APPENDIX A
PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF LAND DIVISIONS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS
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Land Resources. |
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Does the project site involve: |
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Changes in relief and drainage patterns |
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A landform or topographical feature of local or regional interest |
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An area having importance for wild plants and animals of community interest |
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An area of soil instability – greater than 12% slope or organic soils, peats or mucks at or near the surface |
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An area of bedrock within 6 feet of the soil surface |
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An area with the groundwater table within 10 feet of the soil surface |
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An area with fractured bedrock within 10 feet of the soil surface |
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A drainage way for 5 or more acres of land |
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More than 50% impermeable surface |
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Prime agricultural land |
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Wetlands and marshes |
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Removal of over 25% of the present trees |
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Water Resources. |
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Does the proposed project involve: |
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Location within an area traversed by a navigable stream or dry run |
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Greater than 10% change in the capacity of a water storage facility or flow of a waterway within one mile |
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The use of septic tank-soil absorption fields for on-site waste disposal |
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Lowering of water table by pumping or drainage |
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Raising of water table by altered drainage patterns |
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Lake frontage |
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(c) |
Biological Resources. |
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Does the site involve: |
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Critical habitat for plants and animals of community interest |
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Endangered, unusual or rare species of: |
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Land animals |
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Birds |
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Plants |
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(d) |
Human and Scientific Interest. |
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Does the project site involve: |
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An area of archaeological interest |
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An area of geological interest |
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An area of hydrological interest |
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An area of historical interest |
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Historic buildings or monuments |
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Buildings or monuments of unique architecture |
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An area of identified community recreational use |
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(e) |
Energy, Transportation and Communications. |
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Does the development increase the traffic flow in any collector system by more than 10%? |
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Is the development traversed by an existing or planned utility corridor (gas, electricity, water, sewer interceptor, communications, storm sewer)? |
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Is safe exit and access provided for? |
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(f) |
Population. |
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Does the development increase by more than 10% the school population of any school serving the development? |
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(g) |
Comments. Comments on any of the above which may have a significant environmental impact: |
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(h) |
Appendices and Supporting Material. |
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