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24-100477-3 - 36219 NEPA - executed-02-01-24Washington State NEPA Categorical Exclusion MAP Department of Transportation Documentation Form Federal Aid Project Number T NEPA Start Date Intent of Submittal STPUL-0099(145) 2/3/2021 Preliminary fV] Final 0 Re -Evaluate Agency Project Title City of Federal Way Pacific Highway Non -Motorized Corridor - 16th Ave S (S308th Street to S 288th County King FBeginning terminus: S 308th Street, Federal Way Township(s): 21 N Ending terminus: S 288th Street, Federal Way Range(s): 04E Miles: Approximately 1 Mile Section(s): 05,08 Part 1 - Project Description (Attach Vicinity Map) Construction of a shared -use path along the Pacific Hwy S corridor from S 308th St to S 288th St. The non -motorized improvements will consist of a path/trail that for portions of the alignment will parallel the roadway and portions will be located within the (partially unopened) right-of-way for 16th Ave S. The segments of the trail located off -roadway will include pedestrian -scale illumination for safety. The project will include traffic calming, pedestrian crossing improvements, and bulb -outs. Phase 1 will include a compact roundabout to slow down traffic at 304th trail crossing. Phase 1 will also include signal modifications for pedestrian movements including scramble phase. The project will be constructed in two phases. Phase 1 of construction is programmed and will be on 16th Ave S from S 304th to Dash Point Road. Phase 2 is programmed and will include S 308th St to S 304th St and Dash Point Rd to S 288th St. This is a multi -year project, and the programming reflects the funds available within the span of the regional TIP. Part 2 - Categorical Exclusion & STIP • Identify one CE from 23 CFR 771.117 (CE Guidebook - Appendix A) that fits the entire project (c)(3) Bicycle/ Ped. Lane • Per 23 CFR Part 452(I) identify the subsequent project phase identified on the STIP? W ROW Construction • Attach a copy of the STIP page to the CE documentation form. Local Agency Approving Authority NEPA Approval Signatures 1 /18/2024 _ Date Local Programs Environmental Engineer For M Moini 1/25/24 CE per PA Regional Local Programs Engineer Date Federal Highway Administration Completed By (Print Official's Name) Telephone (include area code) mail Address Digitally signed by Melanie Vance Date: 2024.01.26 17:17:53-08'00' Date 1/26/24 Date DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 �- Part 3 - Permits, Approvals & Yes No Permit or Approval I Yes ❑ ❑✓ Corps of Engineers ❑ Sec. 10 ❑ Sec. 404 1 ❑ ❑ Nationwide Type ❑ Individual Permit No. ❑ ❑✓ Coastal Zone Management Certification ❑ ❑✓ Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) Permit ❑ ❑✓ Forest Practices Act Permit ❑ ❑✓ Hydraulic Project Approval ❑ ❑✓ Local Building or Site Development Permits ❑ ❑✓ Local Clearing and Grading Permit ❑✓ ❑ National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Baseline General for Construction ❑ ❑✓ Shoreline Permit ❑ ❑✓ State Waste Discharge Permit ❑ ❑✓ Water Rights Permit U.S. Coast Guard Permitting jht of Way (ROW) No Permit or Approval ❑✓ Water Quality Certification - Section 401 Issued By ❑ ❑✓ Tribal Permit(s) (if any) _ ❑ ❑✓ Other Permits (List) ❑✓ ❑ Is permanent ROW acquisition needed? If yes, amount needed: 48,300 sq.. ft. (acres/sq. ft.). ❑✓ ❑ Is any temporary ROW needed? ❑ ❑✓ Is relocation required? ❑ ❑✓ Has ROW (property and/or property interests) been acquired for this project prior to the NEPA start date? If yes, documentation demonstrating compliance with 23 CFR 710.501 may be required. ❑ ❑✓ Is a detour required? If yes, please attach detour information. a. Does the project propose any new or modify ppy existing bridges or culverts crossing a waterway? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No b. If Yes, attach a copy of the jurisdictional determination email or letter from the U.S. Coast Guard. Other Federal Agencies - Does the project involve any federal properties, approvals or funding from other/additional federal agencies? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, please describe. Part 4 - Environmental Considerations Will the project involve work in or affect any of the following? Identify proposed mitigation. Attach additional pages or supplemental information if necessary. 1. Air Quality - Identify any anticipated air quality issues. Is the project exempt from Air Quality conformity requirements? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No a. If Yes, identify exemption - please refer to Appendix G in the CE Guidebook for a list of exemptions. Bicycle and Pedestrian facilities b. Is the project located in an Air Quality Non -Attainment Area or Maintenance Area for carbon monoxide, ozone or PM 10 or PNI 2.5? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 2. Critical and Sensitive Areas a. Is this project within a sole source aquifer? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If located within a sole source aquifer, is the project exempt from EPA approval? If Yes, please list exemption - If No, date of EPA approval: b. Will this project impact Species/Habitat other than ESA listed species? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No Explain your answer. c. Is this project within one mile of a Bald Eagle nesting territory, winter concentration area or communal roost? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, the local agency must go to the US Fish & Website (https://www.fws.gov/story/do-i-need-eagle-take- permit) and review the information under When is a permit recommended?. Please explain why a permit is or is not needed: Please attach a copy of the permit if needed. d. Are wetland present within the project area? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, estimate the impact in acres: Please attach a copy of the proposed mitigation plan. DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 3. Cultural Resources/Historic Structures - Identify any historic, archaeological or cultural resources present within the project's Area of Potential Effects. Does the project fit into any of the exempt types of projects listed in Appendix J of the CE Guidebook? ❑ No If Yes, note exemptions below. ❑✓ Yes A-20, A-21 OK per TD 1/4/24 If No: Date of DAHP concurrence: Date of Tribal consultation(s) (if applicable): Adverse effects on cultural/historic resources? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, date of approved Section 106 MCA: 4. Floodplains and Floodways a. Is the project located in a 100-year floodplain? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No b. If Yes, is the project located within a 100-year floodway? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No c. Will the project impact a 100-year floodplain? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 5. Hazardous and Problem Waste - Identify potential sources and type(s). If Yes, describe impacts. a. Does the project require excavation below the existing ground surface? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No b. Will groundwater be encountered? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No c. Will any properties be acquired as part of this project? [✓ Yes ❑ No d. Is this site located in an undeveloped area (i.e. no buildings, parking, storage areas or agriculture)? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No e. Is the project located within a one -mile radius of a known Superfund Site? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No f. Is this project located within a'/z-mile radius of a site or sites listed on any of the following Department of Ecology databases? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No If Yes, check the appropriate boxes below. ❑ voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), State Cleanup Site (SCS), or Independent Cleanup Program (ICP) ✓0 Underground Storage Tank (UST) ❑✓ Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) ❑ Confirmed and Suspected Contaminated Sites List (CSCSL) g. Has site reconnaissance (windshield survey) been performed? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No (Please identify any properties not identified in the Ecology or ERS database search as an attachment -- name, address and property use). h. Based on the information above and project specific activities, is there a potential for the project to generate, acquire or encounter contaminated soils, groundwater or surface water? ❑ Yes Z✓ No Please explain: The project will penetrate deeper than 18" for storm lines, street light foundations, utility relocation and wall construction. If you responded Yes to any of these questions above (5A - 5F or 5H), contact your Region LPE for assistance as a "Right -Sized" HazMat Analysis Report/Memorandum most likely will be required. DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 6. Noise a. Does the project involve constructing a new roadway? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No b. Is there a change in the vertical or horizontal alignment of the existing roadway? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No c. Does the project increase the number of through traffic lanes on an existing roadway? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No d. Is there a change in the topography? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No e. Are there auxiliary lanes extending 1-'/2 miles or longer being constructed as part of this project? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No f. If you answered Yes to any of the preceding questions, identify and describe any potential noise receptors within the project area and subsequent impacts to those noise receptors. Please attach a copy of the noise analysis if required. If impacts are identified, describe proposed mitigation measures. 7. 4(f)/6(f) Resources: parks, recreation areas, wildlife refuges, historic properties, wild & scenic rivers, scenic byways a. Please identify and 4(f) properties within the project limits and the areas of impacts. One 4(f) property is located adjacent to the project corridor: Sacajawea Park. No impact anticipated. b. Please identify any properties within the project limits that used funds from the Land & Water Conservation Fund Act. No 6(f) properties are located within the project limits. c. Please list any Wild and Scenic Rivers and Scenic Byways within the project limits. There are no Wild and Scenic Rivers or Scenic Byways within the project limits. 8. Agricultural Lands - a. Are there agricultural lands within 300 feet of the project limits? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, describe impacts: b. Are impacted lands considered to be unique and prime farmland? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No If Yes, date of project review by Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) _ 9. Rivers, Streams (continuous or intermittent) or Tidal Waters a. Identify all waterbodies within 300 feet of the project limits or that will otherwise be impacted. Redondo Creek b. Identify stream crossing structures by type. There is a culvert crossing across Redondo Creek in the project corridor. No changes to the culvert are proposed with this project. Minimal buffer disturbance, which will be mitigated post construction. DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 10. Tribal Lands - Identify whether the project will occur within any Tribal lands, including reservation, trust and fee lands. Please do no list usual and accustomed area. There are no Tribal Lands within the project corridor. 11. Water Quality/Stormwater a. Will this project's proposed stormwater treatment facility be consistent with the guidelines provided by either WSDOT's HRM, DOE's stormwater management manual for eastern/western Washington or a local agency equivalent manual? 0 Yes ❑ No Explain proposed water quality/quantity treatment for the new and any existing pollution generating impervious surface associated with the proposed project. b. Amount of existing pollution generating impervious surface within the project limits: 27,640 square feet c. Net new pollution generating impervious surface to be created as a result of this project: 0 s uare feet d. Amount of proposed post -project untreated pollution generating impervious surface: 0 square feet 12. Previous Environmental Commitments Describe previous environmental commitments that may affect or be affected by the project - if any. No previous environmental commitment will be affected by this project. 13. Environmental Justice - Does the project meet any of the exem tiff noted in Appendix L of the CE Documentation Guidebook? If Yes, please note the exemption and appropriate justification in the space below. If No, attach Appendix M and supporting documentation as required per the decision matrix.This will include at least two demographic information sources and possibly a description of anticipated project impacts. No --Appendix M and supporting. documents attached. Please refer to the CE Guidebook for more information. Part 5 - Biological Assessments and EFH Evaluations 1. Do any listed species potentially occur in the ro'ect's action area and/or is any designated critical habitat present within the project's action area? Z Yes r No Attach species listings. Affected ESA Listed Species Oregon Spotted From proposed critir-ai habitat or suitable habitat? Yellow -billed Cuckoo suitable habits Spotted Owl management areas, designated critical habitat or suitabi habitat? Marbled Murrelet nest or occupied stand, 13 2. Will any construction work occur within 0.25 mile of any of the following? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑✓ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No designated critical habitat or suitable ❑ Yes ❑✓ No habitat? Western Snowy Plover designated critical ❑Yes 7No habitat? Is the project within 0.25 mile of marine waters? If Yes explain potential effects on ❑ Yes ❑✓ No Killer Whales and on Marbled Murrelet foraging areas. Does the project involve blasting, pile driving, concrete sawing, rock -drilling or rock -scaling activity within one mile of any of the following? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No i ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes 0✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 Killer Whale designated critical habitat? ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes Grizzly Bear suitable habitat? Gray Wolf suitable habitat? Canada Lynx habitat? ❑ Yes Columbia White-tailed Deer suitable ❑ Yes habitat? Woodland Caribou habitat? ❑ Yes Streaked Horned Lark designated critical ❑ habitat or suitable habitat? Yes Taylor's Checkerspot designated critical ❑ Yes habitat or suitable habitat? Mazama Pocket Gopher designated critical ❑ Yes habitat or suitable habitat? Eulachon designated critical habitat or ❑ Yes suitable habitat? rcocKTisn proposed critical nanitat or suitable habitat? A mature coniferous or mixed forest stand? 4. Will the project involve any in -water work? ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No �✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ✓❑ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes 0 No ❑Yes ❑ Yes 0No 0 No ❑Yes 0No ❑ Yes 0 No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑Yes 0 No ❑ Yes ❑ Yes 0 No ❑✓ No ❑ Yes 0 No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 5. Will any construction work occur within 300 feet of any perennial or intermittent waterbody that either supports or drains to waterbody supporting listed fish? 6. Will any construction work occur within 300 feet of any wetland, pond or lake that is connected to any permanent or intermittent waterbody? 7. Does the action have the potential to directly or indirectly impact designated critical habitat for salmonids (including adjacent riparian zones)? 8. Will the project discharge treated or untreated stormwater runoff or utilize water from a waterbody that supports or drains into a listed -fish supporting waterbody? 9. Will construction occur outside the existing pavement? If Yes go to 9a. 9a. Will construction activities occurring outside the existing pavement involve clearing, grading, filling or modification of vegetation or tree -cutting? 10. Are there any Federally listed Threatened or Endangered plant species located within the project limits? If Yes, please attach a list of these plant species within the action area. ❑✓ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑ Yes ❑✓ No ❑✓ Yes ❑ No ❑✓ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes [V] No 11.Does a mature coniferous or mixed forest stand occur within 200' of the project site? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No Analysis for No Effects Determination — If there are any Yes answers to questions in Part 5, additional analysis is required. Attach additional sheets if needed. Here is the summary of the Effects Determinations Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)--NE, Critical Area Not present in the Action Area Streaked Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata)--NE, Critical Area Not present in the Action Area Wester Yellow -Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)--NE, Critical Area Not present in the Action Area There are no listed fish species in the Redondo Creek reach of the Action Area. There are fish barriers downstream preventing fish from traveling into the Action Area. The closest fish barrier is approximately 3,700 downstream. DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022 Analysis for RRMP ESA 4(d) determination for NMFS —A local agency must be certified by the Regional Road_ Maintenance Fow to utilize 4(d). Maintenance Category (check all that apply) ❑ 1. Roadway Surface ❑ 6. Stream Crossings ❑ 2. Enclosed Drainage Systems ❑ 7. Gravel Shoulders ❑ 3. Cleaning Enclosed Drainage Systems ❑ 8. Street Surface Cleaning ❑ 4. Open Drainage Systems ❑ 9. Bridge Maintenance ❑ 5. Watercourses and Streams ❑ 10. Snow and Ice Control Describe how the project fits in the RRMP 4(d) Program: Effect Determinations for ESA and EFH ❑ 11. Emergency Slide/Washout Repair ❑ 12. Concrete ❑ 13. Sewer Systems ❑ 14. Water Systems ❑ 15. Vegetation If each of the questions in the preceding section resulted in a "No" response or if any of the questions were checked "Yes," but adequate justification can be provided to support a "no effect" determination, then check "No Effect' below. If this checklist cannot be used for Section 7 compliance (i.e., adequate justification cannot be provided or a "may effect' determination is anticipated), a separate biological assessment document is required. OK per HP NMFS USFWS EFH Determination ® No Effect 1/3/24 1/3/24 ® No Adverse Effect ❑ NLTAA - Date of Concurrence [:]Adverse Effect - Date of NMFS ❑ LTAA- Date BO Issued concurrence ❑ RRMP 4(d) _ ❑ NotApplicabl( Part 6 - FHWA Comments DOT Form 140-100 Revised 10/2022