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Soil Investigations for Data Collection in the Delta Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration iii clay and peat soils that are commonly found in the Delta. The planned work includes overwater and land-based soil borings, cone penetration tests (CPTs), and geophysical surveys. This testing is necessary because there is a lack of geotechnical data at relevant depths, available to the Department of Water Resources in the Study Area. The Study Area includes a portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, encompassing the area from south of the City of West Sacramento to just north of Bethany Reservoir, and stretches from east of Interstate 5 to west of State Route 160 (River Road). The landscape within the Study Area includes a variety of land-uses including agriculture, parks and open space, urban and rural residential neighborhoods, commercial development, and scenic roadways and waterways. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED: The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this Proposed Project, involving at least one impact that is a “Potentially Significant Impact” as indicated by the checklist on the following pages: ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST Aesthetics Agricultural and Forestry Air Quality X Biological Resources X Cultural Resources Energy Geology Soils X Greenhouse Gas Emissions X Hazards & Hazardous Materials Hydrology/ Water Quality Land Use/ Planning Mineral Resources Noise Population/ Housing Public Services Recreation Transportation X Tribal Cultural Resources Utilities/ Service Systems X Wildfire X Mandatory Findings of Significance DETERMINATION: On the basis of the following initial evaluation, I find that although the Proposed Project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case because revisions in the project have been made that mitigate the potential impacts to a level that is less than significant. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. MITIGATION MEASURES: The following mitigation measures will be implemented as part of the Proposed Project to avoid, minimize, rectify, reduce or eliminate, or compensate for potentially significant environmental impacts. Implementation of these mitigation measures would reduce the potentially significant environmental impacts of the Proposed Project to less- than-significant levels: