Environmental Data Collection. The Engineer shall collect, assemble and review relevant, best available data from existing sources, including federal, state, regional and local governmental entities, and private companies to support the development of the project PEL Study. Data collected shall include, but may not be limited to: • Land Use - existing use plans and zoning data • Land Cover - local coverage of existing and/or future land cover DocuSign Envelope ID: 785B3B2A-F4AF-4760-B8CE-70103168FF83 • Demographics - census and local population • Neighborhoods and Community Resources • Administrative, schools, places of worship, and cemeteries • Visual and Aesthetic Qualities • Existing Transportation Facilities o Railroads –railroads, including grade crossings information o Future railroad lines proposed o Abandoned railroad lines o lntermodal facilities • Roadways - on system roads, plus local roadway layers available from counties and cities • Water Quality • Water Features - National Hydrography Dataset or larger scale • Air Quality • Noise - standards/thresholds • Hazardous Waste - contamination and hazardous material sites • Threatened and Endangered Species - site occurrence data from Texas Parks and Wildlife or US Fish & Wildlife Service and data on wildlife habitat/migration sites patterns • Natural Areas and Ecosystems • Parklands/Conservation Areas - local, state, and federal parks, wildlife management areas, and wilderness areas • Wetlands/Waters of the U.S./Hydric Soils - National Wetland Inventory (NWI) data and other wetlands data collected at the state, county, or municipal level • Wetland Reserve Program areas • Floodplains - FEMA flood prone areas (Q3 data), and any local data on flood prone areas • Historic and Cultural Resources - archeological sites/districts, historic sites/districts, and properties listed on the National Registry of Historic Places • Utilities/Transmission - major existing and proposed electric, water and petro- chemical lines • Power Stations - existing and proposed power stations (e.g. hydro, coal) • Digital Elevation Model - USGS, local topographic data including contour lines, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) (if available) • Existing Topographic Maps - Digital • Existing Mine and Quarry Locations • Soils - NRCS Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database • Prime Farmland • Geology- Geologic Atlas of Texas • Best Available Aerial Photography – at minimum, USGS Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle imagery, or best available imagery from state or local...
Environmental Data Collection. This Activity will support Government institutions involved in environmental protection and health, such as the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency (“KEPA”), the Kosovo Hydrometeorological Institute (“KHMI”), and the Kosovo Institute of Public Health (“KIPH”), to effectively monitor and report on select environmental indicators to a variety of stakeholders, including the public. The Activity will also strengthen the ability of civil society to interpret the data in order to engage more productively with the Government on environmental and health issues. There may be other factors that drive KEPA and KHMI’s ability to report data and use data for decision making, including incentives (both within the organization and in the environment in which KEPA operates), organizational structures, organizational processes, and staff knowledge. This Activity will discern the root causes of performance gaps as well as the assets and strengths that target organizations can leverage to improve performance. It will analyze factors that prevent data from being shared and used for decision-making. The Activity will address these constraints by working at the institutional level to deal with organizational processes and structures that create openings for data-driven decision making. Proposed interventions include: • Supporting a needs assessment of the factors that drive KEPA’s ability to report and use data for decision-making, as well as current monitoring, data collection, reporting capacity for air, land and water, gaps in target indicators, and assessment of where other institutions are collecting environmental data; • Providing support to ensure all equipment that monitors air quality is well placed, functional and communicating data automatically on the indicators of air quality that are currently measured, and ensuring that KEPA is able to keep those assets properly maintained and calibrated; • Improving KEPA’s environmental data management platform and reporting ability, ensuring data is shared regularly and publically in a machine-readable format; • Supporting a needs assessment of KIPH’s data analysis and communication capacity; • Improving communication and coordination between KIPH, KEPA, and KHMI regarding the frequency, location, elements and parameters of data needs; and • Improving KIPH’s capacity to use environmental data to identify risks, prevent disease and the health consequences of environmental hazards. In order to xxxxxx a constructive relationshi...
Environmental Data Collection. The Consultant will develop an environmental study area and collect preliminary environmental data associated with the proposed project. All reasonable and feasible alternatives (up to three proposed alignment concepts (build alternatives) and the no-build are assumed for estimating purposes) will be assessed for the social, economic, and environmental impacts area, including: • Air Quality • Community • Construction Impacts • Cultural Resources • Economic • Endangered Species • Energy • Environmental Justice and Title VI • Farmland • Fish and Wildlife • Floodplains • Forest Service Property • Hazardous Materials • Land Use and Land Cover • Migratory Birds • Noise Quality • Protected Waters • Public Recreation Lands • Public Drinking Supplies • Relocation of Homes and Businesses • Secondary and Cumulative Impacts • Section 4(f)/6(f) • Social • Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities • Underground Storage Tanks • Visual • Streams impact • Water Quality • Wetlands impacts
