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In previous site investigations, the Trap Shooting Area (21RA0022) was found to contain a pre-contact American Indian habitation/resource procurement site of approximately 0.3 acres. It sits near a western slope of Rice Creek in the Rice Creek Corridor, an area undisturbed by plowing or by the grading and filling historically conducted at the TCAAP site. It sits just outside of the AUAR study area, within the county park land. Artifacts found at the site include pottery and lithics. The other five archaeological sites identified in the SHPO file search were previously evaluated as part of the 2011 Environmental Assessment prepared by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the TCAAP study area. The archaeological investigations concluded that none of these sites were eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) concurred with this determination, as captured in a Memorandum of Agreement signed in 2010. Based on these previous findings, no impacts to archaeological properties are anticipated as a result of the development of the AUAR study area. In the same 2011 EA, six World War II-era structures on the TCAAP site that were considered eligible for inclusion on the NRHP were expected to be demolished . The documentation performed on those six buildings met the requirements for Section 106 compliance, and the Memorandum of Agreement states that the GSA adequately addressed and satisfied their obligations to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. All but one building within the AUAR study area were removed in 2013, and the remaining building (#502) is set to be demolished in 2014. Thus, there will be no structures remaining on the site and no impacts to historic/architectural properties will occur from the development of the AUAR study area. 15.V ISUAL D.D ESCRIBE ANY SCENIC VIEWS OR VISTAS ON OR NEAR THE PROJECT SITE ESCRIBE ANY PROJECT RELATED .D VISUAL EFFECTS SUCH AS VAPOR PLUMES OR GLARE FROM INTENSE LIGHTS ISCUSS THE POTENTIAL VISUAL .I,,. EFFECTS FROM THE PROJECT DENTIFY ANY MEASURES TO AVOID MINIMIZE OR MITIGATE VISUAL EFFECTS The structures within the AUAR study area have been or will be demolished prior to construction of the AUAR study area. Building heights under the proposed development scenarios would range from one to six stories in the larger part of the site and up to eight stories within the smaller site area north of Rice Creek. The proposed redevelopment would occur in an urbanized area, surrounded by multiple-lane highways on the south and west (across which are residential, church, and commercial properties), AHATS to the east, and Rice Creek North Regional Trail and a MnDOT facility to the north. Lighting requirements for future development will be outlined in the forthcoming Development Regulations and Policies for the site. 16.A IR a.S-D,,, TATIONARY SOURCE EMISSIONS ESCRIBE THE TYPE SOURCES QUANTITIES AND COMPOSITIONS OF ANY .I EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES SUCH AS BOILERS OR EXHAUST STACKS NCLUDE ANY HAZARDOUS ,,.D AIR POLLUTANTS CRITERIA POLLUTANTS AND ANY GREENHOUSE GASES ISCUSS EFFECTS TO AIR QUALITY ,,.I INCLUDING ANY SENSITIVE RECEPTORS HUMAN HEALTH OR APPLICABLE REGULATORY CRITERIA NCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF ANY METHODS USED ASSESS THE PROJECTS EFFECT ON AIR QUALITY AND THE RESULTS OF .I THAT ASSESSMENT DENTIFY POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MEASURES THAT WILL BE TAKEN ,,. TO AVOID MINIMIZE OR MITIGATE ADVERSE EFFECTS FROM STATIONARY SOURCE EMISSIONS AUAR Guidance: This item is not applicable to an AUAR. Any stationary air emissions source large enough to merit environmental review requires individual review. b.V-D. EHICLE EMISSIONS ESCRIBE THE EFFECT OF THE PROJECTS TRAFFIC GENERATION ON AIR EMISSIONS D-.I(.. ISCUSS THE PROJECTS VEHICLERELATED EMISSIONS EFFECT ON AIR QUALITY DENTIFY MEASURES EG ,) TRAFFIC OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS DIESEL IDLING MINIMIZATION PLAN THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO MINIMIZE -. OR MITIGATE VEHICLERELATED EMISSIONS July 2014 Final AUAR 21