JANUARY 2021 [DRAFT] ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Project Number R20088 PREPARED FOR: MAGIC CITY DISCOVERY CENTER MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA Draft Environmental Assessment For Magic City Discovery Center Children’s Museum Prepared for the Children’s Museum of Minot Point of Contact: Kevin Ploof, REHS/RS Ackerman-Estvold 1907 17th Street SE Minot, ND 58701 [email protected] January 2021 Contents ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (CONTINUED) ............................................................................... vi ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (CONTINUED) .............................................................................. vii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (CONTINUED) ............................................................................. viii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (CONTINUED) ............................................................................... ix 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 PURPOSE AND NEED ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 SCOPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 4 1.4 INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION ........................................................... 5 Interagency Coordination and Consultations ....................................................................................... 5 Government-to-Government Consultations ......................................................................................... 5 Other Agency Consultations ................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 PUBLIC AND AGENCY REVIEW ...................................................................................................... 6 1.6 DECISION TO BE MADE ................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES ................................................. 7 2.3 SELECTION STANDARDS FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ............................................................. 9 2.2.3 PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................... 10 Facility Construction Project ............................................................................................................ 10 3.1 SCOPE OF THE ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................. 12 3.2 NOISE ................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Definition of the Resource ................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 Noise Metrics ........................................................................................................................ 13 3.2.3 Noise Regulations ................................................................................................................. 13 3.2.4 Ambient Noise Levels ........................................................................................................... 15 3.2.5 Construction Sound Levels .................................................................................................. 16 3.2.6 Description of the Affected Environment .......................................................................... 16 3.3 AIR QUALITY .................................................................................................................................. 17 3.3.1 Definition of the Resource ......................................................................................................... 17 3.3.2 Criteria Air Pollutants .................................................................................................................. 19 i 3.3.3 Description Of The Affected Environment ........................................................................ 24 3.4 LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................ 26 3.4.1 Definition of Resource ................................................................................................................ 26 3.4.2 Description of the Affected Environment................................................................................. 26 3.5 TOPOGRAPHY AND SOILS .......................................................................................................... 28 3.5.1 Definition of the Resource ................................................................................................... 28 3.5.2 Description of the Affected Environment .......................................................................... 28 3.6 WATER RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 29 3.6.1 Definition of Resource ................................................................................................................ 29 3.6.2 Existing Conditions ...................................................................................................................... 30 3.7 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................ 34 3.7.1 Definition of the Resource ......................................................................................................... 34 3.7.2 Description of the Affected Environment................................................................................. 34 3.8 SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ..................................................................................... 38 3.8.1 Definition of Resource ......................................................................................................... 38 3.8.2 Description of the Affected Environment .......................................................................... 38 3.9 UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 40 3.9.1 Definition of the Resource ......................................................................................................... 40 3.9.2 Description of the Affected Environment................................................................................. 40 3.10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTES ............................................................................... 43 3.10.1 Definition of the Resource ................................................................................................... 43 3.10.2 Description of the Affected Environment .......................................................................... 43 SECTION 3.11 CULTURAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................... 45 3.11.1 Definition of Resource .............................................................................................................. 45 3.11.2 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................... 46 4.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 49 4.2 NOISE ................................................................................................................................................... 50 4.2.1 Environmental Consequences ............................................................................................. 50 4.3 AIR QUALITY........................................................................................................................................ 51 4.3.1 Environmental Consequences ............................................................................................. 51 4.3.2 Proposed Action ................................................................................................................... 51 ii 4.3.3 No Action Alternative ........................................................................................................... 52 4.4 LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................ 53 4.4.1 Environmental Consequences ................................................................................................... 53 4.4.2 Proposed Action .......................................................................................................................... 53 4.4.3 No Action Alternative ................................................................................................................. 53 4.5 TOPOGRAPHY AND SOILS ................................................................................................................ 54 4.5.1 Environmental Consequences ............................................................................................. 54 4.5.2 Proposed Action ..................................................................................................................