1

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nt lo

go

Janu

ary

16, 2

013

Plan

Vie

w o

f HyL

ife F

oods

and

IWW

TF E

xpan

sion

13

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nt lo

go

Janu

ary

16, 2

013

Envi

ronm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent –

How

doe

s it

wor

k?

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escr

ibe

the

proj

ect

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entif

y in

puts

/out

puts

of t

he p

roje

ct

•D

escr

ibe

the

exis

ting

envi

ronm

ent

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valu

ate

the

inte

ract

ions

bet

wee

n th

e pr

ojec

t and

the

exis

ting

envi

ronm

ent

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evel

op m

anag

emen

t and

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

to re

duce

or e

limin

ate

pote

ntia

l env

ironm

enta

l effe

cts

•D

eter

min

e re

sidu

al e

ffect

s re

mai

ning

afte

r miti

gatio

n

14

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nt lo

go

Janu

ary

16, 2

013

Envi

ronm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent –

Wha

t did

we

look

at?

Phy

sica

l Env

ironm

ent

•S

oil

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roun

dwat

er•

Surfa

ce W

ater

•A

ir

Bio

logi

cal E

nviro

nmen

t•

Vege

tatio

n an

d W

ildlif

e•

Aqua

tic R

esou

rces

Cul

tura

l Env

ironm

ent

•Ar

chae

olog

ical

and

Her

itage

Fea

ture

s

15

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nt lo

go

Janu

ary

16, 2

013

Prel

imin

ary

Find

ings

of t

he E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sses

smen

t

Surf

ace

Wat

er a

nd A

quat

ic R

esou

rces

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e pr

opos

ed a

ltera

tions

will

allo

w e

xpan

sion

at H

yLife

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ds w

hile

stil

l m

eetin

g tre

atm

ent r

equi

rem

ents

of t

he R

3 In

nova

tions

IWW

TF E

nviro

nmen

t A

ct L

icen

ce•

Env

ironm

ent A

ct L

icen

ce28

70 is

sued

for t

he R

3 In

nova

tions

IWW

TF in

clud

es

limits

for f

low

and

qua

lity

to e

nsur

e pr

otec

tion

of s

urfa

ce w

ater

and

aqu

atic

re

sour

ces

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mg/

L To

tal N

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en–

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g/L

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l Pho

spho

rus

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g/L

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uspe

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00 M

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/ 100

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i < 2

00 M

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uent

can

not b

e ac

utel

y le

thal

to fi

sh–

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R3

Inno

vatio

ns IW

WTF

is d

esig

ned

and

licen

ced

to tr

eat u

p to

1,5

20 m

3 /day

–Th

e pr

opos

ed a

ltera

tions

wou

ld p

rodu

ce a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1,

100

to 1

,200

m3 /d

ay

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o su

rfac

e w

ater

or a

quat

ic re

sour

ces

conc

erns

16

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nt lo

go

Janu

ary

16, 2

013

Prel

imin

ary

Find

ings

of t

he E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sses

smen

tSo

ils, V

eget

atio

n an

d W

ildlif

e•

Soils

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a co

nsis

t of f

ine

to m

ediu

m g

rain

ed b

row

n sa

nd a

nd s

ilty

grey

sa

nds

•Ve

geta

tion

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a ha

s be

en p

revi

ousl

y al

tere

d to

agr

icul

tura

l cro

p la

nd

•Ve

geta

tion

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a co

nsis

ts m

ainl

y of

hay

mea

dow

com

pose

d pr

imar

ily o

f Al

falfa

and

spe

cies

of B

lue

Gra

ss w

ith w

illow

s in

the

area

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opos

ed u

pgra

des

to o

ccur

in a

nd a

roun

d pr

evio

usly

dis

turb

ed a

reas

on

an a

ctiv

e in

dust

rial s

ite

•Th

ere

is n

o na

tive

vege

tatio

n in

the

proj

ect s

ite

•N

o so

ils, v

eget

atio

n or

wild

life

conc

erns

Futu

re c

asin

gs e

xpan

sion

are

aFu

ture

cut

floo

r exp

ansi

on a

rea

Futu

re c

oole

r/sna

p ch

ill ar

ea