SAMP Draft EA

Draft NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA)

The draft EA presents the purpose and need for the Proposed Action, analysis of reasonable alternatives, including the No Action Alternative, discussion of environmental impacts, and supporting appendices. For ease of access, the draft EA document has been divided into the chapters and appendices listed below. It is recommended that the reader download each of these sections of the document to their computer rather than attempt opening the files directly from this website. If audio, visual, or language assistance are required with the draft EA please leave a message at 206-339-0213.

Main Body of Document

Cover, Table of Contents, and Acronyms
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Need (Describes the background for the project, as well as the purpose and needs for the project)
Chapter 2 – Alternatives (Describes the process for identifying and evaluating alternatives for further consideration in the environmental review process)
Chapter 3 – Affected Environment (Describes the baseline conditions for each of the environmental resource categories)
Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences (Describes the potential environmental effects, the significance of those effects, and proposed mitigation (where necessary), of the different alternatives for each environmental resource category)
Chapter 5 – Cumulative Impacts (Describes the cumulative impacts of the project and other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions)
Chapter 6 – List of Preparers
Chapter 7 – References