Draft Environmental Impact Report

Section

Cover and Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of the EIR

1.2 Lead Agency and Document Format

1.3 Focus of the EIR

1.4 Intended Use of the EIR

1.5 Reviewing Agencies

1.6 Permits and Approval Requirements

1.7 Related Projects

1.8 Areas of Public Concern or Known Controversy

1.9 EIR Participants and Public Review

2.0 Project Description

2.1 Project Location

2.2 Project Objectives

2.3 Project Description

3.0 Environmental Setting

3.1 Regional Setting

3.2 Local Setting

3.3 Relationship to Regional and/or Local Plans

4.0 Alternatives Under Consideration

4.1 Construction Methods

4.2 Cut-and-Cover Alignment Alternatives

4.3 Mined-Tunnel Alternatives

5.0 Environmental Analysis

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Air Quality

5.3 Biological Resources

5.4 Circulation, Traffic and Transportation

5.5 Cultural/Paleontological Resources

5.6 Geology, Soils and Seismicity

5.7 Hazardous Waste and Materials

5.8 Hydrology, Water Quality/Stormwater Runoff

5.9 Land Use Plans

5.10 Noise and Vibration

5.11 Public Facilities and Services

5.12 Visual and Aesthetic Resources

6.0 Project Alternatives Analysis

6.1 Introduction to Project Alternatives Analysis

6.2 No Project Alternative

6.3 Second New Conveyance Line (Second New Force Main)

7.0 Growth-Inducing and Cumulative Impacts

7.1 Growth-Inducing Impacts

7.2 Cumulative Impacts

8.0 Mitigation Measures

9.0 List of Preparers

10.0 References Cited and Persons Contacted

List of Appendices