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b) A description of the proposed facility, including the need for the proposed improvements; and c) Existing conditions and potential impacts to include: i) Land use including Section 4(f) issues, prime farmlands and ROW needs; ii) Socioeconomic impacts including limited information on demographic data, growth trends, displacements and environmental justice; iii) Water quality including Floodplains, Waters of the U.S., Section 404 permits, and Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) requirements. The Engineer will discuss the proposed work at any water crossings, including potential work in the stream, habitat impacts, and erosion and sedimentation. In addition, the Engineer will discuss temporary and permanent water quality control measures as well as the need for Section 401 Water Quality Certification requirements. The Engineer will perform a site visit to identify waters of the U.S. (including wetlands) in the ROW and immediately upstream and downstream of the Project. The Engineer will review and summarize Section 404 permit implications. A permit determination will be included in the CE; iv) Air quality impacts; v) Noise impacts effects to noise levels; vi) Vegetation impacts and characteristics assessed per the TxDOT/TPWD MOA. vii) Wildlife and Threatened/Endangered Species Impacts. The Engineer will review existing databases and perform a site visit to assess potential candidate, threatened or endangered species habitat on and adjacent to the ROW. The Engineer will contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Website in order to obtain a current list of candidate, threatened, or endangered species within Hays County. In addition, the Engineer will incorporate background on the habitat requirements and range of the species into the environmental document. The Engineer will prepare necessary background information and analysis of impacts to biological resources including vegetation, wildlife, migratory birds, endangered species, and aquatic resources; and viii)Archaeological Resources. This Project is subject to the Antiquities Code of Texas ("ACT"). The Engineer will submit an appropriate scope of work and permit application to the Texas Historical Commission (THC), the permitting and reviewing agency, via TxDOT. The Engineer assumes that funding for this Project will come in part from the FHWA and, as such, the construction is also subject to the provisions of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). After consulting with TxDOT to identify the Area of Potential Effect (APE), the Engineer will conduct a records search and literary review at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARE) and the Texas Historical Commission (THC) to locate any previously recorded sites and completed surveys in the Project area. 1.4.4 As part of the investigation referenced in Section 1.4.3 c) viii), conduct an archeological survey of the proposed Project area that meets the minimum survey standards for linear project 15