Environmental 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.
Five of the 14 sub-chapters document possible impacts associated with people, jobs and the built environment:
See “What are the Social Impacts?” for the sections of Chapter 5 that discuss impacts associated with people, jobs and the built 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.
