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REV: 11-07-23 SK meeting held at the USACE offices in San Francisco where it is possible to have an informal consultation with the agencies regarding the proposed project. Consultant must provide information about the project to the agencies in advance, and it is best to have either the 30% design phase or a well-described concept ready so that the agencies have something to comment on. The project may be straightforward enough that an Inter-agency Meeting is not necessary, but we have included it in the budget. Consultant is required to request a pre- filing meeting with the RWQCB 30 days before submitting an application to the USACE. This allows the RWQCB adequate time to review the project because once an application is submitted to the USACE, the USACE requires action from the RWQCB within a certain time frame. If a pre-filing meeting is not requested the RWQCB will deny the project. The scope of work includes time for the pre-filing meeting. This proposal assumes that the project would require a Clean Water Act Section (CWA) Section 404 permit from the USACE, and a CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Depending on whether the USACE takes jurisdiction, the project may only require Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Porter-Cologne) Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) from the RWQCB, and a permit from the BCDC. The CWA Section 404 permit would require a preliminary jurisdictional delineation (JD) of wetlands and other waters in the project area and may require a Biological Assessment for compliance with Section 7 of the Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA), and/or a Cultural Resources Investigation (CRI) for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The scope of work includes preparation of a biological resources report, but the federal Biological Assessment is a different document that would focus on federally listed species (expected to only be fish at this time), and it has a different format. Consultant would use the biological resources report to the extent we can, then add the necessary sections for a Biological Assessment. Consultant has included an additional fee of $6,500 in the budget for preparation of the Biological Assessment. Once the permit applications are submitted, MIG will help the City/Consultant follow up with the agencies and respond to any questions they may have. OPTIONAL TASK 11: ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS • Phase I ESA. As an optional task, the Consultant Team will provide a Phase I environmental assessment of the subject property and a preliminary evaluation of the environmental conditions at the subject site in accordance with ASTM E1527-21 (Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process). For this task, the subconsultant, BAGG will review and research the most recently updated Federal and State agency databases regarding known or documented cases of contamination that may exist on-site or within a 1-mile radius of the subject site. The databases that will be searched electronically will be based on the ASTM E 1527-21 guidelines. EDR (Environmental Data Resources) will be retained to perform this service. Based on the sites identified by the electronic ATTY/AGR.2023.241/BKF Engineers (Price Tract Pump Station Design) (Page 40 of 68)