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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
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FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

WEST POINT INSTALLATION INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLOSETS INSTALLATION
IN BUILDING 600/TAYLOR HALL

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK




GSA Contract No.: GS-10F-0421N
Order Number:
DABJ45-03-F-0344

Prepared for:
U.S. Military Academy

Directorate of Housing and Public Works

Building 667, Ruger Road

West Point, New York 10996

Prepared by:
Northern Ecological Associates, Inc.

Village
Square

33 Church Street

Fredonia, New York 14063


July
8,
2004 DIRECTORATE OF HOUSING AND PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT, NEW YORK

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
APPROVAL SHEET


WEST POINT INSTALLATION INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLOSETS INSTALLATION IN BUILDING
600/TAYLOR HALL


APRIL 30, 2004










DOUGLAS R. CUBBISON


Acting NEPA Coordinator


Installation Branch





JENNIFER BUTKUS

THOMAS F. JULICH
Chief, Environmental

Colonel, EN
Management Division

Engineer



Legal Review:




Approved by:
LAWRENCE J. MORRIS

ANN L. HORNER
Colonel, JA

Colonel, FA
Staff Judge Advocate

Garrison Commander TABLE OF CONTENTS
S
ECTION

P
AGE



Final Environmental Assessment

USMA, West Point, New York
I3MP and Telecommunications Closets Installation in Taylor Hall
Page i
1.0
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1

2.0
DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES .............3
2.1
B
ACKGROUND
..............................................................................................3
2.2
P
URPOSE AND
N
EED
....................................................................................4
2.3
P
ROPOSED
A
CTION
......................................................................................4
2.4
A
LTERNATIVES
..........................................................................................13
2.4.1 No Action Alternative....................................................................14
2.4.2 System Alternatives .......................................................................14
2.4.3 Fiber Optic Cable Route Alternatives............................................14
2.4.4 Alternative Installation and Construction Methods .......................17


3.0
AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS........18
3.1
G
EOLOGY AND
S
OILS
................................................................................18
3.1.1 Affected Environment....................................................................18
3.1.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................19
3.2
W
ATER
R
ESOURCES
..................................................................................20
3.2.1 Groundwater Resources.................................................................20
3.2.2 Surface Water Resources ...............................................................20
3.2.3 Wetlands and Floodplains..............................................................27
3.3
A
IR
R
ESOURCES
........................................................................................31
3.3.1 Affected Environment....................................................................31
3.3.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................32
3.4
V
EGETATION AND
W
ILDLIFE
....................................................................33
3.4.1 Vegetation......................................................................................33
3.4.2 Wildlife ..........................................................................................35
3.4.3 Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species....................................38
3.5
C
ULTURAL
R
ESOURCES
............................................................................43
3.5.1 Architectural Resources.................................................................43
3.5.2 Archaeological Resources..............................................................52
3.6
V
ISUAL
R
ESOURCES AND
A
ESTHETICS
.....................................................54
3.6.1 Affected Environment....................................................................54
3.6.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................57
3.7
P
UBLIC
H
EALTH AND
S
AFETY
...................................................................60
3.7.1 Affected Environment....................................................................60
3.7.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................61


TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
S
ECTION

P
AGE



Final Environmental Assessment

USMA, West Point, New York
3.8
N
OISE
.........................................................................................................63
3.8.1 Affected Environment....................................................................63
3.8.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................63
3.9
T
RAFFIC AND
T
RANSPORTATION
..............................................................64
3.9.1 Affected Environment....................................................................64
3.9.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................65
3.10 W
ASTES AND
H
AZARDOUS
M
ATERIALS
...................................................70
3.10.1 Affected Environment....................................................................70
3.10.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................71
3.11 U
TILITIES AND
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
............................................................72
3.11.1 Affected Environment....................................................................72
3.11.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................75
3.12 C
OASTAL
Z
ONE
.........................................................................................76
3.12.1 Affected Environment....................................................................76
3.12.2 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................77
3.13 R
EASONABLY
F
ORESEEABLE
F
UTURE
A
CTIONS AND
C
UMULATIVE
I
MPACTS
.....................................................................................................77
3.13.1 Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions........................................77
3.13.2 Recently Completed Actions .........................................................81
3.13.3 Cumulative Impacts .......................................................................82
3.14 A
DDITIONAL
E
NVIRONMENTAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
..................................85
3.14.1 Possible Conflicts Between Proposed Action and Federal,
Regional, State, and Local (including Indian Tribe) Land and
Airspace Use Plans, Policies and Controls ....................................85
3.14.2 Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Effects and Considerations
That Offset Adverse Effects...........................................................88
3.14.3 Energy Requirements and Conservation Potential of Various
Alternatives and Mitigation Measures ...........................................89
3.14.4 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources..............89
3.14.6 Urban Quality, Historic and Cultural Resources, and the Design of
the Built Environment, including Reuse and Conservation Potential
of Various Alternatives and Mitigation Measures .........................90
3.15 E
NVIRONMENTAL
J
USTICE
........................................................................91

4.0
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS .....................................................................92
4.1
P
ROPOSED
A
CTION
....................................................................................92
4.2
A
LTERNATIVES
..................................................................................