2. An adverse effect on any of the following unique geographic
characteristics? If yes, check the ones that apply.
No
Yes
Parks (State,
Local, or National)
Wild or Scenic Rivers
Recreation or Refuge Lands
Wetlands
Wilderness Areas
Floodplains
Ecologically Significant or Critical
Ar
eas Sole
o
r Principal Drinking Water
Prime Farmland
Aquifers
3. Highly controversial environmental effects? No Yes
4. Highly uncertain and potentially significant environmental effects or
unique or unknown environmental risks?
No Yes
5. A precedent for future action or a decision in principle about future
actions with potentially significant environmental effects?
No Yes
6. Directly related to other actions with individually insignificant but
cumulatively significant environmental effects?
No Yes
7. Adverse effects on properties listed or eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places?
No Yes
8. Adverse effects on species listed or proposed to be listed on the List of
Endangered or Threatened Species, or have adverse effects on designated
Critical Habitat for these species?
No Yes
9. Require compliance with Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain
Management), Executive Order 11990 (Wetlands Protection) or The Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act?
No Yes
10. Threaten to violate a Federal, State, Tribal or local law or requirement
imposed for the protection of the environment?
No Yes
11. Involve unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available
resources (NEPA Sec. 102(2)(E))?
No Yes
12. Have a disproportionate, significant adverse effect on low income or
minority populations (EO 12898)?
No Yes
13. Restrict access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian
religious practitioners or adversely affect the physical integrity of such
sacred sites (EO 13007)
No Yes
14. Contribute to the introduction, continued existence, or spread of noxious
Weeds or non-native invasive species known to occur in the area or actions
that may promote the introduction, growth, or expansion of the range of
such species (Federal Noxious Weed Control Act and EO 13112)?
No
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Yes