Response to Comments Table of Contents 1.0 Collation Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Comment Procedure ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Comment Tracking Method ........................................................................................................................ 2 2.0 Comments and Responses ............................................................................................................................... 2 3.0 Letters from Indian Tribes and Government Agencies ............................................................................... 238 Response to Comments Index By Resource Area: 02.0 – Non-Substantive Comments ............................................................................................................................... 3 03.0 – Out-of-Scope Comments .................................................................................................................................. 13 05.0 – General Comments ........................................................................................................................................... 29 10.0 – Climate and Snow Comments........................................................................................................................... 66 20.0 – Water and Watershed Resources Comments .................................................................................................... 69 25.0 – Vegetation Comments ...................................................................................................................................... 82 30.0 – Wildlife Comments ........................................................................................................................................... 83 35.0 – Fisheries Comments.......................................................................................................................................... 92 40.0 – Riparian Reserve Comments ............................................................................................................................ 92 55.0 – Heritage Resources Comments ......................................................................................................................... 94 60.0 – Recreation Comments ....................................................................................................................................... 96 65.0 – Visual Resources Comments .......................................................................................................................... 185 70.0 – Social and Economic Resources Comments ................................................................................................... 189 75.0 – Transportation Comments............................................................................................................................... 200 80.0 – Utilities Comments ......................................................................................................................................... 220 85.0 – Noise Comments ............................................................................................................................................. 222 90.0 – Land Use Comments....................................................................................................................................... 222 100.0 – Cumulative Effects Comments ..................................................................................................................... 231 By Individual: Aaron Van Lieu ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Abigail Watson ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Adam Wallas ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 Adam Wundrow .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Adele B. Eustis ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 Adrienne Carmin ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Ajay Ramachandran .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Alexandra Jaimes ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Alexandra Loeb ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Alicia Kimbrel ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Amy Gulick ............................................................................................................................................................... 222 Amy Philipson ............................................................................................................................................................. 57 Andre Schimmelbusch ............................................................................................................................... 153, 177, 214 Andrea Frangi .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Andrea Khalsa ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Andreas Niesen ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Andrey Borodachyov ......................................................................................................................................... 149, 185 Anita Sterling ............................................................................................................................................................... 96 The Summit-at-Snoqualmie Master Development Plan Proposal Final Environmental Impact Statement RTC-i Response to Comments Ann Marie Dahl ......................................................................................................................................... 164, 180, 181 Annalee Cobbett, JD .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Anne Fox ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Anne Hankins .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Annette Ramos ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Anthony Wong .......................................................................................................................................................... 177 Arran E. Thomson ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 B. Ladd ....................................................................................................................................................................... 57 B.J. Armo................................................................................................................................................................... 159 Babs Smith ......................................................................................................................................................... 200, 214 Barbara Grove ........................................................................................................................................................... 130 Barbara Marino ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Barbara Owen .............................................................................................................................................................. 57 Barbara Root .....................................................................................................................................................