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CONTAINS ALL PDF DOCUMENTS FOR VOLUME I

Title Page (87 KB)

Signature Page (179 KB)

Table of Contents (314 kB)

Summary (2.32 MB)

Chapter 1 - Background (1.02 MB)

Chapter 2 - Purpose and Need (693 KB)

Chapter 3 - Alternatives (5.49 MB)

Chapter 4 - Affected Environment (5.06 MB)

Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 
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5.1     Introduction and Methodology (448 KB)

5.2     Social Impacts (580 KB)

5.3     Land Use and Community Impacts (3.74 MB)

5.4     Farmland (384 KB)

5.5     Economic Impacts (602 KB)

5.6     Traffic Impacts (1 MB)

5.7     Visual and Aesthetic Impacts (828 KB)

5.8     Title VI / Environmental Justice (254 KB)

5.9     Air Quality (584 KB)

5.10   Highway Noise (768 KB)

5.11   Wild and Scenic Rivers (150 KB)

5.12   Construction Impacts (243 KB)

5.13   Historic Resource Impacts (407 KB)

5.14   Archaeology Impacts (233 KB)

5.15   Mineral Resource Impacts (659 KB)

5.16   Hazardous Waste Sites (532 KB)

5.17   Threatened and Endangered Species (753 KB)

5.18   Wildlife Considerations (2.14 MB)

5.19   Water Resources (3.41 MB)

5.20   Forests (2.62 MB)

5.21   Karst Impacts (150 KB)

5.22   Managed Lands and Natural Areas (558 KB)

5.23   Permits (227 KB)

5.24   Indirect and Cumulative Impacts (646 KB)

5.25   Energy Impacts (183 KB)

5.26   Short-Term Uses Versus Long-Term Productivity (169 KB)

5.27   Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment of Resources (169 KB)

Chapter 6 - Comparison of Alternatives (5.38 MB)

Chapter 7 - Mitigation and Commitments (897 KB)

Chapter 8 - Section 4(f) Evaluation (182 KB)

Chapter 9 - List of Preparers (276 KB)

Chapter 10 - Distribution of EIS (224 KB)

Chapter 11 - Comments, Coordination and Public Involvement (1.22 MB)

Chapter 12 - References (240 KB)

Chapter 13 - Glossary, Acronyms, and Index (467 KB)

ZIP DOWNLOAD - Appendix A, C-J, N (20.7 MB)
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Appendix A   Business Information Survey (1.14 MB)

Appendix B   Agency Coordination Correspondence
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Appendix C   Cost Analysis Methodology (90 KB)

Appendix D   Traffic Modeling Technical Report (1.77 MB)

Appendix E   Correspondence: Governmental (266 KB)
                    (other than Resource Agencies)

Appendix F   Section 106 Documents (6.44 MB)

Appendix G   Survey of Churches (5.22 MB)

Appendix H   Elberfeld Access (3.21 MB)

Appendix I     Survey of Schools (1.13 MB)

Appendix J    Air Quality (1.35 MB)

Appendix K   Indiana Bat Surveys
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      Notice of Survey, May 7, 2004 (92 KB)

      Notice of Survey, June 17, 2005 (27 KB)

      Indiana Bat Survey - December, 2004
      Part 1 (7.73 MB)     Part 2 (4.57 MB)

      Indiana Bat Survey - Summer, 2005
      Part 1 (6.42 MB)  Part 2 (6.33 MB)  Part 3 (8.21 MB) 
      Part 4 (6.63 MB)  Part 5 (7.18 MB)  Part 6 (7.32 MB)  
     

Appendix L   Draft Wetland Assessment Report
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      Part 1 (3.45 MB)  Part 2 (6.86 MB)  Part 3 (7.50 MB) 
      Part 4 (4.18 MB)  Part 5 (6 MB)  

Appendix M  Draft Stream Assessment Report
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      Part 1 (6.61 MB)  Part 2 (6.60 MB)  Part 3 (6.66 MB) 
      Part 4 (7.84 MB)  Part 5 (4.68 MB)  Part 6 (4.25 MB)    
      Part 7 (4.8 MB)   Part 8 (2.19 MB)

Appendix N   Revised Tier 1 Biological Opinion (1.45 MB)

Appendix O   Preferred Alternative Detail Drawings
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      Plan and Profiles - Pages 1-15 (2.47 MB)  
      Pages 16-30 (2.13 MB)

      Segment N2 (2.05 MB)       

      Segment C3 - Part 1 (1.18 MB)  Part 2 (816 KB)

      Segment S1 (2.56 MB)

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