Social Effects and Mitigation

Chapter 5 of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) discusses the effects of each alternative, with the environmental topics corresponding to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements.

Each of the 14 sub-chapters in Chapter 5 reviews the affected environment, analyzes the impacts of the alternatives, describes cumulative effects, and discusses potential mitigation measures and significant unavoidable impacts.

Nine of the 14 sub-chapters document possible impacts associated with people, jobs and the built environment:

• Population, Employment and Housing
• Land Use
• Transportation
• Public Services and Utilities
• Parks and Recreation
• Environmental Health
• Historic, Cultural and Archaeological Resources
• Visual Quality and Aesthetic Resources
• Noise

See “What are the Environmental Impacts?” for the sections of Chapter 5 that discuss impacts associated with the natural environment.

See “What are the Overall Impacts?” for a discussion of the scope and nature of environmental review for a non-project action such as the update of VISION 2020.