............................................................................................. 33 Safe Drinking Water Act ............................................................................................................. 34 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ......................................................................................................... 34 Essential Fish Habitat ................................................................................................................. 34 REFERENCES.....................................................................................................36 November 2016 Page ii Environmental Assessment, Town of Chino Valley, AZ Municipal Water System Improvement Yavapai County, AZ List of Figures Figure 1. General Location ......................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Project Details ............................................................................................................. 3 Figure 3. Graphic Representation of a Branched Distribution System (Left) and a Looped Distribution System (Right)......................................................................................................... 4 Figure 4. Production, Storage, and Pressure Facility No. 1 ........................................................ 5 Figure 5. Production, Storage, and Pressure Facility No. 2 .......................................................
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