SuffolkSuffolk CountyCounty VectorVector Control & Wetlands Management Long TermTerm PlanPlan && Environmental Impact Statement Task 8: Impact Assessment Task Report Appendix to the Quantitative Risk Assessment: Mastic BeachBeach-Shirley Risk Assessment Report Prepared for: Suffolk County Department of Public Works Suffolk County Department of Health Services Suffolk County, New York Prepared by: CASHIN ASSOCIATES, P.C. 1200 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY November 20052005 Suffolk County Vector Control and Wetlands Management Long-Term Plan Mastic Beach – Shirley Risk Assessment Task Eight – Impact Assessment August 2005 SUFFOLK COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL AND WETLANDS MANAGEMENT LONG - TERM PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROJECT SPONSOR Steve Levy Suffolk County Executive Department of Public Works Department of Health Services Charles J. Bartha, P.E. Brian L. Harper, M.D., M.P.H. Commissioner Commissioner Richard LaValle, P.E. Vito Minei, P.E. Chief Deputy Commissioner Director, Division of Environmental Quality Leslie A. Mitchel Deputy Commissioner PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Manager: Walter Dawydiak, P.E., J.D. Chief Engineer, Division of Environmental Quality, Suffolk County Department of Health Services Suffolk County Department of Suffolk County Department of Public Works, Division of Health Services, Office of Ecology Vector Control Martin Trent Dominick V. Ninivaggi Acting Chief Superinte ndent Kim Shaw Tom Iwanejko Bureau Supervisor Principal Environmental Robert M. Waters Entomologist Bureau Supervisor Mary E. Dempsey Laura Bavaro Biologist Environmental Analyst Phil DeBlasi Environmental Analyst Jeanine Schlosser Principal Clerk Cashin Associates, PC i Suffolk County Vector Control and Wetlands Management Long-Term Plan Mastic Beach – Shirley Risk Assessment Task Eight – Impact Assessment August 2005 SUFFOLK COUNTY LONG TERM PLAN CONSULTANT TEAM Cashin Associates, P.C. Hauppauge, NY Subconsultants Cameron Engineering, L.L.P. Syosset, NY Integral Consulting Annapolis, MD Bowne Management Systems, Inc. Mineola, NY Kamazima Lwiza, PhD Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Ducks Unlimited Stony Brook, NY Steven Goodbred, PhD & Laboratory Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY RTP Environmental Westbury, NY Sinnreich, Safar & Kosakoff Central Islip, NY Bruce Brownawell, PhD & Laboratory Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Anne McElroy, PhD & Laboratory Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Andrew Spielman, PhD Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Richard Pollack, PhD Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Masahiko Hachiya, PhD Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Wayne Crans, PhD Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Susan Teitelbaum, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY Zawicki Vector Management Consultants Freehold, NJ Michael Bottini, Turtle Researcher East Hampton, NY Robert Turner, PhD & Laboratory Southampton College, NY Christopher Gobler, PhD & Laboratory Southampton College, NY Jerome Goddard, PhD Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson, MS Sergio Sanudo, PhD & Laboratory Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Robert Cerrato, PhD Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Suffolk County Department of Health Hauppauge, NY Services, Division of Environmental Quality Cashin Associates, PC ii Suffolk County Vector Control and Wetlands Management Long-Term Plan Mastic Beach – Shirley Risk Assessment Task Eight – Impact Assessment August 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THIS PART LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS....................................................................vi 1. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................1 References...............................................................................................................................7 2. LAND USE SETTING...................................................................................................................8 References.............................................................................................................................12 3. ECOLOGICAL HABITAT SETTING............................................................................................13 3.1 Aquatic Settings ..............................................................................................................13 3.2 Transitional Settings .......................................................................................................13 3.3 Terrestrial Settings ..........................................................................................................17 3.4 Unique/Sensitive/Critical Environments ........................................................................18 References.............................................................................................................................22 4. ANIMAL SPECIES LISTINGS AND SURVEYS .............................................................................23 References.............................................................................................................................46 5. VEGETATION SPECIES LISTINGS .............................................................................................47 References.............................................................................................................................54 LIST OF MAPS Map 1 Mastic Beach-Shirley Key Map.................................................................................................2 Map 2 Mastic Beach-Shirle y Quad Map...............................................................................................3 Map 3 Mastic Beach-Shirley Soils Map ...............................................................................................4 Map 4 Mastic Beach-Shirley Land Use Map.........................................................................................9 Map 5 Mastic Beach-Shirley Wetlands Map....................................................................................... 14 Cashin Associates, PC iii Suffolk County Vector Control and Wetlands Management Long-Term Plan Mastic Beach – Shirley Risk Assessment Task Eight – Impact Assessment August 2005 LIST OF TABLES 1-1. Soil Types within Mastic Beach-Shirley Risk Assessment Area and Buffer Zone.................5 1-2. Summary of Ecological Habitat Settings within Mastic Beach-Shirley Risk Assessment Area.........................................................................................................................................6 2-1. Existing Land Use in the Risk Assessment Area and Buffer Zone .......................................11 4-1. Artificial Ponds......................................................................................................................23 4-2. Tidal Creeks...........................................................................................................................24 4-3. Freshwater Marsh..................................................................................................................26 4-4. Red Maple Swamp.................................................................................................................28 4-5. Salt Marsh Meadow (High Marsh)........................................................................................29 4-6. Salt Shrub...............................................................................................................................30 4-7. Intertidal Marsh (Low Marsh) ...............................................................................................30 4-8. Salt Panne ..............................................................................................................................30 4-9. Intertidal Bars, Mudflats........................................................................................................31 4-10. Shoreline..............................................................................................................................32 4-11. Pitch Pine – Scrub Oak Barrens ..........................................................................................33 4-12. Coastal Oak – Hickory Woodland .......................................................................................34 4-13. Mowed Lawn with Trees.....................................................................................................35 4-14. Mowed Lawns (>30% tree cover).......................................................................................35 4-15. Unique/Sensitive/Critical Environments .............................................................................36 4-16. Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Documented Species.................................................38 4-17. Unique/Rare/Threatened/Endangered Species ....................................................................44 5-1. Freshwater Marsh..................................................................................................................47 5-2. Red Maple Swamp.................................................................................................................48 5-3. Salt Marsh Meadow (High Marsh)........................................................................................49 5-4. Salt Shrub...............................................................................................................................50 5-5. Intertidal Marsh (Low Marsh) ...............................................................................................50