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MVHS DEIS: Environmental Setting, Impacts & Mitigation

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3. Environmental Setting, Impacts & Mitigation

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3.1 Land (Geology, Soils, and Topography) 35

3.1.1 Existing Conditions 35

3.1.2 Potential Impacts 37

3.1.3 Mitigation Measures 37

3.2 Surface Water 39

3.2.1 Existing Conditions 40

3.2.2 Potential Impacts 42

3.2.3 Mitigation Measures 43

3.3 Groundwater 44

3.3.1 Existing Conditions 45

3.3.2 Potential Impacts 45

3.3.3 Mitigation Measures 46

3.4 Air 47

3.4.1 Existing Conditions 47

3.4.2 Potential Impacts 50

3.4.3 Mitigation Measures 51

3.5 Aesthetic Resources (Including Light) 53

3.5.1 Existing Conditions 53

3.5.2 Potential Impacts 55

3.5.3 Mitigation Measures 57

3.6 Historic and Archaeological Resources 59

3.6.1 Existing Conditions 59

3.6.2 Potential Impacts 64

3.6.3 Mitigation Measures 64

3.7 Transportation 65

3.7.1 Existing Conditions 66

3.7.2 Potential Impacts 71

3.7.3 Mitigation Measures 74

3.8 Energy 76

3.8.1 Existing Conditions 76

3.8.2 Potential Impacts 76

3.8.3 Mitigation Measures 78

3.9 Utilities 79

3.9.1 Existing Conditions 80

3.9.2 Potential Impacts 83

3.9.3 Mitigation Measures 86

3.10 Noise and Odor 87

3.10.1 Existing Conditions 87

3.10.2 Potential Impacts 88

3.10.3 Mitigation Measures 89

3.11 Human Health 90

3.11.1 Existing Conditions 91

3.11.2 Potential Impacts 95

3.11.3 Mitigation Measures 95

3.11.4 Reasonably Foreseeable Catastrophic Impacts

3.12 Community Character 102

3.12.1 Existing Conditions 102

3.12.2 Potential Impacts 103

3.12.3 Mitigation Measures 103

3.13 Solid Waste Management 103

3.13.1 Existing Conditions 104

3.13.2 Potential Impacts 106

3.13.3 Mitigation Measures 106

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