I-5 - Reconstruct Interchange at NE 134th - Environmental Assessment (EA) Download

The Environmental Assessment (EA) is a document that the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Clark County Public Works Department has prepared in efforts to evaluate the proposed Build Alternative and No Build Alternative and their potential effects on the natural and built environments within the Salmon Creek area.

The 30-day comment period began November 12, 2009 and closed on December 11, 2009.

There are a couple of ways to receive and/or review the EA:

• View the EA below (you need to have a free copy of Adobe® Reader® installed on your computer to correctly view these documents)
• Request a free CD-rom
  Please be sure to provide your name, phone number and mailing address in the e-mail.
• View a hardcopy in your local community:
  - Fort Vancouver Regional Community Library
  - Three Creeks Community Library
  - Washington State University Vancouver Community Library
  - Washington State Library

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

• Environmental Assessment Cover (PDF, 1.20 mb)
• Abstract, Title VI Language, and Fact Sheet (PDF, 254 kb)
• Table of Contents and Acronyms/Abbreviations (PDF, 78.8 kb)

Chapters

• Chapter 1 Executive Summary (PDF, 1.51 mb)
• Chapter 2 Purpose and Need for the Project (PDF, 383 Kb)
• Chapter 3 Developing the Alternatives (PDF, 154 Kb)
• Chapter 4 Comments and Coordination, and Permits and Approvals (PDF, 154 Kb)
• Chapter 5 Project Description (PDF, 1.79 mb)
• Chapter 6a The Environment: Existing Conditions, Project Effects, and Mitigation, Minimization, and Avoidance Measures (Part 1
• Chapters 6.1 through 6.6) (PDF, 3.08 mb)
• Chapter 6b The Environment: Existing Conditions, Project Effects, and Mitigation, Minimization, and Avoidance Measures (Part 2 –
• Chapters 6.7 through 6.13) (PDF, 3.84 mb)
• Chapter 7 Indirect Effects, Cumulative Effects, and Other Considerations (PDF, 593 kb)
• Chapter 8 Environmental Commitments (PDF, 124 kb)
• Chapter 9 References (PDF, 93.2 kb)
• Chapter 10 List of Preparers (PDF, 20.4 kb)

Appendices

• Appendix A Discipline Reports (Cover) (PDF, 18.9 kb)
• Appendix A1, Part 1 – Transportation Discipline Report (PDF, 3.61 mb)
• Appendix A1, Part 2 – Transportation Discipline Report – Appendices (PDF, 18.9 kb)
• Appendix A2, Part 1 – Noise Discipline Report (PDF, 1.46 mb)
• Appendix A2, Part 2 – Noise Discipline Report – Appendices A and B (PDF, 3.88 mb)
• Appendix A2, Part 3 – Noise Discipline Report – Appendices C and D (PDF, 3.0 mb)
• Appendix A3, Land Use Discipline Report (PDF, 3.57 mb)
• Appendix A4, Part 1 – Air Quality Discipline Report (PDF, 1.87 mb)
• Appendix A4, Part 2 – Air Quality Discipline Report – Appendices A and B (PDF, 144 kb)
• Appendix A4, Part 3 – Air Quality Discipline Report – Appendix C1 (PDF, 4.41 mb) 
• Appendix A4, Part 4 – Air Quality Discipline Report – Appendix C2  (PDF, 4.28 mb)
• Appendix A4, Part 5 – Air Quality Discipline Report – Appendices D and E (PDF, 426 kb)
• Appendix A5 – Water Resources Discipline Report (PDF, 2.22 mb)
• Appendix A6, Part 1 – Wetland Biology Discipline Report (PDF, 4.83 mb)
• Appendix A6, Part 2 – Wetland Biology Discipline Report –Appendix A (PDF, 1.64 mb)
• Appendix A6, Part 3 – Wetland Biology Discipline Report – Appendix B (PDF, 4.82 mb)
• Appendix A6, Part 4 – Wetland Biology Discipline Report – Appendix C (PDF, 466 kb)
• Appendix A7, Part 1 –Vegetation, Wildlife, and Fish and Aquatic Resources Discipline Report (PDF, 1.79 mb)
• Appendix A7, Part 2 –Vegetation, Wildlife, and Fish and Aquatic
• Resources Discipline Report – Appendices A and B (PDF, 2.13 mb)
• Appendix A7, Part 3–Vegetation, Wildlife, and Fish and Aquatic Resources Discipline Report – Appendix C (PDF, 323 kb)
• Appendix A7, Part 4 –Vegetation, Wildlife, and Fish and Aquatic Resources Discipline Report – Appendix D (PDF, 3.72 mb)
• Appendix A8 –Vegetation, Wildlife, and Fish Technical Memorandum – Potential Mitigation Sites (PDF, 357 kb)
• Appendix A9, Earth (Geology and Soils) Discipline Report (PDF, 2.19 mb)
• Appendix A10, Part 1 – Hazardous Materials Discipline Report (PDF, 2.74 mb)
• Appendix A10, Part 2 – Hazardous Materials Discipline Report Appendix (PDF, 2.74 mb)
• Appendix A11, Hazardous Materials TM – Potential Wetland Mitigation Sites (PDF, 2.30 mb)
• Appendix A12, Social Elements, Economics, and Environmental Justice Discipline Report (PDF, 4.0 mb)
• Appendix A13 – Visual Impact Analysis Discipline Report (PDF, 2.72 MB)
• Appendix B: Project Maps (PDF, 3.20 mb)
• Appendix C: ESA Consultation Documentation (PDF, 1.47 mb)
• Appendix D: Section 106 Concurrence and Section 4(f) De Minimis Impact Finding (PDF, 725 kb)
• Appendix E FPPA Documentation (PDF, 170 kb)