EARTH RESOURCES. CEQA FINDING NO. ER-3 Impact: Impact ER-3. Potential impacts may result from ground shaking. Finding(s): (1) Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project that mitigate or avoid the significant environmental effect as identified in the EIR and Addendum. FACTS SUPPORTING THE FINDING(S) The project site is located in a seismically active area where significant ground shaking from local earthquakes can be expected. One active fault (the Newport-Inglewood) is located 0.4 mile from the project site. Ground shaking impacts on the project site are considered to be moderate to high due to the proximity of known active faults within the region. Development of the proposed project may expose structures or persons to impacts associated with ground shaking. The significant effect has been substantially lessened to a level less than significant by virtue of the following mitigation measures identified in the EIR and incorporated into the project. MMs 1 and 2 under Earth Resources. Refer to page 9 of Exhibit C, Attachment C-1. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AFTER MITIGATION. With the mitigation described above, this impact is reduced to a less than significant level.
EARTH RESOURCES. Soils Affected Environment Review of the report Soil Survey of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, indicates that the Property is underlain by six soil types: Bama-Urban land complex, Smithdalefine xxxxx loam, Bama fine xxxxx loam, Shatta silt loam, Montevallo-Nauvoo complex, and Shatta- Urban land complex soils. Bama-Urban land complex is a well-drained soil that occurs on broad ridgetops and plateaus of the Coastal Plain uplands. Slopes range from 2 to 6 percent, and this soil is well suited to most engineering uses. Smithdale fine xxxxx loam is a deep, well-drained soil on ridgetops and side slopes of Coastal Plain uplands. Slopes range from 6 to 15 percent. This unit is commonly wooded and is well suited to both pasture and urban uses. Bama fine xxxxx loam is a deep, well-drained soil on xxxxx Coastal Plain uplands. Slopes range from 2 to 6 percent, and this soil is well suited to cultivated crops, pasture and hay, as well as woodlands. Shatta silt loam is a deep, moderately well drained soil that occurs primarily on the higher terraces of the Black Warrior River. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. This soil is well suited to cultivation, woodlands, and most urban uses. Motevallo- Nauvoo complex soils are both shallow and deep and occur in steep areas with slopes ranging from 15 to 45 percent. Most Montevallo-Nauvoo complex soils are woodlands, as shallow areas over rock and steep slopes are limitations for most agricultural uses. Shatta- Urban land complex soil consists of deep, moderately well drained soil on nearly level broad ridgetops and plateaus of Coastal Plain uplands. With slopes ranging from 0 to 2 percent, the soil is suited to most engineering and urban uses. The Property is in the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province of northwestern Alabama. More specifically, the Property lies within the Fall Line Hills district of the East Gulf Coastal Plain Physiographic Province. The Fall Line Hills district is an area where streams descend from the more resistant sedimentary rocks of the Cumberland Plateau to the less resistant sands and clays of the Coastal Plain. It is characterized by broad ridges separated by valleys. A review of maps published by the Alabama Geological Survey indicates that the Property is underlain by alluvium of the Black Warrior River. These deposits are Holocene (Recent) in age and consist of unconsolidated fine- to coarse-grained sand with lenses of gravel and clay. This formation ranges up to 60 feet in thickness in the Tuscaloo...
