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29. Cumulative Impacts. This item does not require a response for an AUAR with respect to cumulative impacts of potential developments within the AUAR boundaries, since the entire AUAR process is intended to deal with cumulative impacts from related developments within the AUAR area; it is presumed that the responses to all items on the EAW form encompass the impacts from all anticipated developments within the AUAR area. However, the questions of this item should be answered with respect to the cumulative impacts of development within the AUAR boundaries combinedwith past, present, and reasonably foreseeable futureprojects outside of the AUAR area, where such cumulative impacts may he potentially significant. (As stated on the EAW form, these cumulative impact descriptions may be provided as part of the responses to other appropriate EAW items, or in response to this item). 30. Other Potential Environmental Impacts. If applicable, this item should be answered as requested by the EAW form. 31. Summary of Issues. The RGU may answer this question as asked by the form, or instead may choose to provide an Executive Summaryto the document that basically covers the same information. Either way, the major emphasis should be on: potentially significant impacts, the differences in impacts between major development scenarios, and the proposed mitigation. 32. Certif'ication by the RGU. In an AUAR document, no certifications as listed at the end of the EAW form are necessary. (The RGU is legally responsiblefor the accuracy and completeness of the document and for properly distributing it nonetheless.) Mitigation Plan. The final AUAR document must include an explicit mitigationplan. At the RGU's option, a draft plan may be included in the draft AUAR document; of course, whether or not there is a separate item for a draft mitigation plan, proposed mitigation must be addressed through the document. It must be understood that the mitigation plan in the final document takes on the nature of a commitment by the RGU to prevent potentially significant impacts from occurring from specific projects. It is more than just a list of ways to reduce impacts—it must include informationabout how the mitigationwill he applied and assurance that it will. Otherwise, the AUAR may not be adequate andlor specific projects may lose their exemption from the individual review. The RG�'s final action on the AUAR must specifically adopt the mitigation plan; therefore, the plan has a"political" as well as a technical dimension. Response to Comments on the Draft AUAR Document. The final AUAR document must include a section specifically responding to each timely and substantive comment on the draft that indicates the way in which the comment has been addressed. Similar comments may be combined for purposes of responding. �