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Identical copies of the coordination letter from CBP (dated February 13, 2012) were sent to the following Federal and state agencies and Native American tribal representatives.

Chairperson Louis Manuel Ak-Chin Indian Community Council Ak-Chin Him Dak Eco Museum and Archives 47685 North Eco Museum Road Maricopa, AZ 85239

Chairperson Sherry Cordova Cocopah Tribal Council Cocopah Museum County 15th and Avenue G Somerton, AZ 85350

Honorable Jeff Houser, Chairman Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Rt 2, Box 121 Apache, OK 73006

Governor William Rhodes Gila River Indian Community 315 West Casa Blanco Road Sacaton, AZ 85247

Honorable Benjamin H. Nuvamsa, Charirman Hopi Tribal Council 1 Main Street Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

Honorable Mark Chine, President (Ms. Holly Houghton, Cultural Affairs Office) Mescalero Apache Tribe 124 Chiricahua Plaza Mescalero, NM 88340

Chairman Peter Yucupicio Pascua Yaqui Tribe 7474 South Camino de Oeste Tucson, AZ 85746

President Diane Enos Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 10005 East Osborn Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Chairperson Wendsler Nosie San Carlos Apache Tribe Historic Preservation and Archaeology Department San Carlos Avenue San Carlos, AZ 85550

Honorable Ronnie Lupe, Chairman (Mr. Mark Altaha, THPO) White Mountain Apache Tribal Council P.O. Box 700 White River, AZ 75941

Chairman Jose Vernon Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairwoman Marla Henry Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairwoman Geneva Ramon Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Director Selso Villegas Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Ms. Karen Howe, Ecologist Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Mr. Peter Steere Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairman Ivan Smith Tonto Apache Tribe Tonto Apache Tribe Reservation #30 Payson, AZ 85541

Mr. Ned Norris, Chairperson Tohono O’odham Nation Main Tribal Building Business Loop Sells, AZ 85634

Mr. Carlos Rivera, County Manager Santa Cruz County 2150 N. Congress Drive Nogales, AZ 85621

Mr. Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator Pima County 130 West Congress Street, 10th Floor Tucson, AZ 857001

Senator John McCain United States Senate 241 Russell Senate Building Washington, DC 20510-0303

Senator Jon Kyl United States Senate 730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0304

Representative Raul Grijalva United States House of Representatives 1440 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0307

Representative Gabrielle Giffords United States House of Representatives 502 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0308

Ms. Jody Latimer Arizona State Land Department 1616 West Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Ms. Kimberly Nicol, Regional Manager California Department of Fish and Game 3602 Inland Empire Boulevard Suite C-220 Ontario, CA 91764

Ms. Kristin Terpening, Region V Habitat Specialist Arizona Game and Fish Department 555 N. Greasewood Road Tucson, AZ 85745

Ms. Laura Canaca, Project Evaluation Program Supervisor Arizona Game and Fish Department 2221 West Greenway Road Phoenix, AZ 85023

Ms. Leesa Morrison, Homeland Security Advisor Arizona Department of Homeland Security 1700 West Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Steve Owens, ADEQ Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 400 West Congress Suite 433 Tucson, AZ 85701

Mr. Mark Sturm Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 10 Organ Pipe Drive Ajo, AZ 85321

Mr. Benjamin Grumbles, Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washinton Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Patrick Gower U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 101 Carlsbad, CA 92011

Mr. Jim Bartel, Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 101 Carlsbad, CA 92011

Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service P.O. Box 1306 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office Steve Spangle, Field Supervisor 2321 West Royal Palm Road, Suite 103 Phoenix, AZ 85021-4915

Mr. Michael Horton, National Section 7 Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 420 Arlington, VA 22203

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office Ms. Jean Calhoun, Assistant Field Supervisor 201 N. Bonita Avenue, Suite 141 Tucson, AZ 85745

Ms. Karen Vitulano U.S. Environmental Review Office, Mail Code CED-2 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901

Ms. Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Ms. Lisa Hanf. Office of Federal Activities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Mr. Nova Blazej U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Colonel Thomas H. Magness, District Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 980 Los Angeles, CA 90017

Ms. Marjorie Blaine U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 5205 East Comanche Street Tucson, AZ 85707

Mr. Lee Baiza, Superintendent Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 10 Organ Pipe Drive Ajo, AZ 85321

Mr. Bernie Kruse, Supervisory General Engineer International Boundary and Water Commission 4171 North Mesa Building C, Suite 310 El Paso, TX 79902

Mr. Edward Drusina, Commissioner International Boundary and Water Commission 4171 North Mesa Building C, Suite C-100 El Paso, TX 79902-1441

Mr. Sid Slone, Manager Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 1611 North Second Avenue Ajo, AZ 85321

Ms. Roberta Lopez Bureau of Land Management 711 14th Avenue Safford, AZ 85546

Ms. Elaine Raper, Acting District Manager Bureau of Land Management 21604 North 7th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021

Ms. Kathy Pedrick Bureau of Land Management One North Central Avenue, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office Mr. Brian Bellew, Field Manager 12661 East Broadway Tucson, AZ 85748-7208

Mr. Carlos de la Torre Cochise County Community Development 1415 Melody Lane Bisbee, AZ 85603

Ms. Sharon Bronson, Pima County Supervisor District 3 130 West Congress Street, 11th Floor Tucson, AZ 85701

Mr. John Renison, Imperial County Supervisor District 1 940 Main Street El Centro, CA 92243

Mr. Robert Pickels, Yuma County Administrator 198 S. Main Street Yuma, AZ 85364 �

Yuma_County_Response

From: HASSELL, MARY D. [mailto:MARY.D.HASSELL@cbp.dhs.gov]Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:56 PM To: Fernando Villegas Cc: Maggie Castro; MILLER, PAULA M; Sherry Ethell Subject: RE: Environmental Assessment

Dear Mr. Villegas,

Thank you for your letter and comments. They will be considered as part of our environmental analysis process and your letter will become part of our administrative record for this project.

Respectfully,

Mary

Mary D. Hassell, CEPHead, Environmental and Real Estate ProgramOffice of Technology, Innovation and AcquisitionU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionDepartment of Homeland SecurityOffice: 571-468-7512Cell: 202-731-9655mary.d.hassell@cbp.dhs.gov

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From: Fernando Villegas [mailto:Fernando.Villegas@yumacountyaz.gov]Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:51 PM To: MILLER, PAULA M; HASSELL, MARY D. Cc: Maggie Castro Subject: Environmental Assessment

March 27, 2012

Michael B. PotterProject ManagerRemote Video Surveillance SystemsCBP/OTIA Program Management Office

Re: Environmental Assessment for the Construction and Operation of Remote VideoSurveillance (RVSS) Towers, Office of technology Innovation and Acquisition (OTIA), U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson and Yuma Sector, Arizona.

Dear Mr. Potter:

Thank you for the opportunity to review the sites proposed for surveillance tower locations.According to your letter, five surveillance towers are proposed in Yuma County. Two

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Yuma_County_Responseexistingtowers will be replaced and three new towers are proposed. You have also identifiedtwoalternate tower locations.

Two sites are proposed to be located in the unincorporated area of Yuma County (toweridentified as YUM-YUS-0543 and alternate tower location YUM-YUS-0549). The rest of thesites are located in the city limits of the City of San Luis, Arizona.

The proposed tower location YUM-YUS-0543 is along the border line and the alignment ofAvenue 4E. Both the proposed and the alternate location YUM-YUS-0549 are located inside an area designated by Arizona Game and Fish Department as important habitat area for the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard. This area is designated as Sensitive Areas & Resource Lands inthe Yuma County 2020 Comprehensive Plan.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need more information regarding thesecomments.

Sincerely,

Fernando Villegas, Planner IIYuma County Planning and Zoning Division

cc: Maggie Castro, Planning Section Manager

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Identical copies of the draft Environmental Assessment transmittal letter from CBP were sent to the following Federal and state agencies and Native American tribal representatives.

Chairperson Louis Manuel Ak-Chin Indian Community Council Ak-Chin Him Dak Eco Museum and Archives 47685 North Eco Museum Road Maricopa, AZ 85239

Chairperson Sherry Cordova Cocopah Tribal Council Cocopah Museum County 15th and Avenue G Somerton, AZ 85350

Honorable Jeff Houser, Chairman Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Rt 2, Box 121 Apache, OK 73006

Governor William Rhodes Gila River Indian Community 315 West Casa Blanco Road Sacaton, AZ 85247

Honorable Benjamin H. Nuvamsa, Charirman Hopi Tribal Council 1 Main Street Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

Honorable Mark Chine, President (Ms. Holly Houghton, Cultural Affairs Office) Mescalero Apache Tribe 124 Chiricahua Plaza Mescalero, NM 88340

Chairman Peter Yucupicio Pascua Yaqui Tribe 7474 South Camino de Oeste Tucson, AZ 85746

President Diane Enos Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 10005 East Osborn Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Chairperson Wendsler Nosie San Carlos Apache Tribe Historic Preservation and Archaeology Department San Carlos Avenue San Carlos, AZ 85550

Honorable Ronnie Lupe, Chairman (Mr. Mark Altaha, THPO) White Mountain Apache Tribal Council P.O. Box 700 White River, AZ 75941

Chairman Jose Vernon Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairwoman Marla Henry Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairwoman Geneva Ramon Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Director Selso Villegas Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Ms. Karen Howe, Ecologist Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Mr. Ned Norris, Chairperson Tohono O’odham Nation Main Tribal Building Business Loop Sells, AZ 85634

Mr. Peter Steere Tohono O’odham Nation Tohono O’odham Nation Administration Building 49 Main Street Sells, AZ 85634

Chairman Ivan Smith Tonto Apache Tribe Tonto Apache Tribe Reservation #30 Payson, AZ 85541

President Keeny Escalanti, Sr. Quechan Tribe P.O. Box 1899 Yuma, AZ 85366-1899

Mr. Carlos Rivera, County Manager Santa Cruz County 2150 N. Congress Drive Nogales, AZ 85621

Mr. Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator Pima County 130 West Congress Street, 10th Floor Tucson, AZ 857001

Senator John McCain United States Senate 241 Russell Senate Building Washington, DC 20510-0303

Senator Jon Kyl United States Senate 730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0304

Representative Raul Grijalva United States House of Representatives 1440 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0307

Representative Gabrielle Giffords United States House of Representatives 502 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0308

Ms. Jody Latimer Arizona State Land Department 1616 West Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Ms. Kimberly Nicol, Regional Manager California Department of Fish and Game 3602 Inland Empire Boulevard Suite C-220 Ontario, CA 91764

Ms. Kristin Terpening, Region V Habitat Specialist Arizona Game and Fish Department 555 N. Greasewood Road Tucson, AZ 85745

Ms. Laura Canaca, Project Evaluation Program Supervisor Arizona Game and Fish Department 2221 West Greenway Road Phoenix, AZ 85023

Ms. Leesa Morrison, Homeland Security Advisor Arizona Department of Homeland Security 1700 West Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Steve Owens, ADEQ Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 400 West Congress Suite 433 Tucson, AZ 85701

Mr. Mark Sturm Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 10 Organ Pipe Drive Ajo, AZ 85321

Mr. Benjamin Grumbles, Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washinton Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Stefan Awender California Department of Fish and Game P.O. Box 2160 Blythe, CA 92225

Mr. Benjamin Darwin Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washinton Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Patrick Gower U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 101 Carlsbad, CA 92011

Mr. Jim Bartel, Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 101 Carlsbad, CA 92011

Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service P.O. Box 1306 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office Steve Spangle, Field Supervisor 2321 West Royal Palm Road, Suite 103 Phoenix, AZ 85021-4915

Mr. Michael Horton, National Section 7 Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 420 Arlington, VA 22203

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office Ms. Jean Calhoun, Assistant Field Supervisor 201 N. Bonita Avenue, Suite 141 Tucson, AZ 85745

Ms. Karen Vitulano U.S. Environmental Review Office, Mail Code CED-2 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901

Ms. Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Ms. Lisa Hanf. Office of Federal Activities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Mr. Nova Blazej U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Colonel Thomas H. Magness, District Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 980 Los Angeles, CA 90017

Ms. Marjorie Blaine U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 5205 East Comanche Street Tucson, AZ 85707

Mr. Lee Baiza, Superintendent Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 10 Organ Pipe Drive Ajo, AZ 85321

Mr. Bernie Kruse, Supervisory General Engineer International Boundary and Water Commission 4171 North Mesa Building C, Suite 310 El Paso, TX 79902

Mr. Edward Drusina, Commissioner International Boundary and Water Commission 4171 North Mesa Building C, Suite C-100 El Paso, TX 79902-1441

Mr. Sid Slone, Manager Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 1611 North Second Avenue Ajo, AZ 85321

Ms. Roberta Lopez Bureau of Land Management 711 14th Avenue Safford, AZ 85546

Ms. Elaine Raper, Acting District Manager Bureau of Land Management 21604 North 7th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021

Ms. Kathy Pedrick Bureau of Land Management One North Central Avenue, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office Mr. Brian Bellew, Field Manager 12661 East Broadway Tucson, AZ 85748-7208

Mr. Carlos de la Torre Cochise County Community Development 1415 Melody Lane Bisbee, AZ 85603

Ms. Sharon Bronson, Pima County Supervisor District 3 130 West Congress Street, 11th Floor Tucson, AZ 85701

Mr. John Renison, Imperial County Supervisor District 1 940 Main Street El Centro, CA 92243

Mr. Robert Pickels, Yuma County Administrator 198 S. Main Street Yuma, AZ 85364

Bureau of Reclamation Yuma Area Office Attn: Ms. Jennifer McCloskey 7301 Calle Agua Salada Yuma, AZ 85364

Bureau of Land Management Yuma Field Office Attn: Mr. John MacDonald 2555 East Gila Ridge Road Yuma, AZ 85365

California Environmental Protection Agency Attn: Mr. Ricardo Martinez 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95812-2815

California Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region Attn: Mr. Robert Perdue 73-720 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100 Palm Desert, CA 92260

California State Clearing House Attn: Mr. Ken Alex 1400 Tenth Street Sacramento, CA 95814

Mr. Milford Wayne Donaldson California State Historic Preservation Officer Attn: Susan Stratton 1416 9th Street, Room 1442-7 Sacramento, CA 95814

Ms. Greta Anderson P.O. Box Tucson, AZ 85702

Mr. Craig Miller 110 Church Street, Suite 4292 Tucson, AZ 85701

Ms. Elizabeth Alvarez del Castillo 950 North Cherry Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719

Ms. Jennifer Allen P.O. Box 384 Tucson, AZ 85702

Mr. Christopher Crobally, S.J. University of Arizona, Steward Obervatory Tucson, AZ 85721

Ms. Cynthia Manuel P.O. Box 837 Sells, AZ 85634

Mr. Paul J. Winger 9131 N. Overlook Drive Tucson, AZ 85704

Mr. Sean Sullivan 758 N. 5th Avenue, Suite 214 Tucson, AZ 85705

Mr. Robert L. Gent 4204 South Hohokam Drive Sierra Vista, AZ 85650

Mr. Robert L. Gent 9201 Ward Parkway, Suite 100 Kansas City, MO 64114

Dr. Buell T. Jannuzi 950 N. Cherry Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719

Mr. Dan Brocious 670 Mount Hopkins Road Amado, AZ 85654

Mr. Matt Clark 110 South Church Street, Suite 4292 Tucson, AZ 85701

National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230

Copper Queen Public Library 6 Main Street Bisbee, AZ 85603

Douglas Public Library 560 10th Street Douglas, AZ 85607

Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library 518 N. Grand Avenue Nogales, AZ 85621

Yuma Main Library 2951 South 21st Drive Yuma, AZ 85364

Ajo Public Library 33 N. Plaza Street Ajo, AZ 85321

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July 6, 2012 Ms. Mary D. Hassell U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition 1901 S. Bell Street, Room 7-001 Arlington, VA 20598 Re: Comments on Remote Video Surveillance Systems (RVSS) Upgrade Program (New Towers) Draft EA and Proposed FONSI, Tucson and Yuma Sectors, Arizona Dear Ms. Hassell: The Arizona Game and Fish Department (the Department) provides the following comments for your consideration concerning the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Remote Video Surveillance Systems (RVSS) Upgrade Program (New Towers), U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson and Yuma Sectors, Arizona:

Document size the Draft EA is a considerably large document, arguably too large to allow adequate review by the public and agency reviewers in a timely fashion. Several areas of the document could be condensed without loss of important content. For example, rather than including 112 pages of repetitive copies of the initial project notification letter in Appendix A, a simple list of agencies/other entities sent this letter would accomplish the same purpose while saving reviewer time and doubtless paper, considering the likely scenario that some reviewers may choose to print the document for review.

The maps presented in Appendices B and C could be combined, thereby eliminating an additional 20 pages.

The species observed list is essentially meaningless without an indication of which species were observed at which locations, and doesn

Appendix E contains the entire list of Arizona special status species, for every county in the state. Much of this is completely irrelevant for this EA, and again a considerable number of pages in the document could be eliminated through a simple request to the Department to generate a list for only those counties within the project region of influence (ROI).

addressed to Ms. Mary D. Hassell, dated April 17, 2012.

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conditions given for these surveys overall, or by site, there is insufficient information given to determine whether conditions were suitable for those species to be active during the surveys and whether or not they would be apparent to the surveyor. Also, there is no indication of the amount of time spent conducting these surveys and no specific survey methodology is described.

We did not find any mention of the increased risk of predation on flat-tailed horned lizards from raptors afforded increased hunting perches via construction of the RVSS towers within the lizard s range. If CBP does not intend to include perch deterrents on towers located within the flat-Yuma Desert Management Area, please provide justification for that decision.

The discussion provided regarding agaves, saguaros, and organ-pipe cacti would be more informative if it included a break-down by tower (i.e., number of each class of succulent present by individual tower) and description of the surrounding vegetation at each of those sites t -nosed bat forage plants on each tower site in relation to the surrounding landscape.

Page 4-10, lines 40-46 are somewhat contradictory. The statement is made that both short-term and long-term reductions in forage availability (related to project activities)

s unlikely, and if present, It is not clear what conservation measures would make those effects

discountable. Section 5.4 needs to include Best Management Practices (BMPs) to address impacts to

flat-tailed horned lizards and desert tortoise. A statement is made on page 3-47 that vehicle speeds would be restricted due to the presence of Sonoran pronghorn, making the potential for a vehicle striking a tortoise discountable. Because a tortoise is considerably smaller than a pronghorn and thus not nearly as visible to a driver as a pronghorn, this statement is not justified. Further, the BMP proposed for Sonoran pronghorn (i.e., seasonal vehicle restrictions) would be in effect only from March 15 to July 15. Desert tortoises are active during other times of the year and would therefore be at risk from vehicle strikes outside those seasonal restriction periods.

should would n page 3-43 and including reference to this in the FONSI and the pending restoration plan.

There are contradictory statements on page 3-47, 1st paragraph: the statement is made that no desert tortoise individuals or sign were observed, yet there is menti

tortoise was, or was not found. Mitigation measures in the EA are inadequate. In particular there are no measures

suggested to offset the loss of habitat. It is the policy of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission that the Department seek wildlife and wildlife habitat compensation at a 100 percent level, when feasible, for actual or potential habitat losses resulting from land and water projects.

The Department thanks you for the opportunity to comment on the Draft EA for the RVSS Upgrade Program. As the state agency responsible for the conservation, enhancement, and

the Department encourages project proponents to avoid and minimize negative impacts, and when possible enhance and/or improve habitat conditions. The Department has produced a number of wildlife-friendly guidelines (http://www.azgfd.gov/hgis/guidelines.aspx) and can provide additional expertise to CBP in regard to wildlife connectivity, habitat management, and mitigation strategies. In particular, we recommend your compliance with the Tortoise Handling Guidelines, Mitigation Measures for Desert Tortoises, and Survey Guidelines for Consultants available from the above web address.

Please contact me at kterpening@azgfd.gov, or 520-388-4447, if you have any questions regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Kristin Terpening, Habitat Specialist, Region V cc: John Windes, Habitat Program Manager, Region V (via email) Laura Canaca, Project Evaluation Program Manager (via email) Jean Calhoun, Assistant Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, AZ

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tus N

atio

nal M

onum

ent (

OR

PI)

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al

Than

k yo

u fo

r the

opp

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nity

to re

view

the

subj

ect E

A. N

PS is

in fa

vor

of d

eplo

ymen

t of a

dditi

onal

tech

nolo

gy im

med

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ly a

long

the

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er to

he

lp C

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s eff

icie

ncy

of d

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iden

tific

atio

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nd a

ppre

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of

CB

V’s

.

OR

PI

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k yo

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r you

r re

view

and

com

men

ts.

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ener

al

We

are

conf

used

abo

ut th

e pr

opos

ed to

wer

s on

OPC

NM

. Pro

pose

d A

ctio

n sh

ows T

CA

-NO

-055

1 as

a p

refe

rred

loca

tion,

Alte

rnat

ive

1 sh

ows T

CA

-NO

-055

3 as

an

alte

rnat

e. T

he 1

5% D

esig

n A

naly

sis f

or

RV

SS, f

rom

USA

CE

(May

10,

Rev

ised

June

11,

201

2. P

roje

ct 1

2654

2)

show

s TC

A-N

O- 0

553

as th

e pr

efer

red

tow

er. T

here

is n

o di

scus

sion

of

TCA

-NO

-055

1 in

the

15%

Des

ign

docu

men

ts. P

leas

e cl

arify

as t

his i

s in

tegr

al in

the

anal

ysis

of e

ffec

ts.

OR

PI

TCA

-AJO

-055

3 is

the

curr

ent p

lann

ed si

te.

TCA

-AJO

-055

1 w

as a

site

lo

cate

d at

the

base

of

Rol

lerc

oast

er H

ill if

a

pow

er so

urce

oth

er th

an

sola

r was

requ

ired.

D

ocum

ent h

as b

een

revi

sed

to in

dica

te T

CA

-A

jo-0

553

is th

e pr

efer

red

tow

er si

te.

2FO

NSI

-3

An

engi

neer

ing

road

s stu

dy w

as c

ompl

eted

by

DH

S co

ntra

ctor

s for

O

RPl

and

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

in th

is re

port

shou

ld b

e us

ed fo

r thi

s pr

ojec

t. W

e al

so re

ques

t add

ition

al in

form

atio

n on

all

road

s tha

t cou

ld

be a

ffec

ted

by c

onst

ruct

ion

and

oper

atio

ns tr

affic

. Wha

t are

the

acce

ss

rout

es th

at w

ill b

e us

ed fo

r tow

er c

onst

ruct

ion

mai

nten

ance

and

op

erat

ions

, in

addi

tion

to n

ew ro

ads c

onst

ruct

ed fo

r the

tow

ers?

Pr

opos

ed ro

ad im

prov

emen

ts in

dica

te w

iden

ing

and

stra

ight

enin

g,

plea

se su

pply

site

spec

ific

loca

tions

and

des

ign.

OR

PI

The

desi

gn fi

rm fo

r the

to

wer

site

s is t

he sa

me

firm

that

com

plet

ed th

e ro

ad st

udy.

The

des

ign

firm

use

d th

e ro

ad s

tudy

as

the

guid

e fo

r the

road

de

sign

s and

the

road

de

sign

s com

ply

with

the

stud

y. T

he ro

ad

impr

ovem

ents

are

nee

ded

on th

e ap

proa

ch ro

ads

from

Sta

te H

ighw

ay 8

5 to

th

e bo

rder

road

. M

ap

depi

ctin

g th

e to

wer

site

s an

d as

soci

ated

road

s are

pr

ovid

ed in

App

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of

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-4

En

viro

nmen

tal

Con

sequ

ence

s

Hig

hly

erod

ible

soils

diff

er g

reat

ly a

t the

two

site

s with

in O

RPI

. Th

eref

ore,

we

sugg

est t

hat s

ite sp

ecifi

c m

easu

res b

e ta

ken

to p

reve

nt

and

miti

gate

soil

eros

ion

OR

PI

A S

torm

wat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Pl

an w

ill b

e pr

epar

ed a

nd a

dher

ed to

by

the

cont

ract

or.

App

ropr

iate

act

ions

will

be

take

n ba

sed

on so

il re

ports

. M

itiga

tion

plan

s w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

as

requ

ired,

if w

arra

nted

.

4FO

NSI

-5

This

EA

is fo

r the

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

tow

ers.

As s

uppo

rt in

fras

truct

ure

is b

eing

dev

elop

ed, l

ong

term

ope

ratio

nal n

eeds

shou

ld b

e ad

dres

sed.

O

RPI

U

SBP

oper

atio

ns a

re

outs

ide

the

scop

e of

this

R

VSS

pro

ject

.

5ES

-3

NPS

reco

mm

ends

that

stag

ing

area

s be

loca

ted

off-

site

in o

rder

to

redu

ce p

oten

tial i

mpa

cts a

nd se

curit

y ne

eds.

OR

PI

Non

e of

the

RV

SS si

tes

will

hav

e a

gove

rnm

ent

prov

ided

stag

ing

area

. Eq

uipm

ent p

arki

ng w

ill

be c

onfin

ed to

the

200-

x

200-

foot

tem

pora

ry

impa

ct a

rea.

The

co

ntra

ctor

will

pro

vide

24

-hou

r sec

urity

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion.

Mat

eria

ls

will

be

stag

ed o

ff-s

ite a

nd

only

mat

eria

ls n

eede

d fo

r th

e da

ys e

ffor

ts w

ill b

e tra

nspo

rted

to th

e si

te.

61-

5 18

-19

1.4

Plea

se in

clud

e th

e nu

mbe

r of a

cres

dis

turb

ed, i

n ad

ditio

n to

the

linea

r fe

et a

nd m

iles t

o m

ake

thes

e fig

ures

com

para

ble

to T

able

2-3

. O

RPI

No

chan

ge.

Impa

cts a

re

disc

usse

d la

ter i

n Se

ctio

n 3.

A su

mm

ary

of th

e im

pact

s is p

rese

nted

in

Sect

ion

2.

71-

6 Ta

ble

1-1

Land

Use

Pl

ease

add

NPS

to th

is ta

ble.

O

RPI

C

orre

cted

as n

oted

.

82-

2 35

-37

2.3

It w

ould

be

help

ful t

o ha

ve th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of a

cres

per

man

ently

and

te

mpo

raril

y di

stur

bed

by th

e pr

opos

ed a

ctio

n -s

imila

r to

Alte

rnat

ive

1 p.

2-

18, l

ine

43.

OR

PI

Rev

ised

as s

ugge

sted

.

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e M

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9 8+

2.

3.1

Did

RV

SS ta

ke in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

if th

ere

wer

e an

y be

nefit

s of

inst

allin

g to

wer

s tal

ler t

han

80' a

s pro

pose

d in

the

EA?

Spec

ifica

lly a

t O

RPI

, are

ther

e op

portu

nitie

s with

RV

SS to

cov

er S

Bln

et b

lind

spot

s, pa

rticu

larly

at Q

uito

baqu

ito P

ond?

OR

PI

Yes

; var

ious

scen

ario

s w

ere

inve

stig

ated

usi

ng

diff

eren

t loc

atio

ns, f

ield

of

vie

w, t

ower

hei

ghts

, an

d to

wer

des

igns

, as

note

d in

Sec

tion

2.2

.

102-

9 41

-46

2.3.

1 A

ccor

ding

to U

SAC

E 15

% D

esig

n fo

r Tow

ers 5

23 a

nd 5

51, t

he to

wer

s to

tally

sola

r pow

ered

. O

RPI

Sola

r pow

er (o

nly)

has

be

en a

dded

as a

pow

er

sour

ce o

ptio

n. T

ower

s TC

A-A

JO-0

523

and

-05

53 w

ill b

e so

lar p

ower

on

ly.

112-

11

Figu

re2.

7 Pl

ease

con

side

r min

imiz

ing

the

over

all s

ite fo

otpr

int b

y re

loca

ting

park

ing

outs

ide

of th

e pe

rman

ent f

ence

d ar

ea.

OR

PI

This

com

men

t see

ms

cont

radi

ctor

y. P

arki

ng is

in

side

the

fenc

ed a

rea

to

min

imiz

e im

pact

s.

122-

13

Tabl

e 2-

3

OR

Pl re

ques

ts th

at w

e be

pro

vide

d w

ith si

te sp

ecifi

c lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

in

form

atio

n on

all

acce

ss ro

ads a

nd th

at th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of a

cres

di

stur

bed

be in

clud

ed fo

r the

cor

rect

tow

er lo

catio

n. B

ased

on

USA

CE

15%

Des

ign,

we

are

assu

min

g th

is is

tow

er 5

53..

OR

PI

OTI

A h

as p

rovi

ded

OR

PI

with

upd

ated

des

ign

plan

s (T

CA

-AJO

-055

3) a

nd

coor

dina

ted

road

des

ign

with

OR

PI.

Acr

eage

id

entif

ied

in d

ocum

ent a

n do

cum

ent a

nd

cons

truct

ion

plan

s hav

e be

en c

oord

inat

ed w

ith

OR

PI.

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

to re

flect

TC

A-

AJO

-055

3 is

the

corr

ect

tow

er si

te.

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e M

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13

Tabl

e 2-

3

TCA

-AJO

-052

3 w

ould

requ

ire 1

1,61

6 lin

ear f

eet (

2.2

mile

s) o

f im

prov

ed a

ppro

ach

road

. Yet

this

tow

er a

ppea

rs to

be

site

d on

the

exis

ting

(impr

oved

) bor

der r

oad.

Ple

ase

indi

cate

whe

re th

e 2.

2 m

iles o

f ro

ad im

prov

emen

ts w

ill ta

ke p

lace

. TC

A-N

O-0

551

wou

ld re

quire

19

,008

line

ar fe

et (3

.6 m

iles)

of i

mpr

oved

app

roac

h ro

ad, y

et th

is to

wer

ap

pear

s to

be si

ted

just

off

the

exis

ting

(impr

oved

) bor

der r

oad

and

on

MSS

acc

ess r

oad

to T

enm

ile H

ill (a

ka R

olle

r Coa

ster

Hill

). Pl

ease

pr

ovid

e si

te sp

ecifi

c pl

ans o

n th

e ro

ad lo

catio

n.

OR

PI

OTI

A p

rovi

ded

15%

de

sign

pla

nts t

o O

RPI

. R

equi

red

road

im

prov

emen

ts a

re fr

om

U.S

. Hig

hway

85

to th

e bo

rder

road

. M

aps

depi

ctin

g th

e pr

opos

ed

tow

er si

tes a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d ro

ads a

re p

rovi

ded

in

App

endi

x B

of t

he E

A.

Als

o, O

TIA

has

pro

vide

d O

RPI

with

upd

ated

des

ign

plan

s.

142-

13

Tabl

e 2-

3

Plea

se in

clud

e th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of a

cres

per

man

ently

and

tem

pora

rily

dist

urbe

d on

the

tabl

e.

OR

PI

The

acre

s aff

ecte

d by

eac

h to

wer

are

pre

sent

ed o

n th

is ta

ble.

A su

mm

ary

of

the

tota

l im

pact

s of a

ll to

wer

s is p

rese

nted

in

Tabl

es 2

-8 a

nd 3

-2.

All

of

the

road

impr

ovem

ents

w

ould

occ

ur o

n ex

istin

g ro

ads.

152-

13

Tabl

e 2-

3

This

tabl

e sh

ows '

lase

r illu

min

ator

' und

er th

e To

wer

Des

crip

tion.

The

se

illum

inat

ors a

re n

ot d

escr

ibed

und

er th

e al

tern

ativ

es, n

or a

re th

eir

effe

cts d

iscl

osed

in th

e do

cum

ent.

Ple

ase

incl

ude

addi

tiona

l in

form

atio

n.

OR

PI

Lase

r illu

min

ator

s wer

e di

scus

sed

on p

age

2-16

of

the

draf

t EA

. Th

e la

ser

illum

inat

ors w

ere

anal

yzed

for U

SBP

use

in

a pr

evio

us C

ateg

oric

al

Excl

usio

n.

162-

17

34

2.3.

3 Pl

ease

cla

rify

whe

ther

onl

y so

lar w

ill b

e us

ed, o

r if g

ener

ator

s will

be

used

. Thi

s sec

tion

disc

usse

s gen

erat

ors,

how

ever

, USA

CE

15%

Des

ign

Rep

orts

show

onl

y so

lar p

ower

. O

RPI

Cha

nged

sent

ence

to re

ad,

“If s

o eq

uipp

ed,

gene

rato

rs a

re e

xpec

ted

to

oper

ate

a to

tal o

f 4 to

8

hour

s per

day

to b

ulk-

char

ge sy

stem

bat

terie

s.”

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t Res

pons

e M

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RA

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EA

FO

R R

EM

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E V

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25

Tabl

e 2-

5

Plea

se c

larif

y so

me

topi

cs in

this

tabl

e. It

stat

es th

at T

CA

-AJO

-553

di

stur

banc

e w

ould

impa

ct 1

.4 a

cres

per

man

ently

and

.36

acre

s te

mpo

raril

y. T

ower

553

, how

ever

, wou

ld re

quire

maj

or ro

ad

cons

truct

ion.

USA

CE

stat

es th

at to

wer

553

is th

e pr

efer

red

loca

tion.

OR

PI

See

resp

onse

to C

omm

ent

1. I

mpa

ct a

crea

ges h

ave

been

cla

rifie

d in

the

EA.

TCA

-AJO

-055

3 ha

s bee

n ad

ded

to th

e Pr

opos

ed

Act

ion

as a

pre

ferr

ed

tow

er (T

able

2-3

).

182-

29

Tabl

e 2-

6 2.

7

The

narr

ativ

e an

d ta

ble

stat

e th

at A

ltern

ativ

e 1

TCA

-NO

-055

3 ha

s co

nstra

ints

due

to "

Maj

or ro

ad d

evel

opm

ent r

equi

red.

" Thi

s is t

rue,

ho

wev

er, U

SAC

E 15

% D

esig

n is

for t

ower

553

as t

he p

ropo

sed

loca

tion.

OR

PI

TCA

-AJO

-055

3 ha

s bee

n re

mov

ed fr

om T

able

2-6

.

All

prop

osed

road

wor

k w

ould

be

loca

ted

in

exis

ting

dist

urbe

d ar

ea.

192-

31

Tabl

e 2-

8 So

ils

NPS

agr

ees t

hat w

hen

only

look

ing

at th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of a

cres

(57)

in a

re

gion

al sc

ale

it co

uld

be c

oncl

uded

the

impa

cts w

ould

be

min

or.

How

ever

, the

soil

type

, slo

pe a

nd e

rosi

on h

azar

d ne

ed to

be

addr

esse

d in

th

e im

pact

ana

lysi

s in

orde

r to

dete

rmin

e th

e ef

fect

s. N

PS a

sks t

hat a

m

ore

site

spec

ific

anal

ysis

of t

he im

pact

s to

soils

be

cond

ucte

d.

OR

PI

Sect

ion

3.3

of th

e EA

has

be

en re

vise

d to

qua

ntify

im

pact

s by

soil

type

. A

lso,

see

resp

onse

to

Com

men

t 3.

202-

31

Tabl

e 2-

8 W

ildlif

e

In o

rder

to a

dequ

atel

y ev

alua

te th

e ef

fect

s of p

erm

anen

tly im

pact

ing

57

acre

s and

tem

pora

rily

dist

urbi

ng 3

3.5

acre

s, it

is n

eces

sary

to se

e a

brea

kdow

n of

how

man

y ac

res a

re in

eac

h ve

geta

tion

type

. Thi

s pro

ject

sp

ans h

abita

ts fr

om th

e Y

uma

(Son

oran

) Des

ert o

n th

e w

est,

thro

ugh

Mad

rean

eve

rgre

en w

oodl

and,

to se

mi-d

eser

t gra

ssla

nd o

n th

e ea

st.

OR

PI

Sect

ion

3.5

of th

e EA

has

be

en re

vise

d to

qua

ntify

th

e im

pact

s by

com

mun

ity

type

.

21Pr

otec

ted

Spec

ies

We

belie

ve th

at c

onst

ruct

ion/

impr

ovem

ent o

f acc

ess a

nd a

ppro

ach

road

s do

hav

e po

tent

ial t

o ad

vers

ely

affe

ct S

onor

an d

eser

t tor

tois

e. T

ower

s #0

551

and

#052

3 ar

e bo

th in

Son

oran

des

ert t

orto

ise

habi

tat.

Plea

se

addr

ess t

his i

n th

e do

cum

ent.

OR

PI

OTI

A re

spec

tfully

di

sagr

ees.

A b

iom

onito

r w

ill b

e on

-site

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

and

spee

d lim

its w

ill b

e po

sted

.

223-

2 33

3.

3.2.

1

TCA

-NO

-052

3 (.2

3 +

4.8

= 5.

03) a

cres

doe

s not

agr

ee w

ith T

able

2-3

(4

.8 a

cres

).

TCA

- NO

-055

1 (.2

3 +

7.8

= 8.

03) a

cres

doe

s not

agr

ee w

ith T

able

2-3

(7

.8 a

cres

).

OR

PI

Impa

ct a

crea

ges w

ill b

e cl

arifi

ed fo

r con

sist

ency

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

#L

ocat

ion

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men

t R

evie

wer

G

SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

233-

6 33

3.

3.2.

1

NPS

sugg

ests

a m

ore

site

spec

ific

anal

ysis

of t

he im

pact

s to

soils

be

cond

ucte

d. N

PS a

lso

requ

ests

that

soil

type

, slo

pes a

nd e

rosi

on h

azar

ds

be in

clud

ed in

the

impa

ct a

naly

sis o

n so

ils. T

able

3-4

show

s slo

pes u

p to

60

%) a

nd e

rosi

on h

azar

ds o

f slig

ht to

seve

re. D

istu

rban

ce o

f hig

hly

eros

ive

soils

cou

ld re

sult

in u

nacc

epta

ble

impa

cts.

Als

o, d

istu

rban

ce o

f no

rmal

ly n

on-e

rosi

ve so

ils c

ould

des

tabi

lize

the

soils

and

resu

lt in

su

bsta

ntia

l ins

tabi

lity

and

eros

ion.

No

mea

sure

s are

dis

cuss

ed in

the

impa

ct a

naly

sis o

r in

Cha

pter

5 -

Bes

t Man

agem

ent P

ract

ices

, to

help

m

itiga

te th

ese

adve

rse

impa

cts.

OR

PI

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

to q

uant

ify im

pact

s by

soil

type

. A

lso,

see

resp

onse

to

Com

men

t 3.

243-

6 –

3-9

No

lines

3.

3.2.

1

NPS

requ

ests

that

the

impa

cts o

f off

-roa

d ve

hicl

e tra

vel a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

the

RV

SS to

wer

s be

incl

uded

in th

e im

pact

s to

soils

, veg

etat

ion

and

wild

life.

As p

er d

iscu

ssio

ns b

etw

een

NPS

, FW

S an

d B

P on

6/4

/12

, re

gard

ing

the

SBln

et B

iolo

gica

l Opi

nion

, off

road

veh

icle

traf

fic h

as

incr

ease

d si

nce

the

tow

ers b

egan

ope

ratio

n. T

he E

A a

nd B

O w

ere

base

d on

the

assu

mpt

ion

that

off

road

trav

el w

ould

be

redu

ced.

Man

y ne

w

track

s dire

ctly

radi

ate

out f

rom

exi

stin

g SB

lnet

tow

ers.

An

MSS

has

be

en st

atio

ned

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f TC

A-N

O-5

5315

51. A

lread

y a

new

ro

ute

has b

een

crea

ted

east

of t

his s

ite (T

en M

ile H

ill),

conn

ecte

d th

e bo

unda

ry ro

ad w

ith th

e So

uth

Puer

to B

lanc

o R

oad.

OR

PI

USB

P op

erat

ions

are

ou

tsid

e th

e sc

ope

of th

is

EA.

253-

7 Ta

ble

3-4

3.3.

2.1

For O

PCN

M, s

lope

s tra

vers

ed to

TC

A-A

JO-0

553

reac

h 22

%. G

unsi

ght

soils

on

TCA

-NO

-052

3 ca

n be

mod

erat

ely

eros

ive.

NPS

requ

ests

a m

ore

site

spec

ific

soil

anal

ysis

be

com

plet

ed a

nd th

at p

reve

ntat

ive

mea

sure

s be

inst

alle

d to

pre

vent

/redu

ce so

il er

osio

n.

OR

PI

See

resp

onse

to

Com

men

ts 3

and

23.

263-

15

32

3.5.

2.1

NPS

agr

ees t

hat w

hen

cons

ider

ed in

the

regi

onal

con

text

, 57

acre

s of

perm

anen

t los

s of v

eget

atio

n fo

r 20

tow

ers i

s min

or. H

owev

er, w

e re

ques

t tha

t mor

e si

te sp

ecifi

c an

alys

is b

e co

nduc

ted

on v

eget

atio

n ty

pes

that

wou

ld b

e di

stur

bed

be c

onst

ruct

ion

and

perm

anen

tly b

y th

e to

wer

s to

subs

tant

iate

this

cla

im..

OR

PI

The

EA w

ill b

e re

vise

d to

qu

antif

y th

e im

pact

s by

com

mun

ity ty

pe.

273-

16

31-3

7 W

ildlif

e 3.

6.1

The

EA sh

ould

eva

luat

e ef

fect

s on

all w

ildlif

e, n

ot o

nly

thos

e ob

serv

ed

durin

g su

rvey

s (A

ppen

dix

D).

Man

y So

nora

n D

eser

t wild

life

spec

ies a

re

cryp

tic, b

urro

win

g, ra

re, n

octu

rnal

, or o

ther

wis

e un

likel

y to

be

read

ily

obse

rved

, and

are

not

incl

uded

with

in A

ppen

dix

D. A

lso,

ple

ase

prov

ide

mor

e de

tail

on th

e ha

bita

ts a

ffec

ted

by th

e pr

ojec

t to

addr

ess t

he a

ffec

ts

to a

ll w

ildlif

e sp

ecie

s.

OR

PI

OTI

A b

elie

ves t

hat t

he

impa

cts t

o ge

nera

l w

ildlif

e po

pula

tions

hav

e be

en a

dequ

atel

y ad

dres

sed.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

#L

ocat

ion

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men

t R

evie

wer

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SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

283-

17

42-4

3 3.

6.2.

1

Plea

se a

ddre

ss h

aras

smen

t of w

ildlif

e an

d ha

bita

t fra

gmen

tatio

n.

DH

S/C

BP

is c

olle

ctin

g bi

rd/b

at d

ata

from

oth

er R

VSS

and

SB

lnet

fa

cilit

ies t

hat c

ould

be

used

her

e to

hel

p ad

dres

s aff

ects

. The

EA

cla

ims

bene

fits t

o w

ildlif

e fr

om re

duce

d C

BV

act

iviti

es. H

owev

er, d

iscu

ssio

ns

on 6

/4/1

2 w

ith D

HS,

CB

P, F

WS,

and

NPS

des

crib

ed th

at o

ff-r

oad

traff

ic h

as n

ot d

ecre

ased

as p

rese

nted

in th

e SB

lnet

EA

and

BO

. Dat

a in

dica

tes t

hat o

ff-r

oad

traff

ic h

as in

crea

sed.

Wha

t has

hap

pene

d w

ith th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of S

Bln

et w

ould

be

a go

od in

dica

tor o

f wha

t can

be

expe

cted

with

impl

emen

tatio

n of

RV

SS to

wer

s.

OR

PI

USB

P op

erat

ions

are

ou

tsid

e th

e sc

ope

of th

is

EA.

293-

22

Sono

ran

dese

rt to

rtois

e Ta

ble

3-8

Plea

se n

ote

in y

our f

inal

that

Tow

er #

052

3 al

so su

ppor

ts p

oten

tial

habi

tat f

or S

onor

an d

eser

t tor

tois

e.

OR

PI

Tabl

e 3-

8 ha

s bee

n re

vise

d to

incl

ude

TCA

-A

JO-0

523.

303-

32

4-5

Less

er lo

ng-

nose

d ba

t

The

EA p

rovi

des a

cou

nt o

f aga

ves a

nd c

olum

nar c

acti

obse

rved

"with

in

the

surv

ey a

rea"

of s

even

pro

pose

d to

wer

site

s. W

ould

thes

e pl

ants

be

dest

roye

d by

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es?

Plea

se c

larif

y.

OR

PI

Som

e ag

ave

and

colu

mna

r ca

cti a

long

app

roac

h ro

ads

coul

d be

des

troye

d as

a

resu

lt of

road

im

prov

emen

ts.

Aga

ve

and

colu

mna

r cac

ti un

der

3 fe

et w

ould

be

relo

cate

d an

d co

lum

nar c

acti

over

3

feet

wou

ld b

e re

plac

ed a

t a

3:1

ratio

.

313-

32

6 &

13

Less

er lo

ng-

nose

d ba

t

The

EA sa

ys th

ere

are

non-

mat

erni

ty ro

osts

with

in 5

mile

s of 5

23 a

nd

551;

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

stat

us o

f the

se ro

osts

is p

relim

inar

y,

pend

ing

a fin

al p

roje

ct re

port.

Tow

er #

553

wou

ld a

lso

be w

ithin

5 m

iles

of th

ese

roos

ts.

OR

PI

The

text

has

bee

n re

vise

d to

repl

ace

TCA

-AJO

-055

1 w

ith -0

553

323-

32

Phot

o 3.

9 So

nora

n pr

ongh

orn

The

phot

ogra

ph d

oes n

ot a

ppea

r to

be a

Son

oran

pro

ngho

rn, i

t is m

ore

likel

y a

Nor

th A

mer

ican

pro

ngho

rn.

OR

PI

The

phot

o ha

s bee

n co

rrec

ted.

333-

32

40 A

lso

Figu

re 3

-5

Pron

ghor

n To

wer

s 551

,553

and

052

3 ar

e al

l with

in h

isto

ric ra

nge.

Tow

er 5

23,

bein

g ea

st o

f Hw

y85,

is n

ot w

ithin

wha

t is c

onsi

dere

d "c

urre

nt"

rang

e.

Figu

re 3

- 5 il

lust

rate

s "cu

rren

t" ra

nge,

not

"hi

stor

ic" (

form

er) r

ange

. O

RPI

The

figur

e tit

le w

ill b

e re

vise

d to

indi

cate

this

is

the

curr

ent r

ange

of t

he

SOPH

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

#L

ocat

ion

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men

t R

evie

wer

G

SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

343-

43

27-4

7 Le

sser

long

-no

sed

bat

In o

rder

to e

valu

ate

effe

cts o

n th

e le

sser

long

-nos

ed b

at, t

he n

umbe

r of

cact

i and

aga

ves d

estro

yed

or tr

ansp

lant

ed sh

ould

be

prov

ided

. Not

all

colu

mna

r cac

ti ca

n be

tran

spla

nted

(e.g

. lar

ge in

divi

dual

s) a

nd n

ot a

ll tra

nspl

ante

d ca

cti s

urvi

ve.

OR

PI

The

agav

e an

d co

lum

nar

cact

i are

loca

ted

alon

g th

e ap

proa

ch ro

ads a

nd th

e nu

mbe

r of p

lant

s po

tent

ially

aff

ecte

d by

ro

ad im

prov

emen

ts is

un

know

n at

this

tim

e. A

de

taile

d m

itiga

tion

plan

w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed p

rior t

o co

nstru

ctio

n.

353-

44

6+

Pron

ghor

n

Alte

rnat

e to

wer

site

#55

3 is

als

o w

ithin

cur

rent

Son

oran

pro

ngho

rn

rang

e an

d ha

bita

t. Th

is se

ctio

n sh

ould

als

o ev

alua

te th

e im

pact

s of C

BP

agen

ts re

spon

ding

to R

VSS

tow

er in

form

atio

n. F

or e

xam

ple,

CB

P pe

rson

nel t

rave

ling

north

and

wes

t in

vehi

cles

off

-roa

d w

ould

hav

e an

in

crea

sed

pote

ntia

l to

dist

urb/

hara

ss S

onor

an p

rong

horn

.

OR

PI

Text

has

bee

n re

vise

d in

th

e EA

to re

plac

e TC

A-

AJO

-055

1 w

ith T

CA

-A

JO-0

553.

USB

P op

erat

ions

are

out

side

the

scop

e of

this

EA

.

363-

46+

45+

Torto

ise

Tow

er 5

23 is

als

o w

ithin

pot

entia

l Son

oran

des

ert t

orto

ise

habi

tat.

The

EA su

gges

ts th

at a

ll R

VSS

tow

er si

tes h

ave

been

fully

dis

turb

ed

alre

ady,

whi

ch c

onfli

cts w

ith th

e ac

reag

e es

timat

es fo

r new

, per

man

ent

grou

nd d

istu

rban

ce p

rese

nted

els

ewhe

re in

the

EA. A

lso,

this

sect

ion

sugg

ests

that

rock

y su

bstra

tes w

ith sh

allo

w d

epth

to b

edro

ck d

o no

t co

nstit

ute

Sono

ran

dese

rt to

rtois

e ha

bita

t, w

hen

in fa

ct th

ose

char

acte

ristic

s typ

ify S

onor

an d

eser

t tor

tois

e ha

bita

t.

OR

PI

The

EA h

as b

een

corr

ecte

d to

indi

cate

that

ro

cky

subs

trate

s with

sh

allo

w d

epth

are

suita

ble

habi

tat.

Tow

er 5

23 w

as

iden

tifie

d as

bei

ng w

ithin

su

itabl

e ha

bita

t, al

thou

gh

it is

mar

gina

l at b

est,

sinc

e To

wer

523

is c

ompr

ised

of

silt

and

cobb

le.

The

long

est d

ista

nce

any

tow

er

site

is fr

om a

n ex

istin

g ro

ad is

50

feet

and

mos

t ar

e im

med

iate

ly a

djac

ent

to e

xist

ing

road

s. T

hus,

the

stat

emen

t tha

t the

to

wer

site

s are

with

in

area

s tha

t hav

e be

en

dist

urbe

d is

acc

urat

e.

373-

47

5 To

rtois

e Th

e se

nten

ce "T

his i

ndiv

idua

l is l

ikel

y a

rele

ased

cap

tive.

" App

ears

to

be o

ut o

f pla

ce.

OR

PI

This

err

oneo

us st

atem

ent

has b

een

dele

ted.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

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E V

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47

5-7

Torto

ise

The

refe

renc

e to

veh

icle

spee

d re

stric

tions

for S

onor

an p

rong

horn

pr

otec

tion

yiel

ding

ben

efits

for t

orto

ises

shou

ld b

e re

mov

ed. T

he

rela

tive

spee

d ca

pabi

litie

s of p

rong

horn

and

torto

ises

are

pro

foun

dly

inco

mpa

rabl

e. T

he 2

5 m

ph v

ehic

le sp

eed

limit

may

aff

ord

som

e pr

otec

tions

to p

rong

horn

, but

not

for d

eser

t tor

tois

es. P

leas

e ex

plai

n ho

w th

e 25

mph

spee

d lim

it w

ill b

e en

forc

ed to

ens

ure

com

plia

nce

and

prot

ectio

n of

thes

e sp

ecie

s?

OR

PI

OTI

A a

gree

s tha

t pr

ongh

orn

are

fast

er th

an

torto

ises

. H

owev

er, t

he

redu

ced/

rest

ricte

d sp

eed

limit

will

hel

p to

avo

id

impa

cts o

n to

rtois

es.

393-

51

22

3.8.

5.1

Plea

se n

ote

that

NPS

and

all

land

man

agem

ent a

genc

ies n

eed

to b

e no

tifie

d im

med

iate

ly in

the

even

t of a

ny a

rche

olog

ical

dis

cove

ry,

incl

udin

g hu

man

rem

ains

. O

RPI

EA

has

bee

n re

vise

d to

em

phas

ize

this

pro

cess

.

403-

56

14+

3.9.

2.1+

Th

e an

alys

is o

f im

pact

s to

air q

ualit

y do

es a

n ex

celle

nt jo

b of

qu

antif

ying

pot

entia

l im

pact

s to

air q

ualit

y. N

PS re

ques

ts th

at a

sim

ilar,

quan

tifia

ble

anal

ysis

be

done

for s

oils

, veg

etat

ion

and

wild

life.

O

RPI

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ent.

OTI

A b

elie

ves

the

othe

r im

pact

ana

lyse

s ar

e ad

equa

te.

413-

64+

36+

3.10

.2.1

The

15%

Des

ign

for 5

53 a

nd 5

23 sh

ows s

olar

pow

er, a

nd n

ot n

eed

for a

ge

nera

tor.

If th

e fin

al d

esig

n do

es in

clud

e ge

nera

tors

, the

noi

se sh

ould

be

min

imiz

ed a

s per

SB

lnet

DO

PA (J

uly

2009

): "S

igni

fican

tly m

inim

ize

nois

e le

vels

for d

ay a

nd n

ight

and

ope

ratio

ns o

f tow

ers a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d in

fras

truc

ture

with

in S

onor

an p

rong

hom

and

less

er lo

ng-n

osed

bat

ha

bita

t by

usin

g ei

ther

baf

fle b

oxes

(a so

und-

resi

stan

t box

that

is p

lace

d ov

er o

r aro

und

a ge

nera

tor,

air-

cond

ition

ing

unit,

or a

ny o

ther

soun

d pr

oduc

ing

equi

pmen

t) or

oth

er n

oise

-aba

tem

ent m

etho

ds fo

r all

gene

rato

rs, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g un

its, o

r any

oth

er so

und

prod

ucin

g eq

uipm

ent.

Spec

ifica

lly, f

or S

onor

an p

rong

hom

, lim

it no

ise

emis

sion

s fr

om e

ach

tow

er so

as n

ot to

exc

eed

35 d

BA (m

easu

red

ambi

ent n

oise

) at

150

met

ers d

ista

nce

from

the

nois

e so

urce

. Use

an

acou

stic

al

prof

essio

nal t

o en

sure

that

bui

ldin

g an

d/or

soun

d ba

nier

des

ign

deta

ils

are

suffi

cien

t to

achi

eve

the

afor

emen

tione

d cr

iteri

a. P

rovi

de a

cous

tic

findi

ngs t

o U

SFW

S-AE

SO &

CPN

WR,

Ajo

Sta

tion

Tow

er P

roje

ct, a

nd

BLM

. "

Bec

ause

tow

ers T

CA

-NO

-055

1105

53 a

nd T

CA

-NO

-052

3 ar

e w

ithin

or

adja

cent

to S

onor

an p

rong

horn

hab

itat,

NPS

requ

ests

that

sim

ilar n

oise

ab

atem

ent m

easu

res b

e in

clud

ed a

t the

se lo

catio

ns if

the

final

des

ign

incl

udes

the

use

of g

ener

ator

s.

OR

PI

Gen

erat

ors w

ould

not

be

used

at T

CA

-AJO

-055

3 or

-0

523.

Sol

ar p

ower

onl

y w

ould

be

used

at t

hese

to

wer

site

s.

423-

69

35-4

1 R

oads

Traf

fic p

atte

rns o

n H

ighw

ay 8

5 ar

e m

aske

d by

'ave

rage

ann

ual d

aily

co

unts

'. Tr

affic

is o

ften

heav

y on

wee

kend

s, ho

liday

s and

sprin

g br

eak.

Th

e hi

ghw

ay la

cks s

houl

ders

. If p

ossi

ble,

larg

e co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent

shou

ld a

void

hig

hway

trav

el d

urin

g th

ese

time

perio

ds.

OR

PI

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

to

incl

ude

thes

e un

der

BM

Ps.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

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69

R

oads

Th

is se

ctio

n do

es n

ot in

clud

e an

y in

form

atio

n on

the

proj

ecte

d us

e,

impr

ovem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f ass

ocia

ted

road

s. Th

is in

form

atio

n is

ne

eded

in o

rder

to p

redi

ct th

e le

vel o

f env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s. O

RPI

Thes

e ac

tiviti

es w

ere

addr

esse

d in

the

Dra

ft EA

on

pag

e 3-

69, l

ines

36

thro

ugh

39.

443-

71

28

3.14

.2.1

Expe

rienc

e on

rest

orat

ion

of S

Bln

et a

ssoc

iate

d di

stur

banc

es h

as fo

und

it is

nec

essa

ry to

de-

com

pact

soils

and

to p

erio

dica

lly w

ater

the

plan

ts, i

n or

der f

or re

stor

atio

n of

nat

ive

spec

ies t

o be

succ

essf

ul. P

leas

e in

clud

e m

ore

site

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

on p

lann

ed re

stor

atio

n pr

actic

es to

hel

p su

bsta

ntia

te th

e en

viro

nmen

tal e

ffec

ts p

rese

nted

.

OR

PI

The

cons

truct

ion

Req

uest

fo

r Pro

posa

l will

incl

ude

appl

icab

le B

MPs

. C

BP

will

dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent a

site

re

stor

atio

n pl

an.

454.

1 36

-38

4.1

The

stat

emen

t tha

t the

"...

mos

t sub

stan

tial i

mpa

cts o

f the

se a

ctiv

ities

w

ere

not o

r are

not

regu

late

d by

NEP

A .

. ." i

s not

subs

tant

iate

d, a

nd

may

be

deba

tabl

e.

OR

PI

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ent.

464.

1

26-2

7 (a

nd

else

whe

re)

4.2

This

sect

ion,

and

Fig

ures

4-1

thro

ugh

4-3

shou

ld a

lso

desc

ribe

and

eval

uate

the

effe

cts o

f CB

P's f

ield

ope

ratio

ns a

ctiv

ities

thro

ugho

ut th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct a

rea.

Fie

ld o

pera

tions

(age

nts o

n th

e gr

ound

) may

hav

e gr

eate

r eff

ects

on

the

envi

ronm

ent t

han

man

y of

the

indi

vidu

al

"pro

ject

s" li

sted

her

e.

OR

PI

As i

ndic

ated

in se

ctio

n 1.

4, a

n an

alys

is o

f USB

P fie

ld o

pera

tions

is b

eyon

d th

e sc

ope

of th

is E

A.

474-

1 40

+ 4.

3 Th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s sec

tion

fails

to m

entio

n th

e A

rizon

a Te

chno

logy

Pl

an (A

TR) p

revi

ousl

y re

fere

nced

on

page

1-2

of t

his d

ocum

ent.

Doe

s th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s sec

tion

cont

ain

all p

roje

cts i

n th

e A

TR?

OR

PI

The

ATP

is n

ot m

entio

ned

in th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s se

ctio

n be

caus

e it

does

not

gu

ide

OTI

A p

roje

cts.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

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SY

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RA

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Y 2

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Sect

ion

484-

1

4.3

The

sect

ion

title

incl

udes

'rea

sona

bly

fore

seea

ble'

proj

ects

. How

ever

, su

bseq

uent

text

refe

renc

es o

nly

'curr

ent'

proj

ects

. Inf

orm

atio

n on

fo

rese

eabl

e pr

ojec

ts is

nee

ded

to a

dequ

atel

y as

sess

and

inte

rpre

t the

cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s.

Ther

e is

no

men

tion

of a

genc

y sp

onso

red

proj

ects

with

in th

e pr

ojec

t ar

ea. P

leas

e in

clud

e al

l pro

ject

s with

a p

oten

tial e

nviro

nmen

tal e

ffec

t.

DH

S is

cur

rent

ly a

naly

zing

the

effe

cts o

f Tac

tical

Infr

astru

ctur

e M

aint

enan

ce a

nd R

epai

r acr

oss s

outh

ern

Ariz

ona.

Thi

s pro

ject

shou

ld

be in

clud

ed in

the

disc

ussi

on o

f cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts.

Ther

e ha

s bee

n re

new

ed d

iscu

ssio

n co

ncer

ning

the

cons

truct

ion

of a

to

wer

at M

onte

zum

a Pa

ss in

Cor

onad

o N

atio

nal M

emor

ial,

perh

aps a

s ea

rly a

s Oct

ober

. The

con

stru

ctio

n of

a n

ew to

wer

adj

acen

t to

cons

truct

ion

of se

vera

l oth

er n

ew to

wer

s is a

pplic

able

to th

is a

naly

sis o

f cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s. Th

e di

scus

sion

of N

aco

proj

ects

(p4-

6 lin

es 1

2-18

) m

entio

n up

grad

es o

f exi

stin

g eq

uipm

ent o

r new

repe

ater

s - b

ut n

ot

tow

er c

onst

ruct

ion.

NPS

ask

s tha

t all

proj

ects

be

incl

uded

in th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s ana

lysi

s.

OR

PI

The

reas

onab

ly

fore

seea

ble

proj

ects

wer

e ta

ken

into

con

side

ratio

n as

wel

l. N

PS sp

onso

red

proj

ects

hav

e be

en a

dded

to

the

proj

ect l

ist.

The

ne

w to

wer

at M

onte

zum

a is

a p

art o

f the

N

ogal

es/S

onoi

ta IF

T pr

ojec

t. T

he

Nog

ales

/Son

oita

IFT

proj

ect a

s wel

l as t

he

prop

osed

Tac

tical

In

fras

truct

ure

Mai

nten

ance

and

Rep

air

Prog

ram

hav

e be

en a

dded

to

cum

ulat

ive

impa

ct

anal

ysis

.

494-

9 24

-34

4.5.

2 So

ils

Off

-roa

d tra

vel a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith C

BV

s and

inte

rdic

tion

effo

rts c

ontin

ues

in th

e ar

eas c

over

ed b

y th

e W

elto

n an

d A

jo S

tatio

ns. T

he tr

affic

is

resu

lting

in m

easu

rabl

e so

il di

stur

banc

e re

sulti

ng in

acc

eler

ated

soil

eros

ion

and/

or c

ompa

ctio

n, a

cros

s lar

ge a

reas

. Thi

s sub

stan

tial s

ourc

e of

so

il di

stur

banc

e is

cau

sing

adv

erse

impa

cts t

o so

ils, v

eget

atio

n an

d w

ildlif

e ha

bita

t, an

d ne

eds t

o be

incl

uded

in th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s an

alys

is fo

r thi

s are

a.

OR

PI

Off

-roa

d tra

vel o

f CB

Vs

and

subs

eque

nt

inte

rdic

tion

activ

ities

are

ou

tsid

e th

e sc

ope

of th

is

proj

ect.

504-

9 34

4.

5.2

Soils

N

PS fe

els t

he c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s to

soils

in m

uch

of th

e pr

ojec

t are

a ar

e m

oder

ate,

not

min

or, d

ue to

con

tinue

d of

f-ro

ad v

ehic

le tr

affic

. O

RPI

R

evis

ed a

s sug

gest

ed, a

nd

will

not

e th

at C

BV

traf

fic

is ro

ot p

robl

em.

514-

9 34

4.

5.2

Soils

Muc

h of

the

vege

tatio

n in

the

proj

ect a

rea

is su

stai

ning

sim

ilar i

mpa

cts

as th

e so

il re

sour

ce. N

PS su

gges

ts th

at w

hen

off-

road

veh

icle

traf

fic is

co

nsid

ered

in th

e re

alm

of c

umul

ativ

e ef

fect

s, th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

on

vege

tatio

n is

mod

erat

e.

OR

PI

Rev

ised

as s

ugge

sted

, and

w

ill n

ote

that

CB

V tr

affic

is

root

pro

blem

.

524-

10

10

4.5.

5 W

ildlif

e

NPS

sugg

ests

the

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts t

o w

ildlif

e fr

om c

ontin

ued

off-

road

ve

hicl

e tra

ffic

and

it su

bseq

uent

har

assm

ent o

f wild

life

and

habi

tat

degr

adat

ion

be in

clud

ed in

this

ana

lysi

s. Th

e co

nclu

sion

of m

inor

cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

s to

wild

life

shou

ld b

e re

-ass

esse

d.

OR

PI

Rev

ised

as s

ugge

sted

, and

w

ill n

ote

that

CB

V tr

affic

is

root

pro

blem

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

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ion

534-

10

22-2

8 4.

5.6

Prot

ecte

d Sp

ecie

s

The

EA q

uant

ifies

impa

cts o

n ag

ave

plan

ts, b

ut n

ot c

olum

nar c

acti.

It

shou

ld st

ate

how

man

y co

lum

nar c

acti

wou

ld b

e de

stro

yed,

and

how

m

any

(and

of w

hat s

ize)

tran

spla

nted

. O

RPI

The

num

ber o

f aga

ve a

nd

colu

mna

r cac

ti pr

ovid

ed

on p

age

3-32

, rep

rese

nt

the

num

ber o

f pla

nts

pres

ent i

n th

e su

rvey

co

rrid

or.

Plea

se se

e re

spon

se to

Com

men

t 34.

A

BM

P w

as a

dded

to th

e EA

for t

he re

plac

emen

t of

colu

mna

r cac

ti at

a 3

:1

ratio

.

544-

10

45-4

6 4.

5.6

Prot

ecte

d Sp

ecie

s

The

activ

ities

of C

BP

staf

f on

the

grou

nd (e

.g. d

rivin

g ve

hicl

es o

ff-

road

), di

rect

ed b

y da

ta g

athe

red

by th

e R

VSS

site

s, m

ay a

dver

sely

aff

ect

Sono

ran

pron

ghor

n vi

a ha

rass

men

t and

hab

itat d

egra

datio

n. T

his

indi

rect

eff

ect o

f the

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t sho

uld

be e

valu

ated

.

OR

PI

OTI

A b

elie

ves t

he E

A

adeq

uate

ly a

ddre

sses

th

ese

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s.

554-

11

1-9

4.5.

6 Pr

otec

ted

Spec

ies

As n

oted

els

ewhe

re, p

ropo

sed

tow

er 5

23 is

als

o in

Son

oran

des

ert

torto

ise

habi

tat.

Roc

ky su

bstra

tes w

ith sh

allo

w b

edro

ck in

fact

do

prov

ide

Sono

ran

dese

rt to

rtois

e ha

bita

t, in

clud

ing

shel

ter s

ites.

OR

PI

Tow

er 5

23 is

incl

uded

in

the

two

RV

SS to

wer

s di

scus

sed

in th

is

para

grap

h. T

he re

fere

nce

to sh

allo

w so

ils h

as b

een

rem

oved

from

the

text

.

565-

1 G

ener

al

5.0

BM

Ps

The

prop

osed

act

ion

in th

is R

VSS

EA

is v

ery

sim

ilar t

o th

e pr

opos

ed

actio

n in

SB

lnet

Ajo

l Tow

er P

roje

ct E

A (D

ecem

ber 2

009)

. The

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

s in

Cha

pter

5 o

f SB

lnet

are

muc

h m

ore

thor

ough

. N

PS re

ques

ts th

at th

ese

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res b

e re

view

ed a

nd a

dopt

ed

whe

re a

pplic

able

for i

mpl

emen

tatio

n on

RV

SS.

Mill

er re

spon

se:

Incl

ude

thos

e m

easu

res o

nly

to th

e ex

tent

they

are

ap

plic

able

to th

is a

ctio

n, fo

r RV

SS, a

nd fo

r the

are

as w

here

RV

SS

tow

ers a

re p

lann

ed.

OR

PI

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res h

ave

been

incl

uded

whe

re

appl

icab

le.

575-

1 44

-45

5.2

Soils

NPS

ask

s tha

t site

spec

ific

cons

truct

ion

plan

s, in

clud

ing

soil

eros

ion

cont

rol p

ract

ices

be

subm

itted

for N

PS a

ppro

val p

rior t

o co

nstru

ctio

n im

plem

enta

tion.

NPS

Sug

gest

s tha

t all

tow

er si

tes b

e gi

ven

‘spe

cial

co

nsid

erat

ion’

(lin

e 45

) in

the

desig

n pr

oces

s bec

ause

of t

he in

here

nt

erod

abili

ty o

f man

y de

sert

soils

, and

the

pote

ntia

l for

soil

dest

abili

zatio

n fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

dist

urba

nces

.

OR

PI

Soil

impa

cts h

ave

been

ta

ken

into

con

side

ratio

n du

ring

the

desi

gn o

f the

to

wer

s and

road

s. A

Sp

ecia

l Use

Per

mit

will

be

obta

ined

from

OR

PI p

rior

to c

onst

ruct

ion.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

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ocat

ion

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men

t R

evie

wer

G

SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

585-

1 46

5.

2 N

PS re

ques

ts a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

on th

e co

mpo

sitio

n of

wet

ting

com

poun

ds to

dec

reas

e so

il er

osio

n.

OR

PI

App

ropr

iate

mea

sure

s will

be

take

n ba

sed

on so

il st

udy.

595-

2+

34+

5.4

Prot

ecte

d Sp

ecie

s

Plea

se p

rovi

de d

etai

led

mea

sure

s to

avoi

d an

d tra

nspl

ant a

gave

s and

co

lum

nar c

acti,

and

to p

rese

rve

less

er lo

ng-n

osed

bat

food

pla

nts.

Mea

sure

s to

surv

ey fo

r, an

d re

loca

te d

eser

t tor

tois

es, p

rior t

o gr

ound

- di

stur

bing

act

iviti

es, s

houl

d al

so b

e de

taile

d he

re. T

he sl

ow v

ehic

le

spee

ds m

entio

ned

on p

3-4

7 fo

r the

torto

ise

(and

Son

oran

pro

ngho

rn)

are

also

not

incl

uded

her

e. S

low

veh

icle

spee

ds (<

25 m

ph) s

houl

d be

co

mm

itted

to, f

or b

oth

cons

truct

ion-

rela

ted

traff

ic a

nd a

ll ro

utin

e op

erat

ions

traf

fic.

OR

PI

A d

etai

led

miti

gatio

n pl

an

will

be

prep

ared

prio

r to

cons

truct

ion.

A

dditi

onal

ly, a

3:1

re

plac

emen

t rat

io fo

r co

lum

nar c

acti

has b

een

adde

d as

a B

MP

in th

e EA

. C

onst

ruct

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

veh

icle

s will

ob

serv

e th

e 25

mile

per

ho

ur sp

eed

limit.

USB

P op

erat

ions

are

out

side

the

scop

e of

this

EA

. 60

5-4

31

5.10

M

axim

um sp

eed

thro

ugh

OPC

NM

is 2

5 m

ph. P

leas

e in

clud

e th

is

info

rmat

ion.

O

RPI

R

evis

ed a

s sug

gest

ed.

Ari

zona

Gam

e an

d Fi

sh D

epar

tmen

t (A

ZDFG

)

61

Doc

umen

t siz

e –

the

Dra

ft EA

is a

con

side

rabl

y la

rge

docu

men

t, ar

guab

ly to

o la

rge

to a

llow

ade

quat

e re

view

by

the

publ

ic a

nd a

genc

y re

view

ers i

n a

timel

y fa

shio

n. S

ever

al a

reas

of t

he d

ocum

ent c

ould

be

cond

ense

d w

ithou

t los

s of i

mpo

rtant

con

tent

. For

exa

mpl

e, ra

ther

than

in

clud

ing

112

page

s of r

epet

itive

cop

ies o

f the

initi

al p

roje

ct n

otifi

catio

n le

tter i

n A

ppen

dix

A, a

sim

ple

list o

f age

ncie

s/ot

her e

ntiti

es se

nt th

is

lette

r wou

ld a

ccom

plis

h th

e sa

me

purp

ose

whi

le sa

ving

revi

ewer

tim

e an

d do

ubtle

ss p

aper

, con

side

ring

the

likel

y sc

enar

io th

at so

me

revi

ewer

s m

ay c

hoos

e to

prin

t the

doc

umen

t for

revi

ew.

The

map

s pre

sent

ed in

App

endi

ces B

and

C c

ould

be

com

bine

d, th

ereb

y el

imin

atin

g an

add

ition

al 2

0 pa

ges.

AZD

FG

OTI

A th

anks

the

AZG

FD

for i

t rev

iew

and

co

mm

ents

.

62Th

e sp

ecie

s obs

erve

d lis

t is e

ssen

tially

mea

ning

less

with

out a

n in

dica

tion

of w

hich

spec

ies w

ere

obse

rved

at w

hich

loca

tions

, and

do

esn’

t add

val

ue to

the

anal

ysis

. A

ZDFG

Th

e lis

t has

bee

n re

vise

d to

iden

tify

whe

re sp

ecie

s w

ere

obse

rved

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

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ocat

ion

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men

t R

evie

wer

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SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

63

App

endi

x E

cont

ains

the

entir

e lis

t of A

rizon

a sp

ecia

l sta

tus s

peci

es, f

or

ever

y co

unty

in th

e st

ate.

Muc

h of

this

is c

ompl

etel

y irr

elev

ant f

or th

is

EA, a

nd a

gain

a c

onsi

dera

ble

num

ber o

f pag

es in

the

docu

men

t cou

ld b

e el

imin

ated

thro

ugh

a si

mpl

e re

ques

t to

the

Dep

artm

ent t

o ge

nera

te a

list

fo

r onl

y th

ose

coun

ties w

ithin

the

proj

ect r

egio

n of

influ

ence

(RO

I).

AZD

FG

This

list

has

bee

n re

vise

d to

incl

ude

only

the

affe

cted

cou

ntie

s.

64Pl

ease

incl

ude

with

in th

e Fi

nal E

A a

cop

y of

the

Dep

artm

ent’s

firs

t co

mm

ent l

ette

r add

ress

ed to

Ms.

Mar

y D

. Has

sell,

dat

ed A

pril

17, 2

012.

A

ZDFG

Th

at le

tter a

nd th

is o

ne

have

bee

n in

clud

ed in

the

Fina

l EA

.

65

Page

3-4

1, li

ne 6

stat

es “

no st

ate-

liste

d sp

ecie

s…w

ere

obse

rved

dur

ing

pede

stria

n su

rvey

s”. B

ecau

se th

ere

is n

o de

scrip

tion

of th

e sp

ecifi

c tim

e of

day

and

wea

ther

con

ditio

ns g

iven

for t

hese

surv

eys o

vera

ll, o

r by

site

, th

ere

is in

suff

icie

nt in

form

atio

n gi

ven

to d

eter

min

e w

heth

er c

ondi

tions

w

ere

suita

ble

for t

hose

spec

ies t

o be

act

ive

durin

g th

e su

rvey

s and

w

heth

er o

r not

they

wou

ld b

e ap

pare

nt to

the

surv

eyor

. Als

o, th

ere

is n

o in

dica

tion

of th

e am

ount

of t

ime

spen

t con

duct

ing

thes

e su

rvey

s and

no

spec

ific

surv

ey m

etho

dolo

gy is

des

crib

ed.

AZD

FG

The

incl

usiv

e da

tes o

f the

su

rvey

s and

gen

eral

w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

hav

e be

en a

dded

to th

e EA

.

66

We

did

not f

ind

any

men

tion

of th

e in

crea

sed

risk

of p

reda

tion

on fl

at-

taile

d ho

rned

liza

rds f

rom

rapt

ors a

ffor

ded

incr

ease

d hu

ntin

g pe

rche

s vi

a co

nstru

ctio

n of

the

RV

SS to

wer

s with

in th

e liz

ard’

s ran

ge. I

f CB

P do

es n

ot in

tend

to in

clud

e pe

rch

dete

rren

ts o

n to

wer

s loc

ated

with

in th

e fla

t-tai

led

horn

ed li

zard

’s ra

nge,

and

esp

ecia

lly w

ithin

the

Yum

a D

eser

t M

anag

emen

t Are

a, p

leas

e pr

ovid

e ju

stifi

catio

n fo

r tha

t dec

isio

n.

AZD

FG

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

to in

corp

orat

e th

ese

disc

ussi

ons.

67

The

disc

ussi

on p

rovi

ded

rega

rdin

g ag

aves

, sag

uaro

s, an

d or

gan-

pipe

ca

cti w

ould

be

mor

e in

form

ativ

e if

it in

clud

ed a

bre

ak-d

own

by to

wer

(i.

e., n

umbe

r of e

ach

clas

s of s

uccu

lent

pre

sent

by

indi

vidu

al to

wer

) and

de

scrip

tion

of th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ve

geta

tion

at e

ach

of th

ose

site

s to

allo

w

the

revi

ewer

to “

pict

ure”

the

rela

tive

sign

ifica

nce

of th

ose

less

er lo

ng-

nose

d ba

t for

age

plan

ts o

n ea

ch to

wer

site

in re

latio

n to

the

surr

ound

ing

land

scap

e.

AZD

FG

The

entir

e ar

ea is

co

nsid

ered

by

USF

WS

as

fora

ge h

abita

t; th

us, O

TIA

do

es n

ot fe

el a

bre

ak-

dow

n by

tow

er si

te w

ould

pr

ovid

e

68

Page

4-1

0, li

nes 4

0-46

are

som

ewha

t con

tradi

ctor

y. T

he st

atem

ent i

s m

ade

that

bot

h sh

ort-t

erm

and

long

-term

redu

ctio

ns in

fora

ge

avai

labi

lity

(rel

ated

to p

roje

ct a

ctiv

ities

) “w

ould

hav

e an

adv

erse

eff

ect

on th

is p

opul

atio

n”, y

et th

e fo

llow

ing

sent

ence

stat

es th

at

“im

plem

enta

tion

of c

onse

rvat

ion

mea

sure

s will

mak

e ef

fect

s unl

ikel

y,

and

if pr

esen

t, di

scou

ntab

le”.

It i

s not

cle

ar w

hat c

onse

rvat

ion

mea

sure

s w

ould

mak

e th

ose

effe

cts d

isco

unta

ble.

AZD

FG

The

stat

emen

ts h

ave

been

re

vise

d to

indi

cate

that

th

ere

coul

d be

shor

t and

lo

ng-te

rm im

pact

s, ho

wev

er, w

ith th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

cons

erva

tions

mea

sure

s (d

escr

ibed

in S

ectio

n 5.

4),

thos

e im

pact

s wou

ld b

e di

scou

ntab

le.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

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ion

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t R

evie

wer

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’s R

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nse

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ine

Sect

ion

69

Sect

ion

5.4

need

s to

incl

ude

Bes

t Man

agem

ent P

ract

ices

(BM

Ps) t

o ad

dres

s im

pact

s to

flat-t

aile

d ho

rned

liza

rds a

nd d

eser

t tor

tois

e. A

st

atem

ent i

s mad

e on

pag

e 3-

47 th

at v

ehic

le sp

eeds

wou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

due

to th

e pr

esen

ce o

f Son

oran

pro

ngho

rn, m

akin

g th

e po

tent

ial f

or a

ve

hicl

e st

rikin

g a

torto

ise

disc

ount

able

. Bec

ause

a to

rtois

e is

co

nsid

erab

ly sm

alle

r tha

n a

pron

ghor

n an

d th

us n

ot n

early

as v

isib

le to

a

driv

er a

s a p

rong

horn

, thi

s sta

tem

ent i

s not

just

ified

. Fur

ther

, the

BM

P pr

opos

ed fo

r Son

oran

pro

ngho

rn (i

.e.,

seas

onal

veh

icle

rest

rictio

ns)

wou

ld b

e in

eff

ect o

nly

from

Mar

ch 1

5 to

July

15.

Des

ert t

orto

ises

are

ac

tive

durin

g ot

her t

imes

of t

he y

ear a

nd w

ould

ther

efor

e be

at r

isk

from

ve

hicl

e st

rikes

out

side

thos

e se

ason

al re

stric

tion

perio

ds.

AZD

FG

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

to st

ate

that

a b

iolo

gica

l m

onito

r will

be

pres

ent

durin

g co

nstru

ctio

n at

the

two

tow

ers l

ocat

ed w

ithin

So

nora

n de

sert

torto

ise

habi

tat (

i.e.,

TCA

-AJO

-05

23 a

nd T

CA

-AJO

-05

53) a

nd th

e si

x to

wer

s lo

cate

d w

ithin

or a

djac

ent

to th

e Y

uma

Des

ert F

lat-

taile

d H

orne

d Li

zard

M

anag

emen

t Are

a (Y

UM

-Y

US-

0539

, YU

M-Y

US-

0543

, YU

M-Y

US-

0547

, Y

UM

-YU

S-05

49, Y

UM

-Y

US-

0575

, and

YU

M-

YU

S-05

77).

70Th

e D

epar

tmen

t rec

omm

ends

cha

ngin

g “a

gave

s, sa

guar

o ca

cti,

and

orga

n pi

pe c

acti

shou

ld b

e sa

lvag

ed a

nd tr

ansp

lant

ed”

to “

wou

ld b

e sa

lvag

ed a

nd tr

ansp

lant

ed”

on p

age

3-43

and

incl

udin

g re

fere

nce

to th

is

in th

e FO

NSI

and

the

pend

ing

rest

orat

ion

plan

.

AZD

FG

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

as su

gges

ted.

71

Ther

e ar

e co

ntra

dict

ory

stat

emen

ts o

n pa

ge 3

-47,

1st p

arag

raph

: the

st

atem

ent i

s mad

e th

at n

o de

sert

torto

ise

indi

vidu

als o

r sig

n w

ere

obse

rved

, yet

ther

e is

men

tion

of “

this

indi

vidu

al is

like

ly a

rele

ased

ca

ptiv

e”. W

e re

com

men

d cl

arifi

catio

n as

to w

heth

er a

torto

ise

was

, or

was

not

foun

d.

AZD

FG

The

sent

ence

on

page

3-

47 re

gard

ing

the

indi

vidu

al is

err

oneo

us

and

has b

een

dele

ted.

72

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res i

n th

e EA

are

inad

equa

te. I

n pa

rticu

lar t

here

are

no

mea

sure

s sug

gest

ed to

off

set t

he lo

ss o

f hab

itat.

It is

the

polic

y of

the

Ariz

ona

Gam

e an

d Fi

sh C

omm

issi

on th

at th

e D

epar

tmen

t see

k w

ildlif

e an

d w

ildlif

e ha

bita

t com

pens

atio

n at

a 1

00 p

erce

nt le

vel,

whe

n fe

asib

le,

for a

ctua

l or p

oten

tial h

abita

t los

ses r

esul

ting

from

land

and

wat

er

proj

ects

.

AZD

FG

Bec

ause

the

impa

cts o

n un

dist

urbe

d la

nds a

re so

sm

all a

nd o

nly

disc

ount

able

impa

cts o

n Fe

dera

lly li

sted

thre

aten

ed

or e

ndan

gere

d sp

ecie

s ha

ve b

een

iden

tifie

d,

OTI

A h

as d

eter

min

ed th

at

com

pens

ator

y m

itiga

tion

is n

ot w

arra

nted

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

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Sect

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73

The

Dep

artm

ent t

hank

s you

for t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty to

com

men

t on

the

Dra

ft EA

for t

he R

VSS

Upg

rade

Pro

gram

. As t

he st

ate

agen

cy re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e co

nser

vatio

n, e

nhan

cem

ent,

and

rest

orat

ion

of A

rizon

a’s d

iver

se

wild

life

reso

urce

s and

hab

itats

, the

Dep

artm

ent e

ncou

rage

s pro

ject

pr

opon

ents

to a

void

and

min

imiz

e ne

gativ

e im

pact

s, an

d w

hen

poss

ible

en

hanc

e an

d/or

impr

ove

habi

tat c

ondi

tions

. The

Dep

artm

ent h

as

prod

uced

a n

umbe

r of w

ildlif

e-fr

iend

ly g

uide

lines

(h

ttp://

ww

w.a

zgfd

.gov

/hgi

s/gu

idel

ines

.asp

x) a

nd c

an p

rovi

de a

dditi

onal

ex

perti

se to

CB

P in

rega

rd to

wild

life

conn

ectiv

ity, h

abita

t man

agem

ent,

and

miti

gatio

n st

rate

gies

. In

parti

cula

r, w

e re

com

men

d yo

ur c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e To

rtoi

se H

andl

ing

Gui

delin

es,M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

s for

Des

ert

Tort

oise

s, an

d Su

rvey

Gui

delin

es fo

r Con

sulta

nts a

vaila

ble

from

the

abov

e w

eb a

ddre

ss.

AZD

FG

Than

k yo

u fo

r thi

s co

mm

ent a

nd in

form

atio

n.

Ari

zona

Dep

artm

ent o

f Env

iron

men

tal Q

ualit

y (A

ZDE

Q)

74

Afte

r rev

iew

ing

the

draf

t Env

ironm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent,

the

wat

er Q

ualit

y D

ivis

ion

has n

o ad

ditio

nal c

omm

ents

and

wou

ld li

ke to

iter

ate

our

Mar

ch 1

5, 2

012

com

men

ts re

late

d to

pos

sibl

e w

ater

qua

lity

perm

its a

nd

appr

oval

s. T

hank

you

for t

his o

ppor

tuni

ty to

revi

ew.

AZD

EQ

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ents

. Th

e co

nstru

ctio

n co

ntra

ctor

w

ill b

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ob

tain

ing

the

appr

opria

te

wat

er q

ualit

y pe

rmits

and

ap

prov

als,

as w

ell a

s pr

epar

ing

a st

orm

wat

er

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n pl

an.

Cal

iforn

ia D

epar

tmen

t of T

rans

port

atio

n, D

istr

ict 1

1 (C

alT

rans

)

75

Reg

ardi

ng A

ppen

dix

B-4

(Pro

ject

Are

a M

ap S

how

ing

the

Loca

tion

of

YU

M-Y

US-

0571

): It

is a

ntic

ipat

ed th

at a

cces

s fro

m th

e ro

adw

ay to

the

futu

re “

30’ W

ide

Roa

d Im

prov

emen

ts”

will

occ

ur fr

om/to

Fed

eral

R/W

. Th

eref

ore,

it is

exp

ecte

d th

at a

n En

croa

chm

ent P

erm

it fo

rm C

altra

ns to

U

SBP

may

not

be

requ

ired.

Ple

ase

conf

irm.

Cal

Tran

s C

BP

Agr

ees

76

Reg

ardi

ng A

ppen

dix

B-5

(Pro

ject

Are

a M

ap S

how

ing

the

Loca

tion

of

YU

M-Y

US-

0573

and

YU

M-Y

US-

0531

): A

n ex

clus

ive

acce

ss fr

om

east

boun

d I-

8 is

den

ied.

Acc

ess t

o th

e pr

opos

ed to

wer

loca

tions

can

be

achi

eved

via

the

Gra

ys W

ells

Roa

d (E

xit 1

56) r

amp.

Cal

Tran

s

CB

P an

d its

con

tract

ors

will

acc

ess t

he p

ropo

sed

tow

er si

tes f

rom

Gra

ys

Wel

l Roa

d.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

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. Bur

eau

of R

ecla

mat

ion

(Rec

lam

atio

n)

77

Impa

cts t

o FT

HL

are

antic

ipat

ed.

As i

ndic

ated

by

the

EA, m

itiga

tion

(incl

udin

g co

mpe

nsat

ory)

for t

he F

THL

is re

quire

d by

Rec

lam

atio

n fo

r an

y us

ers o

f Rec

lam

atio

n la

nds.

Thi

s wou

ld in

clud

e te

mpo

rary

co

nstru

ctio

n im

pact

s and

the

final

pro

ject

“fo

otpr

int.”

We

requ

est t

hat

prio

r to

any

cons

truct

ion

activ

ities

com

men

ce, o

ur o

ffic

e is

con

tact

ed

wel

l in

adva

nce

to e

nsur

e th

e ap

prop

riate

miti

gatio

n an

d co

mpe

nsat

ory

mea

sure

s are

form

aliz

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Flat

-taile

d H

orne

d Li

zard

Ran

gew

ide

Man

agem

ent S

trate

gy, 2

003

Rev

isio

n.

Com

pens

atio

n m

itiga

tion

will

be

dete

rmin

ed b

ased

on

habi

tat l

oss.

O

utsi

de th

e Y

uma

Des

ert M

anag

emen

t Are

a (M

A) c

ompe

nsat

ion

wou

ld

be a

sses

sed

at a

1:1

ratio

. A

mul

tiply

ing

fact

or ra

ngin

g fr

om th

ree

(3) t

o si

x (6

) wou

ld b

e as

sess

ed fo

r hab

itat l

oss i

nsid

e th

e M

A.

Rec

lam

atio

n

OTI

A w

ill c

ompl

ete

coor

dina

tion

with

R

ecla

mat

ion

to e

nsur

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e Fl

at-

taile

d H

orne

d Li

zard

R

ange

wid

e M

anag

emen

t St

rate

gy, 2

003

Rev

isio

n..

78

The

tow

er si

tes l

iste

d in

the

EA a

re o

n R

ecla

mat

ion

land

s, an

d ac

cord

ing

to o

ur re

cord

s hav

e be

en a

utho

rized

by

Rec

lam

atio

n C

ontra

ct

and

Lice

nse

Nos

. 8-0

7-34

-L10

91, 1

1-07

-34-

L171

0, a

nd 1

1-07

-34-

L171

0 A

men

dmen

t No.

1.

BO

RTh

ank

you

for t

his

com

men

t and

info

rmat

ion.

7977

-78

3.

3

Sect

ion

3.3,

Pag

e N

o. 7

7 an

d 78

in th

e EA

indi

cate

s BLM

as “

Land

M

anag

er/O

wne

r,” h

owev

er, t

he to

wer

site

s (Y

UM

-YU

S-05

31, Y

UM

-Y

US-

0533

, and

YU

M-Y

US-

0535

) are

aut

horiz

ed u

nder

the

Rec

lam

atio

n C

ontra

cts l

iste

d ab

ove,

ple

ase

corr

ect l

ando

wne

r to

refle

ct

“Rec

lam

atio

n.”

BO

RTh

e EA

has

bee

n re

vise

d as

sugg

este

d.

80

Nee

d cl

arifi

catio

n on

RV

SS si

tes Y

UM

-YU

S-05

39 a

nd Y

UM

-YU

S-05

47.

Und

er S

ectio

n 2.

3 (P

ropo

sed

Actio

n) R

VSS

site

YU

M-Y

US-

0547

is li

sted

in T

able

2-2

but

is n

ot sh

own

in F

igur

e 2-

1. U

nder

Se

ctio

n 2.

4 (A

ltern

ativ

e 1)

RV

SS si

te Y

UM

-YU

S-05

39 is

list

ed in

Ta

ble

2-4

but i

s not

show

n in

Fig

ure

2-9

of th

e do

cum

ent.

BO

RTh

e EA

has

bee

n re

vise

d as

sugg

este

d.

81

Ta

ble

3-2

Und

er T

able

3-2

, RV

SS si

te Y

UM

-YU

S-05

33 is

inco

rrec

tly li

sted

as

YU

M-Y

US-

0553

. B

OR

The

EA h

as b

een

revi

sed

as su

gges

ted.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

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MS,

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e of

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iforn

ia, D

epar

tmen

t of T

oxic

Sub

stan

ces C

ontr

ol

82

The

EA sh

ould

eva

luat

e w

heth

er c

ondi

tions

with

in th

e Pr

ojec

t are

a m

ay

pose

a th

reat

to h

uman

hea

lth o

r the

env

ironm

ent.

Fol

low

ing

are

the

data

base

s of s

ome

of th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s:

Nat

iona

l Prio

ritie

s (N

PL):

A li

st m

aint

aine

d by

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y (U

.S. E

PA).

Envi

rost

or (f

orm

erly

Cal

Site

s): A

Dat

abas

e pr

imar

ily u

sed

by

the

Cal

iforn

ia D

epar

tmen

t of T

oxic

Sub

stan

ces C

ontro

l, ac

cess

ible

thro

ugh

DTS

C’s

web

site

(see

bel

ow).

Res

ourc

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Rec

over

y In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

(R

CR

IS):

A d

atab

ase

of R

CR

A fa

cilit

ies t

hat i

s mai

ntai

ned

by

U.S

. EPA

. C

ompr

ehen

sive

Env

ironm

enta

l Res

pons

e C

ompe

nsat

ion

and

Liab

ility

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em (C

ERC

LIS)

: A

dat

abas

e of

C

ERC

LA si

tes t

hat i

s mai

ntai

ned

by U

.S. E

PA.

Solid

Was

te In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

(SW

IS):

A d

atab

ase

prov

ided

by

the

Cal

iforn

ia In

tegr

ated

Was

te M

anag

emen

t Boa

rd w

hich

co

nsis

ts o

f bot

h op

en a

s wel

l as c

lose

d an

d in

activ

e so

lid w

aste

di

spos

al fa

cilit

ies a

nd tr

ansf

er st

atio

ns.

Geo

Trac

ker:

A L

ist t

hat i

s mai

ntai

ned

by R

egio

nal W

ater

Q

ualit

y C

ontro

l Boa

rds.

Loca

l Cou

ntie

s and

Citi

es m

aint

ain

lists

for h

azar

dous

su

bsta

nces

cle

anup

site

s and

leak

ing

unde

rgro

und

stor

age

tank

s. Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Arm

y C

orps

of E

ngin

eers

, 911

Wils

hire

B

oule

vard

, Los

Ang

eles

, Cal

iforn

ia, 9

0017

, (21

3) 4

52-3

908,

m

aint

ains

a li

st o

f For

mer

ly U

sed

Def

ense

Site

s (FU

DS)

.

DTS

C

Each

site

pro

pose

d fo

r thi

s pr

ojec

t was

inve

stig

ated

an

d an

AST

M T

rans

actio

n Sc

reen

ing

was

com

plet

ed.

83

The

EA sh

ould

iden

tify

the

mec

hani

sm to

initi

ate

any

requ

ired

inve

stig

atio

n an

d/or

rem

edia

tion

for a

ny si

te w

ithin

the

prop

osed

Pro

ject

ar

ea th

at m

ay b

e co

ntam

inat

ed, a

nd th

e go

vern

men

t age

ncy

to p

rovi

de

appr

opria

te re

gula

tory

ove

rsig

ht.

If n

eces

sary

, DTS

C w

ould

requ

ire a

n ov

ersi

ght a

gree

men

t in

orde

r to

revi

ew su

ch d

ocum

ents

.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

82.

No

cont

amin

atio

n w

as fo

und

at a

ny o

f the

pr

opos

ed to

wer

site

s.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

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Y 2

012

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ion

84

Any

env

ironm

enta

l inv

estig

atio

ns, s

ampl

ing

and/

or re

med

iatio

n fo

r a

site

shou

ld b

e co

nduc

ted

unde

r a W

orkp

lan

appr

oved

and

ove

rsee

n by

a

regu

lato

ry a

genc

y th

at h

as ju

risdi

ctio

n to

ove

rsee

haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nce

clea

nup.

The

find

ings

of a

ny in

vest

igat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng a

ny P

hase

I or

II

Envi

ronm

enta

l Site

Ass

essm

ent I

nves

tigat

ions

shou

ld b

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

th

e do

cum

ent.

All

sam

plin

g re

sults

in w

hich

haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

are

fo

und

abov

e re

gula

tory

stan

dard

s sho

uld

be c

lear

ly su

mm

ariz

ed in

a

tabl

e. A

ll cl

osur

e, c

ertif

icat

ion

or re

med

iatio

n ap

prov

al re

ports

by

regu

lato

ry a

genc

ies s

houl

d be

incl

uded

in th

e EA

.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

85

If b

uild

ings

, oth

er st

ruct

ures

, asp

halt

of c

oncr

ete-

pave

d su

rfac

e ar

eas a

re

bein

g pl

anne

d to

be

dem

olis

hed,

an

inve

stig

atio

n sh

ould

als

o be

co

nduc

ted

for t

he p

rese

nce

of o

ther

haz

ardo

us c

hem

ical

s, m

ercu

ry, a

nd

asbe

stos

con

tain

ing

mat

eria

ls (A

CM

s).

If o

ther

haz

ardo

us c

hem

ical

s, le

ad-b

ased

pai

nts (

LPB

) or p

rodu

cts,

mer

cury

or A

CM

s are

iden

tifie

d,

prop

er p

reca

utio

ns sh

ould

be

take

n du

ring

dem

oliti

on a

ctiv

ities

. A

dditi

onal

ly, t

he c

onta

min

ants

shou

ld b

e re

med

iate

d in

com

plia

nce

with

Cal

iforn

ia e

nviro

nmen

tal r

egul

atio

ns a

nd p

olic

ies.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

86

Futu

re p

roje

ct c

onst

ruct

ion

may

requ

ire so

il ex

cava

tion

or fi

lling

in

certa

in a

reas

. Sa

mpl

ing

may

be

requ

ired.

If s

oil i

s con

tam

inat

ed, i

t m

ust b

e pr

oper

ly d

ispo

sed

and

not s

impl

y pl

aced

in a

noth

er lo

catio

n on

site

. La

nd D

ispo

sal R

estri

ctio

ns (L

DR

s) m

ay b

e ap

plic

able

to su

ch

soils

. A

lso,

if th

e pr

ojec

t pro

pose

s to

impo

rt so

il to

bac

kfill

the

area

s ex

cava

ted,

sam

plin

g sh

ould

be

cond

ucte

d to

ens

ure

that

the

impo

rted

soil

is fr

ee o

f con

tam

inat

ion.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

87

Hum

an h

ealth

and

the

envi

ronm

ent o

f sen

sitiv

e re

cept

ors s

houl

d be

pr

otec

ted

durin

g an

y co

nstru

ctio

n or

dem

oliti

on a

ctiv

ities

. If

nec

essa

ry,

a he

alth

risk

ass

essm

ent o

vers

een

and

appr

oved

by

the

appr

opria

te

gove

rnm

ent a

genc

y sh

ould

be

cond

ucte

d by

a q

ualif

ied

heal

th ri

sk

asse

ssor

to d

eter

min

e if

ther

e ar

e, h

ave

been

, or w

ill b

e, a

ny re

leas

es o

f ha

zard

ous m

ater

ials

that

may

pos

e a

risk

to h

uman

hea

lth o

r the

en

viro

nmen

t.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

88

If th

e si

te w

as u

sed

for a

gric

ultu

ral,

lives

tock

or r

elat

ed a

ctiv

ities

, ons

ite

soils

and

gro

undw

ater

mig

ht c

onta

in p

estic

ides

, agr

icul

tura

l che

mic

al,

orga

nic

was

te o

f oth

er re

late

d re

sidu

e. P

rope

r inv

estig

atio

n, a

nd

rem

edia

l act

ions

, if n

eces

sary

, sho

uld

be c

ondu

cted

und

er th

e ov

ersi

ght

of a

nd a

ppro

ved

by a

gov

ernm

ent a

genc

y at

the

site

prio

r to

cons

truct

ion

of th

e pr

ojec

t.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

#L

ocat

ion

Com

men

t R

evie

wer

G

SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

89

If it

is d

eter

min

ed th

at h

azar

dous

was

tes a

re, o

r will

be,

gen

erat

ed b

y th

e pr

opos

ed o

pera

tions

, the

was

tes m

ust b

e m

anag

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

th

e C

alifo

rnia

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

Con

trol L

aw (C

alifo

rnia

Hea

lth a

nd

Safe

ty C

ode,

Div

isio

n 20

, Cha

pter

6.5

) and

the

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

C

ontro

l Reg

ulat

ions

(Cal

iforn

ia C

ode

of R

egul

atio

ns, T

itle

22, D

ivis

ion

4.5)

. If

it is

det

erm

ined

that

haz

ardo

us w

aste

s will

be

gene

rate

d, th

e fa

cilit

y sh

ould

als

o ob

tain

a U

nite

d St

ates

Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy

Iden

tific

atio

n N

umbe

r by

cont

actin

g (8

00) 6

18-6

942.

Cer

tain

ha

zard

ous w

aste

trea

tmen

t pro

cess

es o

r haz

ardo

us m

ater

ials

, han

dlin

g,

stor

age,

or u

ses m

ay re

quire

aut

horiz

atio

n fr

om th

e lo

cal C

ertif

ied

Uni

fied

Prog

ram

Age

ncy

(CU

PA).

Info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

requ

irem

ent

for a

utho

rizat

ion

can

be o

btai

ned

by c

onta

ctin

g yo

ur lo

cal C

UPA

.

DTS

C

See

resp

onse

to c

omm

ent

No.

82.

C

BP

wou

ld c

ompl

y w

ith

all a

pplic

able

regu

latio

ns.

90

DTS

C c

an p

rovi

de c

lean

up o

vers

ight

thro

ugh

an E

nviro

nmen

tal

Ove

rsig

ht A

gree

men

t (EO

A) f

or g

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s tha

t are

not

re

spon

sibl

e pa

rties

, or a

Vol

unta

ry C

lean

up A

gree

men

t (V

CA

) for

pr

ivat

e pa

rties

. Fo

r add

ition

al in

form

atio

n on

the

EOA

or V

CA

, ple

ase

see

ww

w.d

tsc.

ca.g

ov/S

iteC

lean

up/B

row

nfie

lds,

or c

onta

ct M

s. M

arya

m

Tasn

if-A

bbas

i, D

TSC

’s V

olun

tary

Cle

anup

Coo

rdin

ator

, at (

714)

484

-54

89.

DTS

C

Than

k yo

u fo

r thi

s co

mm

ent a

nd in

form

atio

n.

91

Als

o, in

futu

re C

EQA

doc

umen

t, pl

ease

pro

vide

you

r e-m

ail a

ddre

ss, s

o D

TSC

can

send

you

the

com

men

ts b

oth

elec

troni

cally

and

by

mai

l. D

TSC

Th

ank

you

for t

his

com

men

t and

info

rmat

ion.

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an H

erita

ge C

omm

issi

on (N

AH

C)

92

The

NA

HC

did

con

duct

a S

acre

d La

nds F

ile (S

LF) s

earc

h of

its

Inve

ntor

y an

d N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

cul

tura

l res

ourc

es w

ere

iden

tifie

d in

the

area

you

spec

ified

(but

not

at t

he P

oint

of E

ntry

, but

nea

r Pilo

t Kno

b fu

rther

nor

th).

Early

and

qua

lity

cons

ulta

tion

with

the

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an

repr

esen

tativ

es o

n th

e at

tach

ed li

st m

ay p

rovi

de d

etai

led

info

rmat

ion

of

site

s with

whi

ch th

ey a

re a

war

e. A

lso

note

that

the

abse

nce

of

arch

aeol

ogic

al re

sour

ces d

oes n

ot p

recl

ude

thei

r exi

sten

ce, p

artic

ular

ly

at th

e su

bsur

face

leve

l.

NA

HC

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ent.

CB

P ha

s coo

rdin

ated

with

al

l app

ropr

iate

trib

es a

nd

agen

cies

.

Com

men

t Res

pons

e M

atri

x D

RA

FT

EA

FO

R R

EM

OT

E V

IDE

O S

UR

VE

ILL

AN

CE

SY

STE

MS,

UPG

RA

DE

PR

OG

RA

M

JUL

Y 2

012

#L

ocat

ion

Com

men

t R

evie

wer

G

SRC

’s R

espo

nse

Page

L

ine

Sect

ion

93

Cul

tura

lly a

ffili

ated

trib

es a

re to

be

cons

ulte

d to

det

erm

ine

poss

ible

pr

ojec

t im

pact

s pur

suan

t to

the

Nat

iona

l His

toric

Pre

serv

atio

n A

ct, a

s am

ende

d. E

arly

con

sulta

tion

with

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an tr

ibes

in y

our a

rea

is

the

best

way

to a

void

una

ntic

ipat

ed d

isco

verie

s onc

e a

proj

ect i

s un

derw

ay. T

he N

AH

C re

com

men

ds a

s par

t of '

due

dilig

ence

', th

at y

ou

also

con

tact

the

near

est I

nfor

mat

ion

Cen

ter o

f the

Cal

iforn

ia H

isto

rical

R

esou

rces

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em (C

HR

IS) o

f the

Sta

te H

isto

ric

Pres

erva

tion

Off

ice

(SH

PO) f

or o

ther

pos

sibl

e re

cord

ed si

tes i

n or

nea

r th

e A

PE (c

onta

ct th

e O

ffic

e of

His

toric

Pre

serv

atio

n at

916

-445

- 700

0).

NA

HC

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ent.

CB

P ha

s coo

rdin

ated

with

al

l app

ropr

iate

trib

es a

nd

agen

cies

.

94

Lead

age

ncie

s sho

uld

cons

ider

avo

idan

ce, i

n th

e ca

se o

f cul

tura

l re

sour

ces t

hat a

re d

isco

vere

d. A

trib

e or

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an in

divi

dual

m

ay b

e th

e on

ly so

urce

of i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t a c

ultu

ral r

esou

rce;

this

is

cons

iste

nt w

ith th

e N

HPA

(16

U.S

.C. 4

70 e

t seq

Sec

tions

. 106

, 110

, and

30

4) S

ectio

n 10

6 G

uide

lines

am

ende

d in

200

9. A

lso,

fede

ral E

xecu

tive

Ord

ers N

os. 1

1593

(pre

serv

atio

n of

cul

tura

l env

ironm

ent),

131

75

(coo

rdin

atio

n &

con

sulta

tion)

and

130

07 (S

acre

d Si

tes)

are

hel

pful

N

EPA

regu

latio

ns p

rovi

de fo

r pro

visi

ons f

or a

ccid

enta

lly d

isco

vere

d ar

cheo

logi

cal r

esou

rces

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

and

man

date

the

proc

esse

s to

be

follo

wed

in th

e ev

ent o

f an

acci

dent

al d

isco

very

of a

ny h

uman

re

mai

ns in

a p

roje

ct lo

catio

n ot

her t

han

a 'd

edic

ated

cem

eter

y. E

ven

thou

gh a

dis

cove

ry m

ay b

e in

fede

ral p

rope

rty, C

alifo

rnia

Gov

ernm

ent

Cod

e §2

7460

shou

ld b

e fo

llow

ed in

the

even

t of a

n ac

cide

ntal

dis

cove

ry

of h

uman

rem

ains

dur

ing

any

grou

ndbr

eaki

ng a

ctiv

ity; i

n su

ch c

ases

C

alifo

rnia

Gov

ernm

ent C

ode

§274

91 a

nd C

alifo

rnia

Hea

lth &

Saf

ety

Cod

e §7

050.

5 w

ill a

pply

and

con

stru

ctio

n ce

ase

in th

e af

fect

ed a

rea.

NA

HC

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r co

mm

ent.

CB

P ha

s coo

rdin

ated

with

al

l app

ropr

iate

trib

es a

nd

agen

cies

.