Project vicinity. Scoping is also the first stage in the development of a comprehensive environmental document that meets the statutory requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FHWA will use this NEPA document as the basis for its decision to approve or not approve this project for design and construction. One of the purposes of scoping was to provide early notification of the project to the Ketchikan local governments, regulatory agencies, Alaska Native organizations, and the public. Early participation prevents misconceptions, curtails unnecessary delays to satisfy information requests, and fulfills the requirements of the NEPA process in a cost- effective manner. The scoping process identifies potential benefits, concerns, issues, and information sources related to the project as well as the need for special studies. Scoping is the means to solicit input from the public and agencies about the types of issues and the range of alternatives to include in the NEPA analysis. Another purpose of scoping is to help define the ‘ scope’ of study required for the NEPA process and to focus preliminary engineering efforts. The goals for the Xxxxxxx Access Project scoping process include: • to identify potentially interested parties • to inform them of the project and receive their input on issues of concern • to establish the public record of this input. This document is the public record of the scoping activities undertaken for the Xxxxxxx Access Project. Appendix A contains the project’ s scoping outreach materials, Appendix B contains agency scoping materials, and Appendix C contains public scoping materials. In particular Appendices B and C contain the public and agency comment received by the project team in various forms of communication before, during, and after the various events described below. Telephone conversations and meetings documented by the project team and all written correspondence are included.
Project vicinity. The Project is located on 1.91 net acres of undisturbed desert land on the southeast corner of Little Morongo Road and San Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, in the City of Desert Hot Springs, California. Total Project Area: 2.30 gross acres Assessor’s Parcel Number: 000-000-000 Section, Township & Range Description or reference: A Portion of Parcels 1, 2, 3, 4RS 49/32 Section 1, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Base Line & Meridian The 1.91-acre site consists of vacant desert land and is located on the southeast corner of Little Morongo Road and San Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. The Project site contains slight to moderate amounts of typical desert vegetation (scrub brush and low‐lying plants). Topographically, the site drains to the south/southeast. The site has no street improvements and has street access via Little Morongo Road, a two lane paved road. East of the property is the Coachella Valley Multi- Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP) Morongo Wash Conservation Area. The entire site is within two Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood zones AO, with a depth of 1’ and velocity of 5 FPS. The location of the Project site is shown below in Exhibit 1 and 2. XXXXXXX BOULEVARD PALM DRIVE CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS NORTH INDIAN CANYON DRIVE UNINCORPORATED AREA IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TWO BUNCH PALMS TRAIL SAN XXXXXXX XXXX LITTLE MORONGO ROAD CABOT ROAD SAN XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX ROAD Vicinity Map XXXXX VENTURE, LLC. Initial Study N.T.S. 1 SAN XXXXXXXX XXXX LITTLE MORONGO ROAD PROJECT SITE APN: 000-000-000 Aerial Photograph N.T.S. 2 XXXXX VENTURE, LLC. Initial Study
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