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Tracy Facility Expansion Site TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.INTRODUCTION.............................. ..............................................................................................1 2.PROJECT LOCATION............................................... . .................................................................1 3.HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT SITE........................................... .............1 3.1 Project History.........................................................................................................................1 3.2 History of the Project Site..................................... ...............................................................2 4.PROJECT SITE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................................3 5.PROJECT DESCRIPTION.................................. . ..........................................................................3 5.1 Corral Hollow Creek Protection Corridor...............................................................................4 5.2 Site Perimeter Set-Back...........................................................................................................4 5.3 Excavation Plan.......................................................................................................................4 5.3.1 EXCAVATION OF THE NORTH SITE..........................................................................................4 ................................................ EK CROSSING....... •••••........................5 LOW CRE 5.3.2 CORRAL HOLLOW 5.3.3 EXCAVATION OF THE SOUTH SITE.'....................I............I...................I....................................5 6. GOALS OF PROJECT SITE RECLAMATION.............................................................................6 7.ANALYSIS METHODS ..................................................................................................................6 8.PLANT CONMJNITIES AND ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE HABITATS..................................6 8.1 Non-Native Annual Grassland................................................................................................7 E 9. SPECIAL-STATUS SPECIES DEFINITION................................................................................. 10. EXISTING PROTECTION FOR SPECIAL-STATUS SPECIES..............................................10 10.1 Federal Endangered Species Act....................... .............................................................10 - 10.2 State Endangered Species Act.......... ...............................................................................11 10.3 Migratory.Bird Treaty Act...................................................................................................13 10.4 California Fish and Game Code Sections 3503,3503.5,3800...........................................13 10.5 California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)-Treatment of Special-Status Plant and AnimalSpecies............................................................................................................................14 11. SPECIAL-STATUS SPECIES ISSUES .................................................. 11.1 Special-Status Plants....................................................................................... ............... 11.2 Special-Status Animals........................................................................................................15 12.RE F THE UNITED REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO `WATERS O STATES".. . ......I.................... , .......................................................................21 12.1 U.S.Arany Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction and General Permitting ................................21 12.1.1 APPLICABILrrY TO THE PROPOSED PROJEL r......................................................................22 12.2 State Water Resources Control Board(SWRCB)/California Regional Water Quality ControlBoard(RWQCB)...................................................................................... . ..................23 12.2.1 SECTION 401 OF THE CLEAN WATER Acr.........................................................................23 12.2.2 SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.........................................................................23 12.2.3 APPLICAMLITY TO TETE PROJECT..........................................................I_.....................I....24 12.3 California Department of Fish and Game...........................................................................24 12.3.1 APPLICABILITY TO THE PROJECT.........................................................................................24 13. IMPACT ANALYSIS...................................................................................................................25 '1,3.1 Significance Level Determination.......................................................................................25 ..................................................................... 13.1.1 VEGETATION............. . . .•..........................I......25 13.1.2 WILDLIFE.............................................................................................................................26 13.1.3 THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES.-........................................................................26 13.1.4"WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES"AND/OR STEAM CIiANNEC 5......................................26 i