☑ | Do not induce significant impacts to planned growth or land use for the area |
☑ | Do not require the relocation of significant numbers of people |
☑ | Do not have a significant impact on any natural, cultural, recreational, historic or other resource |
☑ | Do not involve significant air, noise, or water quality impacts |
☑ | Do not have significant impacts on travel patterns |
☑ | Do not otherwise, either individually or cumulatively, have any significant environmental impacts |
Resource | Adverse Impact | Beneficial Impact | No Impacts Identified | If impacts related to the proposed Administrative Rule action are identified, include a discussion for the specific resources. If supporting documentation is required, include documentation as an attachment. If no impacts are identified, include N/A. |
Business and Economic | ☐ | ☑ | ☐ | The proposed rule will potentially impact all trucking businesses involved in providing emergency relief. Allowing increased weights will result in fewer trips, lower labor costs, lower fuel costs, and less depreciation to equipment. The department anticipates these businesses would see some positive economic impact. |
Community | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | It is anticipated the proposed rule will have minimal economic impact to the department and taxpayers |
Aesthetics | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Agriculture | ☐ | ☑ | ☐ | The proposed rule will potentially impact all trucking businesses involved in providing emergency relief. Allowing increased weights will result in fewer trips, lower labor costs, lower fuel costs, and less depreciation to equipment. The department anticipates these businesses would see some positive economic impact. |
Real Estate and/or Relocations | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Indirect Impacts | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | Indirect impacts are defined as impacts caused by the action which occur later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable. The proposed rule action should result in no changes to land use or land use planning. The economic impact to business will be positive, but not substantial. While allowing heavier than legal weight loads to be transported does reduce the life expectancy of the infrastructure, overall, the department would balance the heavier loads with appropriate axle configurations to more evenly distribute the weight and help protect the infrastructure. In addition, the limited duration of the emergency permits would also help minimize the infrastructure impact costs. It has therefore been determined that the proposed rule action will cause no impacts which are later in time or farther removed in distance which are reasonably foreseeable. |
Cumulative Impacts | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | Cumulative impacts are defined as the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time. For an action to have a cumulative impact, the action must have a direct or indirect impact on the resource being considered. Since it has been determined the proposed rule action will not have substantial direct or indirect impacts on resources, it is therefore determined the proposed rule action will cause no substantial cumulative impacts when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions. |
Environmental Justice | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Historic Properties | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Burial Sites | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A . |
Tribal | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Wetlands | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Surface Water Resources | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Groundwater, Wells, and Springs | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Coastal Zones | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Floodplains | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Unique Wildlife and Habitat | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Threatened, Endangered and Protected Resources | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Air Quality | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Noise | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Hazardous Substances, Contamination and Asbestos | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Stormwater | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
Erosion and Sediment Control | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | N/A |
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