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e e e Gatewav Business Center - Arden Hills, MN September 2001 EAW None foreseen. 30. Other Potential Environmental Impacts. If the project may cause any adverse environmental impacts not addressed by items 1 to 28, identify and discuss them here, along with any proposed mitigation. Not applicable. 31. Summary of Issues. (This section need not be completed if the EAW is being done for EIS scoping; instead, address relevant issues in the draft Scoping Decision document which must accompany the EAW.) List any impacts and issues identified above that may require further investigation before the project is commenced. Discuss any alternatives or mitigative measures that have been or may be considered for these impacts and issues, including those that have been or may be ordered as permit conditions. Wetland Encroachment. Development of this project will require a limited amount of wetland encroachment. Unavoidable wetland encroachment will be properly permitted and mitigated and the major portion of the existing wetland systems will be preserved, Proposed mitigation include 2:1 replacement of impacted wetland, including on-site ponding, Easements. The project includes three easement areas. The first, a sight line easement on the Moms Communications parcel will be addressed in the replatting of the project site, The second easement area, for an electric transmission line on the western part of the site, will remain. A right-of-way owned by Mf PropertieslBurlington Northern Railroad is currently being negotiated for purchase. Additional utility and road easements on the assembled site must be vacated to allow for development. Blanding's Turtles. Aecording to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Blanding's Turtles, a state-threatened speeies, have been reported in the area and may occur on the project site if habitat is suitable, However, the existing development (roads and buildings) between known Blanding's turtle habitat and the project site probably has resulted in the site being inaccessible to the Blanding's turtle population. The proposed project will potentially provide habitat, in the form of wetlands and stormwater ponding, for the Blanding's turtle. As suggested by the DNR, steps will be taken to protect any Blanding's turtles on site as much as possible (see Sectionl3B of this EAW): ATS Steel Environmental Assessment. A Phase I Environmental Assessment will need to be conducted after the property is acquired and before the existing buildings are razed. Groundwater Monitoring Wells. The existing groundwater monitoring wells, located in the northwest portion of the site will remain in place. Page 29