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Consideration of Natural and Human Environment <br />Environmental features are a key consideration in the transportation planning process. <br />Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires consideration of <br />impacts on wetlands, wildlife, water quality, historic properties, and public lands. While <br />a full NEPA evaluation was not conducted as part of the CTP, potential impacts to these <br />resources were identified as a part of the project recommendations in Chapter 2 of this <br />report. Prior to implementing transportation recommendations of the CTP, a more <br />detailed environmental study would need to be completed in cooperation with the <br />appropriate environmental resource agencies. <br />A full listing of environmental features that were examined as a part of this study is <br />shown in the following tables utilizing the best available data. Environmental features <br />occurring within Orange County are shown in Figure(s) 7, 8, and 9. <br />Table 1 — Environ <br />• Airport Boundaries <br />• Anadromous Fish Spawning <br />• Beach Access Sites <br />• Bike Routes (NCDOT) <br />• Coastal Marinas <br />• Colleges and Universities ; <br />• Conservation Tax Credit Prc <br />• Emeraencv Operation CentE <br />• Federal Land Ownership <br />• Fisheries Nursery Areas <br />• Geology (including Dikes and <br />Faults) <br />• Hazardous Substance Disposal <br />Sites <br />• Hazardous Waste Facilities <br />• High Quality Water and Outstanding <br />Resource Water Management <br />Zones <br />• Hospital Locations <br />• Hydrography (1:24,000 scale) <br />• Land Trust Priority Areas <br />• National Heritage Element <br />Occurrences <br />• National Wetlands Inventory <br />1 -19 <br />• North Carolina Coastal Region <br />Evaluation of Wetland Significance <br />(NC- CREWS) <br />• Paddle Trails — Coastal Plain <br />• Railroads (1:24,000 scale) <br />• Recreation Projects — Land and <br />Water Conservation Fund <br />• Sanitary Sewer Systems — <br />Discharges, Land Application Areas, <br />Pipes, Pumps and Treatment Plants <br />• Schools — Public and Non - Public <br />• Shellfish Strata <br />• Significant Natural Heritage Areas <br />• State Parks <br />• Submersed Rooted Vasculars <br />• Target Local Watersheds - EEP <br />• Trout Streams (DWQ) <br />• Trout Waters (WRC) <br />• Water Distribution Systems — Pipes, <br />Pumps, Tanks, Treatment Plants, <br />and Wells <br />• Water Supply Watersheds <br />• Wild and Scenic Rivers <br />i • <br />