FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
OF STORAGE FACILITY AT JENKINS ROAD
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
OF STORAGE FACILITY AT JENKINS ROAD
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently constructing the new "EPA
Research and Administration Facility"—hereafter referred to as the EPA New Campus Project—
in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, to reduce the number of properties and
facilities it occupies and its overall property costs. As a result, EPA plans to vacate seven
properties and associated facilities over the next two to three years, including the Environmental
Research Center, the Environmental Research Center Annex, the Annex Administration
Building, the Emissions Measurement Laboratory, the Catawba Building, Building 4201, and the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Building. These properties include buildings, mobile
structures, tanks, sheds, vehicles, research-related equipment, and the site grounds. Activities
performed on the properties include research and development, environmental assessments, air
quality planning, standards development, and administrative functions.
With construction of the EPA New Campus Project nearing completion, EPA has evaluated the
continuing need for storage space for the equipment, vehicles, and materials currently stored at
the seven properties and associated facilities that will be vacated. The evaluation indicated that
storage space at the EPA New Campus Project is inadequate to support EPA's current and future
needs.
1. PROPOSED ACTION
With the impending relocation of EPA staff, operations, and equipment from the seven subject
properties in RTP to the EPA New Campus Project at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, EPA proposes
to construct and operate a new storage facility on Jenkins Road in the RTP area, comprising both
covered and outside storage space. The covered space will consist of approximately 13,300
square feet (ft2) of modular and portable sheds currently located on the properties being vacated.
The outside storage space will comprise approximately 7,000 ft2 of paved parking area to be
constructed during the widening and paving of the existing dirt roadway on the new storage
facility grounds. A site plan, a facilities description, and a list of mobile resources for the
proposed Jenkins Road storage facility are provided in Appendix A of the attached
Environmental Assessment for Construction and Operation of U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's Jenkins Road Storage Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The U.S.
Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic maps for the area are found in Appendix B of the
attached environmental assessment (EA). The current proposed action, including planned future
movement of resources to the storage facility, is addressed in the attached EA to ensure that the
cumulative environmental impacts of all proposed activities are assessed.
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2. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
As required by EPA regulations, 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 6, Procedures for
Implementing the Requirements of the Council on Environmental Quality on the National
Environmental Policy Act, the attached EA must consider all reasonable and viable alternatives
to the proposed action, including the no action alternative. Although several alternatives were
initially considered, the two alternatives considered to be reasonable were—
Construct and operate a storage facility at Jenkins Road
• No Action alternative.
The no action alternative is frequently presumed to describe a relatively undisturbed natural
setting. But, as discussed in the attached EA, the local environmental baseline for the subject
property, left undisturbed by the no action alternative, can be described as a relatively small
reforested area within an extensively developed suburban research park area situated south of the
city of Durham, in Durham County, North Carolina.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES
Analysis indicates that the proposed action will not have a significant impact on the
environment.
• Air, groundwater, and wetlands will not be affected by the proposed action.
• The impact on wildlife, occupied dwellings, soils, surface water, and cultural
resources will not be significant, provided that planned mitigation measures are
implemented.
• Neither direct nor indirect cumulative impacts associated with the proposed action
will be significant.
Consideration of the environmental impact minimization, mitigative, and control measures
planned for the cleanup, closure, and transfer activities indicates that the proposed action should
have no significantly adverse impacts, including direct and indirect cumulative impacts, on the
quality of the human environment or on local natural resources. The planned measures are as
follows:
• Construction and ground-clearing operations will be scheduled for the fall after the
breeding seasons of the area's wildlife.
• Construction and operating activities will be conducted during normal working hours,
on weekdays.
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• Operation of powered construction equipment will be limited to normal business
hours, during weekdays, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• EPA will perform cleanup activities before and after construction to the extent
necessary for compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Spill cleanup kits and absorbent materials will be available during construction and
operating activities to address emergencies.
• Security lighting will be directed, screened, and shielded to prevent the lighting from
being a nuisance to occupants of nearby dwellings.
• Equipment wash-down wastewater will be collected in drums, tested for suitability
for disposal, and transported to a suitable wastewater disposal site.
• Disturbed areas will be revegetated with grasses.
• The site design will slow storm water runoff from the project area.
• Reconstruction measures will be taken to protect natural resources and to control
erosion in areas subject to land disturbance and to activities affecting runoff.
• Storage of hazardous materials will be in accordance with the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, the Department of Transportation, the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, and related North Carolina hazardous materials regulations.
• Generation of waste will be minimized through the use of recyclable and reusable
equipment and supplies.
• Equipment and supplies that are no longer of use will be recycled, reused, or disposed
of as solid waste at a solid waste management facility permitted by the North
Carolina Division of Waste Management.
• Vehicles and trailers arriving at and departing from the site will be registered for
operation on state and federal highways.
• Noise levels from the grinding operation will be limited to less than 60 A-weighted
decibels (dBA) at the nearest occupied dwelling's property line.
• EPA will refuel and maintain rolling stock off-site.
• If unexpected cultural or archaeological resources are uncovered, construction
activities will cease and Section 106 coordination with the State Historic Preservation
Office (SHPO) will be initiated. Construction activities will not resume until agreed
to by the SHPO, and then only under the conditions agreed to by the SHPO.
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The proposed action will neither affect nor involve wetlands, floodplains, surface waters,
cultural resources, or endangered species and will not disproportionately affect minority or
low-income populations.
Because no apparent significant environmental impacts are associated with the proposed action,
a finding of no significant impact (FNSI) has been recommended for the proposed construction
and operations.
4. CONCLUSION
Based on the environmental impact analysis presented in the Environmental Assessment for
Construction and Operation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Jenkins Road Storage
Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, which is hereby incorporated by reference
and is attached to this FNSI, it has been determined that the proposed action will have no
significant impact on the quality of the human environment or on natural resources on the
subject property or in the neighboring community. Therefore, an environmental impact
statement is not required and will not be prepared.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Interested persons and agencies wanting to comment on the attached EA or this FNSI may do so
by calling or writing to Lance Swanhorst, EPA, AEREB, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Mail
Stop 3204R, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2160. Interested agencies, groups, and persons
are invited to submit written comments to the above address within 30 days of the date of
publication of availability of this FNSI.
_
William G. Laxton
Director, Office of Administration
and Resources Management
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Date: _
Luther ErMellen III
Chief, Architecture, Engineering and
Real Estate Branch
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
OF U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S
JENKINS ROAD STORAGE FACILITY
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
June 2001
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
JENKINS ROAD STORAGE FACILITY
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
1.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION 1
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION 1
2.1 Construction Activities 2
2.2 Operations 3
3.0 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED 4
3.1 Proposed Action 4
3.2 No Action Alternative 4
3.3 Alternatives Considered but Rejected 4
4.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 5
4.1 Setting and Site History 5
4.2 Land Use 6
4.2.1 Description of Jenkins Road Facility 6
4.2.2 Adjacent and Neighboring Properties 7
4.3 Natural and Cultural Resources 7
4.3.1 Surface Water, Wetlands, and Floodplains 7
4.3.2 Groundwater 8
4.3.3 Threatened and Endangered Species 8
4.3.4 Cultural and Historic Resources 9
4.3.5 Recreational Resources 9
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES 9
5.1 Environmental Consequences 9
5.1.1 Facility Construction and Storage Operations 9
5.1.2 Specific Storage Facility Operations 15
5.1.3 Natural Resources 17
5.1.4 Cultural and Historic Resources 18
5.2 Socioeconomic Consequences 18
5.2.1 Environmental Justice 18
5.2.2 Employment 19
5.3 Cumulative Impacts 20
5.3.1 Employment in the RTP Area 20
5.3.2 Employment Impacts 21
5.3.3 Infrastructure Impacts 21
5.3.4 Summary 22
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5.4 Mitigation Action Summary 22
6.0 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 23
7.0 LIST OF PREPARERS 25
8.0 LIST OF REFERENCES 26
Appendix A Proposed Jenkins Road Storage Facility
Appendix B U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-Minute Topographic Maps
Appendix C Present Undeveloped Site
Appendix D Natural Resources
Appendix E Cultural and Historic Resources
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ACRONYMS
CAA Clean Air Act
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
dBA A-Weighted Decibels
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
EA Environmental Assessment
EO Executive Order
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERC Environmental Research Center
FNSI Finding of No Significant Impact
ft2 Square Feet
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NC North Carolina
NCAC North Carolina Administrative Code
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NWI National Wetlands Inventory
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act
R&D Research and Development
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RTI Research Triangle Institute
RTP Research Triangle Park
SHPO State Historic Preservation Office
USGS United States Geological Survey
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
JENKINS ROAD STORAGE FACILITY
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
1.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently constructing the new "EPA
Research and Administration Facility"—hereafter referred to as the EPA New Campus Project—
in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, to reduce the number of properties and
facilities it occupies and its overall property costs. As a result, EPA plans to vacate seven
properties and associated facilities over the next two to three years, including the Environmental
Research Center (ERC), the Environmental Research Center Annex (ERC Annex), the Annex
Administration Building, the Emissions Measurement Laboratory, the Catawba Building,
Building 4201, and the North Carolina (NC) Mutual Life Insurance Building. These properties
include buildings, mobile structures, tanks, sheds, vehicles, research-related equipment, and the
site grounds. Activities performed on the properties include research and development,
environmental assessments, air quality planning, standards development, and administrative
functions.
With construction of the EPA New Campus Project nearing completion, EPA has evaluated the
continuing need for storage space for the equipment, vehicles, and materials currently stored at
the seven properties and associated facilities that will be vacated. This evaluation indicated that
storage space at the EPA New Campus Project is inadequate to support EPA's current and future
needs.
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION
With the impending relocation of EPA staff, operations, and equipment from the seven subject
properties in RTP to the EPA New Campus Project at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, EPA proposes
to construct and operate a new storage facility on Jenkins Road in the RTP area, comprising both
covered and outside storage space. The covered space will consist of approximately 13,300
square feet (ft2) of modular and portable sheds currently located on the properties being vacated.
The outside storage space will comprise approximately 7,000 ft2 of paved parking area to be
constructed during the widening and paving of the existing dirt roadway on the new storage
facility grounds. A site plan, a facilities description, and a list of mobile resources for the
proposed Jenkins Road storage facility are provided in Appendix A of this report. The U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute topographic maps for the area are found in Appendix B.
The current proposed action, including planned future movement of resources to the storage
facility, is addressed in this environmental assessment (EA) to ensure that the cumulative
environmental impacts of all proposed activities are assessed.
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2.1 Construction Activities Construction of the Jenkins Road storage facility will involve the
following major activities:
• Preconstruction preventive measures—including a storm water management plan—
will be taken to protect existing natural resources and to control erosion in areas
subject to land disturbance and activities affecting runoff, in conformance with the
requirements of Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC), Chapter 4B,
and Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 122, Storm Water
Program.
• As shown in the site plan, provided in Appendix A of this report, the construction of
the storage facility will require the clearing of about 15,000 ft2 of currently forested
land, including considerable undergrowth. After clearing and removal of tree trunks
and vegetative debris, the disturbed land will be graded and contoured for rainwater
runoff. Culverts will be laid under roadways, where necessary, and swales will be
constructed in open areas to channel storm water runoff from the site along existing
drainage patterns. If buyers are available, existing trees will be sold and removed for
their commercial value. Remaining debris will be disposed of in accordance with
Title ISA NCAC, Chapter 13B, and local solid waste regulations. Open burning will
not be permitted for disposal of vegetative debris.
• A water line the length of the property will be installed in accordance with local
codes to provide both water for fire mains and potable water. The line will be tied
into an existing RTP water supply line located along East Loop Road.
• Electrical power will be accessed via Duke Power through an existing substation—
located at the north end of the proposed storage site. Electricity for individual
buildings and pads will be provided via buried cable in conduit to be located along
the backside of the site's buildings and pads. Telephone utility lines, poles, and
distribution boxes will be installed in accordance with local codes, to provide security
lighting and service for the structures that will be moved to the site from other
locations.
• Forms will be prepared and concrete slabs-on-grade will be poured for equipment that
does not require indoor storage. The concrete will be transported from existing bulk
concrete suppliers in Durham County.
• Two modular buildings will be moved from the ERC and the ERC Annex to the site
and provided with utility services, as described in Appendix A.
• Suitable bases will be laid for the paved area, followed by paving and marking for
roadways and parking.
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• A gated security fence will be constructed around the site's perimeter. The local fire
department will be provided with keys to the gates for use if firefighters must enter or
pass through the proposed storage area when EPA staff or contractors are not present.
• The portable buildings now located on the properties being vacated will be
transported to the Jenkins Road site, positioned, and connected to utility lines.
• Material and equipment will be moved from the vacated properties to the site and
stored in the designated buildings.
• Mobile resources (vehicles and trailers) will be moved to designated parking areas.
2.2 Operations Operation of the Jenkins Road storage facility will consist primarily of
caretaker functions (i.e., providing storage capacity, physical security services, and weather
protection for EPA equipment, supplies, and resources). Anticipated operations consist of the
following:
• EPA will operate vehicles and mobile trailers and perform activities within the
structures on the storage facility site. Descriptions of the storage facilities and
associated activities are provided in Appendix A of this report.
• Security lighting sensors will turn the perimeter lights on at dusk and off at dawn.
• There are no plans to station full-time employees at the site.
• Containers equipped with lids will be available in the area for the temporary
collection and storage of waste materials generated during operations. A commercial
waste firm will be used, as necessary, for periodic waste pickup and disposal.
• Staff will periodically visit the site to store or remove equipment and/or supplies.
• The one noncaretaker function to be conducted at the facility will be the waste sizing
operation, which will be located on one of the new concrete pads constructed on the
site. This operation, which will be performed about four times per year during
weekday operating hours, will involve grinding of nonperishable waste materials,
such as plastics, wood, and coal, to sizes suitable for the waste research operations
planned for the EPA New Campus Project.
• There is a reasonable expectation, as described in Section 3.3 of this report, that
additional EPA resources, stored at the Burdens Creek storage area, which is operated
by another federal agency, will be moved to the proposed Jenkins Road storage
facility site in the future. These resources, described in Appendix A of this report,
are similar to those presently proposed for storage at the Jenkins Road facility and are
not expected to introduce new impacts to the site.
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3.0 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
As required by EPA regulations, 40 CFR Part 6, Procedures for Implementing the Requirements
of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), this EA must consider all reasonable and viable alternatives to the proposed action,
including the no action alternative. Although several alternatives were initially considered, the
two alternatives considered to be reasonable were—
• Construct and operate a storage facility at Jenkins Road
• No Action alternative.
The no action alternative is frequently presumed to describe a relatively undisturbed natural
setting. In this EA the local environmental baseline, left undisturbed by the no action
alternative, can be described as a relatively small reforested area within an extensively
developed suburban research park area situated south of the city of Durham, in Durham County,
North Carolina.
3.1 Proposed Action The proposed action is presented in Section 2.0 of this report. The
environmental and socioeconomic impacts of this action are analyzed and discussed in
relationship to the no action alternative in Section 5.0 of the report.
3.2 No Action Alternative Inclusion of the no action alternative is prescribed by EPA
regulations as the benchmark against which EPA actions are to be evaluated. For the proposed
action evaluated in this EA, the no action alternative would preclude construction and operation
of the Jenkins Road storage facility and the movement of EPA's stored equipment, supplies, and
resources from the properties and associated facilities being vacated. As a result, there would be
no change in the affected environment described in Section 4.0 of this report.
EPA has no further planned use or need for the facilities being vacated and cannot justify
retaining the facilities; however, there is a continued need for storage space. Based on this
information, the no action alternative is not a viable alternative and will not be considered
further as a separate action.
3.3 Alternatives Considered but Rejected Although other alternatives were considered
during development of the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility, none was determined to be
both reasonable and viable. The rejected alternatives included—
• Providing needed storage facilities at a location other than RTP. This alternative was
not considered to be reasonable because implementation would require staff to spend
excessive time and resources traveling between RTP and the distant storage location.
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• Using existing storage facilities. There are several existing facilities (Pope's Peak,
Grand Slam, and Burdens Creek) that could be used to store the resources that will be
moved from the EPA facilities that will be vacated.
- Pope's Peak. This existing storage site, which lies in close proximity to the
National Computer Center, is in direct view of the center. The limited space
available at this site, the need for vegetative screening as a mitigative measure,
and potential conflicts with existing users were sufficient to remove this site from
further consideration.
- Grand Slam. This space was rejected when analysis showed that it contained
insufficient space to meet existing and proposed storage needs.
- Burdens Creek. EPA plans to use this site, owned by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), for the continuing storage of EPA
resources already in storage there and for the temporary storage of some of the
resources that will be moved from the seven EPA facilities being vacated.
However, future NIEHS needs could require the removal of the EPA items now in
storage at this facility, with subsequent transfer to the proposed Jenkins Road
storage facility. Another issue is the load limit capacity on the bridge leading to
this site. Due to the bridge's low load capacity, several items could not transit
across the bridge to the subject storage area. The need to modify or replace the
bridge and enlarge the roadway to the NIEHS storage area was sufficient to
remove the NIEHS site from further consideration for other than the continued
and temporary storage of a limited number of EPA resources.
These considerations and the availability of the undeveloped Jenkins Road space in close
proximity to the EPA New Campus Project made the proposed action the only reasonable and
viable option available for meeting EPA's needs for storage space in the RTF area.
4.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT
Because of the nature of the proposed action, and in keeping with CEQ guidance, the issues and
media addressed in this EA are limited to those that have the potential to cause impacts on the
environment or the neighboring community. The information presented was collected through
on-site inspection and records research.
4.1 Setting and Site History The proposed project area is located within the RTP area in
Durham County, North Carolina. Currently, the proposed location is within a generally
undeveloped forested area characterized by rolling hills intersected by small streams. The
proposed project area is about one-quarter mile from the EPA New Campus Project, presently
under construction, but is visually separated from the new complex grounds by a forested area.
While physically separate, there is a temporary construction-related roadway between the
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proposed project site and the EPA New Campus Project. EPA site personnel have indicated that
the forested site had been a farm before the development of RTP by the Research Triangle
Foundation in the early 1960s. The federal government has owned the land since 1968.
4.2 Land Use Currently, the federal government owns the Jenkins Road site but has not
developed it for any other purpose. Altogether, the federal government owns about 500 acres of
land in the RTP area. City of Durham, Durham County, and RTP land use and zoning
restrictions regulate the types of uses and facility operations in the RTP area. These restrictions
allow research-related activities to be conducted at the Jenkins Road location. Appendix C of
this report shows photographs of the site taken in March and April 2001 at different locations
within the project site, revealing an unmanaged, primarily pine forest with considerable
undergrowth, crossed by a hard-packed dirt road.
4.2.1 Description of Jenkins Road Facility The site property contains approximately 60,000
ft2 of forested land divided by and including a hard-packed dirt road. Because the forested site
straddles a former state roadway, the site is readily accessible and can be reached without
traversing and disturbing land not included in the proposed action.
4.2.1.1 General land use A site plan showing the proposed location of the storage facility is
provided in Appendix A. Not shown on the site plan is a temporary road directly connecting the
proposed storage facility with the EPA New Campus Project. Upon completion of the EPA New
Campus Project construction, the temporary road may be retained to minimize travel between
the EPA New Campus Project area and the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility. At present,
the undeveloped area, covered by pine forest with considerable vegetative undergrowth and
divided by an unused hard-packed dirt road, is not used for agricultural, research, storage, or
other productive purposes. Extensive use of the site is encumbered with an existing utility
easement granted to Duke Power for overhead primary electrical service.
4.2.1.2 Roadway operation and maintenance Jenkins Road, formerly a State of North
Carolina-maintained road, was taken out of service at the request of the Research Triangle
Institute (RTI) when RTI purchased a tract of land at the north end where it connects to the
existing NC Route 54. This occurred in the early 1990s when the RTI donated the property to
the federal government for one dollar, under the provision that the government would develop
the land within a specified time frame. The road is not used as a designated thoroughfare within
the RTP area. Periodic maintenance of the roadway surface and vegetative growth along the
shoulders is arranged by EPA facilities staff and provided under contract by local commercial
firms.
4.2.1.3 Water supply The Jenkins Road site does not have water service connections for either
fire protection or potable water supply. There are no groundwater wells installed on site.
4.2.1.4 Wastewater disposal Wastewater is neither generated at nor discharged from the site.
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4.2.1.5 Grounds maintenance Because the site is currently an undeveloped forested area, the
only grounds maintenance now performed within the boundaries of the proposed Jenkins Road
storage facility is that related to the roadway noted in Section 4.2.1.2 of this report.
4.2.1.6 Waste management Because Jenkins Road is an undeveloped forested site, neither
hazardous nor nonhazardous solid or liquid waste exists at the subject area. As a result, there are
no known past or current potential environmental concerns associated with hazardous or
nonhazardous waste management activities at the proposed Jenkins Road site.
4.2.1.7 Utilities management There is an existing transformer and metered secondary
service—enclosed within a chain link fence—at the north end of the proposed Jenkins Road
storage facility. This existing service provides temporary service for the EPA New Campus
Project construction site. It is anticipated that Duke Power will leave the transformer station in
place to serve the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility site. The proposed Jenkins Road
storage facility site does not currently have telephone service connections.
4.2.2 Adjacent and Neighboring Properties The proposed Jenkins Road site is in an
undeveloped area of RTP. Hopson Road is visible by direct line of sight along Jenkins Road
from the proposed site, and vice versa. No structures are within a quarter mile of the site to the
north and the east. An existing structure located approximately 600 feet to the southwest of the
site is a 43,000 ft2 single-story office building leased by the General Services Administration to
house the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention RTP offices. There is also a residence
located approximately 1,000 feet to the southeast. Both of these structures are within the City of
Durham limits, but are not within RTP. The EPA New Campus Project is about one-quarter mile
northwest of the edge of the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility site.
During the preliminary information-gathering visits to this site conducted for this EA, no
potential environmental issues, such as stressed vegetation or stained landscape (grass or soil),
were observed. Based on the results of the walk-through, no potential environmental concerns
appear to exist that might affect adjacent and neighboring properties.
4.3 Natural and Cultural Resources The pine-forested proposed Jenkins Road storage facility
site does not appear to contain significant natural or cultural resources. The site is, essentially, a
reforested area divided by a former North Carolina state dirt roadway.
4.3.1 Surface Water, Wetlands, and Floodplains Review of National Wetlands Inventory
(NWI) maps, prepared by the Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995, show
the nearest delineated wetlands to be about 1,100 feet from the northwest corner of the proposed
storage facility. No wetlands were observed in the area of the proposed storage facility site
during site visits in March and April 2001. In addition, according to the USGS 7.5-minute NWI
Southwest and Southeast Durham quadrangle topographic maps, no waterways or wetlands are
located on, or immediately adjacent to, the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility site, although
Burdens Creek is downgradient about 3,000 feet on the east, north, and west sides of the site.
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The classifications of waterways and impoundments in the general area include the following:
• Burdens Creek. Palustrine, forested with broad-leaved deciduous, temporarily
flooded (PFO1A)
• Westward Unnamed Impoundment. Lacustrine, limnetic, unconsolidated bottom,
permanently flooded, diked/impounded (LIUBHh)
• Eastward Unnamed Impoundment. Palustrine, unconsolidated bottom,
permanently flooded, diked/impounded (PUBh)
• Buck Branch. Palustrine, forested with broad-leaved deciduous, temporarily flooded
(PFO1A).
The existing topography favors surface water runoff flow to Burdens Creek. There is no visual
evidence of past hazardous material or petroleum spills from the site into the waterways or
impoundments.
Review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map for Durham
County, North Carolina, and Incorporated Areas, Panel 188 of 280, shows that the proposed
location of the Jenkins Road storage facility is in an area determined to be outside the 500-year
floodplain.
4.3.2 Groundwater Subsurface investigations in support of the design for the EPA New
Campus Project encountered partially weathered Triassic Durham Basin lithologies at an average
depth of 5 feet below the ground surface. This is expected to hold true for the Jenkins Road site,
except where diabase outcrop is encountered. A groundwater table is normally encountered only
at depths in excess of 300 feet, except in proximity to diabase dikes. Perched groundwater is
occasionally encountered at depths to 30 feet in partially weathered bedrock. This formation is
not considered a sole-source aquifer. Groundwater flow, when observed, tends to follow surface
contours.
4.3.3 Threatened and Endangered Species The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program
County Species List, included in Appendix D of this report, contains rare species, natural
communities, and special animal habitats known to occur in counties throughout North Carolina,
including the County of Durham. The list includes vertebrates, invertebrates, vascular plants,
and natural communities. According to the list, Durham County has five endangered species,
including the bald eagle, green floater, tall larkspur, smooth coneflower, and Michaux's sumac.
There is no available documentation that indicates that these endangered species are located on
or frequent the proposed storage facility area. In a letter dated March 12, 2001, the North
Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation,
Natural Heritage Program staff noted that the "... Program has no record of rare species,
significant natural communities, or priority natural areas at the proposed site or within 2 miles of
the site."
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4.3.4 Cultural and Historic Resources In a letter dated April 20, 2001, the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), staff noted, "We
have conducted a review of the project and are aware of no properties of architectural, historic,
or archaeological significance, which would be affected by the project." According to the
National Register Information System and the Durham County Historic Inventory, the storage
facility site is not registered as a historic area, and no areas of historic value appear to be within
a one-mile radius of the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility site. Information on cultural and
historic resources in the RTF area is provided in Appendix E of this report.
4.3.5 Recreational Resources There are no public recreational areas adjacent to or on the
proposed storage facility site.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
In this section, the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of the proposed action are
described, characterized, and analyzed for potential significance, to the extent that relevant
information is available. The impacts of the proposed action are also described and analyzed in
the context of cumulative environmental impacts, where necessary. EPA expects no significant
consequences, either adverse or beneficial, from this proposed action.
5.1 Environmental Consequences In accordance with the nature of the proposed action, this
EA addresses the environmental consequences of facility construction, which would cease when
construction is completed, and storage operations, which would begin as resources are
transferred and continue as operations are conducted at the facility.
5.1.1 Facility Construction and Storage Operations The following analysis addresses
potential environmental consequences related to construction of the storage facility and
subsequent storage operations.
5.1.1.1 Land use Since the proposed storage facility will be constructed and operated in an
undeveloped forested area of the Jenkins Road site, construction and operation are expected to
significantly affect present land use within the site through conversion of land from one
beneficial use to another. While the proposed storage facility represents a significant change
from the current land use, there will not be a significant environmental impact from a master
planning viewpoint because the area has been designated for just such development within the
RTP area. The current state of the site itself represents a significant change from the site's
reported previous land use as a farm before development of the RTP area by the Research
Triangle Foundation.
As noted in Section 4.2 of this report, there are land use and zoning restrictions applicable to the
proposed project site. As presently envisioned, the nearest edge of the proposed storage facility
development would intrude into local planning agencies' setback requirements. Since the
present site plan, provided in Appendix A, encroaches into these setbacks, EPA staff are
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currently working with the RTF and City of Durham zoning staffs to determine whether the site
plan must be changed or whether mitigative measures, such as vegetative screening, could be
used as a basis for an exception to the setback requirements. The proposed project would not be
implemented until an agreed upon site plan—with mitigative measures if necessary—was
approved by the zoning staffs. In this regard, such approval would indicate that the zoning staffs
did not consider the proposed project to have significant environmental impacts.
In the future, the site could readily revert to a forested state or another beneficial use through
removal of the parked resources, paving material, buildings, and equipment. Thus, no
significant impact on land use is expected.
5.1.1.2 Soils The topography and the underlying soil at the Jenkins Road area have not imposed
constraints on construction activities in the past and are not expected to do so for the proposed
storage facility project. Construction plans call for all construction activities to be conducted
within the boundaries of the site, including the construction material lay-downs. With slab-on-
grade construction where concrete pads are required, importation of additional soil should not be
necessary. Because soil-disturbing construction activities within the site will be confined to the
footprint of the proposed paved roadway (approximately 18,600 ft2), the storage facilities area
(approximately 23,800 ft2), the security fence, and the water and utility pipeline and cable
pathways (approximately 1,200 ft2), preconstruction attention to off-site erosion, sedimentation,
and runoff controls can be targeted to those areas. Disturbed areas outside the proposed storage
facility's footprint, such as the water and electrical utilities trenches between the storage facility
and the nearest existing water, electrical, and telephone lines will be revegetated with grasses.
Consequently, no significant impacts from or on soils are anticipated.
5.1.1.3 Air quality Construction and storage operation activities for the proposed storage
facility will generate dust, fumes, vapors, and construction and vehicular equipment exhaust
emissions, but these emissions will be no different from emissions generated at other sites in the
Durham County and RTF area. The Raleigh-Durham area was designated as a nonattainment
area in 1989 and then redesignated to attainment in April 1994 (59 Federal Register 18300).
Section 176c(l) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) prohibits federal actions from impeding the ability
of an area to achieve and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The
General Conformity provisions prohibit federal agencies and departments from supporting or
approving any action that—
• Causes or contributes to new violations of an NAAQS
• Increases the frequency or severity of any existing violation of the NAAQS, or
• Delays the timely attainment of the NAAQS or any required interim emission
reductions or other air-quality milestone.
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Specifically, federal government entities may not engage in, support in any way or provide
financial assistance for, license or permit, or approve any action that does not conform to an
applicable state implementation plan. According to 40 CFR 51.853, federal facilities located in
designated nonattainment or maintenance areas are required to evaluate most new or proposed
actions for their contribution to local air quality. Threshold emission levels known as "de
minimis levels" have been established to assist the Agency in determining whether there is a
likelihood of a significant impact on air quality as a result of the proposed action (See Table
5-1). If the de minimis level is exceeded, actions to mitigate the expected emissions increase are
required. Examples of federal actions that may require a conformity determination include—
• Leasing of federal land
• Construction of new stationary sources of pollution on federal land
• Construction of federal office buildings.
Conformity analyses are typically carried out in conjunction with the NEPA review process to
minimize duplicative efforts. Actions or activities that are related to, or funded by, the Federal
Transit Act are exempt from general conformity requirements. A list of other exemptions can be
found at 40 CFR 51.853.
Table 5-1. General Conformity De Minimis Levels
Pollutant
Tons/Year
Ozone (VOCs or NO,) Nonattainment Areas
Serious
Severe
Extreme
Other Ozone (Outside an Ozone Transport Region)
50
25
10
100
Marginal and Moderate Areas Inside and Ozone Transport Region
voc
NOX
Carbon Monoxide
SO2orNOx
50
100
100
100
PMIO
Moderate (PMIO)
Serious (PM10)
Pb
100
70
25
Source: 40 CFR Part 51
Since the proposed storage facility will not employ other significant air emission sources, such
as boilers, laboratory operations, or incinerators, the proposed action should fall within the de
minimis levels of the CAA regulations; therefore, a conformity determination will not be
required. In addition, review of the expected air emission sources for the proposed storage
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facility indicates that the facility's emissions should not cause significant impacts on the
environment.
5.1.1.4 Water supply For fire protection and potable drinking water supplies, the storage
facility site will be connected to an existing water line along East Loop Road to the water supply
of the City of Durham. Neither the trench nor the connection to the existing main is expected to
require the removal of trees. The trench will then be filled with removed soil and compacted.
The disturbed ground surface will be seeded with grasses. Trenching for water and utility lines
is a common operation within the RTF area and is not expected to result in significant
environmental impacts.
The City of Durham is responsible for performing physical, chemical, biological, and
radiological monitoring to ensure water quality. According to the 1992 North Carolina State
Water Supply Plan, Little River Lake and Michie Lake are the primary surface water supply
sources for Durham County, where the proposed storage facility will be located. The proposed
storage facility will be a minor consumer of water within the existing water supply system.
Because projected use of water by the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility will be incidental
to storage operations (i.e., primarily for fire fighting and periodic washing of equipment), the
impact on the RTF area's water supply system and capability is not expected to be significant.
5.1.1.5 Wastewater disposal The proposed storage facility design does not include provisions
for a sewage line connection to the RTF area's sewage treatment plant. Since the storage facility
will not discharge either domestic or industrial wastewater, it will not be classified as a
significant industrial user by the County of Durham and will not require an industrial wastewater
discharge permit.
Equipment wash-down wastewater, when periodically required, will be collected in drums,
tested for suitability for disposal, and transported under contract to a suitable wastewater
disposal site. Disposal of such wastewater by commercial contract is not expected to have a
significant impact on Durham County's sanitary sewer system.
5.1.1.6 Surface water Because the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility will replace
approximately 13,300 ft2 of forest floor with impervious pads for small structures, will cover an
additional area of approximately 10,500 ft2 of forest floor with 6 inches of large gravel, and will
place asphalt on approximately 18,600 ft2 of existing hard-packed dirt roadway, there is expected
to be a minimal—too small to measure at this point in the project's development—impact on
groundwater infiltration in the immediate area and storm water runoff from the site. The site
design will take this minimal flow change into consideration and should be able to mitigate any
adverse environmental impact by slowing storm water runoff from the local area.
Preconstruction preventive measures—such as the development and use of a storm water
management plan for site development—will be taken to protect existing natural resources and
to control erosion from runoff, in conformance with the requirements of the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources and EPA 40 CFR 122, Storm Water
Program.
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Analysis, presented in Section 5.1.1.9 of this report, indicates that local surface water and related
resources will not be significantly impacted by anticipated hazardous material or waste
management activities during either the construction or the operation of the proposed storage
facility.
5.1.1.7 Groundwater Considering the geology of the area (discussed in Section 4.3.2 of this
report), the construction and use of utility trenches, the placement of poles for security lighting,
the installation of a security fence, the grading and contouring of the site, and the burying of
water supply and fire lines are not expected to result in significant impacts on the local
groundwater since these activities are not expected to intercept the site's water table or to
provide new pathways by which pollutants can reach the groundwater. The only expected
impact on groundwater in the immediate area will be the decreased ground area available
(approximately 13,300 ft2) for infiltration of rainfall. The planned increased runoff time for
storm water in the local area should provide sufficient increased surface water infiltration to the
groundwater table to mitigate the effect of the impervious areas on storm water runoff.
5.1.1.8 Electrical utilities For electrical services, the Jenkins Road storage facility site will be
connected to an existing substation north of the proposed site. Electricity for individual
buildings and pads will be provided via buried cable in conduit to be located along the backside
of the site's buildings and pads. Telephone utility lines, poles, and distribution boxes will be
installed in accordance with local codes. Any disturbed ground surface will then be seeded with
grasses. Telephone service will be connected to an existing system along East Loop Road.
5.1.1.9 Hazardous materials and wastes Even though the proposed storage facility is not
designed to serve as a bulk storage facility for hazardous or flammable materials, there will be
small quantities of hazardous materials on the site during construction and storage operations.
These materials, such as battery acid and fuel in parked, visiting, and construction vehicles; coal
for research material sizing operations; small quantities of maintenance shop lubricants and
coatings in site buildings; and research-related chemicals for use when trailers are taken off-site
for environmental studies, will be present for purposes of normal use rather than for bulk
storage. Storage of such materials will be in accordance with Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations,
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) requirements, and related North Carolina
hazardous materials regulations. With proper storage and the availability of spill cleanup kits
and absorbent materials for emergency purposes, local surface water and related resources are
not expected to be significantly impacted by hazardous materials or wastes managed during
either construction or operation of the proposed storage facility.
5.1.1.10 Solid waste disposal To the extent possible, the generation of waste at the storage
facility will be minimized through the use of recyclable and reusable equipment and supplies.
Equipment and supplies that are no longer of use will be recycled, reused, or disposed of as solid
waste at a solid waste management facility permitted by the North Carolina Division of Waste
Management. The current plan is to contract with a commercial waste disposal firm for the
disposal of items that cannot be recycled or reused. The current EPA contractor has been
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removing nonhazardous waste from EPA RTF facilities with subsequent disposal of this waste in
Lawrenceville, Virginia. EPA's record of disposal of the solid wastes from its RTP facilities
suggests that disposal of similar wastes from the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility should
not have significant environmental impacts.
5.1.1.11 Noise Construction activities, storage activities, movement of vehicles and trailers, and
other operations at the site will result in an increased level of noise in the proposed Jenkins Road
storage facility area during normal weekday business hours, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Noticeable noise will be produced by the following activities:
• Construction activities involving tree cutting, with subsequent stump and root
removal; operation of earth moving and grading equipment; ditch digging;
construction of the parking and traffic area gravel base layer, with subsequent paving
of the area to meet DOT standards; and transportation of workers and construction
materials to the site and waste from the site
• Movement of vehicles and trailers into and out of the proposed storage facility
parking area
• Operation of the research material sizing operation (grinding).
Noise from the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility construction activities will be similar to
noise produced at other construction sites within the RTP area, including—
• The site design will not require either detonation of explosives for site preparation or
rock crushing operations on the site.
• Powered construction equipment used at the site will be similar to that used at other
construction sites in the RTP area. Operations will be limited to normal weekday
business hours, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• The only unusual noise that will be produced within the proposed storage facility will
be that from the research material sizing operations—essentially a materials grinding
operation. This operation is now being conducted about four times a year during
normal weekday business hours, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the ERC without any
noise complaints from the surrounding community. At the proposed storage facility,
these sizing activities will also be conducted about four times a year, only during
normal weekday business hours. Noise levels within the research material sizing
facility should be similar to levels currently produced (about 90 A-weighted decibels
[dBA]) and are expected to continue to require employee hearing-conservation
measures, such as the use of ear muffs or plugs during equipment operation. The
equipment's design and materials of construction are expected to reduce noise levels
outside the sizing area to less than the hearing-conservation-program levels required
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for unprotected employees. Noise levels are expected to register less than the
generally accepted limit of 60 dBA at the nearest occupied dwelling's property line.
Once operation of the proposed storage facility has begun, the noise increase will be directly
related to the periodic research material sizing operation and movement of vehicles and trailers
into and out of the facility. Similar noise sources are now in operation at other EPA facilities in
the RTF area and have not resulted in community noise complaints. As a result, the incremental
increase in noise at the Jenkins Road site is not expected to be noticeable in the local area or to
lead to community complaints.
5.1.2 Specific Storage Facility Operations Operation of the proposed storage facility will
entail a number of activities, including storage, transfer of resources (involving shipping and
receiving), fleet operations, research-related operations, physical security, and grounds and
roadway maintenance. Activities in these categories are not expected to have significant impacts
on the site.
5.1.2.1 Storage activities These activities will consist primarily of providing secure facilities
for safeguarding EPA equipment, supplies, and resources from misuse, misappropriation, fire,
theft, and degradation by the elements and other factors. The use of existing transportable
buildings in good repair, coupled with the site location within the greater RTP area and the use
of security lighting, fencing, and periodic patrols, has been shown to be an effective and efficient
means of safeguarding EPA equipment, supplies, and resources in the RTP area. The proposed
Jenkins Road storage facility is expected to be as effective as existing facilities in safeguarding
EPA stored equipment, supplies, and resources and to be more efficient than these other
facilities. None of these activities is expected to have significant environmental impacts.
5.1.2.2 Transfer of equipment, supplies, and resources EPA staff have determined which
equipment, supplies, and resources—buildings, vehicles, and trailers—should be transferred to
the EPA New Campus Project; transferred to the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility or to
other activities at other locations; left in place with transfer of ownership to the General Services
Administration or the owner of the facilities being vacated; or disposed of in accordance with
solid and hazardous waste and property transfer regulations. Staff will arrange for the cleaning
and packaging of each item as appropriate for the chosen option. Materials such as laboratory
chemicals that are needed for future laboratory analyses will receive special handling to ensure
the integrity of the items, safety in handling, and compliance with transportation and storage
requirements. Materials being disposed of will be characterized and managed accordingly.
Compliance with federal and state property transfer, solid and hazardous materials and waste
handling and disposal, and transportation requirements during the transfer of resources is
expected to preclude significant impacts on the environment.
Anticipated actions include the following:
• Laboratory and Storage Facilities. The removal of research and support equipment
from the rooms and storage areas being vacated will be accompanied by thorough
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cleaning and repair, if necessary, especially with regard to removal of any potentially
hazardous chemicals used, collected, or generated in the area or by the equipment.
Cleaning and resultant waste disposal will be performed in accordance with state and
federal regulations and are not expected to result in significantly adverse
environmental impacts. When cleaned, the equipment will be transported to a
designated location either for use or for storage for future use.
• Hazardous Materials and Chemicals. Hazardous materials storage areas to be
vacated will be emptied of hazardous materials and chemicals, which will be cleaned
and packaged for transport to a new location for use or storage. Hazardous waste will
be disposed of appropriately in accordance with RCRA, and as described in the
referenced EAs for the facilities being vacated.
• Personal Property. Personal property in the vacated facilities will be inventoried;
packaged; and relocated, excessed, or disposed of. The equipment and systems being
relocated will be inventoried and marked before the property transfer occurs.
There are no unusual items within the facilities being vacated that would cause the transfer of
resources to the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility, or to other locations, to be considered
anything other than the sort of routine actions that take place daily in the RTF local area.
Consideration of the planned procedures for closing laboratory and support facilities and for
transferring equipment and supplies from the vacated facilities indicates that there should be no
significant environmental impacts.
5.1.2.3 Fleet operations This activity refers specifically to the use and maintenance of the
vehicles and trailers (rolling stock) that will be stored at the proposed storage facility between
off-site uses. Since rolling stock will be maintained and refueled off site rather than at the
proposed Jenkins Road storage facility, there will be no fleet-related fueling and maintenance
operations or bulk storage of petroleum-based fuels and lubricants on site. Use of the proposed
storage area for parking of rolling stock between off-site uses is not expected to result in
significant environmental impacts.
5.1.2.4 Research-related operations As discussed in Sections 2.2 and 5.1.1.11 of this report,
the only research operation planned for the proposed storage facility is a research material sizing
operation supporting research to be performed in the EPA New Campus Project. The sizing of
dry material will be performed about four times a year on the proposed site. The equipment will
be operated during preparation, sizing, cleanup, and maintenance activities, but seldom
otherwise. Because of the nature and the infrequent operation of the equipment, this proposed
activity is not expected to have significant impacts on the environment.
5.1.2.5 Physical security The site design includes the following security features:
• Individually securable structures for the storage and safeguarding of EPA resources
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• Security fencing equipped with lockable gates to deter easy access to the storage
structures by unauthorized individuals
• Perimeter lighting to facilitate security checks of the storage facility.
Electronic security measures will probably also be designed into the physical security system of
the proposed storage facility.
These security measures are defensive in nature and are not expected to have a significant
environmental impact. However, perimeter lighting will change the nature of the area at night
and could draw attention to the lighted storage facility area from Hopson Road and nearby
occupied areas (the closest being a dwelling about 1,000 feet from the southeastern edge of the
proposed storage facility). Attention to lighting fixture and support design details, such as the
use of vegetative screening and light-blocking shields, can limit lighting to the storage area
rather than the general area. In addition, the height of the perimeter lighting fixtures will be
lower than the height of the trees in the adjacent forest. If these measures are instituted, lighting
should not have a significant environmental impact.
5.1.2.6 Grounds and roadway maintenance Periodic maintenance of the roadway surface and
vegetative growth along the shoulders and security fence will be arranged by EPA facilities staff
and provided under contract by local commercial firms. Procedures and methods employed will
be in conformance with those presently used for such activities within the RTF area. The use of
herbicides and weed killers is not anticipated. Only nonchemical vegetative control measures
will be used. Based on available information, these grounds maintenance activities are unlikely
to pose a significant threat to human health or the environment.
5.1.2.7 Burdens Creek storage EPA recognizes that in the future there may be a need to move
stored equipment, supplies, and resources from the Burdens Creek storage area operated by
NIEHS. The proposed Jenkins Road storage facility has sufficient space to accommodate the
EPA equipment, supplies, and resources from the Burdens Creek storage area. Currently,
however, this move cannot be accomplished because of the weight limitations of the Burdens
Creek Bridge, which precludes movement of the heavier items from the Burdens Creek storage
area to the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility. In anticipation of a need to move resources
from NIEHS's storage area, EPA has delineated wetlands in the vicinity of the bridge to
determine what restrictions would affect the replacement or strengthening of the existing bridge,
or the provision of another bridge. The Burdens Creek Bridge and surrounding land is owned by
the Research Triangle Foundation. EPA is still assessing the situation at this time.
5.1.3 Natural Resources Since no wetlands have been identified in the immediate area of the
proposed site and storm water from the proposed storage site does not appear to flow into or
through wetlands, it is unlikely that the proposed storage facility and associated activities will
have an adverse impact on wetlands.
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While the site does currently provide cover and harborage for birds and animals, similar forested
areas in the immediate vicinity are available for occupancy by any wildlife inhabiting the area.
If construction activities begin, as planned, in September 2001, the wildlife breeding season will
not be adversely affected. Because no environmental impacts are expected from the proposed
activities and because of the apparent lack of federally-designated or state-designated threatened
or endangered species on the site, the proposed action is not expected to have an adverse impact
on either wetlands or threatened or endangered species.
5.1.4 Cultural and Historic Resources Cultural and historic resources are not expected to be
impacted by the proposed storage facility and associated activities, since the area does not
qualify as a historic area and there are no known cultural or historic structures on or near the
property. The proposed Jenkins Road storage facility will not be within the view shed of historic
structures located within the RTF area. In the event that unexpected cultural or archaeological
resources are uncovered during the clearing of the forested area, construction activities will
cease and Section 106 coordination with the SHPO will be initiated. Construction activities
would not resume until agreed to by the SHPO and then only under the conditions agreed to by
the SHPO. Under these circumstances, significant impacts on cultural resources are not
expected.
5.2 Socioeconomic Consequences Considering the minimal potential for direct or indirect
impacts on the neighboring community from EPA's proposed construction and operation of a
large-item outdoor storage facility, and the minimal local support requirements involved in the
proposed action, this action should have neither significantly beneficial nor significantly adverse
socioeconomic consequences.
5.2.1 Environmental Justice Under Executive Order (EO) 12898, issued February 11, 1994,
federal agencies are required to identify and address, as appropriate, any disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on
minority and low-income populations in the United States. Because of the nature of the
proposed action (i.e., construction and operation of a large-item outdoor storage facility) and the
demographics in the immediate vicinity of RTF, a moderately developed area with mostly
commercial business and research facilities, minority and low-income populations are not
expected to be disproportionately affected. This action is therefore consistent with the goals of
EO 12898 concerning environmental justice. Overall, the proposed action is not expected to
significantly affect the long-term viability of EPA or RTF and should result in neither significant
beneficial nor significant adverse economic impacts on the local community and its citizens.
The RTF area consists of private, government, and nonprofit companies, with the majority of
these involved in research and development (R&D). Approximately 99 percent of the area's
employees (over 44,000 persons) work for such R&D organizations. These companies occupy
over 17 million ft2 of space in the RTF area.
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The RTF region has a relatively diverse, young, and highly educated population, with an average
salary of $54,145. In 1990, 27 percent of the 25-or-older population had a bachelor's degree or
higher. The racial breakdown of RTF's population is as follows:
• Caucasians, 75 percent
• African Americans, 23 percent
• Hispanic origin, 1 percent
• Other, 1 percent.
5.2.2 Employment The type of construction and the size of the proposed outdoor storage
facility are not considerably different from those of other construction projects in Durham
County and the RTF area. As a result, the proposed action is not expected to require contractors
to be brought in from outside the local area. Similarly, the proposed outdoor storage facility will
not result in changes in the size of the EPA staff or in the number of visitors to the EPA
facilities. Existing staff will access the proposed outdoor storage facility to conduct operations
on site or to haul trailers into and out of the facility for off-site fieldwork; therefore, there should
be no impact on employment in the area and no discernible difference in employment resulting
from the proposed action.
Because of the expected minimal extent and routine nature of the proposed construction and
operation of the outdoor storage facility, the proposed work is not expected to have a significant
impact on the existing labor pool in the RTP local area or to induce the permanent movement of
other businesses or workers to the area. Since there will be no change in EPA personnel, the
proposed outdoor storage facility should not result in the loss of positions or the transfer of
personnel out of the RTP area. The proposed action is not expected to have a significant impact
on business owners or property values in the RTP local area, Durham County, or the surrounding
area. This analysis is supported by the sustained, documented population growth in the RTP
area, shown in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2. Population Growth: Raleigh-Durham
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), 1990 to 1998
Location
Wake County
Durham County
Orange County
Johnston County
Chatham County
Franklin County
Total MSA
1990
426,301
181,854
93,851
81,306
38,759
36,414
858,485
1998
556,272
202,988
111,987
98,685
44,393
43,567
1,061,535
Sources: 1990, U.S. Census of Population & Housing
1998, North Carolina State Data Center population estimates
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5.3 Cumulative Impacts The construction and operation of the proposed outdoor storage
facility will result in nominal cumulative impacts on the area in relation to the other known EPA
facility development projects occurring in RTF. Although RTF construction and maintenance
projects are reasonably expected to be required on a continuing basis, there is no indication that
these or other such projects will produce significant cumulative impacts, either direct or indirect,
on environmental or socioeconomic conditions within RTF or the neighboring communities.
5.3.1 Employment in the RTF Area RTI was RTF's first tenant and served as a focal point for
companies interested in the Park, as it continues to do today. RTI is now the fourth largest
nonprofit contract research organization in the United States. Its areas of research range from
statistics to virtual reality; and from cochlear implants to advanced pharmaceutical projects.
RTF, overall, grew slowly through the early 1960s. Then, in 1965, with the arrival of both IBM
and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Park began to grow in earnest.
By 1969, 21 companies had located in RTF. From 1970 to 1979, 17 additional companies
located there. By 1989, 28 more companies had chosen locations in the Park.
In the 1990s, more than 42 new companies established facilities in RTF. Development has
included land sales to new tenants and to existing tenants for expansions. New construction and
expansion has totaled over 2 million ft2. A research business incubator was formed to provide
interim laboratory facilities for early-stage companies. In addition, Park Research Center, a
campus of about 12 buildings that was formerly occupied by the NIEHS, was established to
provide wet laboratory space to small and mid-sized research companies.
RTF encompasses 6,900 acres of North Carolina pine forest and has approximately 1,400 acres
available for development. It currently houses more than 100 R&D facilities, which employ
more than 37,500 RTF-area residents as shown in Table 5-3. The combined annual salaries in
the RTF area amount to over $1.2 billion.
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Table 5-3. Largest Employers in RTP
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Employer
IBM
Nortel Networks
Glaxo Wellcome
Ericsson
Cisco Systems
RTI
EPA
NIEHS
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corporation
Aventis Corp Science
Underwriters Laboratories
Reichhold
Covance Biotechnology Services, Inc.
Lockheed Martin
GTE
DuPont Technologies
Novartis Agribusiness Biotechnology Research, Inc.
BASF
EMC2 Corporation
UNC-TV
Number of Employees
14,000
8,500
4,885
2,000
2,000
1,750
1,734
1,000
620
560
558
550
450
365
275
270
260
254
200
20
Source: RTP Web site at http://www.rtp.org/rtpfacts/lgemployer.html
5.3.2 Employment Impacts Because the proposed storage facility will be used only for
storage and occasional research operations conducted by existing EPA personnel, the proposed
action (i.e., the construction and operation of an outdoor storage facility) should not affect any
employees in the RTP local area. In addition, the cumulative impact of the proposed action and
related actions on employment in the RTP local area is not expected to be significant.
5.3.3 Infrastructure Impacts The proposed action's impacts on local infrastructure support
(i.e., electrical, communications, fire protection, water supply, wastewater treatment, solid waste
disposal, and hazardous materials management) are expected to be only marginally greater than
the current impact.
During construction of the proposed outdoor storage facility, there will be a short-term and
sporadic increase in the need for solid and hazardous waste disposal services in the RTP area;
however, review of project planning documents suggests that none of these activities will result
in unusual or unmanageable quantities of liquid, solid, or hazardous wastes for disposal.
The construction activities will also result in a short-term and sporadic increase in the need for
water. This increase is not expected to have a significant impact on the municipal water supply.
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Review of the proposed outdoor storage facility activities and standard contract requirements
indicates that wastewater generated during these activities will not be discharged into the
Durham County sanitary sewer system unless analyses show that wastewaters comply with the
discharge limits established by the county.
Available information suggests that the Research Triangle Foundation and local infrastructure-
related entities have worked closely together to ensure adequate infrastructure support for the
planned growth of the RTF area. When the proposed outdoor storage facility becomes
operational, the effect on the infrastructure by operational EPA facilities in the RTF area is
expected to be insignificant, and the overall impact is expected to be essentially no different than
it was before the proposed action. Information published on the RTF Internet site indicates that
the capacity of the area's infrastructure should easily accommodate any impacts by the proposed
action.
5.3.4 Summary Review of the above analysis for cumulative impacts associated with the
proposed action and related actions indicates that direct and indirect cumulative impacts should
be neither significantly beneficial nor harmful. The cumulative impact should remain essentially
the same.
5.4 Mitigation Action Summary For the proposed action, EPA will employ a number of
minimization or mitigation measures as noted above, to minimize the impacts of construction
and operation of the proposed Jenkins Road storage facility. These measures include the
following:
• Construction and ground-clearing operations will be scheduled for the fall after the
breeding seasons of the area's wildlife.
• Construction and operating activities will be conducted during normal working hours,
on weekdays.
• Operation of powered construction equipment will be limited to normal business
hours, during weekdays, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• EPA will perform site cleanup activities before and after construction to the extent
necessary for compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
• Spill cleanup kits and absorbent materials will be available during construction and
operation activities to address emergencies.
• Installed security lighting will be directed, screened, and shielded, as necessary, to
prevent the lighting from being a nuisance to occupants of nearby dwellings.
Equipment wash-down wastewater will be collected in drums, tested for suitability
for disposal, and transported under contract to a suitable wastewater disposal site.
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• Disturbed areas will be revegetated with grasses.
• The site design will slow storm water runoff from the project area.
• Preconstruction measures will be taken to protect natural resources and to control
erosion in areas subject to land-disturbance and to activities affecting runoff.
• Storage of hazardous materials will be in accordance with RCRA, DOT, OSHA, and
related North Carolina hazardous materials regulations.
• Generation of waste will be minimized through use of recyclable and reusable
equipment and supplies.
• Equipment and supplies that are no longer of use will be recycled, reused, or disposed
of as solid waste at a solid waste management facility permitted by the North
Carolina Division of Waste Management.
• Noise levels from the grinding operation will be limited to less than 60 dB A at the
nearest occupied dwelling's property line.
• EPA will refuel and maintain rolling stock off site.
• If unexpected cultural or archaeological resources are uncovered, construction
activities will cease and Section 106 coordination with the SHPO will be initiated.
Construction activities will not resume until agreed to by the SHPO, and then only
under the conditions agreed to by the SHPO.
6.0 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Using the no action alternative as the baseline for determining the impacts of the proposed
action, initial assessment indicated the following potential issues and concerns:
• Impact on local surface water, soils, and wildlife
• Storage and use of hazardous materials
• Disposal of solid waste and wastewater
• Operation and maintenance of vehicles and trailers
• Noise from vehicles and research operations
• Obtrusive light from security lighting.
Available information suggests the following findings related to these concerns:
• Air, groundwater, and wetlands will not be affected by the proposed action.
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• The impact on wildlife, occupied dwellings, soils, surface water, and cultural
resources will not be significant, provided that planned mitigation measures are
implemented.
• Neither direct nor indirect cumulative impacts associated with the proposed action
will be significant.
Analysis indicates that potentially adverse environmental impacts related to the proposed action
will be minimized, mitigated, and controlled to acceptable levels by implementation of the
following measures.
• Construction and ground-clearing operations will be scheduled for the fall after the
breeding seasons of the area's wildlife.
• Construction and operating activities will be conducted during normal working hours,
on weekdays.
• Operation of powered construction equipment will be limited to normal business
hours, during weekdays, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• EPA will perform cleanup activities before and after construction to the extent
necessary for compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Spill cleanup kits and absorbent materials will be available during construction and
operating activities to address emergencies.
• Security lighting will be directed, screened, and shielded to prevent the lighting from
being a nuisance to occupants of nearby dwellings.
• Equipment wash-down wastewater will be collected in drums, tested for suitability
for disposal, and transported to a suitable wastewater disposal site.
• Disturbed areas will be revegetated with grasses.
• The site design will slow storm water runoff from the project area.
• Preconstruction measures will be taken to protect natural resources and to control
erosion in areas subject to land disturbance and to activities affecting runoff.
• Storage of hazardous materials will be in accordance with RCRA, DOT, OSHA, and
related North Carolina hazardous materials regulations.
• Generation of waste will be minimized through the use of recyclable and reusable
equipment and supplies.
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• Equipment and supplies that are no longer of use will be recycled, reused, or disposed
of as solid waste at a solid waste management facility permitted by the North
Carolina Division of Waste Management.
• Vehicles and trailers arriving at and departing from the site will be registered for
operation on state and federal highways.
• Noise levels from the grinding operation will be limited to less than 60 dBA at the
nearest occupied dwelling's property line.
• EPA will refuel and maintain rolling stock off site.
• If unexpected cultural or archaeological resources are uncovered, construction
activities will cease and Section 106 coordination with the SHPO will be initiated.
Construction activities will not resume until agreed to by the SHPO, and then only
under the conditions agreed to by the SHPO.
Consideration of the activities involved in the proposed storage facility's construction and
operation indicates that the proposed action should have no significant impacts on the quality of
the human environment or on local natural resources. As a result, it is recommended that a
finding of no significant impact be published for the proposed storage facility's construction and
operation. An environmental impact statement is not required for the proposed action.
7.0 LIST OF PREPARERS
Tom Ashmore, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Allen Atkins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wesley Carpenter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Luther E. Mellen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Peter Schubert, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lance Swanhorst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Arthur Torten, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Howard Wilson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Diane Clark, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
J. Don Gensler, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
Ellen Loeb, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
Emily Lyons, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
M. Joy Silverio, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
Eddie Smith, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
Marlene Threlfall, Booz-Allen & Hamilton
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8.0 LIST OF REFERENCES
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. National Wetlands Inventory map, Southwest
Durham, North Carolina, 1995.
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. National Wetlands Inventory map, Southeast
Durham, North Carolina, 1995.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Flood Insurance Rate Map for Durham County,
North Carolina and Incorporated Areas, Panel 188 of 280, Map Number 37063C0188 G,
Effective Date: February 2, 1996.
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office. Letter,
subject: 109 T. W. Alexander Drive, Southwest Durham County, ER 01-8924. March 27, 2001.
North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and
Recreation. Letter, Proposed U.S. EPA storage facility in Research Triangle Park. March 12,
2001.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Phase I Environmental Due Diligence Report for
USEPA 's Research Triangle Park Facilities (Final), July 1999.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Assessment for Property Transfer of
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Center, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, March 2000.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Assessment for Property Transfer of
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Emissions Measurement Laboratory, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, March 2000.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Assessment for Property Transfer of
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Center Annex, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, May 2000.
Wiseman & Taylor. Wetlands Delineation Map, Burdens Creek Bridge Project, Research
Triangle Park, NC, October 22, 1999.
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APPENDIX A
Proposed Jenkins Road Storage Facility
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Jenkins Road Intended Storage
Description
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1.2.2.4
1.2.5.1
1.2.5.2
1.2.2.6
1.2.2.5
1.2.2.7
1.2.3.1
1.2.3.2
1.2.3.3
1.2.6.1
1.2.6.2
Identification
Laboratory Semitrailer, EPA
Tag #363, Decal #083721
Instrument Shed, #492706
NOy Instrument Shelter
OPSIS Shelter, EPA Tag
#721997
Trailer, EPA Tag #663946
VOC trailer operated by
Mantech staff, decal
#923568
WRAC trailer, EPA #666408
Boat and trailer, EPA Tag
#1488
Chevy suburban and boat
Lab trailer, EPA Tag #1485
Crank up portable tower
EKTO Monitoring Shelter,
EPA Decal #928365
Current Location
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 1
Annex Parking Lot, Slot 2
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 10
(2 spaces to the right of slot 8)
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 9
(right of slot 8)
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 3
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 6
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 8
ERC parking lot between
buildings F & H
In the field
In the field
Jester Road, ERC trailer
storage on hill
ERC Annex parking lot (corner
opposite loading dock for dyno
area)
Current
Size
40x8
4x4x8
12x10
8x8x12
20x8x8
10x6x6
7x20
6x18
8x21
12x1x1
8x8x12
Contents
N/A
N/A
Monitoring
instruments
Analytical
equipment
Trailer
GC/MS, gas
cylinders, lab
supplies, computer
systems
Trailer
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Electrical
Requirements
Two 220 volt
100 amp
N/A
120 volt
240 volt, 100 amp,
1 ph
120v
Two 240 volt, 100
amp connections
with Crosse/Hines
circular plugs
120 volt
N/A
N/A
240 volt, 100 amp
N/A
208 volt, 100 amp
Plumbing
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Description
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1.2.6.3
1.2.6.7c
1.2.6.7b
1.2.6.7a
1.2.6.8
1.2.6.9
Identification
EKTO Monitoring Shelter,
EPA Decal #928372
EKTO Monitoring Shelter,
EPA Decal #A20875
Emission Test Trailer
Emission Test Vehicle (Van,
Ford, Navy Blue)
Emission Test Vehicle (Ford
Mustang)
Mercury Mobile Laboratory,
EPA Decal #A33307
Mobile Dynamometer
Current Location
Brevard County, Florida
Jester Road (behind ERC)
ERC, Q Bay
ERC, Q Bay
ERC, Q Bay
ERC Annex parking lot, slot 7
ERC, Outside Q Bay
Current
Size
8x8x12
8x8x10
10x6
Standard
size
mini-van
(provide
space to
be used
with
Emission
Test
Vehicle-
Trailer)
Standard
size car
8x24
25x10
(Opens
up for
testing
and
checkout
to
26x50)
Contents
Air monitoring
instnimentation
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Laboratory
instruments
N/A
Electrical
Requirements
208 volt, 100 amp
circuit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
220 volt, 100 amp
208 volt, 60 amp
Plumbing
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Description
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2.2.2.1
2.2.2.3
2.2.2.4
3.1.1.2
3.1.1.5
Identification
Mobile Dynamometer
Monitoring Trailer
Large SODAR Trailer
Portable Meteorological
Tower with Trailer
Small SODAR Trailer
T-2 Shed
C- 13 Champ Station
Semi-Tractor Trailer
(orange)
T- 19 Metal and Shed
("Butler" building)
C-l
C-4 (Bum Hut Inst Shed)
Current Location
ERC, Q Bay
Jenkins Road
Page Road
Page Road
Outside of J-wing
Outside of J-wing
Outside (left of building as you
come up the drive) of the
Grand Slam Building
Outside of J-wing
Jester Road
Jester Road
Current
Size
8x20
7x23
7x17
7x17
12x20
12x20
8wx401x
7h
8x12
12x20
12x20
Contents
Automobile
Emission Testing
insturment
N/A
N/A
N/A/
General
supplies/solvents
Chambers and
research support
equipment
Inhalation
chambers, animal
cages, and large
inhalation speciality
equipment
Inhalation chambers
and research
support equipment
N/A
Support
Instrumentation
Electrical
Requirements
Requires two
60amp, 220 volt
circuits
1 10 volt comms
line req'd for
modem
110 volt
110 volt
HOIight
110 light
N/A
110 light
N/A
1 1 5 vac, 220 vac
Plumbing
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Water
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Jenkins Road Intended Storage (continued)
Description
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3.1.1.7
3.1.1.8
3.1.1.9
3.1.1.10
3.1.1.13
3.1.1.25
3.1.1.16
3.1.1.21
3.1.1.23
Identification
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
Fuel Preparation Facility
HAP Van
Open Burn Test Facility
T-7
Wood-siding Building
Current Location
Outside J-wing
Outside G-wing
Outside G-wing
Outside G-wing
Outside G-wing
Outside J-wing
Jester Road
Jester Road
Outside G-wing
Jester Road
Current
Size
12x20
12x20
12x20
12x20
12x20
30x90
8x25
12x14
10x25
12x16
Contents
Mso
Sampling Support
Equipment
Mso Fuel Storage
Sampling
Equipment
Sampling
Equipment
Includes access
ramp hammer mill
blower controls
CEM equipment
Burn pan scales
Fabrication shop,
supplies, pipe, etc.
Afterburner front
section
Electrical
Requirements
1 1 5 vac
1 1 5 vac
1 1 5 vac
1 1 5 vac
115 vac
3 phase & single
phase
220 and 110 single
phase
1 1 5 vac
1 1 5 vac
1 1 5 vac (refractory
must not be
allowed to freeze)
Plumbing
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Water
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Description
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3.2.1
3.1.2
3.1.2.4
3.1.3.1
3.1.3.2
3.1.3.3
3.1.3.6
Identification
A02 167 Crank Up Tower
Trailer
Chevrolet Lumina Test
Vehicle
Dodge Van
Leonard
C-IO
Leonard
T-21
Wood Shop
Current Location
Jester Road
ERC J-224
ERC
Jester Road
Outside G-wing
Jester Road
Outside G-wing
Jester Road
Current
Size
24 x8.25
12x 10
w/6ft
over
hang, 12
ft above
trailer at
rear.
16x7
standard
size
10x2
12x20
10x12
12x20
12x30
Contents
N/A
N/A
N/A
Misc.
Electronic
Instrumentation
Misc.
APPCD
Displays/Materials
Wood working
shop, tools, supplies
Electrical
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
115 vac, has A/C
1 1 5 vac
115 vac, has A/C
1 1 5 vac, 220 volt
Plumbing
Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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List of Items Stored at Burdens Creek
The following items will remain at Burden's Creek as long as the site is available.
Cheverolet Pickup
Cheverolet Suburbans (3)
FTIR Trailer
Horse Trailers (3)
Kenworth Tractor and Trailer
Medium Duty Diesel Truck
Remote Sensing Device Van
Telescoping Trailer
Tractor Trailer
ATF Monitoring Platform
Jenkins Road Trailer #3
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APPENDIX B
U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-Minute Topographic Maps
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APPENDIX C
Present Undeveloped Site
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Photo 1
Facing South towards Hopson Road. Compact dirt road, lined with pine trees.
Photo 2
West side of Jenkins Road. Beyond the pine trees is the access road to EPA's new facility.
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Photo 3
Squirrel's nest located in the pine
trees West of Jenkins Road.
Photo 4
Deciduous tree located
at Jenkins Road.
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Photo 5
Deciduous tree with red bud blooms.
Photo 6
Parking lot East of Jenkins Road.
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Photo 7
Parking lot East of Jenkins Road.
Photo 8
Forty-five degree slope East of Jenkins Road.
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APPENDIX D
Letter from the North Carolina
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
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North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Parks and Recreation
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Philip K. McKnelly, Director
March 12,2001
Ms. Diane Clark
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102-3838
Subject: Proposed U.S. EPA storage facility in Research Triangle Park
Dear Ms. Clark:
The Natural Heritage Program has no record of rare species, significant natural communities, or
priority natural areas at the proposed site nor within 2 miles of the site.
You may wish to check the Natural Heritage Program database website at
for a listing of rare plants and animals and significant
natural communities in the county and on the topographic quad map. Please do not hesitate to
contact me at 919-715-8687 if you have questions or need further information.
Sincerely,
Harry E. LeGrand, Jr., Zoologist
Natural Heritage Program
HEL/hel
1615 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1615
Phone: 919-733-4181 \ FAX: 919-715-3085 \ Internet: wvw.enr.state.nc.us/ENR/
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY \ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - 50% RECYCLED / 10% POST CONSUMER PAPER
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APPENDIX E
Letter from the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
State Historic Preservation Office
David L. S. Brook, Administrator
Division of Archives and History
Jeffrey J. Grow, Director
Michael F. Easley, Governor
Lisbeth C. Evans, Secretary
April 20, 2001
Diane Clark
Booz-Allen & Hamilton
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102-3838
Re: Proposed U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Storage Facility in RTP,
109 TW Alexander Drive, Wake Count)', ER 01 -8924
Dear Ms. Clark:
Thank you for your letter of February 28, 2001, concerning the above project.
We have conducted a review of the project and are aware of no properties of architectural, historic,
or archaeological significance, which would be affected by the project: Therefore, we have no
comment on the project as currently proposed.
The above comments are made pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Regulations for Compliance with Section 106
codified at 36 CFR Part 800.
Thank you for your cooperation and consideration. If you have questions concerning the above
comment, contact Renee Gledhill-Earley, Environmental Review Coordinator, at 919/733-4763.
Sincerely,
•M David Brook
0 Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
DB:kgc
Administration
Restoration
Survey & Planning
Location
507 N. Blount SL Raleigh. NC
515 N. Blount St. Raleigh , NC
515 N. Blount Si. Raleigh, NC
Mailing Address
4617 Mail Service Center. Raleigh 27699-4617
4613 Mail Service Center. Raleigh 27699-4613
461 8 Mail Service Center, Raleigh 27699-46 1 8
Telephone/Fax
(919)733-4763.733-8653
(919)733-6547.715-4801
(919)733-4763.715-4801
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