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<br /> <br />Soil Investigations for Data Collection in the Delta <br />Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration 177 <br />a) Would the project induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, <br />either directly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or <br />indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)? <br /> <br />No impact. The Proposed Project does not include proposing new homes or <br />businesses, nor would it require adding roads or other infrastructure in association <br />with the activities. Impact Areas are mostly located on or adjacent to roads and road <br />shoulders in disturbed areas and the Proposed Project activities are minor and short <br />in duration. For up to 15 days at each site, a limited amount of additional people and <br />vehicles would be present in the Impact Area. Soil investigation crews would not be <br />required to relocate to the Impact Area, and therefore would not require new homes <br />or businesses in the area. The additional vehicles on each Impact Area would not <br />require extensions of roads or other infrastructure. Therefore, the Proposed Project <br />activities would not induce population growth in the area, either directly or indirectly. <br /> <br />b) Would the project displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing, <br />necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere? <br /> <br />No impact. The Proposed Project activities would be temporary, discreet work that <br />has a small footprint at each Impact Area and would not require infrastructure. <br />Occasionally there may need to have additional people at the Impact Areas but for <br />standard CPT and boring field practices there would likely be six or fewer people on <br />site regularly. Not all vehicles would be necessary for every site. Drilling locations <br />are mostly located on or adjacent to roads and road shoulders in disturbed areas, <br />which would not require the displacement of existing people or housing. Therefore, <br />the Proposed Project activities do not have the potential to displace existing people <br />or housing. <br /> <br />