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CHAPTER 2: ALTERNATIVES

2.1 INTRODUCTION

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (U.S. Code (USC) Title 42 Section 4321 et seq.) requires federal agencies considering certain actions that could affect the quality of the human or natural environment to “study, develop, and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses of action” for any proposal that includes “unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources”. The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations (Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40 Parts 1500-1508) further require federal agencies to “Rigorously explore and objectively evaluate all reasonable alternatives” to the federal action under consideration. This chapter provides an overview of the range of federal action alternatives considered for the 34th America’s Cup events. Included within this chapter is a discussion of the nearly eight-month-long alternatives development process, detailed descriptions of the four action alternatives selected for detailed analysis, summaries of management and protection measures incorporated into those action alternatives, the process through which a preferred alternative was chosen, and a brief explanation of those alternatives considered and dismissed from further review.

2.2 AGENCY JURISDICTIONS

As described in Chapter 1 (Purpose and Need), the project in question is subject to NEPA review because it involves certain activities that fall within federal agency jurisdiction and require federal agency action, primarily regulatory authorization. The agency regulations and corresponding authorizations are in place to ensure that such projects avoid or minimize impacts to natural and cultural resources, public safety, commerce, and many other areas of potential impact. Accordingly, the actions of these agencies have and will continue to influence project design, implementation, and corresponding environmental impact. This section includes a brief explanation of the respective roles of the federal agencies with jurisdiction over areas that could be affected by the alternatives under review, the regulatory actions under consideration by each, and how the terms of those actions have shaped development of the alternatives.

2.2.1 National Park Service

The project sponsors have proposed the use of National Park Service (NPS) lands for landside special events and use of NPS waters (within the project area, NPS jurisdiction also extends 0.25 mile seaward from the mean high tide line of its shoreline properties) for portions of the race course, during the 34th America’s Cup (AC34). The NPS regulations 36 CFR Parts 2-199 govern the use, management, and protection of natural and cultural resources under NPS jurisdiction. Section 2.50 (36 CFR 2.50) provides for authorization of a range of activities on NPS lands and waters (including races, public spectator attractions, entertainment, and ceremonies, among others) as long as such events meet certain criteria specified therein. The regulations require that activities be subject to a permit from the park superintendent and that this permit be conditioned to ensure the event is protective of park

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resources and values and consistent with the park’s purpose. The permit may also include reasonable limitations on the equipment used and the time and location the event may occur. NPS Management Policies (2006) Chapter 8, Section 8.6.2.1 further states that “special events such as sports, pageants, regattas, public spectator attractions… may be permitted by the superintendent when (1) there is a ‘meaningful association’ between the park area and the event, and (2) the event will contribute to visitor understanding of the significance of the park area.” This is further clarified to ensure that an NPS permit would be denied if the event would result in an “unacceptable impact,” one that would be (1) inconsistent with park purpose or values; (2) impede attainment of the park’s desired conditions for natural and cultural resources; (3) create an unsafe or unhealthy environment; (4) diminish opportunities for current and future generations to enjoy, learn, or be inspired; or (5) unreasonably interfere with park programs and activities, appropriate use, atmosphere of peace and tranquility, or NPS concessioner or contractor operations (NPS 2006).

The NPS has identified, and the project sponsors have agreed to accept, several measures that would help ensure the protection of park resources and the safety and enjoyable experience of park visitors. These measures have been incorporated into the alternatives described in this chapter and analyzed in Chapter 4—Environmental Consequences. If an action alternative is selected, pending project approval, these management and protection measures (under NPS jurisdiction) would be incorporated into agreement(s) or permit(s) either entered into with or issued to the City and County of San Francisco and/or America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) as enforceable terms and conditions. Federal law provides for the recovery of costs of providing services associated with special use permits (16 USC 3a; 31 USC 9701). In addition, 31 USC 1341 prohibits federal agencies from entering into a contract or agreement or otherwise authorizing a federal activity without commensurate funding and 31 USC 1301 prohibits the use of appropriated funds for purposes not specifically authorized by Congress. Accordingly, any such permit issued by the NPS for the AC34 events would include a provision for cost recovery of government resources expended to implement management actions in support of the event.

2.2.2 United States Coast Guard

The project sponsors have proposed the use of waters under United States Coast Guard (USCG) jurisdiction for the AC34 races and associated activities. The CFR, Title 33, Chapter 1, Subchapter G sets forth regulations governing races and associated activities on navigable waters of the United States. Section 100.30 (33 CFR 100.30) requires any individual or organization planning a race that could introduce certain safety hazards on navigable waters to first obtain authorization, in the form of a permit, from the appropriate Coast Guard District Commander (CGDC). The CGDC may delegate such authorities to the Captain of the Port (COTP). Federal regulations require the CGDC or COTP to notify the applicant of any required changes to the proposed event or permit application, as necessary, to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters (33 CFR 100.25(a)(2)(ii)). Similarly, pursuant to 33 CFR 100.35, the CGDC has authority to promulgate certain special local regulations deemed necessary to ensure the safety of life on the navigable waters immediately before, during, and immediately after an approved race or marine parade. Such regulations may include a restriction on, or control of, the movement of vessels through a specified area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the marine event. The COTP may also limit vessel traffic within certain areas and/or proximities to other vessels through the establishment of a safety zone (33 CFR 165). Safety zones are generally established

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for purposes of protecting safety and the environment. Entry into a safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the COTP or CGDC.

Pursuant to 33 CFR Sections 100 and 165, the USCG proposes to adopt a temporary Special Local Regulation (SLR) and approve a Marine Event Permit for the AC34 events. The SLR is necessary to ensure the safety of life on the navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after any races that may occur. The proposed regulation would temporarily restrict vessel traffic in a portion of San Francisco Bay and prohibit vessels not participating in the America’s Cup sailing events from entering the designated race course during race events, without permission of the COTP. Under the SLR, the USCG could also delay, shorten, or terminate any race and direct vessels to resume normal operations, if necessary to ensure safety. Failure to comply with the lawful directions of the USCG could result in citation or in expulsion from the regulated area.

The SLR would also establish a transit zone running along the southern border of the race area. This transit zone would ensure the safety, as well as continued ability to conduct commerce, of vessels needing access to pier space and facilities along the San Francisco waterfront. This zone, as an accessway, would only be used for transit and so would serve to avoid congestion of moored boats that could block access to the waterfront. Where the transit zone intersects the race course, the USCG may close this transit zone as necessary to accommodate racing vessels approaching the finish line. Graphical representations of these areas, as identified in the draft SLR, are shown in Appendix C.

As with the NPS (see Section 2.2.1 above), the USCG has identified, and the project sponsors have agreed to implement, certain management and protection measures necessary to ensure on-water safety and the smooth flow of commerce through the Bay. These measures are described in the context of the alternatives, below. If an action alternative is selected, the elements of that alternative concerning USCG-managed waters would constitute the “event” for which the USCG is considering authorization. This event would include the corresponding management and protection measures under USCG control. Accordingly, USCG permit approval would be contingent upon the inclusion of all such measures in the project sponsors’ Marine Event Permit application. Any additional management measures associated with the selected action alternative, but not necessarily appropriate for inclusion in the USCG Marine Event Permit, would be included in the Special Local Regulation. For example, the proposed SLR would create a protected area for non-motorized watercraft and swimmers, which would be located off Crissy Field.

2.2.3 United States Army Corps of Engineers

The project sponsors have also proposed in-water structures and other work to support 34th America’s Cup races and events. These activates are subject to certain restrictions, as prescribed under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403) and Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ( 33 USC 1413). The CFR, Title 33, Chapter 2, sets forth the procedures for implementing applicable provisions of these acts. These regulations (33 CFR 322 and 33 CFR 324) specify that authorization from the Department of the Army (DA), in the form of a permit, is required for certain structures and/or work (i.e., boat docks, navigational aids or obstructions, and dredging, and transport of dredged material for ocean disposal, among others) in navigable waters of the United States. Under these procedures, the District Engineer will determine, in accordance with the record and

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applicable regulations, whether to issue the permit. The regulations provide for the addition of special conditions to DA permits when such conditions are necessary to satisfy legal requirements or to otherwise satisfy the public interest (33 CFR 325.4). Such special conditions may include, among other things, compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts on waters of the United States authorized through the issuance of the DA permit.

As described for the NPS and USCG (see Sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 above), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has identified, and the project sponsors have agreed to implement, certain measures necessary to minimize impacts associated with in-water work associated with AC34. These measures are described in the context of respective action alternatives, below. If an action alternative is selected, pending project approval, these management and protection measures (under Corps jurisdiction) would be included in the DA permit as part of the project description or through special conditions of permit approval.

2.2.4 Presidio Trust

The project sponsors may propose the use of Presidio Trust lands for certain limited AC34 event-related activities (i.e., merchandising, which would not be permitted on NPS lands). In addition, due to activities on Crissy Field, the Presidio Trust may undertake certain actions to prevent such impacts. The CFR, Title 36, Chapter 10, sets forth regulations for the use, management, government, and protection of persons, property, and natural and cultural resources within the area under the jurisdiction of the Presidio Trust. Section 1001.5 (36 CFR 1001.5) allows for limiting public use and/or closure of Presidio Trust lands when deemed necessary by the Trust’s board of directors to ensure public health and safety; protect environmental, scenic, and cultural resources; and prevent conflict among visitor use activities. The Presidio Trust has identified certain measures that it would undertake, were an action alternative to be selected, to ensure protection of the resources identified above. These management and protection measures are described in the context of the alternatives, below.

2.3 STUDY AREA OVERVIEW

The geographic extent of analysis, as described in Chapter 1, is depicted in Figure ALT-1 and includes: (1) areas of San Francisco Bay where race events or race-related water-based development could occur; (2) landside areas under federal jurisdiction (i.e., national parklands) where official AC34 race viewing venues and associated facilities could be constructed; and (3) other land and water areas under federal jurisdiction that could serve as secondary race viewing locations. Figure ALT-2 provides an index map depicting those areas where the types of actives described above would be expected to occur. A general description of these areas is provided in the following paragraphs, along with the more detailed images of locations referenced in Figure ALT-2. This summary of existing conditions outlines the geographic context within which an action alternative, if selected, would occur. As discussed below, it also helps to establish a baseline against which potential impacts associated with the various project alternatives can be compared. A more detailed description of the project area, as it pertains to specific impact topics analyzed in this document, is provided in Chapter 3 – Affected Environment.

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2.3.1 Central San Francisco Bay

Central San Francisco Bay (Central Bay), shown in Figure ALT-1, is generally bounded by the southern extent of the Marin Peninsula and Angel Island to the north, Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island to the east, the Bay Bridge and San Francisco waterfront to the south, and the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands to the west. The Central Bay is characterized by strong tides and currents and includes the deepest areas of the Bay (NOAA 2007). Vessel traffic in the Central Bay generally consists of inbound and outbound oceangoing vessels such as commercial ships transiting to and from the Ports of Oakland and Stockton. The Central Bay is also a major intersection of recreational vessels, passenger ferries, tugs, and commercial and recreational fishing boats. On average, about five commercial vessels per typical weekday and three commercial vessels per weekend day transit through the Central Bay. For commuter ferries, sightseeing ferries, and charter cruises that transit through the Central Bay, the estimates are approximately 131 daily round trips on a typical weekday and 96 daily round trips on a weekend day (Blue and Gold Fleet 2012; Golden Gate Transit 2012; Angel Island Tiburon Ferry 2012; and Red and White Fleet 2012).

Because of their proximity to the Golden Gate and open ocean waters, Central Bay habitats and biota most closely resemble open coast plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate marine communities that gradually shift to estuarine communities and compositions toward the Bay-Delta estuary. The Central Bay region is designated by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as essential habitat for Chinook, Coho salmon, steelhead, and several other species. Eelgrass beds exist in close proximity to marinas and known open water anchorages, such as Richardson Bay and in the coves and near shore shallow areas at Angel Island and Treasure Island. The Central Bay provides foraging habitat for many shorebirds and waterfowl, including cormorants, California brown pelican, California least tern, black-crowned night-heron, and snowy egret, among others. Marine mammals that frequent the Central Bay include seals and sea lions. A year-round harbor seal colony haul-out is located on the south side of Yerba Buena Island, on USCG property. Angel Island’s Point Blunt, under USCG jurisdiction, also serves as a haul-out for harbor seals. Alcatraz Island provides haul-out opportunities for both sea lions and harbor seals.

2.3.2 Crissy Field

Crissy Field, shown in Figure ALT-3, is an urban national park area located west of the San Francisco Marina Yacht Harbor and east of the Golden Gate Bridge. This 100-acre property is bounded by Mason Street and San Francisco Bay and is under the jurisdiction of the GGNRA. Since its transfer from the military to the NPS, the park has undergone numerous habitat restoration projects, including the conversion of approximately 22 acres into a tidal marsh. The property also includes Crissy Airfield, a 28-acre restored historic grass airfield; Crissy Field Beach, the only beach on the San Francisco bayshore; Crissy Field Center, a major environmental education center for youth; and the NOAA administrative offices for Gulf of the Farallones, as well as its environmental center focused on ocean stewardship. Crissy Field also includes over 200 paved and unpaved parking spaces.

Crissy Field offers a number of visitor attractions, including a Class 1 bike lane that traverses the park, connecting Marina Green with the Golden Gate Bridge along Mason Street. The Bay Trail (Golden Gate Promenade) provides a shoreline vista for many walkers, joggers, and bicyclists. The historic

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airfield is used for open recreational activities, including dog-walking, frisbee-throwing, and picnicking. The beach area at the east end of Crissy Field is a popular destination and starting point for shoreline walkers, joggers, cyclists, sailboarders, kayakers, and kite surfers. During the summer months, Crissy Field is commonly used to co-host large events, whose participants flow through Mason Street, or may use Crissy Airfield, such as runs and triathlons. At the east end of Crissy Field, average daily visitation is approximately 3,050 on weekdays and 5,790 on weekends. At the west end of Crissy Field, including the picnic area and Warming Hut, daily visitation is approximately 1,170 on weekdays and 2,100 on weekends (ORCA 2012).

NPS has designated a portion of Crissy Field as a Wildlife Protection Area (WPA), due to the presence of a rare foredune plant community that provides habitat for a number of sensitive plant and animal species. As shown in Figure ALT-3, the Crissy Field WPA generally includes the area from Fort Point Mine Depot (also known as Torpedo Wharf, a fishing pier) east to concrete riprap, which lies approximately 700 feet east of the former Coast Guard station; and extends from the southern border of the Golden Gate Promenade north, including all tidelands, to approximately 300 feet offshore (NPS 2012a).The Crissy Field WPA is set aside for the protection of shorebirds and waterbirds. For example, the western snowy plover, which is federally listed as threatened, occupies the area from July through May. The area is currently protected from disturbance by post-and-cable fencing, backed by 2-inch-by-4-inch welded mesh. Sensitive plant communities such as the Marin dwarf-flax also occur within the Crissy Field dunes, which extend all the way to East Beach. Historic architectural resources within Crissy Field include the United States Coast Guard station near the west end of the beach; the Signal Cable Hut, a small earthen-covered structure in a grassy picnic area near the west bluff amphitheater; and the restored airfield itself.

2.3.3 The Presidio

The Presidio, also shown in Figure ALT-3, is situated at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, along San Francisco’s northern shoreline. The Presidio is a former United States Army post and was one of the oldest continuously operating military posts in the nation until it was transferred to civilian use in 1994. The Presidio Trust manages the central lands and built environment within the Presidio, including most buildings and infrastructure. This inland portion of the Presidio is known as Area B and consists of approximately 1,168 acres (80 percent of the total land area). The NPS manages the majority of the coastal recreational corridors, known as Area A, consisting of approximately 329 acres (20 percent of the total land area).

The Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District spans a total land area of 1,480 acres and contains over 780 contributing historic features. The property is renowned for its depth of history, architecture, archaeology, natural features, vistas, and recreational opportunities. The Presidio also includes a wide range of commercial, institutional, and creative uses, such as a museum, schools, gift shops, restaurants, medical services, golf courses, the San Francisco National Cemetery, housing, and digital arts offices. Presidio roadways are used for races such as the San Francisco Marathon, and the parade ground at the Main Post is used for many large events, including the San Francisco Aloha Festival, which used to occur the first weekend in August; and the Free Shakespeare in the Park event, which typically occurs every weekend in September. The San Francisco

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Aloha Festival attracted 18,000 people in one weekend and the Free Shakespeare in the Park event typically draws 1,500 to 1,800 people over the course of the weekend (Presidio Trust 2011). Within the Presidio, in the vicinity of the Crissy Picnic Area, average daily visitation is approximately 1,300 on weekdays and 2,560 on weekends (ORCA 2012).

Cultural resources within the Presidio mostly relate to the military history of the area and include Battery East, the Battery Lancaster barracks dump, the DeRussey residence dump, Fort Point, and the West San Francisco Batteries, which are contributing elements of the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District. Some special-status plant species that are known to occur along the bluffs east and north of Baker Beach include Presidio clarkia, Presidio manzanita, Marin dwarf-flax, and San Francisco lessingia.

2.3.4 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Managed by the NPS, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (SAFR), shown in Figure ALT-4, extends from the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf, starting west of Hyde Street, to Fort Mason, just west of Van Ness Avenue. SAFR also incorporates the Aquatic Park National Historic Landmark District, which is bounded by Van Ness Avenue, Beach Street, and Hyde Street. The park includes a fleet of historic vessels, a visitor center, a man-made lagoon, gardens, a maritime museum, and a library/research facility, among other features.

Aquatic Park generally includes the bathhouse and stadia, Municipal Pier, speaker towers, beach, Aquatic Park Promenade, and retaining walls. The San Francisco Maritime Museum is a Streamline Moderne (late Art Deco) building that is a key structure of the Aquatic Park National Historic Landmark District and currently houses exhibit space. The man-made Aquatic Park Cove is commonly used for swimming, rowing, and kayaking by Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club members and others. West of the lagoon is the horseshoe-shaped Municipal Pier, which is widely used for fishing and provides scenic viewing opportunities of the Bay. South of the lagoon is a sandy beach and concrete seawall; farther south is a grassy area known as Victorian Park, which contains the Hyde Street cable car turnaround. The park also includes five bocce ball courts, located west of the museum and grassy area. At the eastern boundary of the lagoon, the NPS leases the Hyde Street Pier from the Port of San Francisco for exhibition of historic ships and maritime historical artifacts and educational programs. Ships that are on display include the Balclutha, C.A. Thayer, Eureka, Alma, Hercules, and Eppleton Hall (NPS 2011b).

Swimmers and other recreationists use Aquatic Park on a daily basis, generally during the early morning and evening hours. Aquatic Park is more frequently used by swimmers during the warmer months of late summer and early fall. The Bay Trail (Aquatic Park Promenade) north of the bathhouse building is commonly used by pedestrians, joggers, and bicyclists. On weekdays, daily visitation to Aquatic Park is approximately 6,650; during weekend days roughly 9,720 people visit the park (ORCA 2012).

Sensitive cultural resources within SAFR include the Hyde Street Pier and the above-mentioned ships, Municipal Pier, the East and West Roundhouses, and the vegetation that contributes to the park’s cultural landscape. Marine mammals that can be found within Aquatic Park include California sea lions, harbor seals, waterbirds, and shorebirds.

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2.3.5 Fort Mason

Fort Mason, also shown in Figure ALT-4, is generally bounded by Aquatic Park to the east, Bay Street to the south, and the San Francisco Marina East Harbor to the west. Fort Mason is a former U.S. Army post and military port facility. This National Register-listed historic district includes Lower Fort Mason, also known as the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, another National Historic Landmark. Fort Mason contains historic buildings, public open spaces (such as the Great Meadow), piers, and former warehouses, where Fort Mason Center hosts a number of environmental, cultural, and arts organizations, and a regionally-renowned restaurant, Greens. The pier facilities and large conference rooms are used to host a variety of special and regional events throughout the year, including a regional theater. The SAFR headquarters are located in Fort Mason Center’s Building E; and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) headquarters are located in Upper Fort Mason’s Building 201.

A paved path that follows the harbor edge and rises along the headland is commonly used by pedestrians, joggers, and bicyclists. During weekdays, approximately 2,950 people visit the park. During weekend days, that number increases to around 4,580. During summer months, the Great Meadow has, in the past, been used as a gathering area for participants in and spectators of large special events, such as the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Fleet Week, and the San Francisco Oyster Festival, among others.

Sensitive cultural resources within Fort Mason include an indigenous archeological site (CA-SFR-31), the Black Point/Point San Jose Batteries, the Northwest Embankment (an engineered slope with historic stairs and foundations below the Great Meadow), the Parade Grounds, and the pathways and stone retaining walls overlooking Aquatic Park.

2.3.6 Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island (Alcatraz), shown in Figure ALT-5, spans 22 acres and is located approximately 1.5 miles north of the San Francisco waterfront. The island is a former Civil War outpost and served as a federal prison until 1963. Alcatraz is part of the GGNRA and operated by the NPS. Currently, Alcatraz is accessible only by a private ferry company, Alcatraz Cruises, LLC, which is under contract with the NPS and operates from Pier 31½ in San Francisco. On average, Alcatraz Cruises, LLC conducts 14 daily round trips to and from Alcatraz (Alcatraz Cruises 2012). Alcatraz Island is an increasingly popular destination for visitors of the park and includes a variety of trails, programs, and exhibits that interpret Alcatraz Island’s history and natural resources. The park receives approximately 4,600 visitors daily, with an additional 600 visiting for occasional private, after hours events during the summer months (NPS 2012b). There are 18 individual buildings and 28 structures listed as contributing elements of the Alcatraz Island Historic District, which includes virtually all built elements on the island. The primary attraction on Alcatraz is the cellhouse, which is open year-round. Generally, the southeastern half of the island is open to the public. The northern portion of the island is accessible by docent-led tours only, and these tours are restricted to the non-breeding season for colonial water birds that nest on the island. Breeding season occurs between February through September during which access to the western side of the island is also restricted. Alcatraz Island is the only breeding colony site for two species of cormorants, the Brandt’s cormorant and the pelagic cormorant (NPS 2011a). Although these cormorants are not considered special-status, they are regionally significant as is Alcatraz Island itself as a breeding site for seabirds and waterbirds on the

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2.3.7 Fort Baker

Fort Baker, shown in Figure ALT-6, is located at the base of the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge and occupies a section of the Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite National Historic District. A former military wharf originally built in 1937 and modified in the 1940s and in 1985, Fort Baker is now within the GGNRA and managed by the NPS. Access to the area is limited due to steep topography. Only Bunker Road and East Road provide access to Alexander Avenue, which connects to South Street in the City of Sausalito and U.S. Highway 101 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The inland portions of Fort Baker include the Cavallo Point lodge and retreat center, the Bay Area Discovery Museum (a children’s museum and learning center), regional USCG offices, the Travis Sailing Center, and a small craft marine center and berthing. Fort Baker Pier is used as a fishing pier during daytime hours.

Sensitive cultural resources at Fort Baker include the historic Batteries Yates, Cavallo, and Duncan. Batteries Cavallo and Yates, and the upland area between the lodge and East Road, provide habitat for the Mission Blue Butterfly (MBB), which is federally listed as endangered. In MBB habitat areas, the NPS requires visitors to stay on trails, which are often bounded by post and cable fencing. During average weekdays, Fort Baker receives approximately 890 visitors. On weekend days, visitation generally increases to around 1,770 people (ORCA 2012).

2.3.8 Marin Headlands

The Marin Headlands, shown in Figure ALT-7, span approximately 2,500 acres of the southern tip of the Marin Peninsula, from U.S. Highway 101 to the western Marin coastline. Incorporated into the GGNRA system in 1972, the Marin Headlands consist of collections of former military buildings (Forts Cronkhite and Barry); a Nike Missile site; several batteries, the most popular of which among visitors is Battery Spencer, closest to the Golden Gate Bridge; residences; and park and partner program facilities such as the Marine Mammal Center, the Marin Headlands Hostel, the YMCA, the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Headlands Institute. All of these facilities, along with an extensive coastal corridor of beaches (e.g., Rodeo Beach), trails (e.g., Coastal Trail), and scenic roadways and vistas are accessible through the Fort Baker-Barry tunnel. One of those scenic vistas is along Conzelman Road, a 5-mile stretch of road that traverses the western and southern bluffs of the headlands, providing expansive views of the Pacific Figure ALT-6. Fort Baker Ocean, San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, and San Francisco; another is the Point Bonita Lighthouse. Kirby Cove, a group campground, sits at the base of Conzelman Road, is accessible through a reservation system, and provides expansive views both east under the Golden Gate Bridge and west out to the Pacific Ocean. Approximately 1,120 people visit the Conzelman Road area of the park on an average weekday. During weekends, that number increase to around 2,230.

Coastal scrub and chaparral communities dominate the Marin Headlands, with some areas consisting of serpentine coastal scrub and annual grasslands. Notable natural features include Hawk Hill, Slacker Hill, Rodeo Valley, Rodeo Lagoon, and Rodeo Beach, among others. Hawk Hill is a 920-foot point located in

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Sensitive cultural resources present within the Marin Headlands include brick gun emplacements and a brick powerhouse at Ridge Battery, the buildings and structures of Battery Spencer, Battery Wagner, and Battery Kirby. Features associated with each of these batteries are listed as contributing elements of the Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite National Historic District.

2.4 ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

An Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is only supposed to consider “reasonable” alternatives, which are defined in the NEPA regulations for all agencies (40CFR1500 et seq.) as those that are economically and technically feasible, and show common sense. Generally, the “common sense” phrase has been interpreted to mean the alternative meets the agency purpose and objectives, and resolves the need for action. The AC34 alternatives development and refining process included several discussions among the agencies, consideration of input by the public, specific questions for the project sponsor aimed at determining feasibility, and extensive discussions with the City/County San Francisco to approve and fund environmental and other protection measures for the preferred alternative.

Initial concepts for the alternatives were brainstormed by the federal team and were presented to the public during the scoping period. The team had determined that alternatives could vary based on geography; make use of restricted zones or areas to protect safety, property, and resources; change the timing or duration of the event; limit the scale or intensity of the event; or modify the proposed action with protection and mitigation measures. After considering input obtained from the public and agencies during public scoping, the federal team initially considered eight alternatives, including No Action:

i. The No Action alternative means no federal permits would be issued and the race would not take place.

ii. The Sponsor Proposed Project as it stood in January 2012.

iii. Modifying the geographical location of the race so that it would be held off the coast rather than in San Francisco Bay to alleviate spectator-related impacts to NPS lands.

iv. Moving the location of the race to the northeast portion of San Francisco Bay to alleviate impacts from spectators and traffic on NPS resources, assets, operations and visitors.

v. Moving the location of the 2013 races so that they alternated between the proposed course offshore of Crissy Field and the northern waterfront and the proposed contingent race area east of Alcatraz Island to reduce impacts from spectators and traffic on NPS resources, assets, operations, and visitors.

vi. Altering the timing of the races by moving the start date to a time after seabirds at Alcatraz Island, a unique park resource of the central San Francisco Bay, had finished nesting (early to mid- September).

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vii. Maintaining the existing race course but prohibiting venues on NPS lands to reduce impacts to NPS resources, assets, operations, and visitors at Crissy Field, Fort Baker, and San Francisco Maritime Historical Park.

viii. Modifying proposed venues on NPS lands by eliminating loud speakers, reducing bleachers, minimizing food and beverage services etc. and moving the 2012 race course slightly to the east to reduce the appeal of, and impact to, Crissy Field as a viewing location.

Alternatives considered but dismissed from further analysis, and the reasons therefore, are summarized here, and discussed more fully in Section 2.14, below. Alternatives that would have required changing the geographical location of the race to another location in the Bay (iv and v above) were further evaluated to determine if wind speed and direction would be consistent enough in these locations to hold an America’s Cup race. The same is true for moving the start date to the end of the summer (vi). Alternatives iv and v would have moved the race for all or part of 2012 and 2013 to an area proposed as a contingent race area during unusual weather and wind conditions. This analysis revealed that winds and tides would make establishment of consistently fair race courses in this area for the duration of the race periods in 2012 and 2013 prohibitively challenging, as wind speed and shear show inconsistencies that would make it impossible for the race sponsors to offer similar conditions for a particular series of races. Similarly, a current analysis revealed frequent tidal shifts in this area, which sometimes conflict with wind direction (ACRM 2012). The USCG also indicated interference with the deep water channel to the north of Alcatraz Island would unnecessarily interfere with maritime commerce. Unlike the southern channel, which lies in the path of the proposed race course, the northern channel is considered critical for commerce and the USCG would be unable to create a SLR prohibiting vessel traffic during the races as it would for the proposed route. Without the SLR, the races would be interrupted every time a commercial vessel needs to pass through the northern channel. In addition, any races in this area would intersect with many commuter ferries in an average race day. These ferries could either not be safely rerouted due to hazardous currents or would be delayed more than 10 minutes by re-routing. Both of these possibilities would conflict with USGC regulations and its objectives to ensure safety and the continuation of maritime commerce. Alternatives iv and v were dismissed because of these technical barriers.

Alternative vi above was dismissed because of the variability of Central San Francisco Bay wind speed and direction during the fall months. A review of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) archival wind data for the period 2005-2011 indicates that Central San Francisco Bay wind speed and direction are most consistent between the months of July and September. While wind speed and direction would be acceptable in September, average speed in October drops from an average of 9.2 knots in July and August to around 7.3 knots. Consistency and reliability of wind direction also becomes less reliable during this period.

Moving the race to the ocean coast along San Francisco (Alternative iii above) is an alternative that was also examined in the Environmental Impact Report produced to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and dismissed as unreasonable. This is primarily because it is the San Francisco Bay rather than the coast that was the selected location for the race, and the vessels that would compete in the 34th America’s Cup have been specifically designed for the predictable conditions of high winds and protected waters of the Bay. According to the project sponsors, the racing yachts are not structurally designed to endure the loads and stress of sailing in the open ocean,

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and operating them in such conditions would be unsafe. The specifications for the yachts have already been used by participating teams to secure and begin building their vessels in some cases, making re-design technically and economically infeasible.

The dismissal of alternatives iii, iv, v and vi, left the No Action alternative (required), the sponsor’s proposed project, a modified, proposal and an alternative that would prohibit events on NPS lands (ii, vii and viii). These alternatives are identified throughout this document as Alternatives A, B, D, and C, respectively. The environmental impacts of these options were evaluated in an in-house draft and used as part of a Choosing by Advantage process to create a preferred alternative. The preferred alternative also includes all accepted updates and changes submitted by the project sponsors and is a fourth action alternative, named Alternative E. A summary of the alternatives is provided in Table ALT-1.

As a final step, the federal team discussed and finalized proposed management actions and protection measures, which lessen effects on particular resources or other elements (such as an assets, operational factors, transportation, etc.). These were discussed with the project sponsors to gain agreement on funding and implementation responsibilities, and were incorporated into the alternatives. The protection measures include ideas originally proposed by the federal team during public scoping, such as exclusion zones and reductions in intensity, as well as measures designed to minimize impacts discovered during the analysis, and are summarized in Table ALT-2.

2.5 SUMMARY OF ALTERNATIVES EVALUATED

The federal team considered various themes in development of the initial alternatives concepts. Themes that helped guide development of the various alternatives included geography, management zoning, duration or timing, and intensity. Each federal agency’s purpose and objectives for taking action, discussed in Chapter 1, also factored prominently in the development of these alternatives. Those alternatives carried forward for detailed analysis include:

� No Action (Alternative A);

� Sponsor Proposed Project (Alternative B);

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� Preferred (Alternative E).

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AC

34 a

ctiv

ities

at

the

Pre

sidi

o in

20

12 o

r 20

13.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�Po

tent

ial l

ocat

ion

for

indo

or

and/

or o

utdo

or m

erch

andi

sing

; �

Pote

ntia

l loc

atio

n fo

r po

rtab

le

rest

room

s ne

ar C

rissy

Fie

ld

venu

e si

tes;

and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

loca

tion.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sa

me

for

2012

an

d 2

013:

�

Pote

ntia

l loc

atio

n fo

r in

door

an

d/or

out

door

mer

chan

disi

ng

in 2

013;

�

Pote

ntia

l loc

atio

n fo

r po

rtab

le

rest

room

s ne

ar C

rissy

Fie

ld

venu

e si

tes;

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

loca

tion

in 2

013;

and

�

Unl

ikel

y se

cond

ary

view

ing

loca

tion

in 2

012.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

C.

Aq

uat

ic P

ark

No

Aqu

atic

Par

k A

C34

ven

ue in

20

12 o

r 20

13.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:�

Firs

t ai

d ki

osk,

por

tabl

e re

stro

oms,

and

han

d w

ashi

ng

stat

ions

dur

ing

race

per

iods

; �

Exhi

bitio

ns, i

nclu

ding

up

to s

ix

boat

dis

play

s in

Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove;

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:�

Firs

t ai

d ki

osk,

por

tabl

e re

stro

oms,

and

han

d w

ashi

ng

stat

ions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m-h

igh

race

wee

kend

s;

�N

o ex

hibi

tion

boat

dis

play

s;

�N

o vi

deo

scre

ens;

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:�

Firs

t ai

d ki

osk,

por

tabl

e re

stro

oms,

and

han

d w

ashi

ng

stat

ions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m-h

igh

race

wee

kend

s;

�N

o bo

at d

ispl

ays

in A

quat

ic P

ark

Cov

e;

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:�

Firs

t ai

d ki

osk,

por

tabl

e re

stro

oms,

and

han

d w

ashi

ng

stat

ions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m h

igh

race

wee

kend

s;

�Po

tent

ial f

or e

xhib

ition

s,

incl

udin

g up

to

six

boat

dis

play

s in

Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove;

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-24

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-1

: AC

TIV

ITIE

S A

T A

C34

VEN

UES

AN

D S

ECO

ND

AR

Y V

IEW

ING

AR

EASa (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

A

ltern

ati

ve A

. N

o A

ctio

n

Alt

ern

ati

ve B

.

Sp

on

sor

Pro

po

sed

Pro

ject

Alt

ern

ati

ve C

.

No

Org

an

ize

d E

ve

nts

on

N

PS

La

nd

s A

ltern

ati

ve D

.

Mo

dif

ied

Pro

gra

m

Alt

ern

ati

ve

E.

Pre

ferr

ed

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Spec

tato

r V

enu

es a

nd

Sec

on

dar

y V

iew

ing

Are

as (

con

t.)

Aq

uat

ic P

ark

(co

nt.

)

�Se

vera

l lar

ge la

ndsi

de v

ideo

sc

reen

s an

d an

ann

ounc

emen

t sy

stem

; �

Poss

ible

use

of

Mar

itim

e M

useu

m f

or s

peci

al in

door

ev

ents

; and

�

Wea

ther

mon

itorin

g eq

uipm

ent

inst

alle

d at

Mun

icip

al P

ier.

�N

o w

eath

er m

onito

ring

equi

pmen

t in

stal

led

at M

unic

ipal

Pi

er; a

nd

�Po

ssib

le u

se o

f M

ariti

me

Mus

eum

for

spe

cial

indo

or

even

ts.

�W

i-Fi k

iosk

s fo

r tr

ansm

issi

on o

f ra

ce f

eeds

to

hand

-hel

d co

mpu

ters

; and

�

Wea

ther

mon

itorin

g eq

uipm

ent

inst

alle

d at

Mun

icip

al P

ier;

and

�

Poss

ible

use

of

Mar

itim

e M

useu

m f

or s

peci

al e

vent

s.

�Po

tent

ial f

or s

mal

l, la

nd-s

ide

vide

o sc

reen

s an

d liv

e ra

ce

feed

s;

�Po

tent

ial f

or W

i-Fi k

iosk

s fo

r tr

ansm

issi

on o

f ra

ce f

eeds

to

hand

-hel

d co

mpu

ters

; and

�

Wea

ther

mon

itorin

g eq

uipm

ent

inst

alle

d at

Mun

icip

al P

ier.

�

Poss

ible

use

of

Mar

itim

e M

useu

m f

or s

peci

al in

door

ev

ents

Fort

Mas

on

N

o A

C34

act

iviti

es

at F

ort

Mas

on in

20

12 o

r 20

13.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�In

terio

r in

stal

latio

ns f

or m

edia

op

erat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng a

te

mpo

rary

inte

rnat

iona

l br

oadc

ast

cent

er a

nd t

elev

isio

n st

udio

s, s

atel

lite

com

mun

icat

ions

, an

d ho

spita

lity

serv

ices

; �

Sate

llite

dis

h in

stal

latio

n on

Pie

r 3

apro

n;

�Fl

oatin

g ba

rge

at P

ier

2 fo

r sm

alle

r m

edia

boa

t m

oorin

g;

�Po

ssib

ility

tha

t ex

istin

g us

es a

t Pi

ers

2 an

d 3

may

not

be

avai

labl

e du

ring

cert

ain

perio

ds

durin

g A

C34

201

3 ev

ents

; �

Port

able

res

troo

ms

and

hand

was

hing

sta

tions

dur

ing

race

per

iods

; and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry r

ace

view

ing

loca

tion.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�Po

rtab

le r

estr

oom

s an

d ha

nd

was

hing

sta

tions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m-h

igh

race

w

eeke

nds;

�

No

inte

rior

inst

alla

tions

for

m

edia

ope

ratio

ns;

�N

o flo

atin

g ba

rge

at P

ier

2;

�N

o sa

telli

te d

ish

inst

alla

tion

on

Pier

3 a

pron

; �

Con

tinua

tion

of e

xist

ing

uses

at

Pier

s 2

and

3 as

nor

mal

; and

�

Like

ly s

econ

dary

vie

win

g fr

om

apro

n of

pie

rs.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�In

terio

r in

stal

latio

ns f

or m

edia

op

erat

ions

; �

Floa

ting

barg

e at

Pie

r 2

for

smal

ler

med

ia b

oat

moo

ring;

�

No

sate

llite

dis

h in

stal

latio

n on

Pi

er 3

apr

on;

�Po

ssib

ility

tha

t ex

istin

g us

es a

t Pi

ers

2 an

d 3

may

not

be

avai

labl

e fo

r ce

rtai

n pe

riods

du

ring

AC

34 2

013

even

ts;

�Po

rtab

le r

estr

oom

s an

d ha

nd

was

hing

sta

tions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m-h

igh

race

w

eeke

nds;

and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

from

apr

on o

f pi

ers.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

C.

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d

No

AC

34 a

ctiv

ities

on

Alc

atra

z Is

land

in

201

2 or

201

3.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�Li

mite

d, t

empo

rary

inte

rior

inst

alla

tions

for

aft

er-h

ours

pr

ivat

e ev

ents

in m

ain

cell

hous

e bu

ildin

g;

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�N

o sp

ecia

l eve

nts

or

prog

ram

med

AC

34 a

ctiv

ities

on

Alc

atra

z Is

land

in 2

012

or 2

013.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.Sa

me

as A

ltern

ativ

e B.

Alte

rnat

ives

AC

34 A

mer

ica’

s C

up /

Env

iron

men

tal A

sses

smen

t 2-

25

TAB

LE A

LT-1

: AC

TIV

ITIE

S A

T A

C34

VEN

UES

AN

D S

ECO

ND

AR

Y V

IEW

ING

AR

EASa (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

A

ltern

ati

ve A

. N

o A

ctio

n

Alt

ern

ati

ve B

.

Sp

on

sor

Pro

po

sed

Pro

ject

Alt

ern

ati

ve C

.

No

Org

an

ize

d E

ve

nts

on

N

PS

La

nd

s A

ltern

ati

ve D

.

Mo

dif

ied

Pro

gra

m

Alt

ern

ati

ve

E.

Pre

ferr

ed

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Spec

tato

r V

enu

es a

nd

Sec

on

dar

y V

iew

ing

Are

as (

con

t.)

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d (

con

t.)

�

Priv

ate

afte

r-ho

urs

even

ts u

p to

tw

o tim

es in

201

2 an

d fiv

e tim

es in

201

3;

�W

eath

er m

onito

ring

and

com

mun

icat

ion

sate

llite

s in

stal

led

for

broa

dcas

t du

ring

2012

and

201

3 ev

ents

; and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

loca

tion.

Fort

Bak

er

No

AC

34 a

ctiv

ities

at

For

t Ba

ker

in

2012

or

2013

.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�Te

mpo

rary

inst

alla

tions

for

af

terh

ours

priv

ate

hosp

italit

y ve

nue

at F

ort

Bake

r Pi

er;

�Po

rtab

le r

estr

oom

s an

d ha

ndw

ashi

ng s

tatio

ns d

urin

g ra

ce p

erio

ds; a

nd

�Pr

obab

le s

econ

dary

vie

win

g lo

catio

n.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�Po

rtab

le r

estr

oom

s an

d ha

nd

was

hing

sta

tions

onl

y on

pea

k an

d m

ediu

m-h

igh

race

w

eeke

nds

�N

o pr

ogra

mm

ed A

C34

act

iviti

es

at F

ort

Bake

r;

�N

o br

oadc

astin

g eq

uipm

ent;

and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

loca

tion.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

C.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

C.

Mar

in

Hea

dla

nd

s (C

on

zelm

an

Ro

ad)

No

AC

34 a

ctiv

ities

at

the

Mar

in

Hea

dlan

ds in

201

2 or

201

3.

Sam

e fo

r 20

12 a

nd

201

3:

�N

o pr

ogra

mm

ed A

C34

eve

nts

for

2012

or

2013

; and

�

Prob

able

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

loca

tion.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Rac

e-R

elat

ed W

ater

-Bas

ed D

evel

op

men

ts

Pier

80

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Pier

80.

�

Up

to t

wo

cran

es, i

nsta

lled

alon

g th

e so

uth

side

of

Pier

80,

w

ithin

the

Isla

is C

reek

Cha

nnel

; �

Floa

ting

dock

s an

d ga

ngw

ays

inst

alle

d al

ongs

ide

the

pier

so

uth

apro

n; a

nd

�C

oncr

ete

moo

ring

anch

or b

lock

s on

bay

flo

or n

ear

sout

h si

de o

f th

e pi

er.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-26

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-1

: AC

TIV

ITIE

S A

T A

C34

VEN

UES

AN

D S

ECO

ND

AR

Y V

IEW

ING

AR

EASa (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

A

ltern

ati

ve A

. N

o A

ctio

n

Alt

ern

ati

ve B

.

Sp

on

sor

Pro

po

sed

Pro

ject

Alt

ern

ati

ve C

.

No

Org

an

ize

d E

ve

nts

on

N

PS

La

nd

s A

ltern

ati

ve D

.

Mo

dif

ied

Pro

gra

m

Alt

ern

ati

ve

E.

Pre

ferr

ed

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Rac

e-R

elat

ed W

ater

-Bas

ed D

evel

op

men

ts (

con

t.)

Pier

s 30

-32

and

Pie

rs 3

2-36

Op

en

Wat

er B

asin

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Pier

s 30

-32

and

Pier

s 32

-36

Ope

n W

ater

Bas

in.

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks

and

gang

way

s in

stal

led

on n

orth

sid

e of

Pi

er 3

0.

�Tw

o se

ctio

ns o

f flo

atin

g do

cks

and

gang

way

s in

stal

led

alon

gsid

e th

e so

uth

side

of

Pier

32

�Se

ism

ic u

pgra

des

at P

iers

30-

32

�H

elic

al m

oorin

g an

chor

s pl

aced

in

the

Pie

rs 3

2-36

Ope

n W

ater

Ba

sin;

�

Up

to t

wo

cran

es lo

cate

d al

ong

the

sout

h si

de o

f Pi

er 3

2; a

nd

�D

redg

ing

of B

ay s

edim

ent.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B, e

xcep

t:

�N

o flo

atin

g do

cks,

gan

gway

s,

or p

iles

inst

alle

d on

nor

th s

ide

of P

ier

30;

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks,

and

pile

s in

stal

led

alon

g th

e so

uth

side

of

Pie

r 32

slig

htly

red

uced

; and

�

No

seis

mic

upg

rade

s at

Pie

rs

30-3

2; a

nd

�A

mou

nt o

f dr

edgi

ng

subs

tant

ially

red

uced

.

Pier

s 27

-29

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Pier

s 27

-29.

�

One

cra

ne, l

ocat

ed o

n th

e no

rthw

est

corn

er o

f Pi

ers

27-2

9;�

Floa

ting

dock

s an

d ga

ngw

ays

on

nort

h si

de o

f Pi

er 2

9 an

d so

uth

side

of

Pier

27;

and

�

Hel

ical

and

con

cret

e bl

ock

moo

ring

anch

ors

on B

ay f

loor

.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B, e

xcep

t:

�O

ne m

obile

cra

ne, l

ocat

ed o

n th

e so

uthe

ast

corn

er o

f Pi

ers

27-2

9;

�N

umbe

r of

pile

s an

d ga

ngw

ays

incr

ease

d;

�N

umbe

r of

moo

ring

anch

ors

redu

ced.

Pier

s 26

an

d

Pier

28,

N

o A

C34

wor

k at

Pi

ers

26 a

nd 2

8

�D

redg

ing

with

in P

ier

28 S

outh

be

rth

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

�N

o dr

edgi

ng o

f Ba

y se

dim

ent

with

in t

he P

ier

28 S

outh

ber

th.

Pier

19,

Pi

er 1

9½, a

nd

Pi

er 2

3

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Pier

19,

Pie

r 19

½,

and

Pier

23.

�Sa

telli

te d

ishe

s m

ount

ed o

n a

plat

form

adj

acen

t to

Pie

r 23

; �

Floa

ting

dock

s an

d ga

ngw

ays

inst

alle

d on

the

nor

th s

ide

of

Pier

23;

�

Floa

ting

dock

s, g

angw

ays,

and

pi

les

inst

alle

d on

the

nor

th s

ide

of P

ier

19; a

nd

�C

oncr

ete

moo

ring

anch

or b

lock

s on

Bay

flo

or.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

�Sa

me

as A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C, a

nd

D, e

xcep

t no

flo

atin

g do

cks,

ga

ngw

ays,

or

pile

s in

stal

led

at

Pier

19

(mov

ed t

o pi

er 2

3).

Alte

rnat

ives

AC

34 A

mer

ica’

s C

up /

Env

iron

men

tal A

sses

smen

t 2-

27

TAB

LE A

LT-1

: AC

TIV

ITIE

S A

T A

C34

VEN

UES

AN

D S

ECO

ND

AR

Y V

IEW

ING

AR

EASa (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

A

ltern

ati

ve A

. N

o A

ctio

n

Alt

ern

ati

ve B

.

Sp

on

sor

Pro

po

sed

Pro

ject

Alt

ern

ati

ve C

.

No

Org

an

ize

d E

ve

nts

on

N

PS

La

nd

s A

ltern

ati

ve D

.

Mo

dif

ied

Pro

gra

m

Alt

ern

ati

ve

E.

Pre

ferr

ed

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Pier

14

N

o A

C34

wor

k at

Pi

er 1

4.

�H

elic

al m

oorin

g an

chor

s on

Bay

flo

or;

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks

and

gang

way

s in

stal

led

on t

he n

orth

and

sou

th

side

s of

Pie

r 14

; and

�

Dre

dgin

g of

Bay

sed

imen

t.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B, e

xcep

t:

�N

o flo

atin

g do

cks,

gan

gway

s,

or p

iles

inst

alle

d on

sou

th s

ide

of P

ier

14;

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks

redu

ced;

�N

umbe

r of

pile

s in

crea

sed;

�N

umbe

r of

moo

ring

anch

ors

redu

ced;

and

�A

mou

nt o

f dr

edgi

ng r

educ

ed.

Pier

9

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Pier

9.

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks,

gan

gway

s an

d pi

les

on s

outh

sid

e of

Pie

r 9;

�

Hel

ical

moo

ring

anch

ors

on B

ay

floor

; and

�

Dre

dgin

g of

Bay

sed

imen

t in

tw

o ar

eas

sout

h of

Pie

r 9.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

�Sa

me

as A

ltern

ativ

es B

.

Mar

ina

Gre

en

No

AC

34 w

ork

at

Mar

ina

Gre

en.

�Fl

oatin

g do

cks,

gan

gway

, and

pi

les

inst

alle

d ad

jace

nt t

o M

arin

a G

reen

; �

A m

obile

or

tow

er c

rane

loca

ted

on t

he la

nd a

djac

ent

to t

he

float

ing

dock

s;

�C

oncr

ete

moo

ring

anch

or b

lock

s on

the

Bay

flo

or; a

nd

�A

ll in

-wat

er in

stal

latio

ns a

t M

arin

a G

reen

rem

oved

aft

er t

he

2012

eve

nts.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B.

Sam

e as

Alte

rnat

ive

B, e

xcep

t:

�N

o m

obile

or

tow

er c

rane

lo

cate

d ad

jace

nt t

o flo

atin

g do

cks;

�N

umbe

r of

con

cret

e m

oorin

g an

chor

blo

cks

incr

ease

d.

NO

TES:

a

This

tab

le p

rese

nts

the

race

- an

d ve

nue-

rela

ted

activ

ities

. Cer

tain

man

agem

ent

and

prot

ectio

n m

easu

res,

eith

er o

ffer

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs o

r re

quire

d by

the

fed

eral

tea

m, a

re a

lso

cons

ider

ed p

art

of t

he a

ltern

ativ

es.

Thos

e m

easu

res

are

not

pres

ente

d in

thi

s ta

ble

but

are

pres

ente

d in

Tab

le A

LT-2

, Sum

mar

y of

Man

agem

ent

and

Prot

ectio

n M

easu

res

ALTERNATIVES

AC34 America’s Cup / Environmental Assessment 2-28

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Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-29

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/ D

escrip

tion

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Air Q

uality M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures

AIR

-1 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Emissio

ns R

edu

ction

Measu

res. The City w

ould implem

ent the following em

issions reduction measures, as identified in the The 34th A

merica’s C

up and James

R. Herm

an Cruise Term

inal and Northeast W

harf Plaza EIR (“AC

34 EIR”):

�M

-AQ

-2a: Construction V

ehicle Emissions M

inimization;

�M

-AQ

-2b: Off-Road C

onstruction Equipment;

�M

-AQ

-2c: Off-Road C

onstruction Equipment - Electricity U

se; �

M-A

Q-2d: O

ff-Road Construction Equipm

ent - Best Managem

ent Practices (BMPs);

�M

-AQ

-2e: Off-Road C

onstruction Equipment - Engine Standards for H

arbor Craft U

sed in Construction;

�M

-AQ

-2f: Fuels for Off-Road C

onstruction Equipment;

�M

-AQ

-4a: Emission C

ontrols for Race-Sponsored Spectator and Support Vessels;

�M

-AQ

-4b: Temporary Shoreside Pow

er for Large Private Yachts at Pier 27

�M

-AQ

-4c: Alternative Low

-Emissions Fuels for Large Private Y

achts and Race-Sponsored Vessels

�M

-AQ

-4d: Return Pier 27 to the Port Within O

ne Month after C

ompletion of the M

atch for Reconnection of Shoreside Power

�M

-AQ

-4e: Long-term Shoreside Pow

er at Pier 70 �

M-A

Q-5: C

lean Diesel Engines for Tem

porary Power

These measures are described m

ore fully below as Protection M

easures AIR-1a through A

IR-1.

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project Sponsors

AIR

-1a A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Co

nstru

ction

Veh

icle Emissio

ns M

inim

ization

. To reduce construction vehicle emissions, the project sponsor shall incorporate the follow

ing into construction specifications:

�Idling tim

es shall be minim

ized either by shutting equipment off w

hen not in use or reducing the maxim

um idling tim

e to 5 minutes (as required by the

California airborne toxics control m

easure, Title 13, Section 2485 of California C

ode of Regulations [CC

R]). Clear signage shall be provided for construction

workers at all access points.

�A

ll construction equipment shall be m

aintained and properly tuned in accordance with m

anufacturer’s specifications. All equipm

ent shall be checked by a certified m

echanic and determined to be running in proper condition prior to operation.

�The project sponsor shall ensure that construction contract specifications include a requirem

ent that on�road diesel trucks used to transport spoils consist of

2007 or newer m

odel-year trucks with factory

�built engines. All on

�road diesel trucks shall be required to have emission control labels as specified in 13 C

CR

2183(c). The construction contract specifications shall require that the contractor submit to the Environm

ental Review O

fficer (ERO) a com

prehensive inventory of all on

�road trucks used to haul spoils. The inventory shall include each vehicle’s license plate number, the engine production year, and a notation of w

hether the truck is in possession of an em

ission control label as defined in 13 CC

R. The contractor shall update the inventory and submit it m

onthly to the ERO

throughout the duration of the project.�

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project Sponsors

AIR

-1b

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E O

ff-Ro

ad C

on

structio

n Eq

uip

men

t. The project sponsors shall ensure that construction contract specifications include a requirement that all off-road

construction equipment be equipped w

ith diesel engines meeting U

SEPA Tier 3 standards for N

Ox and PM

(Tier 2 standards if greater than 750 hp) or better. The follow

ing types of equipment w

ere identified as available for rental in Tier 3 models, or are candidates for retrofitting w

ith emissions control technology, due to

their expected operating modes (i.e., fairly constant use at high revolution per m

inute):

�Excavators

� C

oncrete Placing Booms

�Backhoes

� Soil M

ix Drill Rigs

�Rubber-Tired D

ozers �

Soldier Pile Rigs

�C

oncrete Boom Pum

ps �

Shoring Drill Rigs

�C

oncrete Trailer Pumps

At construction locations w

here power dem

ands allow it, propane generators shall be used in lieu of diesel pow

ered generators. Diesel generators used for project

construction shall meet Tier 4 em

issions standards.

In addition to the Tier 3 emissions standard requirem

ent, all equipment m

ust be equipped with a C

ARB Level 3 V

erified Diesel Em

ission Control System

(VD

ECS) for

PM control, w

here feasible. The construction contractor shall provide proof in the form of a m

anufacturer’s engineering evaluation or other proof to the satisfaction of the Environm

ental Review O

fficer that a CA

RB-verified Level 3 VD

ECS is not feasible for a particular equipm

ent type.

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project Sponsors

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-30

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Air

Qu

alit

y M

anag

emen

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

res

(co

nt.

)

AIR

-1b

(c

on

t.)

Sh

ould

it b

e de

term

ined

by

the

cons

truc

tion

cont

ract

or o

r its

sub

cont

ract

ors

that

com

plia

nce

with

the

em

issi

ons

cont

rol r

equi

rem

ents

of

this

miti

gatio

n m

easu

re is

in

feas

ible

for

any

of

the

abov

e-lis

ted

cons

truc

tion

equi

pmen

t; t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

cont

ract

or s

hall

dem

onst

rate

an

alte

rnat

ive

met

hod

of c

ompl

ianc

e th

at a

chie

ves

an

equi

vale

nt r

educ

tion

in t

he p

roje

ct’s

fle

etw

ide

NO

x an

d PM

em

issi

ons.

If a

ltern

ativ

e m

eans

of

com

plia

nce

with

the

em

issi

ons

exha

ust

requ

irem

ents

are

fur

ther

de

term

ined

to

be in

feas

ible

, the

con

stru

ctio

n co

ntra

ctor

sha

ll do

cum

ent,

to

the

satis

fact

ion

of t

he E

nviro

nmen

tal R

evie

w O

ffic

er t

hat

the

cont

ract

or h

as c

ompl

ied

with

th

is m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

.

AIR

-1c

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Off

-Ro

ad C

on

stru

ctio

n E

qu

ipm

ent

- El

ectr

icit

y U

se).

Hyd

ropo

wer

ele

ctric

ity s

uppl

ied

by a

pub

lic u

tility

sha

ll be

use

d w

here

ava

ilabl

e at

pie

r co

nstr

uctio

n si

tes

in

lieu

of t

empo

rary

die

sel o

r ga

solin

e-po

wer

ed g

ener

ator

s an

d co

mpr

esso

rs. E

xist

ing

utili

ty s

ervi

ce o

r te

mpo

rary

new

util

ity s

ervi

ce s

hall

be t

he p

refe

rred

pow

er

alte

rnat

ive,

unl

ess

prov

en in

feas

ible

at

each

loca

tion

whe

re g

ener

ator

s ar

e pr

opos

ed.

AC

34 E

nviro

nmen

tal

Impa

ct R

epor

t Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs

AIR

-1d

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

O

ff-R

oad

Co

nst

ruct

ion

Eq

uip

men

t -

Bes

t M

anag

emen

t Pr

acti

ces

(BM

Ps).

The

fol

low

ing

type

s of

mea

sure

s ar

e re

quire

d on

con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent:

1. U

se o

f C

ARB

-ver

ified

die

sel o

xida

tion

cata

lyst

s an

d ca

taly

zed

dies

el p

artic

ulat

e tr

aps

if no

t al

read

y in

clud

ed in

the

des

ign

of t

he e

quip

men

t to

mee

t Ti

er 3

st

anda

rds,

or

not

alre

ady

requ

ired

as p

art

of M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

M-A

Q-2

b ab

ove.

2. In

stal

l hig

h-pr

essu

re f

uel i

njec

tors

on

cons

truc

tion

equi

pmen

t ve

hicl

es.

3. P

rovi

de o

n-si

te s

ervi

ces

to m

inim

ize

truc

k tr

affic

in o

r ne

ar r

esid

entia

l are

as, i

nclu

ding

, but

not

lim

ited

to, t

he f

ollo

win

g se

rvic

es: m

eal o

r ca

fete

ria s

ervi

ces,

au

tom

ated

tel

ler

mac

hine

s, e

tc.

The

Port

sha

ll im

plem

ent

a pr

oces

s by

whi

ch t

o se

lect

add

ition

al B

MPs

to

furt

her

redu

ce a

ir em

issi

ons

durin

g co

nstr

uctio

n. T

he P

ort

shal

l det

erm

ine

the

BMPs

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ctor

iden

tifie

s an

d se

cure

s a

final

equ

ipm

ent

list.

AC

34 E

nviro

nmen

tal

Impa

ct R

epor

t Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs

AIR

-1e

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Off

-Ro

ad C

on

stru

ctio

n E

qu

ipm

ent

- En

gin

e St

and

ard

s fo

r H

arb

or

Cra

ft U

sed

in C

on

stru

ctio

n. A

ll ha

rbor

cra

ft w

ith C

1 or

C2

mar

ine

engi

nes

used

in

cons

truc

tion

mus

t ut

ilize

Tie

r-3

engi

ne, o

r cl

eane

r, if

fea

sibl

e. S

houl

d it

be d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e co

nstr

uctio

n co

ntra

ctor

or

its s

ubco

ntra

ctor

s th

at c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

the

emis

sion

s co

ntro

l req

uire

men

ts o

f th

is m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

is in

feas

ible

for

any

of

the

harb

or c

raft

use

d in

con

stru

ctio

n, t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

cont

ract

or s

hall

dem

onst

rate

an

alte

rnat

ive

met

hod

of c

ompl

ianc

e th

at a

chie

ves

an e

quiv

alen

t re

duct

ion

in t

he p

roje

ct’s

fle

etw

ide

NO

x em

issi

ons.

If a

ltern

ativ

e m

eans

of

com

plia

nce

with

the

em

issi

ons

exha

ust

requ

irem

ents

are

fur

ther

det

erm

ined

to

be in

feas

ible

, the

con

stru

ctio

n co

ntra

ctor

sha

ll do

cum

ent,

to

the

satis

fact

ion

of t

he

Envi

ronm

enta

l Rev

iew

Off

icer

, tha

t th

e co

ntra

ctor

has

com

plie

d w

ith t

his

miti

gatio

n m

easu

re t

o th

e ex

tent

fea

sibl

e an

d in

dica

te w

hy f

ull c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith t

he

miti

gatio

n m

easu

re is

infe

asib

le.

AC

34 E

nviro

nmen

tal

Impa

ct R

epor

t Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs

AIR

-1f

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Fuel

s fo

r O

ff-R

oad

Co

nst

ruct

ion

Eq

uip

men

t. T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

ors

shal

l ens

ure

that

con

stru

ctio

n co

ntra

ct s

peci

ficat

ions

incl

ude

a re

quire

men

t th

at a

ll of

f-ro

ad

cons

truc

tion

equi

pmen

t us

ed b

e fu

eled

with

pro

pane

or

biod

iese

l (B2

0 bl

ende

d w

ith C

alifo

rnia

on-

road

die

sel)

unle

ss p

recl

uded

by

engi

ne t

ype

or w

arra

nty.

A

C34

Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Rep

ort

Proj

ect

Spon

sors

AIR

-1g

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

Em

issi

on

Co

ntr

ols

fo

r R

ace-

Spo

nso

red

Sp

ecta

tor

and

Su

pp

ort

Ves

sels

. The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

sha

ll re

quire

all

cont

ract

s fo

r ra

ce-s

pons

ored

spe

ctat

or v

esse

ls a

nd

venu

e le

ases

for

rac

e su

ppor

t ve

ssel

s to

mee

t U

.S. E

PA T

ier

3 or

bet

ter

engi

ne s

tand

ards

for

mar

ine

dies

el e

ngin

es, a

s fe

asib

le. T

ier

3 an

d Ti

er 4

eng

ines

wou

ld r

educ

e RO

G a

nd N

Ox

emis

sion

s by

app

roxi

mat

ely

42 p

erce

nt o

ver

Tier

1 e

ngin

es a

nd P

M e

mis

sion

s by

78

perc

ent

over

Tie

r 1

engi

ne e

mis

sion

s.1

Shou

ld it

be

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r th

at a

vaila

bilit

y of

ves

sels

with

Tie

r 3

or T

ier

4 en

gine

s fo

r us

e as

rac

e-sp

onso

red

spec

tato

r ve

ssel

s re

nder

s th

is m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

infe

asib

le, t

his

lack

of

avai

labi

lity

mus

t be

dem

onst

rate

d, t

o th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

Env

ironm

enta

l Rev

iew

Off

icer

, ind

icat

ing

that

the

pro

ject

spo

nsor

has

com

plie

d w

ith t

his

miti

gatio

n m

easu

re t

o th

e ex

tent

fea

sibl

e an

d w

hy f

ull c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith t

he m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

is in

feas

ible

.

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34 E

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tal

Impa

ct R

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onso

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ltern

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es B

, C,

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mp

ora

ry S

ho

resi

de

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er f

or

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ivat

e Y

ach

ts a

t Pi

er 2

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he p

roje

ct s

pons

or s

hall

inst

all s

hore

side

ele

ctric

al p

ower

at

Pier

27

to s

erve

larg

e, p

rivat

e sp

ecta

tor

vess

els

durin

g th

e A

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ents

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resi

de p

ower

sha

ll be

sup

plie

d by

a p

ublic

ly o

wne

d ut

ility

sup

plyi

ng h

ydro

pow

er, i

f av

aila

ble

at r

ates

and

se

rvic

e le

vels

equ

ival

ent

to a

priv

ate

utili

ty. I

f sh

ores

ide

pow

er is

ava

ilabl

e at

ber

ths

used

by

larg

e, p

rivat

e sp

ecta

tor

vess

els,

the

pro

ject

spo

nsor

sha

ll im

pose

as

a re

quire

men

t in

any

ber

thin

g co

ntra

ct w

ith la

rge,

priv

ate

spec

tato

r ve

ssel

s a

requ

irem

ent

to u

se s

hore

side

pow

er, i

f su

ch v

esse

ls a

re s

o eq

uipp

ed.

AC

34 E

nviro

nmen

tal

Impa

ct R

epor

t Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs

AIR

-1i

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Alt

ern

ativ

e Lo

w-E

mis

sio

ns

Fuel

s fo

r La

rge

Priv

ate

Yac

hts

an

d R

ace-

Spo

nso

red

Ves

sels

. The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

sha

ll im

pose

as

a re

quire

men

t in

any

ber

thin

g co

ntra

ct w

ith la

rge,

priv

ate

spec

tato

r ve

ssel

s an

d in

any

con

trac

t w

ith r

ace-

spon

sore

d ve

ssel

s, a

req

uire

men

t to

use

B20

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dies

el o

r hi

gher

, unl

ess

prec

lude

d by

en

gine

typ

e or

war

rant

y, o

r av

aila

bilit

y. If

bio

dies

el is

pre

clud

ed, s

uch

cont

ract

s sh

all r

equi

re u

se o

f C

alifo

rnia

on-

road

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sel.

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ld it

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dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e pr

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t sp

onso

r th

at a

vaila

bilit

y or

com

patib

ility

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biod

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sel e

ngin

es o

r w

arra

ntie

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nder

s th

is m

itiga

tion

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sure

infe

asib

le, t

his

lack

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patib

ility

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onst

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o th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

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the

Env

ironm

enta

l Rev

iew

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icer

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icat

ing

that

the

pro

ject

spo

nsor

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com

plie

d w

ith t

his

miti

gatio

n m

easu

re t

o th

e ex

tent

fea

sibl

e an

d w

hy f

ull c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith t

he m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

is in

feas

ible

.

AC

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Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-31

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Air Q

uality M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures (co

nt.)

AIR

-1j A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Retu

rn Pier 27 to

the Po

rt With

in O

ne M

on

th after C

om

pletio

n o

f the M

atch fo

r Reco

nn

ection

of Sh

oresid

e Pow

er. The project sponsor shall reconnect shoreside pow

er and complete Phase 2 construction of the Jam

es R. Herm

an Cruise Term

inal and reconnection of shoreside power at Pier 27 not later than

April 1, 2014, if feasible. To accom

modate construction of Phase 2 im

provements to the C

ruise Terminal and reconnection of shoreside pow

er, the Event A

uthority shall return Pier 27 to the Port within one m

onth of the completion of the M

atch. Subsequently, the Port shall complete Phase 2 construction of the

James R. H

erman C

ruise Terminal in 2013 to 2014 and reconnect shoreside pow

er at Pier 27 no later than April 1, 2014, if feasible. Should it be determ

ined by the project sponsor that Phase 2 construction of the Jam

es R. Herm

an Cruise Term

inal and reconnection of shoreside power at Pier 27 by A

pril 1, 2014 is infeasible, the project sponsor shall docum

ent, to the satisfaction of the Environmental Review

Officer, that the project sponsor has com

plied with this m

itigation m

easure to the extent feasible and indicate why full com

pliance with the m

itigation measure is infeasible.�

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project Sponsors

AIR

-1k A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Lon

g-term

Sho

reside Po

wer at Pier 70.The project sponsor shall develop shoreside pow

er at an offsite location that would consist of constructing 12 M

W of

shoreside power at the Port's D

rydock #2 at Pier 70 to serve large cruise, military and other vessels w

hile they are in drydock. Should it be determined by the

project sponsor that this measure is infeasible, the project sponsor shall docum

ent, to the satisfaction of the Environmental Review

Officer, that the project

sponsor has complied w

ith this mitigation m

easure to the extent feasible and indicate why full com

pliance with the m

itigation measure is infeasible.�

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

CC

SF

AIR

-1l A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Clean

Diesel En

gin

es for Tem

po

rary Pow

er. The project sponsor shall ensure that all diesel generators at AC

34 event and viewing locations w

ill conform to a

level of performance equivalent to a Tier 4 interim

, or Tier 2/Tier 3 (as applicable, depending on power rating) engine fitted w

ith a Level 3 Verified D

iesel Emissions

Control (V

DEC

), which w

ould reduce diesel particulate emissions by at least 85 percent. A

lternatively, natural gas or gasoline-powered generators m

ay be used in lieu of diesel generators, thus elim

inating DPM

emissions from

generators, as feasible. Should it be determined by the project sponsor that “tiered” diesel engine

generators or natural gas or gasoline-powered generators w

ould not provide the necessary power dem

ands required, this lack of availability must be

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Environm

ental Review O

fficer, indicating that the project sponsor has complied w

ith this mitigation m

easure to the extent feasible and w

hy full compliance w

ith the mitigation m

easure is infeasible.�

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project Sponsors

Bio

log

ical Reso

urces M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures

BIO

-1 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Incid

ent C

om

man

d System

. An Incident C

omm

and System (IC

S), required by NPS M

anagement Policies for large scale events, w

ould be employed by N

PS and the Presidio Trust, in coordination w

ith other agencies, for the AC

34 race series programs to augm

ent ongoing operations through provision of staff and infrastructure support. The system

would be organized into five divisions, span eight distinct N

PS areas, and the Presidio Trust managed lands, and integrate both G

GN

RA and SA

FR com

mand, planning, logistics, adm

inistration, transportation coordination, and field support functions, including resource managem

ent and monitoring, visitor use

managem

ent and monitoring, law

enforcement, safety, facilities and grounds m

aintenance, comm

unications, parking managem

ent, and event and permit

managem

ent.

For the World Series A

C34 2012 race program

, these agencies would em

ploy a Type 3 ICS Team

with external augm

entation of resources based on the shorter duration, scale and com

plexity level. For 2013, they would em

ploy a hybrid Type 2 ICS Team

both with local and external augm

entation to allow the park and Presidio

Trust to continue to meet their other obligations for the longer duration and higher visitation estim

ates with appropriate support. A

ny Event Authority and C

CSF

functions and responsibilities related to NPS or Presidio Trust lands or w

aters would be m

anaged through this incident comm

and (IC) structure. C

omm

and liaisons w

ould also serve as representatives of the interests of both NPS park units and the Presidio Trust as part of other m

ulti-agency area comm

and structures set up for this event in order to ensure agency representation in m

ulti-agency decision-making and com

munication links w

ith the IC. The C

ity and Event Authority, as co-project

sponsors, would be responsible for coordinating w

ith local agencies and jurisdictions (including BCD

C, M

arin County, and Sausalito, etc.) on m

anaging access and im

pacts to their areas and on operational coordination.

The five ICS operating divisions w

ould provide field managem

ent for the primary and secondary view

ing areas, according to the following: D

ivision A-SA

FR/Fort M

ason; Division B-C

rissy Field/Golden G

ate East Batteries and Overlook; D

ivision C-Presidio U

plands; Division D

-Fort Baker/Marin H

eadlands; and Division E-A

lcatraz and N

PS marine areas. The project sponsor w

ould ensure that an integrated and coordinated regional system of m

anagement w

ould be implem

ented to address jurisdictional concerns and to protect recreational and area resources by providing sufficient staff support to carry out, at a m

inimum

: (1) the identification, inventory, and protective m

easures for park resources of special concern to land managem

ent agencies; (2) visitor managem

ent and crowd control to protect these resources,

and ensure public safety, throughout the duration of AC

34 event program and series; and (3) ensure these prim

ary and secondary areas are maintained w

ell on daily bases w

ith repairs as needed, and returned to their pre-event condition, to the extent damaged or im

pacted by event activities (e.g., trash pick-up, irrigation system

repair, historic ship or facility repairs, permanent restroom

maintenance, trail repair, revegetation, turf replacem

ent, and resodding, etc.).

SFPD w

ould provide additional comm

issioned officers who w

ould be deputized to work w

ith NPS in N

PS areas during AC

34 race days, especially on 2012 and 2013 w

eekends and Fridays. In addition, an integrated regional decision-making group w

ill be formed w

ith key representation from each of the prim

ary jurisdictional agencies (e.g., including U

SCG

, NPS, A

CEA

, AC

RM, C

CSF, etc.) to provide for com

munication and coordination on m

ulti-jurisdictional issues and actions requiring such that cannot be satisfied at the field or agency level through bi-lateral, agency coordination.

NPS and Trust w

ith Project sponsor(s)/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/ N

PS and Presidio Trust (for im

plementation in

coordination with other

agencies).

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TE

RN

AT

IVE

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2-32

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Bio

log

ical

Res

ou

rces

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

BIO

-2

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Vis

ito

r U

se M

anag

emen

t &

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Str

ateg

ies.

Vis

itor

Use

Man

agem

ent

and

Mon

itorin

g st

rate

gies

wou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

for

all N

PS A

C34

prim

ary

venu

es

and

view

ing

area

s af

fect

ing

NPS

land

s an

d fa

cilit

ies,

with

iden

tific

atio

n of

pre

-det

erm

ined

poi

nts

whe

re a

ladd

er o

f es

cala

ting,

pre

-pla

nned

man

agem

ent

actio

ns

coul

d be

impl

emen

ted

to m

itiga

te a

dver

se im

pact

s of

cro

wdi

ng. T

hese

wou

ld b

e ou

tline

d in

Par

k O

pera

tions

Pla

ns f

or N

PS p

rimar

y vi

ewin

g ar

eas.

Des

crib

ed m

ore

fully

und

er M

anag

emen

t an

d Pr

otec

tion

Mea

sure

TRA

-9, v

isito

r us

e m

anag

emen

t an

d m

onito

ring

mea

sure

s w

ould

incl

ude

dem

and

dist

ribut

ion

stra

tegi

es a

nd o

n-si

te c

row

d m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gies

for

var

ying

att

enda

nce

leve

ls. W

ith r

egar

d to

sen

sitiv

e re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t, v

isito

r us

e m

anag

emen

t an

d m

onito

ring

stra

tegi

es w

ould

incl

ude

crow

d co

ntro

l per

sonn

el a

nd in

fras

truc

ture

.

NPS

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it w

ith C

CSF

Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs (f

or f

undi

ng

and

impl

emen

tatio

n in

co

ordi

natio

n w

ith t

he N

PS

and

Pres

idio

Tru

st)

BIO

-3

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Res

ou

rce

Man

agem

ent

& M

on

ito

rin

g P

rog

ram

. NPS

wou

ld im

plem

ent

a Re

sour

ce M

anag

emen

t &

Mon

itorin

g Pr

ogra

m t

o en

sure

pro

tect

ion

of s

ensi

tive

natu

ral a

nd c

ultu

ral p

ark

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

Cris

sy F

ield

WPA

and

oth

er s

ensi

tive

habi

tats

suc

h as

dun

es, w

etla

nds,

and

Alc

atra

z w

ater

bird

s w

ithin

NPS

are

as. T

he

purp

ose

of t

he m

onito

ring

prog

ram

wou

ld b

e to

sto

p an

y ac

tivity

tha

t ha

s th

e po

tent

ial t

o da

mag

e se

nsiti

ve r

esou

rces

bef

ore

it ha

ppen

s, a

nd t

o pr

ovid

e fo

r sh

ort

and

adap

tive

man

agem

ent.

The

pro

gram

wou

ld c

onsi

st o

f tr

aine

d re

sour

ce m

onito

rs a

ssig

ned

to b

oth

rovi

ng a

nd s

tatio

nary

pos

ition

s. R

esou

rce

mon

itors

wou

ld

faci

litat

e re

sour

ce p

rote

ctio

n by

info

rmin

g vi

sito

rs o

f th

e re

ason

s fo

r re

stric

tions

and

by

obse

rvin

g an

d re

port

ing

viol

atio

ns o

f th

e es

tabl

ishe

d fe

ncin

g an

d si

gnag

e pr

otec

tion

mea

sure

s. A

ll m

onito

rs w

ould

be

trai

ned

in a

ssig

ned

reso

urce

are

a pr

otoc

ols

and

repo

rt d

aily

to

a su

perv

isor

y re

sour

ce s

peci

alis

t fo

r th

e In

cide

nt

Com

man

d di

visi

on r

elev

ant

to t

he s

ensi

tive

reso

urce

s ar

ea r

equi

ring

prot

ectio

n; a

nd, i

f ne

eded

, the

y w

ould

req

uest

add

ition

al s

taff

ing,

fen

cing

, or

sign

age

reso

urce

s to

add

ress

pro

blem

are

as b

ased

on

mon

itorin

g. T

hese

incl

ude:

all

sens

itive

nat

ural

res

ourc

es id

entif

ied

by N

PS, t

hose

on

Alc

atra

z Is

land

and

the

Cris

sy

field

Wild

life

Prot

ectio

n A

rea

(WPA

). M

onito

rs w

ould

be

back

ed-u

p by

law

enf

orce

men

t pe

rson

nel a

s pa

rt o

f th

e di

visi

on In

cide

nt C

omm

and

to e

nsur

e co

mpl

ianc

e m

easu

res

are

obse

rved

. The

exa

ct n

umbe

r, lo

catio

n, a

nd s

ched

ulin

g of

the

mon

itors

wou

ld b

e de

term

ined

by

the

appr

opria

te la

nd a

utho

rity

whe

re t

he im

pact

s ar

e an

ticip

ated

. At

a m

inim

um, m

onito

rs w

ould

be

obse

rvin

g th

ose

area

s th

at p

rovi

de h

abita

t fo

r M

issi

on b

lue

butt

erfli

es, i

nclu

ding

the

but

terf

ly h

ost

plan

t (L

upin

us

albi

fron

s), t

he S

now

y Pl

over

on

Cris

sy F

ield

’s W

PA, a

nd n

estin

g sh

oreb

irds

on A

lcat

raz

Isla

nd.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs f

or

fund

ing/

NPS

(for

im

plem

enta

tion)

.

BIO

-4

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Nat

ion

al P

arks

Eve

nt

and

Op

erat

ion

s Pl

an. N

PS a

nd t

he P

resi

dio

Trus

t w

ould

pre

pare

and

impl

emen

t, in

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith C

CSF

, a N

atio

nal P

arks

Eve

nt

Ope

ratio

ns P

lan

that

inco

rpor

ates

rel

evan

t in

form

atio

n fr

om t

he f

inal

sel

ecte

d al

tern

ativ

e, a

long

with

add

ition

al r

elat

ed p

lann

ing

info

rmat

ion,

into

a p

ark

area

sp

ecifi

c re

fere

nce

docu

men

t. F

or e

ach

prim

ary

park

are

a (e

.g.,

SAFR

, For

t M

ason

, Cris

sy F

ield

, etc

.), t

he d

ocum

ent

wou

ld id

entif

y co

mm

on a

nd u

niqu

e ev

ent-

rela

ted

man

agem

ent

and

cons

erva

tion

mea

sure

s of

whi

ch im

plem

enta

tion

is n

eces

sary

to

redu

ce im

pact

s fo

r th

at p

ark

area

(i.e

., lo

catio

n of

pro

tect

ive

fenc

ing,

m

arin

e an

d ai

r tr

affic

res

tric

tions

, tem

pora

ry v

isito

r su

ppor

t fa

cilit

ies,

vis

itor

bike

and

tra

nsit

mea

sure

s pr

ovid

ed f

or b

y Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs ).

Thi

s do

cum

ent

wou

ld

serv

e as

a s

ite-s

peci

fic r

efer

ence

for

ope

ratio

nal m

easu

res

to b

e im

plem

ente

d.

NPS

/CC

SF P

erm

it Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs (f

or

fund

ing)

/NPS

, Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust,

an

d C

CSF

(for

im

plem

enta

tion)

BIO

-5

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Fen

cin

g a

nd

Sig

nag

e o

f Se

nsi

tive

Bio

log

ical

Res

ou

rce

Are

as. T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or w

ould

pro

vide

for

the

inst

alla

tion

of s

igna

ge a

nd f

enci

ng, a

s ne

cess

ary,

to

prot

ect

land

-bas

ed n

atur

al a

nd c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

. Fen

cing

loca

tion

and

type

wou

ld b

e de

term

ined

by

the

agen

cy r

espo

nsib

le fo

r m

anag

emen

t of

the

land

s on

whi

ch

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s co

uld

occu

r. Fe

nced

are

as w

ould

hav

e sig

ns a

nnou

ncin

g th

e pr

esen

ce o

f se

nsiti

ve w

ildlif

e/ b

otan

ical

are

as. T

he f

enci

ng w

ould

be

light

eno

ugh

for

rem

oval

, whe

re w

arra

nted

, bet

wee

n 20

12 a

nd 2

013

race

eve

nts,

but

sub

stan

tial e

noug

h to

det

er v

isito

rs f

rom

ent

erin

g th

e fe

nced

off

are

as. I

nsta

llatio

n of

fen

cing

w

ould

be

com

plet

ed n

o la

ter

than

one

wee

k pr

ior

to t

he c

omm

ence

men

t of

the

201

2 an

d 20

13 e

vent

s an

d pr

ogra

ms.

Sens

itive

bio

logi

cal r

esou

rces

to

be f

ence

d in

clud

e ar

eas

prov

idin

g ha

bita

t fo

r M

issi

on b

lue

butt

erfli

es, i

nclu

ding

the

but

terf

ly h

ost

plan

t (L

upin

us a

lbifr

ons)

, and

ot

her

NPS

sen

sitiv

e sp

ecie

s. T

his

wou

ld in

clud

e th

e w

este

rn s

now

y pl

over

, fed

eral

ly li

sted

as

a th

reat

ened

spe

cies

, fou

nd a

long

the

Cris

sy F

ield

sho

relin

e in

the

C

rissy

Bea

ch W

PA. S

igna

ge in

dica

ting

a cl

osed

are

a du

e to

sen

sitiv

e re

sour

ces

wou

ld b

e es

tabl

ishe

d fo

r th

e C

rissy

Fie

ld W

PA a

nd in

are

as t

hat

mee

t th

e cr

iteria

for

fe

dera

lly-p

rote

cted

wet

land

s (b

y C

lean

Wat

er A

ct o

r N

atio

nal P

ark

Serv

ice

auth

ority

) in

the

vici

nity

of

Cris

sy F

ield

. Sen

sitiv

e pl

ants

are

als

o la

rgel

y co

ncen

trat

ed in

th

e du

nes

and

serp

entin

e so

ils o

f th

e Pr

esid

io, a

nd t

he s

erpe

ntin

e ar

eas

at C

rissy

Mar

sh a

nd B

each

. Sen

sitiv

e ha

bita

t in

sec

onda

ry v

iew

ing

area

s ex

pect

ed t

o be

im

pact

ed o

n N

PS la

nds

in M

arin

Cou

nty

occu

rs a

long

the

coa

stal

blu

ffs

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f C

onze

lman

Roa

d an

d th

e no

rth

tow

er o

f th

e G

olde

n G

ate

Brid

ge, a

nd a

t Fo

rt B

aker

. A F

enci

ng P

lan

is a

vaila

ble

to v

iew

on

the

NPS

Pla

nnin

g, E

nviro

nmen

t &

Pub

lic C

omm

ent

(PEP

C) w

ebsi

te.

Thos

e se

nsiti

ve r

esou

rces

in p

rimar

y vi

ewin

g ar

eas

wou

ld u

se a

com

bina

tion

of f

enci

ng a

nd s

igna

ge, a

nd/o

r as

sign

ed r

esou

rce

mon

itors

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e le

vel o

f th

reat

.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it w

ith C

CSF

Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs (f

or

fund

ing)

/NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust

(for

impl

emen

t)

BIO

-6

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Pro

tect

ion

of

Mar

ine

Spec

ies

fro

m V

esse

l Tra

ffic

. Pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld e

nsur

e m

arin

e m

amm

als

in t

he r

ace

cour

se w

ould

be

avoi

ded

and

pote

ntia

l ha

rass

men

t an

d/or

col

lisio

n pr

even

ted.

Off

icia

l Rac

e C

ours

e M

arsh

als

on s

mal

l boa

ts w

ould

sur

vey

the

cour

se p

rior

to a

nd d

urin

g ra

ces,

and

wou

ld b

e ta

sked

with

sc

anni

ng f

or d

ebris

, obs

truc

tions

, and

the

pot

entia

l rar

e oc

curr

ence

of

a w

hale

or

othe

r la

rge

mar

ine

mam

mal

. In

the

even

t a

larg

e m

arin

e m

amm

al is

obs

erve

d in

th

e ra

ceco

urse

, the

Mar

shal

s w

ould

pos

tpon

e or

aba

ndon

the

rac

e, a

s w

arra

nted

by

the

pres

ence

and

beh

avio

r of

the

ani

mal

.

To m

inim

ize

pote

ntia

l inc

iden

tal i

mpa

cts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith v

isito

r ve

ssel

s an

chor

ing

with

in a

reas

of

the

bay

cont

aini

ng e

elgr

ass

beds

(i.e

., up

per

Rich

ards

on B

ay a

nd

alon

g th

e co

ast

from

the

Sau

salit

o W

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Plan

t to

Cav

allo

Poi

nt),

the

proj

ect

spon

sor

wou

ld u

pgra

de 1

0 m

oorin

g an

chor

s pr

esen

tly lo

cate

d w

ithin

se

nsiti

ve e

elgr

ass

area

s w

ith le

ss in

vasi

ve a

ncho

ring

syst

ems.

In a

dditi

on, a

ncho

ring

with

in H

orse

shoe

Cov

e w

ould

be

limite

d to

per

mitt

ed v

esse

ls o

nly.

NPS

wou

ld

mon

itor

and

man

age

acce

ss, a

s ap

prop

riate

in 2

012

and

2013

, as

part

of

its In

cide

nt C

omm

and

Syst

em, t

o en

sure

pro

tect

ion

of s

uch

eelg

rass

bed

s in

NPS

are

as.

USC

G a

nd t

he p

roje

ct s

pons

ors

wou

ld p

rovi

de e

duca

tiona

l out

reac

h m

ater

ials

to

boat

ers

that

des

crib

e be

st b

oatin

g pr

actic

es a

nd a

rea

rest

rictio

ns.

NPS

and

USC

G

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

its

AC

RM a

nd C

CSF

, in

coor

dina

tion

with

NPS

and

U

SCG

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-33

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Bio

log

ical Reso

urces M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures (co

nt.)

BIO

-7 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Protectio

n o

f Marin

e Species Fro

m A

ircraft. The project sponsor would instruct official A

C34 and event-related aircraft pilots that they m

ust maintain a

minim

um altitude of 1,000 feet above the w

ater’s surface when hum

pback whales are present w

ithin the race area. Upon takeoff all helicopters w

ould be required to clim

b imm

ediately to altitude and not fly low over the w

ater if any seal or sea lions are present within 1,000 feet of the helipad. W

hen landing, the helicopters w

ould approach the landing pad from as high an altitude as possible; they w

ould also limit their tim

e at low altitudes w

hile over the water if seals or

sea lions are present within 1,000 feet of haul-out areas including Little A

lcatraz Island, and Pt. Blunt on Angel Island.�D

uring flight operations, helicopters will

minim

ize impacts to pinnipeds by avoiding low

flying over pinniped haul out areas and as safety permits.

IHA

/NPS/A

greement

and/or Permit/G

eneral M

anagement M

easure

Project sponsors, in conjunction w

ith NPS

BIO

-8 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Temp

orary A

rea Restrictio

ns o

n N

PS land

s for Sen

sitive Species Pro

tection

. To protect sensitive habitat areas on GG

NRA

lands, NPS m

ay restrict temporarily

various trail, area, or roads during race events. This could include temporary closure of fire roads and trails, such as D

rown Fire Road at Fort Baker, and C

onzelman

Road in the Marin H

eadlands, to protect the Mission Blue Butterfly and its habitat during peak or high visitation race events, and the shoreline and m

arine areas in the C

rissy Field WPA

to protect western snow

y plovers.

NPS G

eneral M

anagement M

easure N

PS

BIO

-9 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Special Lo

cal Reg

ulatio

n (SLR

): Marin

e Bu

ffer Aro

un

d C

rissy Field W

ildlife Pro

tection

Area (W

PA). A

no- marine access zone of 300 feet offshore of the

Crissy field W

PA to protect snow

y plovers would continue to be enforced. In addition, in 2012 and 2013, the U

SCG

would establish a designated m

arine zone along C

rissy Field for recreational water users and sm

all non-motorized w

atercraft, which w

ould be closed during race periods to motorized vessels and all other

vessels greater than 20 feet in length. The zone would extend 450 to 1,000 feet out from

the shore along Crissy Field. Restricting m

otorized and larger vessels from

this area would help reduce environm

ental impact to the C

rissy field shoreline, ensure access and safety for recreational water users, and reduce potential

viewing obstruction for visitors ashore.

USC

G/M

arine Event Perm

it/Special Local Regulation

NPS in cooperation w

ith U

SCG

BIO

-10

Alternative B

Marin

e Bu

ffer Aro

un

d A

lcatraz Island

(Alternative B). D

uring the 2012 and 2013 AC

34 race periods, NPS w

ould establish a buffer around Alcatraz Island,

within w

hich marine vessel traffic w

ould be restricted in order to protect nesting seabirds along the western cliffs of the island. The buffer w

ould extend a total of 300 feet out from

the island, and be closed to all vessel traffic including course marshal and all race support boats, and w

ould be monitored by A

CRM

and USC

G.

Nesting birds on A

lcatraz Island would be m

onitored by NPS biologists during the 2012 and 2013 race events. Should nesting birds show

signs of distress as a result of passing race vessels, adaptive m

anagement m

easures – which could include expanding the buffer area an additional 200 ft. – w

ould be employed. N

o personal w

atercraft would be perm

itted within 0.25 m

ile of any NPS lands. Boat patrols by U

SCG

or other regulatory agency and AC

RM w

ould enforce these closures. D

uring the 2012 race period, AC

34 race boats would be w

ithin a smaller race area, approxim

ately 3,000 feet from the island. The project sponsors

would provide educational outreach m

aterials to boaters that describe best boating practices and area restrictions.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit / U

SCG

Special Local Regulation

NPS in cooperation w

ith U

SCG

Alternatives C

, D,

E M

arine B

uffer A

rou

nd

Alcatraz Islan

d (A

lternatives C, D

, E). During the 2012 and 2013 A

C34 race periods, N

PS would establish a buffer around A

lcatraz Island, w

ithin which m

arine vessel traffic would be restricted in order to protect nesting seabirds along the w

estern cliffs of the island. The buffer would extend a

total of 500 feet out from the island, be closed to all vessel traffic, m

onitored by AC

RM and U

SCG

, and demarcated by either buoys or other m

eans to ensure clear designation. This w

ould also be noted in the annual update to the park’s compendium

regulations. No personal w

atercraft would be perm

itted within 0.25

mile of any N

PS lands. Boat patrols by USC

G or other regulatory agency and A

CRM

would enforce these closures in concert w

ith NPS law

enforcement staff and

the NPS IC

S. The project sponsors would provide educational outreach m

aterials to boaters that describe best boating practices and area restrictions.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit / U

SCG

Special Local Regulation

NPS in cooperation w

ith U

SCG

BIO

-11 A

lternative B A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative B). D

uring the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official AC

34 aircraft would be prohibited from

entering the airspace within 1,000 feet

vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the mean high tide line of A

lcatraz Island and the Crissy Field W

PA. The project sponsors w

ould provide educational outreach m

aterials to air traffic control and local and local comm

ercial and news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., NO

TAM

) to avoid these areas w

ould be issued by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors in coordination w

ith NPS

Alternative C

A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative C

). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 1,000 feet vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the m

ean high tide line of all National Park Service lands. The project sponsors w

ould provide educational outreach materials

to air traffic control and local and local comm

ercial and news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., NO

TAM

) to avoid these areas would

be issued by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

Alternative D

A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative D

). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 2,000 feet vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the m

ean high tide line of all National Park Service lands. The project sponsors w

ould provide educational outreach materials

to air traffic control and local and local comm

ercial and news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., NO

TAM

) to avoid these areas would

be issued by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

Alternative E

Aircraft B

uffers (A

lternative E). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 1,000 feet vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the m

ean high tide line of all National Park Service lands, w

ith the exception of Alcatraz Island, over w

hich aircraft buffer w

ould extend to 1,000 feet horizontal and 2000 feet vertical to protect nesting shorebirds. The project sponsors would provide educational outreach m

aterials to air traffic control and local and com

mercial new

s pilots regarding these advisories. A flight advisory notice (i.e., N

OTA

M) to avoid these areas w

ould be issued by FA

A to all aircraft in the vicinity.

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-34

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Bio

log

ical

Res

ou

rces

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

BIO

-12

Alte

rnat

ives

B,D

,E

Aft

er H

ou

rs A

ctiv

itie

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d (A

ltern

ativ

es B

,D,E

). Pr

ivat

e ev

ents

at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

wou

ld b

e lim

ited

to t

he h

ours

of

7:00

pm a

nd 1

1:00

pm, a

fter

no

rmal

pub

lic v

isiti

ng h

ours

, so

as n

ot t

o in

terf

ere

with

reg

ular

vis

itatio

n to

the

isla

nd a

nd t

o m

inim

ize

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s to

the

fer

ry e

mba

rkat

ion

poin

t at

Pie

r 31

½

. Suc

h ev

ents

cou

ld o

ccur

tw

ice

in 2

012

and

five

times

in 2

013

on e

veni

ngs

whe

n no

oth

er p

ublic

use

s ar

e pr

esen

t, a

nd in

acc

orda

nce

with

all

NPS

spe

cial

eve

nt

regu

latio

ns. P

rivat

e ev

ent

activ

ities

wou

ld b

e lim

ited

to t

he c

ellh

ouse

and

incl

ude

a pr

ogra

mm

atic

com

pone

nt t

hat

incr

ease

s un

ders

tand

ing

of t

he s

ite s

igni

fican

ce

thro

ugh

an in

terp

retiv

e to

ur. N

o ou

tsid

e lig

htin

g w

ould

be

adde

d fo

r th

ese

even

ts. P

rivat

e ev

ents

at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

wou

ld b

e au

thor

ized

und

er a

sep

arat

e sp

ecia

l ev

ents

per

mit

and

NPS

wou

ld li

mit

the

num

ber

of p

artic

ipan

ts b

ased

on

the

type

of

even

t. H

owev

er, i

t is

ass

umed

tha

t su

ch e

vent

s w

ould

be

limite

d to

a

max

imum

of

250

pers

ons.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it N

PS

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Aft

er H

ou

rs A

ctiv

itie

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d (A

ltern

ativ

e C

). Th

ere

wou

ld b

e no

priv

ate

AC

34 e

vent

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

und

er A

ltern

ativ

e C

. N

/A

N/A

BIO

-13

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Dre

dg

ing

Act

ivit

y W

ind

ow

. Dre

dgin

g as

soci

ated

with

the

AC

34 e

vent

s w

ould

be

limite

d to

the

per

iod

June

1 t

hrou

gh N

ovem

ber

30 e

ach

year

for

the

fol

low

ing

reas

ons:

�In

ord

er t

o m

inim

ize

impa

cts

to li

sted

spe

cies

of

Stee

lhea

d Tr

out

(Onc

orhy

nchu

s m

ykis

s), d

redg

ing

and

disp

osal

ope

ratio

ns w

ould

occ

ur o

nly

from

Jun

e 1

thro

ugh

Nov

embe

r 30

, with

out

prio

r co

nsul

tatio

n (p

ursu

ant

to S

ectio

n 7

of t

he E

ndan

gere

d Sp

ecie

s A

ct) w

ith a

nd a

ppro

val f

rom

the

Nat

iona

l Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Se

rvic

e an

d th

e C

orps

of

Engi

neer

s.

�In

ord

er t

o m

inim

ize

impa

cts

to li

sted

spe

cies

of

Chi

nook

Sal

mon

(Onc

orhy

nchu

s ts

chw

ytsc

ha),

dred

ging

and

dis

posa

l ope

ratio

ns w

ould

occ

ur o

nly

from

Jun

e 1

thro

ugh

Nov

embe

r 30

, with

out

prio

r co

nsul

tatio

n (p

ursu

ant

to S

ectio

n 7

of t

he E

ndan

gere

d Sp

ecie

s A

ct) w

ith a

nd a

ppro

val f

rom

the

Nat

iona

l Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Se

rvic

e an

d th

e C

orps

of

Engi

neer

s.

�A

ll dr

edgi

ng a

ctiv

ities

wou

ld o

ccur

out

side

of

the

sens

itive

Pac

ific

herr

ing

spaw

ning

sea

son,

fro

m D

ecem

ber

1 to

Mar

ch 1

, or

as d

eter

min

ed b

y C

alifo

rnia

D

epar

tmen

t of

Fis

h an

d G

ame.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

BIO

-14

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Dre

dg

ing

Met

ho

ds,

Mat

eria

ls H

and

ling

, an

d D

isp

osa

l Mea

sure

s. D

urin

g dr

edgi

ng a

ctiv

ities

, pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld o

bser

ve th

e fo

llow

ing

rest

rictio

ns:

�A

utho

rizat

ion

to c

omm

ence

dre

dgin

g sh

all b

e co

ntin

gent

upo

n pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r’s o

btai

ning

a le

tter

of

wat

er q

ualit

y ce

rtifi

catio

n fr

om t

he R

egio

nal W

ater

Con

trol

Q

ualit

y Bo

ard

and

auth

oriz

atio

n fr

om t

he S

an F

ranc

isco

Bay

Con

serv

atio

n an

d D

evel

opm

ent

Com

miss

ion

(BC

DC

). W

ater

qua

lity

cert

ifica

tion

and

BCD

C

auth

oriz

atio

n sh

all

be a

pre

requ

isite

to

the

Dist

rict

Engi

neer

’s d

ecisi

on t

o ap

prov

e or

disa

ppro

ve s

peci

fic d

redg

e ep

isode

s pu

rsua

nt t

o th

e po

licie

s an

d 33

CFR

32

5.2(

b)(1

)(ii)

and

325.

2(b)

(2)(i

i).

�Be

st m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es (

BMPs

) us

ed d

urin

g dr

edgi

ng s

hall

incl

ude

a co

mbi

natio

n of

deb

ris b

oom

s, o

r ch

angi

ng r

ate

of b

ucke

t ac

cent

and

des

cent

th

roug

h th

e w

ater

col

umn

to r

educ

e su

spen

ded

sedi

men

ts.

All

float

ing

debr

is o

r de

bris

cap

ture

d on

the

“gr

izzl

y” (

a gr

id p

lace

d ov

er t

he b

arge

to

capt

ure

debr

is w

ithin

the

dre

dged

sed

imen

t) s

hall

be r

emov

ed a

nd d

ispo

sed

of a

t an

app

rove

d up

land

loca

tion;

�N

o ov

erflo

w o

r de

cant

wat

er s

hall

be d

isch

arge

d fr

om th

e ba

rge,

with

the

exc

eptio

n of

spi

llage

inci

dent

al t

o m

echa

nica

l dre

dge

oper

atio

ns;

�D

urin

g tr

ansp

orta

tion

from

the

dre

dgin

g sit

e to

the

disp

osal

site

, no

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

per

mitt

ed to

ove

rflo

w, l

eak

or s

pill

from

bar

ge, b

ins

or d

ump

scow

s; a

nd

�If

the

mat

eria

l is

mec

hani

cally

dre

dged

, the

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

pas

sed

thro

ugh

a de

bris

grid

, with

a m

axim

um o

peni

ng s

ize

of 1

2 in

ches

by

12 in

ches

tha

t w

ould

cov

er

the

entir

e lo

adin

g ar

ea o

f th

e du

mp

scow

. Eve

ryth

ing

that

doe

s no

t pa

ss t

hrou

gh t

he g

rid w

ould

be

cons

ider

ed s

olid

deb

ris a

nd w

ould

be

disp

osed

in a

reas

out

side

of C

orps

juris

dict

ion.

All

such

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

pro

mpt

ly re

mov

ed fr

om t

he g

rid a

t th

e en

d of

eac

h 8

hour

shi

ft o

r so

oner

.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

BIO

-15

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Pile

-Dri

vin

g N

ois

e R

edu

ctio

n S

trat

egy.

The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld d

evel

op N

MFS

-app

rove

d so

und

atte

nuat

ion

and

mon

itorin

g st

rate

gy. T

his

stra

tegy

wou

ld

incl

ude

deta

ils o

f th

e so

und

atte

nuat

ion

syst

em, m

etho

ds u

sed

to m

onito

r an

d ve

rify

soun

d le

vels

dur

ing

pile

driv

ing

activ

ities

, and

bes

t m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es

that

wou

ld b

e un

dert

aken

to

redu

ce im

pact

ham

mer

pile

-driv

ing

soun

d in

the

mar

ine

envi

ronm

ent

to a

n in

tens

ity le

vel o

f le

ss t

han

183

dB. T

he m

onito

ring

stra

tegy

wou

ld in

corp

orat

e, b

ut n

ot b

e lim

ited

to t

he f

ollo

win

g be

st m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es (B

MPs

):

�A

ll 18

and

24-

inch

dia

met

er p

iling

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d an

d re

mov

ed w

ith v

ibra

tory

pile

driv

ers

only

. Vib

rato

ry p

ile d

rivin

g w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

U.S

. Arm

y C

orps

of

Engi

neer

s’ “

Prop

osed

Pro

cedu

res

for

Perm

ittin

g Pr

ojec

ts t

hat

will

Not

Adv

erse

ly A

ffec

t Se

lect

ed L

iste

d Sp

ecie

s in

Cal

iforn

ia”.

�A

ll 72

-inch

ste

el p

iling

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d w

ith a

vib

rato

ry p

ile d

river

to

the

deep

est

dept

h pr

actic

able

. An

impa

ct p

ile d

river

may

be

used

onl

y w

here

ne

cess

ary

to c

ompl

ete

inst

alla

tion

of t

he 7

2-in

ch s

teel

pili

ngs,

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

eism

ic s

afet

y or

oth

er e

ngin

eerin

g cr

iteria

(not

app

licab

le f

or A

ltern

ativ

e E

– no

72-

inch

pile

s).

�A

ll pi

ling

inst

alla

tion

usin

g im

pact

ham

mer

s w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d be

twee

n Ju

ne 1

and

Nov

embe

r 30

, whe

n th

e lik

elih

ood

of s

ensi

tive

fish

spec

ies

bein

g pr

esen

t in

the

wor

k ar

ea is

min

imal

.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

-or-

NM

FS/In

cide

ntal

H

aras

smen

t A

utho

rizat

ion

Proj

ect

spon

sors

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-35

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Bio

log

ical Reso

urces M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures (co

nt.)

BIO

-15 (co

nt.)

�

If pile installation using impact ham

mers m

ust occur at times other than the approved w

ork window

, the AC

34 project sponsors would be required to obtain

incidental take authorization from N

MFS, and C

DFG

to address potential impacts to steelhead trout, chinook salm

on, and Pacific herring and implem

ent all requested actions to avoid im

pacts.

�C

onstruction contractors would be required to use equipm

ent with state-of-the-art noise shielding and m

uffling devices, such as 12-inch thick wooden

cushion blocks, during all impact ham

mer pile driving operations.

�If N

MFS noise thresholds are exceeded, contingency m

easures, such as using bubble curtains or air barrier would be im

plemented to attenuate sound levels to

below thresholds.

The sound monitoring strategy and results w

ould be reviewed by the N

MFS.

BIO

-16 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Protectio

n o

f Marin

e Species D

urin

g Pile D

riving

. A N

OA

A-approved biological m

onitor would conduct daily surveys before and during im

pact hamm

er pile driving to inspect the w

ork zone and adjacent bay waters for m

arine mam

mals. The m

onitor would be present as specified by N

OA

A during im

pact pile-driving phases of construction. A

t a minim

um, the biological m

onitor would be responsible for ensuring pile driving activities observed the follow

ing restrictions:

�M

aintain a 500-meter safety zone around sound source, for the protection of m

arine mam

mals, in the event the sound level is unknow

n or cannot be adequately predicted;

�H

alt work activities w

hen a marine m

amm

al enters the 500-meter safety zone and for at least 15 m

inutes after it has left the safety zone;

�Em

ploy a “soft start” technique in all pile driving to provide marine m

amm

als with the opportunity to safely vacate the area;

�M

aintain sound levels below 90 dBA

in air when pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) are present.

NM

FS/Incidental H

arassment A

uthorizationProject sponsors

BIO

-17 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Best M

anag

emen

t Practices for W

ater-Based

Co

nstru

ction

. In order to minim

ize any environmental im

pacts related to construction activities, the project sponsor w

ould implem

ent the following best m

anagement practices:

�To m

inimize im

pacts to natural resources associated with projects in or adjacent to the bay, the project sponsor w

ould follow the procedures specified in the

Corps’ “Proposed Procedures for Perm

itting Projects that will N

ot Adversely Effect Selected Listed Species in C

alifornia”, as more fully specified in the

RWQ

CB Section 401 W

ater Quality C

ertification (WQ

C).

�D

emolition m

ay be conducted from both land and w

ater as deemed appropriate, and care w

ould be used by equipment operators to control debris so that it

does not enter the bay. The work area w

ould be isolated by using a debris containment boom

. Floats with debris screens w

ould be used to catch any falling concrete or debris during pile cutting and rem

oval operations. In the event that debris does reach the bay, personnel in workboats w

ithin the work area

would im

mediately retrieve the debris for proper handling and disposal.

�W

ell-maintained equipm

ent would be used to perform

the work, and except in the case of a failure or breakdow

n, equipment m

aintenance would be

performed off site. Equipm

ent would be inspected daily by the operator for leaks or spills.

Corps/Section 10

Permit/RW

QC

B Section 401 W

QC

Project sponsors

BIO

-18 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Invasive Sp

ecies Co

ntro

l. The project sponsors would develop and im

plement strategies to control invasive species associated w

ith the AC

34 events, and prior to com

mencem

ent of any in-water w

ork involving Port piers, wharfs, bulkheads, pile driving, and rem

oval of temporary structures. M

easures undertaken as part of this strategy w

ould be developed in coordination with the RW

QC

B and NO

AA

. Such measures m

ay include, but would not be lim

ited to, the following:

�Environm

ental training of construction personnel involved in the removal of pier pilings, tem

porary floating docks, piling suspended barges, to inform them

about invasive m

arine species in San Francisco Bay that might be attached to rem

oved structures;

�A

ctions required to prevent the release and spread of marine invasive species, especially algal species such as U

ndaria and Sargasso;

�Procedures for the safe rem

oval and disposal of any invasive taxa observed on the removed structures prior to disposal or reuse of pilings, docks, and other

features;

�Biological m

onitors to assist the contractor in the identification and proper handling of any invasive species on removed Port equipm

ent or materials;

�Preparation of a post-construction report identifying w

hat, if any, invasive species were found attached to rem

oved equipment and m

aterials and the treatm

ent/handling of identified invasive species. Include procedures for the safe removal and disposal of any invasive taxa observed on the rem

oved structures prior to disposal or reuse of pilings, docks, and other features; and

�Inform

ation regarding best managem

ent practices developed by the AC

34 Invasive Species Task Force that boaters should implem

ent to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive species into and out of the San Francisco Bay.

Additional m

easures would include pending and proposed regulations by state and federal agencies responsible for the control of invasive organism

s and would

incorporate established effective strategies such as “clean before you go.”

RWQ

CB/ Section 401 W

QC

Project sponsors

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-36

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Bio

log

ical

Res

ou

rces

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

BIO

-19

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Res

tric

tio

ns

on

Fir

ewo

rks

Dis

pla

ys. I

n 20

12, t

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or w

ould

not

laun

ch f

irew

orks

. In

2013

, any

AC

34 e

vent

-rel

ated

fire

wor

ks w

ould

be

laun

ched

fro

m

a lo

catio

n di

stan

t fr

om A

lcat

raz

Isla

nd a

nd C

rissy

Fie

ld (i

.e.,

near

Pie

rs 2

7/29

rou

ghly

1.6

5 m

iles

from

Alc

atra

z Is

land

), in

ord

er t

o av

oid

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s to

sen

sitiv

e bi

rd s

peci

es. A

s de

term

ined

nec

essa

ry b

y th

e N

PS, f

irew

orks

or

cano

n fir

e w

ould

be

limite

d to

pro

tect

sno

wy

plov

ers

at C

rissy

Fie

ld W

PA a

nd A

lcat

raz

Isla

nd s

eabi

rds

from

har

assm

ent.

Suc

h re

stric

tions

wou

ld in

volv

e m

easu

res,

suc

h as

lim

iting

whe

re s

uch

activ

ities

are

sta

ged,

or

stip

ulat

ing

max

imum

allo

wab

le n

oise

(dec

ibel

s) a

t th

e C

rissy

Fie

ld W

PA a

nd A

lcat

raz

Isla

nd. A

ny f

irew

orks

dis

play

s w

ould

be

coor

dina

ted

with

bot

h th

e N

PS a

nd t

he U

SCG

reg

ardi

ng li

mita

tions

on

loca

tion,

fre

quen

cy, a

nd

dura

tion

to m

inim

ize

pote

ntia

l env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s an

d pr

otec

t m

amm

als

from

por

tions

of

firew

ork

aeria

l she

lls a

nd c

hem

ical

res

idue

fal

ling

back

to

the

grou

nd o

r w

ater

. Any

pro

pose

d fir

ewor

ks d

ispl

ays

over

wat

er w

ould

be

subj

ect

to a

ppro

val b

y th

e U

SCG

and

add

ress

ed w

ithin

the

Mar

ine

Even

t Pe

rmit.

USF

WA

/Bio

logi

cal

Ass

essm

ent

NPS

and

USC

G

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or P

erm

it w

ith P

roje

ct S

pons

ors

Proj

ect

spon

sors

BIO

-20

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Res

tric

tio

ns

on

Nig

ht

Lig

hti

ng

. Pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld e

nsur

e th

at a

ll lig

hts

that

are

to

be le

ft o

n du

ring

the

even

ing

hour

s w

ould

be

fully

shi

elde

d an

d do

wnw

ard

cast

, to

cont

ain

and

dire

ct li

ght

away

fro

m h

abita

t, t

he s

ky, a

nd b

ay w

ater

s. N

o ad

ditio

nal o

utsi

de li

ghts

are

allo

wed

on

Alc

atra

z Is

land

, Cris

sy F

ield

(A

rea

A),

or F

ort

Bake

r. U

nder

Alte

rnat

ive

C, t

here

wou

ld b

e no

add

ed n

ight

ligh

ting

on N

PS la

nds;

and

in A

ltern

ativ

es D

and

E, n

ight

ligh

ting

on N

PS la

nds

wou

ld

be v

ery

limite

d to

SA

FR o

n w

eeke

nds,

and

pot

entia

lly o

n A

lcat

raz

in t

he c

ellh

ouse

.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it U

SFW

S/ B

iolo

gica

l A

sses

smen

t/

Cor

ps S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

Cu

ltu

ral R

eso

urc

es M

anag

emen

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

res

CU

L-1

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Inci

den

t C

om

man

d S

yste

m. N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t w

ould

impl

emen

t an

Inci

dent

Com

man

d Sy

stem

(IC

S), a

s de

scrib

ed in

Man

agem

ent

and

Prot

ectio

n M

easu

re

BIO

-1, a

bove

. In

addi

tion,

the

ICS

wou

ld s

peci

fical

ly a

ddre

ss c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

iden

tifie

d in

the

AC

34 S

ectio

n 10

6 Re

port

. N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or P

erm

it w

ith C

CSF

Proj

ect

spon

sors

(for

fu

ndin

g)/N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t (f

or im

plem

enta

tion

in c

oord

inat

ion

with

oth

er

agen

cies

)

CU

L-2

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Vis

ito

r U

se M

anag

emen

t &

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Str

ateg

ies.

NPS

wou

ld im

plem

ent

visi

tor

use

man

agem

ent

and

mon

itorin

g st

rate

gies

, as

desc

ribed

in M

anag

emen

t an

d Pr

otec

tion

Mea

sure

BIO

-2, a

bove

. The

se s

trat

egie

s w

ould

be

impl

emen

ted

at p

rimar

y ve

nues

and

vie

win

g ar

eas

affe

ctin

g N

PS la

nds

and

faci

litie

s, w

ith

iden

tific

atio

n of

pre

-det

erm

ined

poi

nts

whe

re a

ladd

er o

f es

cala

ting

man

agem

ent

actio

ns c

ould

be

impl

emen

ted

to m

itiga

te a

dver

se im

pact

s of

cro

wdi

ng a

nd t

o en

sure

the

pro

tect

ion

of p

ark

reso

urce

s. T

hese

are

as a

nd s

trat

egie

s w

ould

be

iden

tifie

d in

an

NPS

Par

k O

pera

tions

Pla

n.

NPS

Per

mit/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or T

rust

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

(for

fu

ndin

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

in

coor

dina

tion

with

NPS

and

Pr

esid

io T

rust

)

CU

L-3

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Res

ou

rce

Man

agem

ent

& M

on

ito

rin

g P

rog

ram

. NPS

wou

ld im

plem

ent

a Re

sour

ce M

anag

emen

t &

Mon

itorin

g Pr

ogra

m, e

stab

lishe

d th

roug

h th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

th

e Se

ctio

n 10

6 Re

port

(Cul

tura

l Res

ourc

e C

ondi

tion

Ass

essm

ent

Repo

rt).

At

a m

inim

um, c

ultu

ral r

esou

rce

mon

itors

wou

ld b

e st

atio

ned

to m

onito

r at

the

fo

llow

ing

loca

tions

: Bat

terie

s Sp

ence

r, Y

ates

, Eas

t, a

nd R

idge

; Nor

th o

f Ba

tter

y D

unca

n; H

yde

Stre

et P

ier

His

toric

Fle

et; a

nd U

pper

For

t M

ason

. In

addi

tion,

the

re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t an

d m

onito

ring

prog

ram

wou

ld s

peci

fical

ly a

ddre

ss c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

iden

tifie

d in

the

AC

34 S

ectio

n 10

6 Re

port

.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

Proj

ect

spon

sors

(for

fu

ndin

g)/N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t (f

or im

plem

enta

tion)

CU

L-4

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Park

Eve

nt

and

Op

erat

ion

s Pl

an. N

PS w

ould

pre

pare

and

impl

emen

t, in

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith C

CSF

and

the

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust,

a P

ark

Even

t O

pera

tions

Pla

n, a

s de

scrib

ed in

Man

agem

ent

and

Prot

ectio

n M

easu

re B

IO-4

, abo

ve. I

n ad

ditio

n, t

his

wou

ld s

peci

fical

ly a

ddre

ss c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

iden

tifie

d in

the

AC

34 S

ectio

n 10

6 Re

port

.

NPS

/CC

SF P

erm

it Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs (f

or

fund

ing)

/NPS

, Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust,

and

CC

SF (f

or

impl

emen

tatio

n)

CU

L-5

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Fen

cin

g a

nd

Sig

nag

e o

f Se

nsi

tive

Cu

ltu

ral R

eso

urc

es A

reas

. The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld p

rovi

de f

or t

he in

stal

latio

n of

sig

nage

and

fenc

ing,

as

nece

ssar

y, t

o pr

otec

t cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es. S

igna

ge w

ould

be

dete

rmin

ed t

hrou

gh d

evel

opm

ent

of a

sig

nage

pla

n fo

r the

pro

tect

ion

of s

ensit

ive

reso

urce

s, in

acc

orda

nce

with

exi

stin

g sig

nage

re

quire

men

ts fo

r ea

ch s

ite. T

he p

lan

wou

ld b

e pr

epar

ed n

o la

ter

than

30

days

prio

r to

the

com

men

cem

ent o

f th

e 20

12 e

vent

s, a

nd w

ould

be

subj

ect

to r

evie

w a

nd

appr

oval

of

each

age

ncy

with

juris

dict

ion

over

the

area

s to

be

fenc

ed a

nd s

igne

d. F

enci

ng lo

catio

n an

d ty

pe w

ould

be

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e ag

ency

res

pons

ible

for

m

anag

emen

t of t

he la

nds

on w

hich

pot

entia

l im

pact

s co

uld

occu

r. F

ence

d ar

eas

wou

ld h

ave

signs

ann

ounc

ing

the

pres

ence

of

sens

itive

reso

urce

s.

Fina

l fen

cing

typ

e w

ould

be

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e N

PS b

oth

to p

rote

ct s

ensit

ive

area

s an

d be

com

patib

le w

ith N

PS s

tand

ards

for

such

. In

any

case

, the

fenc

ing

wou

ld b

e lig

ht e

noug

h fo

r rem

oval

, if

war

rant

ed, b

etw

een

2012

and

201

3 ra

ce e

vent

s, b

ut s

ubst

antia

l eno

ugh

to d

eter

visi

tors

from

ent

erin

g th

e fe

nced

off

are

as. I

nsta

llatio

n of

fe

ncin

g w

ould

be

com

plet

ed n

o la

ter

than

one

wee

k pr

ior

to t

he c

omm

ence

men

t of

the

201

2 an

d 20

13 e

vent

s an

d pr

ogra

ms.

All

sens

itive

cul

tura

l res

ourc

es in

the

prim

ary

and

seco

ndar

y vi

ewin

g ar

eas,

exc

ept

for

hist

oric

shi

ps w

ould

be

fenc

ed, s

igne

d, a

nd p

rote

cted

by

reso

urce

mon

itors

ba

cked

up

by la

w e

nfor

cem

ent

pers

onne

l as

part

of

an IC

. Are

as r

equi

ring

fenc

ing

for

cultu

ral r

esou

rces

incl

ude,

but

may

not

be

limite

d to

, the

fol

low

ing:

Ba

tter

ies

Spen

cer,

Rid

ge, a

nd E

ast;

Sig

nal C

able

Hut

and

the

Bla

ck P

oint

/Poi

nt S

an J

ose

Batt

erie

s at

For

t M

ason

. Low

fen

cing

wou

ld b

e au

gmen

ted

by a

dditi

onal

pr

otec

tive

fenc

ing

that

doe

s no

t de

trac

t fr

om t

he h

isto

ric r

esou

rce

or c

ultu

ral l

ands

cape

. A t

otal

of

appr

oxim

atel

y 1,

050

feet

of

new

fen

cing

is r

ecom

men

ded

to

prot

ect

cultu

ral r

esou

rces

, inc

ludi

ng 6

50 f

eet

of t

empo

rary

rem

ovab

le f

enci

ng, a

nd 4

00 f

eet

of p

erm

anen

t fe

ncin

g (w

ood

post

and

wire

typ

e).

NPS

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

Proj

ect

spon

sors

(for

for

fu

ndin

g/N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t (f

or im

plem

enta

tion)

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-37

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Cu

ltural R

esou

rces Man

agem

ent an

d Pro

tection

Measu

res (con

t.)

CU

L-6 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Histo

ric Pier Access R

estriction

s. Municipal Pier w

ould be closed on race days. Access to H

yde Street Pier would be m

anaged during races to ensure that visitation did not exceed capacity and so N

PS is able to fully protect historic ships from im

pacts associated with overcrow

ding. Other exact locations and tim

ing of closures w

ould be determined in consultation w

ith the appropriate land authority where potential im

pacts could otherwise occur. Such m

anagement w

ould be im

plemented as part of the N

PS Incident Com

mand System

(see Managem

ent and Protection Measure BIO

- 1).

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/ N

PS Incident C

omm

ent System (IC

S) for im

plementation

CU

L-7 A

lternative B C

apacity Lim

itation

s at Fort B

aker Pier (Alternative B). The num

ber of visitors permitted to attend private events at Fort Baker Pier w

ould be limited by the pier’s

load capacity. NPS is currently in the process of conducting underw

ater engineering analyses on the pier. Once those are com

plete, NPS w

ould establish weight

restrictions as appropriate for potential private events which w

ould be permitted only after public daytim

e visiting hours and in accordance with N

PS special event regulations and policies.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

NPS

Alternatives C

,D,E

Cap

acity Limitatio

ns at Fo

rt Baker Pier (A

lternatives C,D

,E). There would be no program

med A

C34 private events at Fort Baker Pier under A

lternatives C, D

, or E. A

ny one time private use w

ould be subject to a separate special event permit.

N/A

N

/A

CU

L-8 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Pre- and

Post-even

t Co

nd

ition

s Assessm

ent an

d R

epair. Prior to the 2012 A

C34 events, N

PS-approved qualified cultural resources personnel would assess the

existing condition of the historic earthen fortifications and other fragile historic resources, as described in the Section 106 Report, that could be subject to damage

or erosion from visitors seeking view

points. NPS standardized site assessm

ent protocols would be com

pleted for all such affected historic resources. The types of inform

ation that would be collected include: photographic docum

entation, description, and geographic location information. The exact num

ber of resources to be recorded, and the exact m

ethods of recordation, would be determ

ined in consultation with the appropriate land authority w

here the impacts are anticipated.

Following both the 2012 and 2013 A

C34 events, the project sponsors, in coordination w

ith the land managing agency’s representatives, w

ould ensure that qualified cultural resources personnel reassess the condition of historic resources identified above. The project sponsor w

ould be responsible for insuring restoration to the pre-event condition of any resources that are dam

aged as a result of the AC

34 event.

NPS A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/ N

PS and Presidio Trust (for identifying sensitive resources to be inventoried)

CU

L-9 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Co

ntin

ued

Section

106 Review

of Plan

ned

Activities. The project sponsors w

ould ensure any plans that call for the attachment, anchoring, or bracing of

temporary structural elem

ents to existing historic buildings, structures, or objects on park lands are reviewed no later than 60 days in advance of the A

C34 event

series for which it is intended by a qualified historical architect for com

pliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatm

ent of Historic

Properties. The Secretary’s Standards set forth appropriate techniques to govern and guide such activities (the “Temporary Structure A

pproach”).

If such attachments, anchoring, or bracing by the project sponsors can be done w

ithout damage, and is agreed upon, then detailed site plans w

ould be prepared by the project sponsor and provided for review

to the GG

NRA

and SAFR preservation assessm

ent teams for com

pliance with Section 106 of the N

ational Historic

Preservation Act. Plans w

ould also be provided for review and approval to the land m

anagement agency responsible for the particular historic resource, as part of

this environmental review

and Section 106 compliance, in accordance w

ith the terms of the program

matic agreem

ents between the SH

PO and the N

PS.

Removal of any such attachm

ents, anchors, or bracing would be fully reversible and include post-rem

oval stabilization of historic materials to prevent long-term

degradation in condition. A

ny unintended damage to N

PS historic resources as a result of the AC

34 event would be restored or repaired by the project sponsors to

its pre-event condition. The agency responsible for the historic resource would m

ake the final determination of w

hen such restoration or repair activities are com

plete, and full compliance w

ith the NPS-SH

PO program

matic agreem

ents has been met.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors (for preparing plans/N

PS (for ensuring com

pliance and restoration)

CU

L-10 A

lternatives B, D,

E Tem

po

rary Weath

er Mo

nito

ring

and

Satellite Installatio

ns R

estriction

s (Alternatives B,D

,E). Any A

C34 event-related w

eather monitoring and satellite

equipment installed on N

PS lands would be tem

porary, not interfere with existing operations (i.e., rooftop photovoltaic system

s), be located as far from the

water’s edge as possible, and be subject to term

s and conditions of an NPS special events perm

it and Section 106 of the National H

istoric Preservation Act, as

applicable. In order to minim

ize obstructions of bay views, project sponsor w

ould evaluate the potential for use of rooftop locations as an alternative to pier aprons for such installations. O

n Alcatraz Island, for exam

ple, such installations would be located in areas of lim

ited visibility from visitor populated areas.

Whenever possible, project sponsor w

ould avoid the use of light or bright colored equipment for such installations, instead utilizing darker, earthen tones, to

minim

ize contrast with the surrounding landscape. Project sponsor w

ould also remove or cover equipm

ent when not in use.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsor with

oversight by an NPS resource

monitor

Alternative C

Tem

po

rary Weath

er Mo

nito

ring

and

Satellite Installatio

ns R

estriction

s (Alternative C

). There would be no w

eather monitoring or satellite equipm

ent installed on N

PS lands under Alternative C

. N

/A

N/A

Geo

log

ic Reso

urce M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures

GEO

-1 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Fencin

g an

d Sig

nag

e of Sen

sitive Geo

log

ic Reso

urces. The project sponsors w

ould provide for the installation of signage and fencing, if necessary, to protect sensitive resources. Incident com

mand w

ould review potential threats and m

ake a determination of m

easures necessary to protect these areas, in consultation with

the agency responsible for managem

ent of the lands on which potential im

pacts could occur. Fenced areas would have signs at frequent intervals announcing the

NPS and Presidio Trust

/Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors for funding)/N

PS and Presidio Trust (for im

plementation)

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-38

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Geo

log

ic R

eso

urc

e M

anag

emen

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

res

(co

nt.

)

GEO

-1

(co

nt.

)

pres

ence

of

sens

itive

reso

urce

s. T

he fe

ncin

g w

ould

be

light

eno

ugh

for r

emov

al, i

f w

arra

nted

, bet

wee

n 20

12 a

nd 2

013

race

eve

nts,

but

sub

stan

tial e

noug

h to

det

er

visit

ors

from

ent

erin

g th

e fe

nced

off

are

as. I

nsta

llatio

n of

fen

cing

req

uire

d by

the

land

aut

horit

y m

ay b

e co

mpl

eted

up

to t

wo

wee

ks p

rior,

but

in n

o ca

se la

ter

than

on

e w

eek

prio

r to

the

com

men

cem

ent

of t

he 2

012

and

2013

eve

nts

and

prog

ram

s. F

enci

ng w

ould

be

inst

alle

d ar

ound

the

dun

es a

nd s

erpe

ntin

e so

ils o

f th

e Pr

esid

io (A

rea

A),

as d

eem

ed n

eces

sary

by

NPS

. Sig

nage

and

acc

ess

wou

ld b

e pe

riodi

cally

mon

itore

d by

law

enf

orce

men

t pe

rson

nel a

s pa

rt o

f th

e IC

S.

Hyd

rolo

gic

Res

ou

rce

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s

HY

D-1

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

Sp

ill P

reve

nti

on

Co

ntr

ol a

nd

Res

po

nse

. The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld p

repa

re a

Spi

ll Pr

even

tion

Con

trol

and

Cou

nter

mea

sure

(SPC

C) P

lan

to a

ddre

ss t

he

emer

genc

y cl

eanu

p of

any

haz

ardo

us m

ater

ial a

nd t

he S

PCC

wou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

on s

ite d

urin

g al

l con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es. T

he S

PCC

wou

ld b

e su

bmitt

ed t

o th

e RW

QC

B fo

r re

view

and

app

rova

l and

con

tain

pro

visi

ons

incl

udin

g, b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

the

fol

low

ing:

�Th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r sh

all e

nsur

e be

st m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es (B

MPs

) are

impl

emen

ted

durin

g al

l AC

34 e

vent

-rel

ated

con

stru

ctio

n w

ork,

to

prot

ect

spec

ies

and

thei

r ha

bita

t(s)

fro

m p

ollu

tion

due

to f

uels

, oils

, lub

rican

ts, a

nd o

ther

har

mfu

l mat

eria

ls. B

MPs

wou

ld in

clud

e th

ose

deta

iled

in t

he S

an F

ranc

isco

Dep

artm

ent

of P

ublic

Hea

lth P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n To

olki

t fo

r M

ariti

me

Indu

strie

s.

�V

ehic

les

and

equi

pmen

t th

at a

re u

sed

durin

g th

e co

urse

of

cons

truc

tion

shal

l be

fuel

ed a

nd s

ervi

ced

in a

man

ner

that

wou

ld n

ot a

ffec

t fe

dera

lly p

rote

cted

sp

ecie

s in

the

pro

ject

are

a or

the

ir ha

bita

ts.

�Fu

elin

g of

equ

ipm

ent

wou

ld o

ccur

usi

ng p

rope

r fu

el t

rans

fer

proc

edur

es a

s pe

r U

SCG

reg

ulat

ions

(USC

G 3

3 C

FR 1

56.1

20 a

nd 3

3 C

FR 1

55.3

20),

spill

co

ntai

nmen

t, a

nd t

he lo

catio

n sh

all b

e in

spec

ted

afte

r fu

elin

g to

doc

umen

t th

at n

o sp

ills

have

occ

urre

d. A

ny s

pills

wou

ld b

e cl

eane

d up

imm

edia

tely

usi

ng

spill

res

pons

e eq

uipm

ent

as id

entif

ied

in t

he S

PCC

Pla

n.

�Th

e pa

rty

unde

rtak

ing

cons

truc

tion

wor

k sh

all e

xerc

ise

ever

y re

ason

able

pre

caut

ion

to p

rote

ct li

sted

spe

cies

and

ess

entia

l fis

h ha

bita

t fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

bypr

oduc

ts a

nd p

ollu

tant

s su

ch a

s de

mol

ition

deb

ris, c

onst

ruct

ion

chem

ical

s, f

resh

cem

ent,

saw

-wat

er, o

r ot

her

dele

terio

us m

ater

ials

. Car

e sh

all b

e us

ed b

y eq

uipm

ent

oper

ator

s to

con

trol

deb

ris s

o th

at it

doe

s no

t en

ter

the

bay.

RWQ

CB

Sect

ion

401

WQ

C

Proj

ect

spon

sors

HY

D-2

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

and

Dis

po

sal P

lan

. The

pro

ject

spo

nsor

wou

ld p

repa

re a

Mat

eria

ls M

anag

emen

t D

ispo

sal P

lan

(MM

DP)

to

prev

ent

any

debr

is f

rom

fa

lling

into

the

bay

dur

ing

cons

truc

tion

to t

he m

axim

um e

xten

t pr

actic

able

. The

mea

sure

s id

entif

ied

in t

he M

MD

P w

ould

be

base

d on

the

Bes

t A

vaila

ble

Tech

nolo

gy, a

nd w

ould

incl

ude,

but

not

be

limite

d to

, the

fol

low

ing

mea

sure

s:

�D

urin

g co

nstr

uctio

n, t

he b

arge

s pe

rfor

min

g th

e w

ork

shal

l be

moo

red

in a

pos

ition

to

capt

ure

and

cont

ain

the

debr

is g

ener

ated

dur

ing

any

sub-

stru

ctur

e or

in

-wat

er w

ork.

In t

he e

vent

tha

t de

bris

doe

s re

ach

the

Bay,

per

sonn

el in

wor

kboa

ts w

ithin

the

wor

k ar

ea s

hall

imm

edia

tely

ret

rieve

the

deb

ris f

or p

rope

r ha

ndlin

g an

d di

spos

al. A

ll de

bris

sha

ll be

dis

pose

d of

at

an a

utho

rized

upl

and

disp

osal

site

;

�M

easu

res

to e

nsur

e th

at f

resh

cem

ent

or c

oncr

ete

shal

l not

be

allo

wed

to

ente

r Sa

n Fr

anci

sco

Bay.

Con

stru

ctio

n w

aste

sha

ll be

col

lect

ed a

nd t

rans

port

ed t

o an

aut

horiz

ed u

plan

d di

spos

al a

rea,

and

per

fed

eral

, sta

te, a

nd lo

cal l

aws

and

regu

latio

ns;

�A

ll ha

zard

ous

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

sto

red

upla

nd in

sto

rage

tra

ilers

and

/or

ship

ping

con

tain

ers

desi

gned

to

prov

ide

adeq

uate

con

tain

men

t. S

hort

-ter

m la

ydow

n of

ha

zard

ous

mat

eria

ls f

or im

med

iate

use

sha

ll be

per

mitt

ed w

ith t

he s

ame

anti-

spill

pre

caut

ions

;

�A

ll co

nstr

uctio

n m

ater

ial,

was

tes,

deb

ris, s

edim

ent,

rub

bish

, tra

sh, f

enci

ng, e

tc.,

shal

l be

rem

oved

fro

m t

he s

ite o

nce

the

prop

osed

pro

ject

is c

ompl

eted

and

tr

ansp

orte

d to

an

auth

oriz

ed d

ispo

sal a

rea,

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith a

pplic

able

fed

eral

, sta

te, a

nd lo

cal l

aws

and

regu

latio

ns;

�C

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

cov

ered

eve

ry n

ight

and

dur

ing

any

rain

fall

even

t (if

the

re is

one

);

�C

onst

ruct

ion

crew

s sh

all r

educ

e th

e am

ount

of

dist

urba

nce

with

in t

he p

roje

ct s

ite t

o th

e m

inim

um n

eces

sary

to

acco

mpl

ish

the

proj

ect;

and

�M

easu

res

to p

reve

nt s

aw w

ater

fro

m e

nter

ing

the

Bay.

The

MM

DP

wou

ld b

e su

bmitt

ed t

o th

e RW

QC

B fo

r re

view

and

app

rova

l, an

d re

quire

d as

a p

rior-

to-is

suan

ce c

ondi

tion

of t

he C

orps

Sec

tion

10 p

erm

it.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

HY

D-3

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

B

ay S

edim

ent

Sam

plin

g a

nd

An

alys

is P

lan

. Pro

ject

spo

nsor

has

pre

pare

d a

Sam

plin

g an

d A

naly

sis

Plan

(or

Qua

lity

Ass

uran

ce P

roje

ct P

lan)

tha

t de

scrib

es t

he t

ype

of s

ampl

ing

and

qual

ity a

ssur

ance

pro

cedu

res

nece

ssar

y to

ens

ure

the

colle

ctio

n of

dat

a of

app

ropr

iate

qua

lity

to s

uppo

rt a

dec

isio

n re

gard

ing

a su

itabl

e dr

edge

d m

ater

ial d

ispo

sal m

etho

d. T

he S

ampl

ing

and

Ana

lysi

s Pl

an w

as p

repa

red

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith U

.S. E

PA/C

orps

gui

danc

e an

d ap

prov

ed b

y th

e D

redg

ed M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t O

ffic

e (D

MM

O).

The

proj

ect

spon

sor

has

com

plet

ed s

edim

ent

sam

plin

g in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

app

rove

d Sa

mpl

ing

and

Ana

lysi

s Pl

an. T

he p

roje

ct

spon

sor

has

subm

itted

a r

epor

t to

the

DM

MO

doc

umen

ting

the

sam

plin

g ev

ent

and

prov

idin

g th

e ty

pe o

f in

form

atio

n ne

cess

ary

to m

ake

a de

cisi

on r

egar

ding

su

itabi

lity

of t

he m

ater

ial t

este

d. T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or h

as a

lso

subm

itted

a C

onso

lidat

ed D

redg

ing-

Dre

dged

Mat

eria

l Reu

se/D

ispo

sal A

pplic

atio

n to

the

DM

MO

, sp

ecify

ing

the

plan

ned

disp

osal

met

hod

and

the

spec

ific

site

pla

nned

for

dis

posa

l. Th

e pr

opos

ed d

ispo

sal s

ite is

the

San

Fra

ncis

co D

eep

Oce

an D

ispo

sal S

ite.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-39

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Hyd

rolo

gic R

esou

rce Man

agem

ent an

d Pro

tection

Measu

res (con

t.)

HY

D-4

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E Ed

ucatio

nal M

aterials for th

e Maritim

e Pub

lic. The project sponsor would develop and distribute to the m

aritime com

munity educational m

aterials on the proper and legal w

aste handling procedures in the bay and identify facilities for onshore waste disposal during the A

C34 activities. These educational m

aterials w

ould include, but not be limited to, the follow

ing:

�Inform

ation on invasive species and their impact on bay m

arine ecosystems and boaters as w

ell as best managem

ent practices developed by the AC

34 Invasive Species Task Force that boaters should im

plement to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive species into and out of the San Francisco Bay. These

provisions shall include but not be limited to pending and proposed regulations by state and federal agencies responsible for the control of invasive organism

s and shall incorporate established effective strategies such as “clean before you go”;

�Inform

ation about onsite and nearby environmental services that support clean boating practices (such as the locations of sew

age pump outs, oil change

facilities, used oil recycling centers, bilge pump outs, absorbent pad distribution and spent pad collection, and boat-to-boat environm

ental services);

�C

learly describe, in multiple languages, com

mon sources of pollution from

boats and marinas, relevant regulations and clean boating policies, and provide a

succinct description of best managem

ent practices to prevent pollution from these com

mon sources, including oil and fuel, sanitary w

aste, detergents, hazardous w

aste, and marine debris (including the use and proper disposal of oil adsorbents in pow

er boat bilges);

�Inform

ation regarding the importance of keeping plastic out of bay w

aters; and

�Signage posted at A

C34 tem

porary floating docks and adjacent to areas used by moored spectator vessels (10 vessels or m

ore) regarding locations of waste

collection containers.

AC

34 Environmental

Impact Report

Project sponsors

HY

D-5

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E W

ater Qu

ality Samp

ling

. Water sam

pling would be done on a sam

ple of race days in 2013 at beaches adjacent to the primary race course, including A

quatic C

ove and Crissy Field.

NPS Perm

it/Agreem

ent C

CSF/Project sponsors

Maritim

e Navig

ation

and

Safety Man

agem

ent an

d Pro

tection

Measu

res

NA

V-1

A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

SLR- N

on

-Mo

torized

Recreatio

nal U

se Zon

e. In 2012 and 2013, the USC

G w

ould establish a designated marine zone along C

rissy Field for recreational water

users and small non-m

otorized watercraft, w

hich would be closed during race periods to m

otorized vessels and all other vessels greater than 20 feet in length. The zone w

ould extend 450 to 1,000 feet out from the shore along C

rissy Field. Restricting motorized and larger vessels from

this area would help reduce

environmental im

pact to the Crissy field shoreline, ensure access and safety for w

ater recreational users, and reduce potential viewing obstruction for visitors

ashore. A no- m

arine access zone of 300 feet offshore of the Crissy field W

PA to protect snow

y plovers would continue to be enforced.

USC

G/Special Local

Regulation U

SCG

/NPS/Project sponsors

NA

V-2

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E SLR

- San Fran

cisco W

aterfron

t Transit Zo

ne. In 2013, the U

SCG

would establish a transit zone, approxim

ately 600 ft wide, along the C

ity of San Francisco w

aterfront to facilitate the safe transit of vessels needing access to pier space and facilities along and to minim

ize other traffic that may obstruct the w

aterfront. V

essels would not be perm

itted to loiter or block the transit area. At the C

aptain of the Port’s (CO

TP) discretion, vessel movem

ent in this zone could be restricted to one-w

ay traffic. The eastern entrances of the transit zone may be tem

porarily closed as races finish. During the 2013 race period, vessels w

ould be restricted from

anchoring in Anchorage N

o. 7 without perm

ission from the C

OTP. K

eeping this area clear would increase m

aneuvering room for transiting vessels during

peak spectator activity and provide an emergency anchorage in response to a m

arine casualty.

USC

G/Special Local

Regulation U

SCG

/Project sponsors

NA

V-3

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E M

ainten

ance o

f Maritim

e Co

mm

ercial Activity. U

SCG

Captain of the Port (C

OTP) w

ould coordinate with com

mercial entities and A

merica’s C

up Race M

anagement (A

CRM

) to minim

ize scheduled races' impact on the sm

ooth flow of m

aritime com

merce (including com

mercial ferries in the bay. For exam

ple, the U

SCG

would w

ork with N

PS and the park’s Alcatraz Island ferry concessioner, and A

CRM

, to ensure that delays do not exceed 10 minutes, on average, during

afternoon race periods. Actions that could be taken to achieve these objectives m

ay include delaying scheduled races, re-routing traffic around the race area, adjusting shipping schedules, providing com

mercial vessels access through the race area, and providing escort boats for certain vessels through spectator areas,

and possibly the regulated race area. USC

G w

ould also increase patrols in the area to ensure boaters are informed of vessel traffic conditions and broadcast N

otice to M

ariners. USC

G and A

CRM

would leverage other non-traditional com

munication m

eans, including using social media, to inform

recreational and comm

ercial boaters about race conditions and closures. The U

SCG

would use the N

otice to Mariners system

to comm

unicate spectator vessel requirements including

designating locations for vessels to move to w

hen permitting the passage of shipping traffic.

USC

G/Special Local

Regulation

USC

G/Project sponsors

NA

V-4

Alternative B

Marin

e Bu

ffer Aro

un

d A

lcatraz Island

(Alternative B ). D

uring the 2012 and 2013 AC

34 race period, NPS w

ould establish a 300 foot buffer around Alcatraz Island,

within w

hich marine vessel traffic w

ould be restricted in order to protect nesting seabirds along the western cliffs of the island, as described in Protection M

easure BIO

-10 for Alternative B.

NPS/ Perm

it/ USC

G Special

Local Regulation N

PS in cooperation with

USC

G

Alternatives C

,D,E

Marin

e Bu

ffer Aro

un

d A

lcatraz Island

(Alternatives C

, D, E). D

uring the 2012 and 2013 AC

34 race periods, NPS w

ould establish a 500 foot buffer around Alcatraz

Island, within w

hich marine vessel traffic w

ould be restricted in order to protect nesting seabirds along the western cliffs of the island, as described in Protection

Measure BIO

-10 for Alternatives C

, D and E.

NPS/ Perm

it/ USC

G Special

Local Regulation N

PS in cooperation with

USC

G

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-40

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Mar

itim

e N

avig

atio

n a

nd

Saf

ety

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

NA

V-5

A

ltern

ativ

e B

Co

ntr

olle

d V

esse

l Acc

ess

to A

qu

atic

Par

k C

ove

(Alte

rnat

ive

B). D

urin

g ra

ce p

erio

ds in

201

2 an

d 20

13, A

quat

ic P

ark

Cov

e w

ould

be

clos

ed t

o vi

sitin

g ve

ssel

s an

d al

l oth

er u

naut

horiz

ed v

esse

l tra

ffic

. With

a p

erm

it, v

isiti

ng v

esse

ls w

ould

be

allo

wed

to

anch

or in

the

cov

e. O

n ra

ce d

ays

in 2

013,

NPS

wou

ld r

ecei

ve

assi

stan

ce f

rom

the

USC

G m

arin

e en

forc

emen

t un

it to

man

age

this

acc

ess

rest

rictio

n. U

nles

s ex

plic

itly

auth

oriz

ed b

y N

PS, m

otor

ized

ves

sels

wou

ld n

ot b

e pe

rmitt

ed w

ithin

Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove.

NPS

/Gen

eral

M

anag

emen

t M

easu

re

NPS

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith

USC

G

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Co

ntr

olle

d V

esse

l Acc

ess

to A

qu

atic

Par

k C

ove

(Alte

rnat

ive

C).

Dur

ing

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove

wou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

to p

erm

itted

and

cl

osed

to

all o

ther

una

utho

rized

ves

sel t

raff

ic. W

ith a

per

mit,

vis

iting

ves

sels

wou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o an

chor

in t

he c

ove.

On

race

day

s in

201

3, N

PS w

ould

rec

eive

as

sist

ance

fro

m t

he U

SCG

mar

ine

enfo

rcem

ent

unit

to m

anag

e th

is a

cces

s re

stric

tion.

Unl

ess

expl

icitl

y au

thor

ized

by

NPS

, mot

oriz

ed v

esse

ls w

ould

not

be

perm

itted

with

in A

quat

ic P

ark

Cov

e.

NPS

/Gen

eral

M

anag

emen

t M

easu

re

NPS

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith

USC

G

Alte

rnat

ives

D, E

C

on

tro

lled

Ves

sel A

cces

s to

Aq

uat

ic P

ark

Co

ve (A

ltern

ativ

es D

, E).

Dur

ing

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove

wou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

to p

erm

itted

an

d cl

osed

to

all o

ther

una

utho

rized

ves

sel t

raff

ic. W

ith a

per

mit,

vis

iting

ves

sels

wou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o an

chor

in t

he c

ove.

On

race

day

s in

201

2 an

d 20

13, N

PS

wou

ld r

ecei

ve a

ssis

tanc

e fr

om t

he U

SCG

mar

ine

enfo

rcem

ent

unit

to m

anag

e th

is a

cces

s re

stric

tion.

Unl

ess

expl

icitl

y au

thor

ized

by

NPS

, mot

oriz

ed v

esse

ls w

ould

no

t be

per

mitt

ed w

ithin

Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove.

NPS

/Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

N

PS in

coo

pera

tion

with

U

SCG

No

ise

and

So

un

dsc

ape

Man

agem

ent

and

Pro

tect

ion

Mea

sure

s

NO

I-1

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Sou

nd

Att

enu

atio

n a

nd

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Str

ateg

y fo

r C

on

stru

ctio

n A

ctiv

itie

s. T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or w

ould

dev

elop

NM

FS-a

ppro

ved

soun

d at

tenu

atio

n an

d m

onito

ring

stra

tegy

. Thi

s st

rate

gy w

ould

incl

ude

deta

ils o

f th

e so

und

atte

nuat

ion

syst

em, m

etho

ds u

sed

to m

onito

r an

d ve

rify

soun

d le

vels

dur

ing

pile

driv

ing

activ

ities

, and

bes

t m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es t

hat

wou

ld b

e un

dert

aken

to

redu

ce im

pact

ham

mer

pile

-driv

ing

soun

d in

the

mar

ine

envi

ronm

ent

to a

n in

tens

ity le

vel

of le

ss t

han

183

dB. T

he m

onito

ring

stra

tegy

wou

ld in

corp

orat

e, b

ut n

ot b

e lim

ited

to t

he f

ollo

win

g be

st m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es (B

MPs

):

�A

ll 18

and

24-

inch

dia

met

er p

iling

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d an

d re

mov

ed w

ith v

ibra

tory

pile

driv

ers

only

. Vib

rato

ry p

ile d

rivin

g w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

U.S

. Arm

y C

orps

of

Engi

neer

s’ “

Prop

osed

Pro

cedu

res

for

Perm

ittin

g Pr

ojec

ts t

hat

will

Not

Adv

erse

ly E

ffec

t Se

lect

ed L

iste

d Sp

ecie

s in

Cal

iforn

ia”.

�A

ll 72

-inch

ste

el p

iling

s w

ould

be

inst

alle

d w

ith a

vib

rato

ry p

ile d

river

to

the

deep

est

dept

h pr

actic

able

. An

impa

ct p

ile d

river

may

be

used

onl

y w

here

ne

cess

ary

to c

ompl

ete

inst

alla

tion

of t

he 7

2-in

ch s

teel

pili

ngs,

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

eism

ic s

afet

y or

oth

er e

ngin

eerin

g cr

iteria

(not

app

licab

le t

o A

ltern

ativ

e E

as

no 7

2-in

ch p

iles

prop

osed

).

�A

ll pi

ling

inst

alla

tion

usin

g im

pact

ham

mer

s w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d be

twee

n Ju

ne 1

and

Nov

embe

r 30

, whe

n th

e lik

elih

ood

of s

ensi

tive

fish

spec

ies

bein

g pr

esen

t in

the

wor

k ar

ea is

min

imal

.

�If

pile

inst

alla

tion

usin

g im

pact

ham

mer

s m

ust

occu

r at

tim

es o

ther

tha

n th

e ap

prov

ed w

ork

win

dow

, the

AC

34 p

roje

ct s

pons

ors

wou

ld b

e re

quire

d to

obt

ain

inci

dent

al t

ake

auth

oriz

atio

n fr

om N

MFS

, and

CD

FG t

o ad

dres

s po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts

to s

teel

head

tro

ut, c

hino

ok s

alm

on, a

nd P

acifi

c he

rrin

g an

d im

plem

ent

all

requ

este

d ac

tions

to

avoi

d im

pact

s.

�C

onst

ruct

ion

cont

ract

ors

wou

ld b

e re

quire

d to

use

equ

ipm

ent

with

sta

te-o

f-th

e-ar

t no

ise

shie

ldin

g an

d m

uffli

ng d

evic

es, s

uch

as 1

2-in

ch t

hick

woo

den

cush

ion

bloc

ks, d

urin

g al

l im

pact

ham

mer

pile

driv

ing

oper

atio

ns.

�If

NM

FS n

oise

thr

esho

lds

are

exce

eded

, con

tinge

ncy

mea

sure

s, s

uch

as u

sing

bub

ble

curt

ains

or

air

barr

ier

wou

ld b

e im

plem

ente

d to

att

enua

te s

ound

leve

ls t

o be

low

thr

esho

lds.

The

soun

d m

onito

ring

resu

lts w

ould

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to t

he N

MFS

. In

addi

tion,

at

leas

t 48

hou

rs p

rior

to p

ile-d

rivin

g ac

tiviti

es, t

he p

roje

ct s

pons

ors

wou

ld n

otify

bu

ildin

g ow

ners

and

occ

upan

ts w

ithin

500

fee

t of

the

pro

ject

site

of

the

date

s, h

ours

, and

exp

ecte

d du

ratio

n of

suc

h ac

tiviti

es.

Cor

ps/S

ectio

n 10

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

NO

I-2

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

No

ise

Co

ntr

ols

fo

r En

tert

ain

men

t V

enu

es. A

s de

scrib

ed in

AC

34 E

IR M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

M-N

O-2

b, t

he p

roje

ct s

pons

ors

wou

ld d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

nois

e co

ntro

l str

ateg

ies

for

oper

atio

ns a

nd a

ctiv

ities

pro

pose

d fo

r th

e A

C34

act

ivity

ven

ues,

to

redu

ce t

he s

ever

ity o

f po

tent

ial n

oise

impa

cts

from

pub

lic a

ddre

ss a

nd/o

r am

plifi

ed s

ound

. The

noi

se c

ontr

ol s

trat

egy

wou

ld in

clud

e, b

ut m

ay n

ot b

e lim

ited

to, t

he f

ollo

win

g m

easu

res:

�C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith n

oise

con

trol

s an

d re

stric

tions

impo

sed

by t

he la

nd a

utho

rity

and

thei

r pe

rmit

requ

irem

ents

for

des

igna

ted

AC

34 e

vent

s, a

nd t

he a

ctiv

ities

an

d en

tert

ainm

ent

asso

ciat

ed t

here

with

.

�W

here

not

oth

erw

ise

addr

esse

d in

fed

eral

per

mits

, am

plifi

catio

n le

vels

gen

eral

ly w

ould

be

esta

blis

hed

com

men

sura

te w

ith t

he C

ity’s

fix

ed r

esid

entia

l int

erio

r no

ise

limits

of

50 d

BA d

aytim

e (7

:00

a.m

. to

10:0

0 p.

m.)

and

45 d

BA n

ight

time

(10:

00 p

.m. t

o 7:

00 a

.m.).

�Sp

eake

r sy

stem

s w

ould

be

dire

cted

aw

ay f

rom

the

nea

rest

sen

sitiv

e re

cept

ors.

AC

34 E

IR/N

PS a

nd

Pres

idio

Tru

st/A

gree

men

t an

d/or

Per

mit

Proj

ect

spon

sors

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-41

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

No

ise and

Sou

nd

scape M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures (co

nt.)

NO

I-2 (co

nt.)

�

Volum

e settings at each entertainment venue w

ould be identified during the first week of events using noise m

onitoring at the nearest sensitive receptors, as identified by the land m

anagement agency, such as C

rissy Field WPA

and residences of concern; and be performed by a qualified acoustical technician, in

association with the project sponsors and the land m

anaging agency’s representative. Building attenuation would be assum

ed only for those residences that expected to have m

echanical ventilation systems.

�A

point of contact would be designated by the project sponsors to respond to noise com

plaints and to ensure compliance w

ith the first two m

easures above. This person w

ould work w

ith the San Francisco Entertainment C

omm

ission to establish set-up and operational conditions appropriate for each of the venues with

regard to compliance w

ith requirements of Section 47.2 of the San Francisco Police C

ode, and federal requirements established in conjunction w

ith any event program

permitted.

�A

coustical monitoring w

ould be required on race afternoons at Crissy Field, SA

FR, and Alcatraz to m

easure decibel levels and compliance, if any event

activities are permitted there.

All noise control strategies w

ould be subject to review and approval by N

PS and the Presidio Trust, and included as conditions of the Special Events Permits.

NO

I-3 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Station

ary Sou

rces of N

oise. The A

C34 project sponsor w

ould use utility electricity in lieu of generators, if available. If electricity requirements exceed available

power, the project sponsor w

ould use the quietest generators available. The project sponsor would provide shielding or acoustical enclosures for generators.

Additionally, the project sponsor w

ould ensure that their activities do not exceed 60 dBA at the C

rissy Field Center w

hen educational activities are in progress. This level of noise reduction m

ay be achieved through other means, such as shielding or use of sm

aller/quieter generators or non-diesel generators. Acoustical m

onitoring w

ould be required on race afternoons at Crissy Field, SA

FR, and Alcatraz Island to m

easure decibel levels and compliance, if any event activities are perm

itted there.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors

NO

I-4 A

lternative B A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative B). D

uring the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official AC

34 aircraft would be prohibited from

entering the airspace within 1,000 feet

vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the mean high tide line of A

lcatraz Island and the Crissy Field W

PA. The project sponsors w

ould provide educational outreach m

aterials to air traffic control and local and comm

ercial news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., NO

TAM

) to avoid these areas would

be issued by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit / M

anagement

Measure

Project sponsors in coordination w

ith NPS

Alternative C

A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative C

). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 1,000 feet vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the m

ean high tide line of all National Park Service lands. The project sponsors w

ould provide educational outreach materials

to air traffic control and local and comm

ercial news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., NO

TAM

) to avoid these areas would be issued

by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

Alternative D

A

ircraft Bu

ffers (Alternative D

). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 2,000 feet (vertical) above A

lcatraz Island and Crissy Field, and 1,000 feet above all other N

PS lands; and 1,000 feet (horizontal) out from the m

ean high tide line of all NPS

lands. The project sponsors would provide educational outreach m

aterials to air traffic control and local and comm

ercial news pilots regarding these advisories. A

flight advisory notice (i.e., N

OTA

M) to avoid these areas w

ould be issued by FAA

to all aircraft in the vicinity.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit / M

anagement

Measure

Project sponsors in coordination w

ith NPS

Alternative E

Aircraft B

uffers (A

lternative E). During the 2012 and 2013 race periods, official A

C34 aircraft w

ould be prohibited from entering the airspace w

ithin 1,000 feet vertical and 1,000 feet horizontal of the m

ean high tide line of all National Park Service lands, w

ith the exception of Alcatraz Island, over w

hich aircraft buffer w

ould extend to 1,000 feet horizontal and 2000 feet vertical to protect nesting shorebirds. The project sponsors would provide educational outreach m

aterials to air traffic control and local and com

mercial new

s pilots regarding these advisories. A flight advisory notice (i.e., N

OTA

M) to avoid these areas w

ould be issued by FA

A to all aircraft in the vicinity.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit / M

anagement

Measure

Project sponsors in coordination w

ith NPS

Alternatives B, C

, D

, E R

estriction

s on

Firewo

rks Disp

lays. In 2012, the project sponsor would not launch firew

orks. In 2013, any AC

34 event-related fireworks w

ould be launched from

a location distant from A

lcatraz Island and Crissy Field (i.e., near Piers 27/29), in order to avoid potential im

pacts to sensitive bird species. As determ

ined necessary by the N

PS, fireworks or canon fire w

ould be limited to protect snow

y plovers at Crissy Field W

PA and A

lcatraz Island seabirds from harassm

ent. Such restrictions w

ould involve measures, such as lim

iting where such activities are staged, or stipulating m

aximum

allowable noise (decibels) at the C

rissy Field WPA

and A

lcatraz Island. Any firew

orks displays would be coordinated w

ith both the NPS and the U

SCG

regarding limitations on location, frequency, and duration to

minim

ize potential environmental im

pacts and protect mam

mals from

portions of firework aerial shells and chem

ical residue falling back to the ground or water.

Any proposed firew

orks displays over water w

ould be subject to approval by the USC

G and addressed w

ithin the Marine Event Perm

it.

USFW

S/Biological A

ssessment

NPS and

USC

G/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-42

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

s

TRA

-1

Alte

rnat

ives

B,

C,D

,E

Peo

ple

Pla

n f

or

Nat

ion

al P

arks

Are

a. T

he C

ity w

ill d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

a Pe

ople

Pla

n fo

r th

e Pr

esid

io a

nd N

PS la

nds

that

wou

ld id

entif

y tr

ansi

t se

rvic

e, a

nd v

ehic

le, p

edes

tria

n, a

nd b

icyc

le m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gies

for

acc

ess

to a

nd f

rom

the

Pre

sidi

o an

d N

PS la

nds

by v

isito

rs, e

mpl

oyee

s, a

nd A

C34

sp

ecta

tors

for

rev

iew

and

app

rova

l by

NPS

at

leas

t 21

day

s in

adv

ance

of

final

izat

ion

of t

his

Envi

ronm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

for

publ

ic r

elea

se, a

nd t

hen

mad

e av

aila

ble

to t

he p

ublic

as

part

of

the

publ

ic r

evie

w o

f th

is d

ocum

ent

in d

raft

, add

ress

ing

all t

rans

it m

easu

res

that

wou

ld im

prov

e pa

rkla

nds

acce

ss,

incl

udin

g, a

t a

min

imum

, the

fol

low

ing:

�O

rigin

and

ter

min

i for

all

impr

oved

tra

nsit

to w

ithin

0.2

5 m

ile o

f pa

rkla

nds,

whe

re p

ossi

ble;

�

Com

mitm

ent

to p

rovi

de d

irect

Mun

i aug

men

ted

serv

ice

to C

rissy

Fie

ld o

n ra

ce p

eak

and

high

med

ium

wee

kend

s in

201

2 an

d 20

13 (S

ee T

RA-6

); an

d �

Impr

oved

acc

essi

bilit

y m

easu

res

(ref

eren

ce P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

re V

UE-

20)

�Im

plem

ent

tran

sit

cent

er a

t Pa

lace

of

Fine

Art

s

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

CC

SF a

nd p

roje

ct S

pons

ors

TRA

-2

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

,E

AC

34 P

eop

le P

lan

Sp

ecif

ic P

rovi

sio

ns.

The

City

wou

ld im

plem

ent

elem

ents

of

the

Peop

le P

lan

iden

tifie

d Th

e 34

th A

mer

ica’

s C

up a

nd J

ames

R. H

erm

an

Cru

ise

Term

inal

and

Nor

thea

st W

harf

Pla

za E

IR, a

s M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

s: M

-TR-

1a—

Traf

fic M

onito

ring

and

Man

agem

ent

Prog

ram

, M-T

R-1b

—Tr

ansi

t O

pera

ting

Plan

, M-T

R-1c

—Sa

telli

te P

arki

ng F

acili

ty P

rogr

am, a

nd M

-TR-

1d—

Publ

ic In

form

atio

n Pr

ogra

m, i

dent

ified

bel

ow a

s TR

A-1

a th

roug

h TR

A-1

d.

Elem

ents

of

the

Sept

embe

r 20

11 P

eopl

e Pl

an, t

o fa

cilit

ate

acce

ss b

y al

l mod

es t

o an

d fr

om t

he A

C34

eve

nt v

enue

s, w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

acc

epta

ble

cond

ition

s fo

r re

side

nts,

com

mut

ers,

bus

ines

ses

and

visi

tors

, are

cur

rent

ly b

eing

dev

elop

ed b

y th

e ap

prop

riate

City

age

ncie

s an

d th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r.

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

Re

port

C

CSF

TRA

-2a

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

,E

Traf

fic

Mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d M

anag

emen

t Pr

og

ram

. As

a m

eans

to

redu

ce c

onge

stio

n in

the

vic

inity

of

the

venu

e si

tes

and

on a

cces

s ro

adw

ays

to a

nd f

rom

th

e si

tes,

the

City

wou

ld d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

a Tr

affic

Mon

itorin

g an

d M

anag

emen

t Pr

ogra

m t

hat

wou

ld in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

mea

sure

s:

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

Re

port

C

CSF

�Pr

efer

red

spec

tato

r ro

utes

; �

Bus

prio

rity

stre

ets;

�

New

bus

lane

s;

�Ex

tens

ion

of e

xist

ing

bus-

only

lane

s;

�Bi

cycl

e pr

iorit

y st

reet

s;

�O

n-st

reet

par

king

res

tric

tions

; �

Traf

fic c

ontr

ol o

ffic

er d

eplo

ymen

t;

�C

oord

inat

ion

with

oth

er e

vent

s (e

.g.,

ballg

ames

; roa

dway

con

stru

ctio

n pr

ojec

ts);

�Ro

adw

ay c

losu

res;

�

Rest

ricte

d ac

cess

str

eets

; �

Div

ersi

on p

lans

rel

ated

to

road

way

clo

sure

s;

�Ev

ent

sign

age

incl

udin

g w

eeke

nd d

etou

r si

gns;

and

�

Med

ia a

nnou

ncem

ents

of

road

way

clo

sure

s an

d de

tour

sig

ns.

TRA

-2b

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

Tr

ansi

t O

per

atin

g P

lan

. As

part

of

the

Peop

le P

lan,

the

City

wou

ld d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

a tr

ansi

t op

erat

ing

plan

to

prov

ide

addi

tiona

l tra

nsit

serv

ice

to

acco

mm

odat

e pe

ak t

rans

it de

man

ds d

urin

g th

e A

C34

pro

ject

eve

nts.

Ele

men

ts o

f th

e pl

an w

ould

incl

ude,

but

are

not

lim

ited

to:

�In

crea

sed

serv

ice

hour

s an

d fr

eque

ncy

on 3

0X-M

arin

a Ex

pres

s, w

hich

wou

ld r

un e

very

8 m

inut

es o

n al

l eve

nt d

ays,

incl

udin

g w

eeke

nds.

�Su

pple

men

tal 3

0L-M

arin

a, w

hich

wou

ld r

un e

very

6 m

inut

es in

the

pea

k di

rect

ion

of t

rave

l (e.

g., t

owar

ds t

he w

ater

fron

t th

roug

h th

e m

id-a

fter

noon

, an

d fr

om t

he w

ater

fron

t th

roug

h th

e ev

enin

g). T

he s

ervi

ce w

ould

run

bet

wee

n th

e C

altr

ain

term

inal

and

the

inte

rsec

tion

of B

each

/Bro

deric

k (v

ia

Third

/Fou

rth,

Sto

ckto

n, B

road

way

, Van

Nes

s, a

nd L

omba

rd).

See

Figu

re T

RA-7

.

�Su

pple

men

tal 4

7L-V

an N

ess,

whi

ch w

ould

run

eve

ry 1

0 m

inut

es in

the

pea

k di

rect

ion

of t

rave

l thr

ough

out

the

day.

Ser

vice

wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed

betw

een

the

Civ

ic C

ente

r BA

RT/M

uni s

tatio

n an

d N

orth

Poi

nt S

tree

t, v

ia V

an N

ess

Ave

nue

(see

Cha

pter

4 T

rans

port

atio

n Fi

gure

TRA

-7).

�In

crea

sed

freq

uenc

ies

on t

he F

-Mar

ket

& W

harv

es h

isto

ric s

tree

tcar

bet

wee

n th

e Fe

rry

Build

ing

and

Fish

erm

an’s

Wha

rf (i

.e.,

at P

ier

39),

whi

ch w

ould

ru

n ev

ery

5 m

inut

es t

hrou

ghou

t th

e da

y.

�N

ew E

-Em

barc

ader

o hi

stor

ic s

tree

tcar

ser

vice

bet

wee

n C

altr

ain

and

Pier

39.

Thi

s se

rvic

e w

ould

nee

d to

use

the

dou

ble-

ende

d hi

stor

ic s

tree

tcar

s, a

nd

wou

ld r

un e

very

20

min

utes

thr

ough

out

the

day.

�Su

pple

men

tal M

uni M

etro

Shu

ttle

. Thi

s lig

ht r

ail v

ehic

le s

ervi

ce w

ould

run

with

in t

he M

arke

t St

reet

tun

nel b

etw

een

the

Emba

rcad

ero

stat

ion

and

the

Wes

t Po

rtal

sta

tion.

Shu

ttle

ser

vice

wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed e

very

20

min

utes

on

wee

kend

s on

ly.

�G

olde

n G

ate

Tran

sit

wou

ld a

ugm

ent

two

bus

rout

es f

or p

eak

wee

kend

rac

e da

y se

rvic

e (t

he 9

3 an

d 4

bus

rout

es).

Thes

e ro

utes

wou

ld b

oth

be

conf

igur

ed t

o se

rve

loca

l dro

p-of

f/pi

ck-u

p se

rvic

e in

San

Fra

ncis

co, u

sing

the

bus

sto

ps c

urre

ntly

sha

red

with

Mun

i and

alre

ady

used

for

inbo

und

drop

-off

an

d ou

tbou

nd p

ick-

up. I

n ad

ditio

n, G

olde

n G

ate

Ferr

y w

ould

pro

vide

add

ition

al h

igh-

spee

d bo

ats

durin

g th

e pe

ak w

eeke

nd r

ace

days

fro

m L

arks

pur

and

Saus

alito

.

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

Re

port

C

CSF

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-43

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Transp

ortatio

n M

anag

emen

t Measu

res (con

t.)

TRA

-2b

(con

t.)

�A

C Transit w

ould augment the Berkeley (F) Route, the O

akland (NL) Route, and the A

lameda (O

) Route to provide extra service for peak weekend race

days. In addition, the City is w

orking with A

C Transit on the feasibility of extending the existing route netw

ork beyond the Temporary Transbay

Terminal on w

eekends, considering that the primary spectator areas w

ould be along The Embarcadero w

est to Crissy Field.

�Sam

Trans would augm

ent the SamTrans 120 line to the D

aly City BA

RT station on peak weekend race days to provide additional transit service

northbound during the morning period and southbound during the afternoon period.

�BA

RT would augm

ent service to and from the East Bay and South Bay by providing additional cars to existing scheduled trains, and to run special

“event” trains. Trip planning strategies for visitors destined to and from the San Francisco International A

irport and the Oakland International A

irport w

ould be pursued by the City and BA

RT, along with M

TC.

�C

altrain would augm

ent regular service with tw

o extra weekend trains in each direction during peak w

eekend race days.

�W

ETA w

ould run additional ferry service during peak weekend race days on the V

allejo, Alam

eda/Oakland, and H

arbor Bay routes. In addition, limited

event service may be available at the new

Oyster Point ferry term

inal in South San Francisco that is projected to be open by 2012. W

ETA is also

considering providing limited event service to Treasure Island on the augm

ented Alam

eda/Oakland service, provided that A

DA

complying

modifications can be m

ade at Pier 1 at Treasures Island.

�Blue &

Gold w

ould augment regular service betw

een San Francisco and Tiburon, as well as betw

een San Francisco and Angel Island during the m

idday peak period on peak w

eekend race days.

TRA

-2c A

lternatives B, C,

D,E

Satellite Parking

Facility Prog

ram. A

s a means to reduce the num

ber of vehicles traveling to and from the northern w

aterfront, the City w

ould im

plement satellite parking facilities and frequent transit or shuttle service betw

een the satellite parking facilities and the various venues. Parking facilities could include existing public and private garages and lots, as w

ell as other undeveloped parcels such as Mission Bay Lot A

and Candlestick Park. In the

vicinity of the Presidio, UC

SF Parnassus campus, and U

SF parking facilities have been identified as potential satellite parking facilities that would serve

spectators destined to the Presidio.

Environmental Im

pact Report

CC

SF

TRA

-2d

Alternatives B, C

, D

,E Pu

blic In

form

ation

Prog

ram. A

s a means to facilitate access to and from

venues and spectator viewing areas by all m

odes, while encouraging the use of

transit and alternate modes, the C

ity would develop and im

plement a Public Inform

ation Program. For event days that overlap w

ith other special events, a coordinated public inform

ation program w

ould be developed and provided to the public. The program w

ould provide:

�A

ccess information for all m

odes before, during and after the events;

�M

aps and guidelines;

�Special signage;

�M

arketing campaign to encourage transit use and bicycle use to event sites;

�W

eb-based event information;

�M

edia and press releases to update information on a regular basis; and

�Public inform

ation for comm

uters, businesses and deliveries.

Environmental Im

pact Report

CC

SF

TRA

-3 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Presidio

and

Oth

er NPS Sites Pu

blic In

form

ation

Prog

ram. A

s a means to facilitate access to and from

venues and spectator viewing areas by all

modes, w

hile encouraging the use of transit and alternate modes, the C

ity would develop and im

plement a Public Inform

ation Program. For event days

that overlap with other special events, a coordinated public inform

ation program w

ould be developed and provided to the public. This would be available

for NPS and Presidio Trust review

and coordination on parklands access at least 30 days in advance of each annual race series, and available to the public online at least 10 days in advance of each race series event. The program

would include, but not be lim

ited to:

�Staffed Inform

ation Kiosks located at the Jefferson Street entrance to SA

FR, and at the Mason/M

arina entrance to Crissy Field;

�D

igital and physical special signage;

�W

eb-based event special-event information, possibly through a free cell phone application, and printed m

aterial, on race schedule, safe bike routes, visitor orientation inform

ation, transit schedules, etc

Environmental Im

pact Report

CC

SF

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-44

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

TRA

-4

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Pres

idio

an

d O

ther

NPS

Sit

es R

oad

way

Man

agem

ent

Stra

teg

ies.

Cha

pter

4,

Tran

spor

tatio

n Ta

ble

TRA

-25

and

Tabl

e TR

A-2

6 pr

esen

t th

e ro

adw

ay

man

agem

ent

stra

tegi

es d

eter

min

ed a

s pa

rt o

f th

is t

rans

port

atio

n an

alys

is b

y al

tern

ativ

e an

d pr

ofile

day

. Th

ese

road

way

man

agem

ent

stra

tegi

es w

ould

be

oper

atio

naliz

ed b

y th

e C

ity f

or a

djac

ent

road

way

s to

par

klan

ds i

n Sa

n Fr

anci

sco,

in

coor

dina

tion

with

NPS

and

the

Tru

st.

The

NPS

and

Tru

st w

ill

oper

atio

naliz

e th

ose

mea

sure

s re

late

d to

par

klan

ds a

nd T

rust

roa

dway

s id

entif

ied

ther

ein

for

coor

dina

tion

with

the

City

. Th

ese

wou

ld b

oth

use

a se

t of

tr

igge

r po

ints

to

initi

ate

road

way

res

tric

tions

for

the

var

ious

pro

file

days

for

201

2 an

d 20

13,

the

ICS

Ope

ratio

ns S

ectio

n C

hief

and

res

pect

ive

Div

isio

n Su

perv

isor

wou

ld m

ake

a de

cisi

on f

or e

ither

NPS

or

Trus

t ba

sed

on o

bser

vabl

e co

nditi

ons,

pas

t ex

perie

nce,

pro

fess

iona

l ju

dgm

ent

and

take

act

ion.

The

Ro

adw

ay M

anag

emen

t St

rate

gies

out

line

the

actio

ns a

nd r

espo

nsib

le a

genc

ies

for

such

.

The

road

way

man

agem

ent

stra

tegi

es id

entif

y Sa

n Fr

anci

sco

wat

erfr

ont

acce

ss r

oads

to

be r

estr

icte

d an

d/or

tem

pora

rily

rede

sign

ated

for

bik

e, t

rans

it, a

nd

pede

stria

n us

e du

ring

peak

and

med

ium

hig

h w

eeke

nd r

ace

days

in 2

012

and

2013

. It

also

iden

tifie

s w

here

the

re is

a n

eed

for

re-r

outin

g tr

affic

and

tra

ffic

m

anag

emen

t, s

uch

that

prin

cipa

l int

erse

ctio

ns (a

djac

ent

to o

r pr

ovid

ing

acce

ss t

o pa

rkla

nds)

tha

t fa

il w

ould

be

man

aged

by

CC

SF t

raff

ic a

nd p

arki

ng

cont

rol o

ffic

ers

to f

acili

tate

impr

oved

mov

emen

ts a

nd r

educ

e ad

vers

e im

pact

s. O

n da

ys w

ith r

estr

icte

d ac

cess

, for

exa

mpl

e, t

o M

ason

Str

eet

and

McD

owel

l A

venu

e, p

ublic

acc

ess

wou

ld b

e su

ppor

ted

with

a s

hort

loop

shu

ttle

fro

m t

he P

resi

dio

Tran

sit

hub

to f

acili

ties

on M

ason

Str

eet;

reg

iste

red

prog

ram

pa

rtic

ipan

ts, o

ther

wis

e, m

ay b

e re

quire

d to

sig

n up

in a

dvan

ce f

or s

peci

al p

erm

its f

or t

he p

eak

AC

34 w

eeke

nd d

ays

whe

n su

ch r

oadw

ays

are

rest

ricte

d.

Rest

ricte

d N

PS a

nd T

rust

roa

dway

s/ar

eas,

des

igna

ted

in t

hese

tab

les,

wou

ld in

clud

e, b

ut n

ot b

e lim

ited

to:

�In

San

Fra

ncis

co, t

he a

rea

nort

h of

Bay

Str

eet

east

of

Van

Nes

s A

venu

e an

d Fi

llmor

e St

reet

, the

are

a no

rth

of C

hest

nut

Stre

et b

etw

een

Fillm

ore

Stre

et

and

Lyon

Str

eet.

In a

dditi

on, a

cces

s to

Upp

er F

ort

Mas

on w

ould

be

rest

ricte

d on

hig

h at

tend

ance

eve

nt d

ays.

�W

ithin

the

Pre

sidi

o, M

ason

Str

eet

betw

een

Lyon

Str

eet

and

the

War

min

g H

ut, L

ong

Ave

nue,

McD

owel

l Ave

nue

betw

een

Linc

oln

Boul

evar

d an

d C

rissy

Fi

eld

Ave

nue,

and

Cris

sy F

ield

Ave

nue.

�W

ithin

the

Mar

in H

eadl

ands

, Con

zelm

an R

oad

betw

een

Ale

xand

er A

venu

e an

d M

cCul

loug

h Ro

ad, a

nd t

he B

arry

-Bak

er t

unne

l.

Cha

pter

4, T

rans

port

atio

n Ta

ble

TRA

-25

and

Tabl

e TR

A-2

6 pr

esen

t th

e ro

adw

ay m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gies

for

the

act

ion

alte

rnat

ives

for

201

2 an

d 20

13

cond

ition

s fo

r th

e pe

ak w

eekd

ay a

nd t

wo

wee

kend

pro

file

days

. Roa

dway

man

agem

ent

stra

tegi

es f

or o

ther

pro

file

days

are

not

ed in

foo

tnot

es t

o th

ese

tabl

es.

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust,

in

coor

dina

tion

with

CC

SF

and

othe

r ag

enci

es

TRA

-5

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Traf

fic

Co

ntr

ol O

ffic

ers

at In

ters

ecti

on

s. T

raff

ic c

ontr

ol o

ffic

ers

at in

ters

ectio

ns w

ould

fac

ilita

te b

icyc

le a

nd p

edes

tria

n flo

ws,

to

redu

ce o

vera

ll de

lays

at

inte

rsec

tions

.

With

in S

an F

ranc

isco

, at

inte

rsec

tions

iden

tifie

d op

erat

ing

at L

OS

E or

LO

S F

on w

eeke

nd e

vent

day

s, a

nd a

t ot

her

key

inte

rsec

tion,

tra

ffic

con

trol

off

icer

s,

SFPD

, or

NPS

Par

k Po

lice,

as

appr

opria

te, w

ould

be

depl

oyed

dur

ing

peak

and

oth

er c

onge

sted

rac

e pe

riods

in 2

012

and

2013

to

assi

st w

ith t

raff

ic c

ontr

ol.

CC

SF p

arki

ng a

nd t

raff

ic m

anag

emen

t, a

nd S

FPD

wou

ld m

anag

e no

n-fe

dera

l in

ters

ectio

ns a

nd U

SPP

and

NPS

wou

ld m

anag

e in

tern

al N

PS a

nd P

resi

dio

Trus

t in

ters

ectio

ns. A

com

bine

d C

CSF

and

USP

P w

ould

man

age

the

inte

rfac

e in

ters

ectio

ns b

etw

een

fede

ral l

ands

and

CC

SF ju

risdi

ctio

ns.

Nor

th o

f G

olde

n G

ate

brid

ge, C

HP

and

NPS

wou

ld m

anag

e tr

affic

inte

rsec

tions

und

er t

heir

juris

dict

ion,

suc

h as

nor

thbo

und

and

sout

hbou

nd H

ighw

ay 1

01

ram

ps t

o A

lexa

nder

Ave

nue,

Ale

xand

er A

venu

e an

d D

anes

Driv

e, a

nd o

ther

adj

acen

t in

ters

ectio

ns t

o Fo

rt B

aker

and

the

Mar

in H

eadl

ands

, in

clud

ing

the

Fort

Bak

er-B

arry

tun

nel.

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust,

C

CSF

in c

oord

inat

ion

with

ot

her

agen

cies

TRA

-6

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Enh

ance

d M

un

i 22-

Fillm

ore

, 28-

19th

Ave

nu

e, a

nd

43-

Mas

on

ic B

us

Serv

ice.

SFM

TA w

ould

pro

vide

add

ition

al b

us s

ervi

ce o

n th

e en

hanc

ed 2

2-Fi

llmor

e,

28-1

9th

Ave

nue,

and

the

43-

Mas

onic

rou

tes.

The

thr

ee e

nhan

ced

rout

es a

re p

rese

nted

in C

hapt

er 4

, Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Figu

re T

RA-8

, and

wou

ld in

clud

e:

22-F

illm

ore

Sh

ort

- T

he 2

2-Fi

llmor

e Sh

ort

wou

ld r

un l

ocal

bet

wee

n M

arin

a Bo

ulev

ard

and

McA

llist

er S

tree

t, w

here

the

re i

s a

trol

ley

coac

h tu

rnar

ound

lo

op.

It w

ould

con

nect

with

the

30-

Che

stnu

t, t

he a

ugm

ente

d 30

X-M

arin

a Ex

pres

s an

d 30

L-M

arin

a Li

mite

d, t

he 4

5-U

nion

/Sto

ckto

n an

d 41

-Uni

on S

tree

t lin

es,

and

the

24-D

ivis

ader

o, 1

-Cal

iforn

ia,

2-C

lem

ent,

3-J

acks

on,

38/3

8L-G

eary

, 31

-Bal

boa

and

5-Fu

lton

lines

. Fi

llmor

e St

reet

has

one

tra

vel l

ane

in e

ach

dire

ctio

n, a

nd t

here

fore

is t

oo n

arro

w t

o ef

fect

ivel

y ru

n lim

ited

stop

ser

vice

(th

e lim

ited

stop

bus

es w

ould

not

be

able

to

bypa

ss t

he lo

cal b

uses

). Th

e st

op

clos

est

to N

PS s

ites

wou

ld b

e at

Fill

mor

e St

reet

and

Jef

fers

on S

tree

t (N

ote:

to

be c

onfir

med

by

SFM

TA).

28-1

9th

Ave

nu

e Sh

ort

- T

he 2

8-9t

h A

venu

e Sh

ort

wou

ld r

un b

etw

een

19th

Ave

nue

and

Juda

h St

reet

(N li

ne) a

nd t

he G

olde

n G

ate

Brid

ge T

oll P

laza

. Thi

s en

hanc

ed r

oute

ser

vice

wou

ld r

un a

s a

loca

l, an

d re

ferr

ed t

o as

a s

hort

line

to

diff

eren

tiate

thi

s sh

ort

line

from

the

28L

-19t

h A

venu

e Li

mite

d th

at c

urre

ntly

ru

ns o

n a

diff

eren

t ro

ute,

and

bec

ause

the

re a

re o

nly

two

loca

l-onl

y st

ops

betw

een

Juda

h an

d th

e To

ll Pl

aza

(at

Irvin

g an

d at

Bal

boa)

. Th

e st

op c

lose

st t

o N

PS s

ites

wou

ld b

e at

the

Gol

den

Gat

e Br

idge

Tol

l Pla

za.

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust/

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

CC

SF

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-45

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Transp

ortatio

n M

anag

emen

t Measu

res (con

t.)

TRA

-6 (co

nt.)

The tem

porary Doyle D

rive creates over a 1.0 mile-long barrier separating the Presidio from

Crissy Field, betw

een McD

owell A

venue in the west and the

Richardson Drive Francisco intersection in the east. Term

inating the route at the Toll Plaza would keep the bus from

the additional congestion along the tem

porary Doyle D

rive, and it would serve the Fort Point and w

est end of the Crissy Field view

ing places. All the other SFM

TA buses serve the east side of

the Presidio. From the Toll Plaza spectator w

ould be able to walk dow

n the hill or connect with the G

olden Gate Transit Route 4 bus, other G

G buses, and

the Presidio shuttles.

43-Maso

nic Lim

ited - The 43-M

asonic Limited w

ould run between Forest H

ill Station (connecting with the K

, L, M &

T lines) and the current terminal at

Chestnut and Fillm

ore. The limited stops w

ould be at transfer locations: FHS; 9th &

Judah; Carl &

Cole; M

asonic at Haight, H

ayes, Fulton and Turk; Presidio &

Geary, Presidio &

California, C

hestnut & Fillm

ore. The 43-Masonic Lim

ited would also stop at the intersection of Presidio Boulevard/Letterm

an D

rive to serve the inner part of the Presidio, and at the intersection of Lombard/Lyon for access to the east end of C

rissy Field (via the intersection of Richardson D

rive/Francisco Street).

Service would be provided at 10-m

inute headways betw

een buses on peak weekend event days in 2012 and 2013.

TRA

-7 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Expan

ded

Shu

ttle Service. If funded, shuttle service may be increased and routes m

ay be adjusted in response to the nature of the event day and observed dem

and on the shuttle routes. The downtow

n shuttle enhancements w

ould include providing express service between dow

ntown San Francisco

and the Presidio on weekends during peak w

eekend events. Shuttle service to Crissy Field w

ould include improved, direct service from

the Presidio Transit C

enter, and increased frequencies on peak weekend event days to the shoreline.

NPS and Presidio Trust/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

CC

SF

TRA

-8 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Transp

ortatio

n En

han

cemen

t Measu

re: Go

lden

Gate Tran

sit Au

gm

ented

4 Sho

rt Ro

ute

On peak w

eekend events days on the augmented G

olden Gate Transit Route 4 service w

ould be augmented to provide service to the M

arin Headlands

and Fort Baker area. Specifically, Route 4 would be m

odified to include a stop near Conzelm

an Road when traveling southbound, and at the G

olden Gate

North V

ista Point when traveling northbound. Route 4 w

ould also stop at the Manzanita park-and-ride lot to the north. This m

easure would increase

transit access to the Marin H

eadlands and Fort Baker for AC

34 spectators.

G

olden Gate Transit

Authority

TRA

-9 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Visito

r Use M

anag

emen

t & M

on

itorin

g Strateg

ies. Visitor U

se Managem

ent and Monitoring strategies w

ould be developed for NPS A

C34 prim

ary venues and view

ing areas affecting NPS lands and facilities w

here managem

ent actions could be implem

ented to mitigate adverse im

pacts of crowding on

access as well as provide for orientation and inform

ation to insure smoother visitor flow

s on arrival and departure from the shoreline areas.

Dem

and distribution strategies implem

ented by the Project Sponsors would proactively m

anage the distribution of spectators, and would include on-

approach strategies that would provide guidance to spectators as they approach the event areas. O

n-site crowd m

anagement strategies w

ould include m

anagement actions, such as bicycle separations from

pedestrian flows at affected areas, and a M

ason St. Crissy transit shuttle, to ensure visitor safety,

minim

ize congestion at key locations, and optimize distribution of visitors.

Managem

ent actions would be location-specific to reflect the different peaking characteristics and spectator volum

es for the various locations. Crow

d levels w

ould be monitored during the events by the N

PS through the Incident Com

mand System

in concert with C

CSF staff. V

isitor use managem

ent and m

onitoring would include the follow

ing:

Person

nel - Staffing plans w

ould be developed for the various spectator attendance levels for each viewing location. Both the headcount requirem

ents and the labor m

ix would be driven by com

bined visitor flow and destination estim

ates, and NPS Event M

anagement experience. For the low

est attendance levels, crow

ds would be m

anaged primarily by law

enforcement and IC

S personnel, except that resource monitors w

ould be in place for all event days per Section 7 perm

it Conservation M

easures. To accomm

odate higher attendance levels and pathway flow

rates, additional law enforcem

ent personnel would

be scheduled, as incident rates would increase in proportion to visitor flow

volumes and crow

ding levels. Personnel staffing would be planned as a m

ix of static and “floating” positions; floating positions w

ould be responsible for area coverage, whereas stationary positions w

ould manage critical visitor flow

points to location (including at intersections to facilitate pedestrian crossings) as situations w

arrant. Some shift occurrences w

ould be planned in advance, such as for the beginning and ending of m

ajor events. SFPD w

ould provide additional comm

issioned officers who w

ould be deputized to work w

ith NPS in

NPS areas during A

C34 race days, especially on 2012 and 2013 w

eekends and Fridays.

Barriers, B

arricades, Fen

cing

and

Oth

er Flow

Man

agem

ent Eq

uip

men

t – A m

ix of soft barriers (e.g., removable aesthetic flow

managem

ent guides) and hard barriers (saw

horse signs and portable parade barriers) provided by the City w

ould be stationed at key entry points. This equipment w

ould either be set in place and rem

oved, as necessary according to site conditions. Soft barriers would be used prim

arily to frame entry and exit points, and

NPS/Presidio Trust

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

CC

SF for funding and im

plementation, in

coordination with N

PS and Presidio Trust

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-46

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

s (c

on

t.)

TRA

-9

(co

nt.

)

to s

teer

arr

ivin

g an

d de

part

ing

visi

tors

thr

ough

the

def

ined

ent

ry p

oint

s w

hen

very

cro

wde

d or

con

gest

ed. H

ard

barr

iers

wou

ld b

e us

ed w

hen

it is

ne

cess

ary

to t

empo

raril

y re

stric

t or

sus

pend

acc

ess

into

a g

iven

are

a –

usua

lly w

hen

conf

licts

in f

low

of

diff

eren

t m

odes

may

occ

ur o

r th

e m

axim

um

safe

cro

wdi

ng c

ondi

tion

has

been

rea

ched

in a

giv

en a

rea,

or

in r

espo

nse

to u

rgen

t sa

fety

con

side

ratio

ns. W

hen

this

equ

ipm

ent

is in

pla

ce, c

row

d co

ntro

l per

sonn

el w

ould

be

assi

gned

to

supp

ort

visi

tor

man

agem

ent,

re-

dire

ct t

he v

isito

r flo

w t

o ne

arby

are

as, a

nd t

o be

in p

ositi

on t

o qu

ickl

y re

mov

e th

is e

quip

men

t on

ce a

dequ

ate

publ

ic s

pace

has

bec

ome

avai

labl

e.

Sig

nag

e –

Sign

age

wou

ld b

e in

stal

led

to c

all a

tten

tion

to c

lose

d se

nsiti

ve r

esou

rce

area

s in

NPS

are

as, k

ey s

ervi

ces

and

entr

y po

ints

on

City

pro

pert

y ad

jace

nt

to N

PS s

ites,

and

to

prov

ide

visi

tors

with

way

findi

ng o

ptio

ns a

t ke

y de

cisi

on-m

akin

g po

ints

. The

sig

nage

, dev

elop

ed b

y th

e C

ity, w

ould

inte

grat

e di

rect

iona

l an

d in

form

atio

nal c

ompo

nent

s to

edu

cate

and

ale

rt v

isito

rs o

n ho

w t

o na

viga

te t

o/th

roug

h th

e im

pact

ed a

reas

. Sig

ns w

ould

be

desi

gned

to

be s

een

from

a

dist

ance

and

dur

ing

peak

cro

wdi

ng c

ondi

tions

. Sig

nage

wou

ld b

e si

zed

and

elev

ated

with

sim

ple

text

and

uni

vers

al ic

ons

repr

esen

ting

spec

ific

serv

ices

(r

estr

oom

s, in

form

atio

n, f

irst

aid,

etc

.). A

ny s

igna

ge o

n N

PS la

nds

wou

ld c

onfo

rm t

o its

sig

n re

gula

tions

.

Safe

ty M

easu

res

(dyn

amic

) –

Alth

ough

all

polic

ies

in e

ffec

t w

ithin

the

NPS

land

s w

ould

rem

ain

in e

ffec

t, s

ome

addi

tiona

l pro

tect

ive

mea

sure

s w

ould

ne

ed t

o be

impl

emen

ted

that

are

eve

nt-s

peci

fic, s

uch

as p

ublic

pat

h zo

nes

in w

hich

bik

es m

ust

eith

er b

e w

alke

d, o

r no

t be

per

mitt

ed a

t al

l. Fo

r ex

ampl

e, t

he h

igh

volu

mes

of

pede

stria

ns a

nd b

icyc

lists

exp

ecte

d al

ong

the

SAFR

Pro

men

ade

durin

g pe

ak A

C34

con

ditio

ns w

ould

nec

essi

tate

a

wal

king

-onl

y po

licy

durin

g m

any

of t

he A

C34

eve

nts,

as

wou

ld t

he p

inch

-poi

nt a

t Ft

. Mas

on. C

ity s

taff

or

“am

bass

ador

s” w

ould

be

stat

ione

d by

CC

SF

near

the

se a

reas

(Ft.

Mas

on p

inch

-poi

nt, M

ason

/Mar

ina

inte

rsec

tion,

Ft.

Mas

on/G

asho

use

Cov

e en

try,

Lag

una

and

Bay

St, e

tc).

Oth

er jo

int

mea

sure

s w

ould

be

plan

ned

by N

PS, P

resi

dio

Trus

t an

d C

CSF

to

faci

litat

e ef

ficie

nt lo

adin

g an

d un

load

ing

of h

ighl

y-at

tend

ed v

iew

ing

loca

tions

.

Ch

ang

eab

le M

essa

ge

Sig

ns

– C

hang

eabl

e m

essa

ge s

igns

wou

ld b

e us

ed b

y C

CSF

on

city

land

s ne

ar p

arkl

ands

ent

ry p

oint

s, in

clud

ing

the

sout

hbou

nd

appr

oach

es o

f th

e Pr

esid

io P

arkw

ay, t

o gu

ide

arriv

ing

and

depa

rtin

g ve

hicl

es a

nd p

edes

tria

ns, a

nd t

o ca

ll at

tent

ion

to a

maj

or c

ondi

tion

or s

ervi

ce

(suc

h as

by

prov

idin

g di

rect

ions

to

the

cent

ral b

us p

icku

p lo

catio

n im

med

iate

ly a

djac

ent

to p

arkl

ands

).

Two

-way

Rad

ios

– Tw

o-w

ay r

adio

com

mun

icat

ion

wou

ld b

e fa

cilit

ated

by

the

City

and

pro

vide

d fo

r al

l per

sonn

el in

volv

ed in

cro

wd

cont

rol,

for

reas

ons

of c

row

d flo

w, s

afet

y an

d fo

r em

erge

ncy

situ

atio

ns. F

or lo

catio

ns w

ith m

ultip

le s

taff

per

sonn

el, r

adio

equ

ipm

ent

requ

irem

ents

wou

ld b

e dr

iven

by

staf

f m

embe

r re

spon

sibi

lity,

as

mes

sage

s co

mm

unic

ated

via

rad

io a

re o

ften

uni

que

to e

ach

role

, and

per

sonn

el w

ould

like

ly b

e tr

ansm

itted

on

diff

eren

t ch

anne

ls. I

n th

e ca

se w

here

mul

tiple

per

sonn

el a

re p

erfo

rmin

g si

mila

r du

ties

at t

he s

ame

loca

tion

(e.g

., at

the

sam

e pa

thw

ay in

ters

ectio

n),

radi

o us

e m

ay b

e re

stric

ted

to o

nly

one

with

in t

hat

paire

d te

am.

Port

able

Pu

blic

An

no

un

cem

ent

Syst

ems

– Po

rtab

le p

ublic

ann

ounc

emen

t sy

stem

s (s

imila

r to

tho

se d

evic

es u

sed

by p

ark

tour

gui

des)

pro

vide

d by

C

CSF

to

NPS

and

USP

P co

uld

be u

sed

at p

eak

cong

este

d pe

riods

, suc

h as

dep

artu

res

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e da

y to

info

rm o

r di

rect

vis

itors

to

safe

cro

ssin

gs

to a

llow

cro

wd

cont

rol p

erso

nnel

to

clea

rly c

omm

unic

ate

to la

rge

volu

mes

of

spec

tato

rs p

assi

ng t

hrou

gh a

key

are

a (s

uch

as t

o in

form

bic

ycle

rs t

hat

they

are

app

roac

hing

a n

o-rid

ing

zone

). Eq

uipm

ent

requ

irem

ents

wou

ld b

e de

term

ined

bas

ed u

pon

plan

ned

activ

ity w

ithin

eac

h zo

ne.

Info

rmat

ion

Sta

tio

ns

– In

form

atio

n st

atio

ns o

r hu

bs, a

s pr

ovid

ed f

or b

y Pr

ojec

t Sp

onso

rs, w

ould

be

plac

ed in

the

vic

inity

of

key

prim

ary

park

ent

ry p

oint

s (e

g. M

ason

and

Mar

ina

Blvd

, Jef

fers

on S

t en

try

near

SA

FR).

Thes

e st

atio

ns w

ould

off

er g

ener

al in

form

atio

n, v

iew

ing

times

and

loca

tions

with

exp

ecte

d lo

w c

row

ding

leve

ls, a

nd t

rans

it in

form

atio

n, a

nd w

ould

als

o se

rve

to s

hift

dem

and

away

fro

m c

row

ded

venu

es a

nd t

imes

. Eve

nt v

iew

ing

tips

wou

ld b

e fe

atur

ed b

y th

e C

ity a

t ke

y ar

rival

poi

nts,

suc

h as

Aqu

atic

Par

k an

d M

arin

a G

reen

(sim

ilar

to t

he t

ip b

oard

pro

gram

fea

ture

d at

the

Dis

ney

them

e pa

rks)

.

Spec

ial A

ctiv

ity

Pro

gra

mm

ing

– A

dditi

onal

pro

gram

med

act

iviti

es s

uppl

emen

ting

the

AC

34 r

aces

may

be

sche

dule

d at

per

mitt

ed v

enue

s ne

ar t

he

even

t vi

ewin

g lo

catio

ns. A

lthou

gh t

hese

act

iviti

es w

ould

fun

ctio

n pr

imar

ily t

o en

hanc

e th

e ov

eral

l spe

ctat

or e

xper

ienc

e (d

ue t

o ga

ps b

etw

een

race

s),

thes

e w

ould

als

o be

use

d to

str

ateg

ical

ly m

anag

e in

boun

d an

d ou

tbou

nd p

edes

tria

n flo

w a

t th

e vi

ewin

g lo

catio

ns. F

or e

xam

ple,

sch

edul

ing

a po

pula

r ac

tivity

or

perf

orm

ance

at

Mar

ina

Gre

en im

med

iate

ly a

fter

a m

ajor

rac

e ev

ent

wou

ld s

erve

to

spre

ad t

he d

epar

ture

rat

e of

spe

ctat

ors

acro

ss a

larg

er

perio

d of

tim

e, t

hus

redu

cing

the

inte

nsity

of

road

way

con

gest

ion

and

peak

dem

and

on p

ublic

tra

nspo

rtat

ion

serv

ices

in t

hat

vici

nity

. C

om

mu

nic

atio

n C

han

nel

s –

Com

mun

icat

ion

chan

nels

and

rea

l-tim

e in

form

atio

n w

ould

be

man

aged

and

dis

sem

inat

ed b

y Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs in

co

ordi

natio

n w

ith ju

risdi

ctio

nal I

C t

eam

s. T

his

may

incl

ude

trad

ition

al m

edia

, web

, em

ail,

twitt

er, a

nd S

MS,

to

aid

in t

he d

istr

ibut

ion

of d

eman

d ac

ross

al

l eve

nt a

ctiv

ities

. Som

e of

the

se, s

uch

as S

MS

blas

ts a

nd t

wee

ts, w

ould

als

o he

lp t

o in

form

ped

estr

ian

spec

tato

rs w

hile

on

site

, suc

h as

boa

rd s

ailo

rs,

and

othe

r w

ater

rec

reat

iona

lists

, as

to w

hen

race

s ar

e ov

er, o

r to

adv

ise

visi

tors

to

avoi

d ce

rtai

n ex

it ro

utes

due

to

cong

estio

n.

TRA

-10

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Tem

po

rary

Bic

ycle

Lan

es/R

ou

tes

D

urin

g A

C34

201

3, S

FMTA

will

impl

emen

t te

mpo

rary

bic

ycle

lane

s w

ithin

the

cur

b pa

rkin

g or

cur

b tr

avel

lane

on

peak

wee

kend

eve

nt d

ays

(six

day

s in

201

2 fo

r A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C a

nd D

and

fiv

e da

ys f

or A

ltern

ativ

e E,

and

11t

o 24

day

s in

201

3 fo

r al

l alte

rnat

ives

). St

reet

s w

here

tem

pora

ry b

icyc

les

coul

d be

impl

emen

ted

on

all o

r a

port

ion

of t

he s

tree

t in

clud

e:

�V

an N

ess

Ave

nue

betw

een

Nor

th P

oint

Str

eet

and

Bay

Stre

et (w

ithin

cur

b bu

s la

ne)

SFM

TA

SFM

TA

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-47

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Transp

ortatio

n M

anag

emen

t Measu

res (con

t.)

TRA

-10 (co

nt.)

�

Bay Street between V

an Ness A

venue and Laguna Street (within curb parking lane and right-turn-only lane)

A C

ity traffic control officer will be stationed at the Laguna/Beach Street pinch point. N

PS and CC

SF will investigate potential im

provements at this location, to

determine if short-term

improvem

ents to provide additional bicycle and pedestrian right-of-way could be im

plemented for A

C34 2012 or 2013 events.

A tem

porary alternative bicycle route on Cervantes Street betw

een Bay Street and Marina Boulevard w

ill be signed. On peak event days, tem

porary parking restrictions w

ould be implem

ented on the east curb of Cervantes Street north of Bay Street (a bicycle lane is currently provided on Bay Street betw

een Laguna Street and C

ervantes Street).

TRA

-11 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Temp

orary B

icycle Parking

. SFMTA

would provide tem

porary secure and managed bicycle parking at key locations serving the N

PS sites for 2012 and 2013 peak and m

edium high w

eekend race days (six days in 2012 for Alternatives B, C

and D and five days for A

lternative E, and 11 days in 2013 for all Alternatives),

consistent with the bicycle parking dem

and identified in Chapter 4, Transportation Table TRA

-27 for NPS sites. The location of the bicycle parking stations and

number of bicycles to be accom

modated at each station w

ould be determined by the N

PS, in coordination with C

CSF but at a m

inimum

would include C

rissy Field and SA

FR.

NPS and Trust/A

greement

and/or Permit

CC

SF

TRA

-12 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

NPS Parkin

g M

anag

emen

t Strategy. N

PS would actively m

anage parking lots/area at Crissy East, W

est Bluff, and Battery East in San Francisco on all peak w

eekend event days (six days in 2012 for Alternatives B, C

and D, five days for A

lternatives E, and 11 days in 2013 for all Alternatives). In addition, C

rissy East w

ould be actively managed on 13 other average race w

eekend days, and ten peak race weekdays in 2013 w

hen the races are offshore. Fort Baker and C

onzelman Road in the M

arin Headlands w

ould be actively managed on tw

o peak race weekend days in 2012 under A

lternative E, and five peak w

eekend race days in 2013, as needed.

NPS and Trust/A

greement

and/or Permit

CC

SF

TRA

-13 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

NPS Staff, Park Partn

ers, Resid

ents, D

eliveries and

Reg

istered Pro

gram

Participan

ts Access to

Presidio

and

oth

er NPS Sites. N

PS and the Trust in coordination w

ith the City w

ould develop access strategies for NPS staff, Park Partners, residents, deliveries and registered program

participants. This w

ould be developed to provide access to SAFR, Fort M

ason, Fort Baker/Marin H

eadlands, and Crissy Field during peak and m

edium-high w

eekend race days w

hen some roadw

ays would be closed to the general public. The strategy w

ould include an identification of vehicular access points and control m

ethods into the restricted areas, alternative means of access (e.g., shuttle bus service) and parking locations, and preferred days and tim

es for access (e.g., before 10 a.m

.) and deliveries (weekdays only). M

ost permits/identifications issued to those other than staff, em

ployees and residents would require

prearrangements, m

ost likely performed via internet. O

n-site customer parking, w

hen available, would be strictly lim

ited to the duration of the visit.

NPS

CC

SF and NPS

Visito

r Use-Exp

erience M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures

VU

E-1 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Incid

ent C

om

man

d System

. NPS w

ould implem

ent an Incident Com

mand System

(ICS), com

mensurate w

ith need and level of funding provided by project sponsors, as described in M

anagement and Protection M

easure BIO-1, above.

NPS and Trust/A

greement

and/or Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/N

PS and Presidio Trust (for im

plementation in

coordination with other

agencies)

VU

E-2 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Visito

r Use M

anag

emen

t & M

on

itorin

g Strateg

ies. NPS w

ould implem

ent visitor use managem

ent and monitoring strategies, as described in M

anagement

and Protection Measure TRA

-9, above. These strategies would be im

plemented at prim

ary venues and viewing areas affecting N

PS lands and facilities, with

identification of pre-determined points w

here a ladder of escalating managem

ent actions could be implem

ented to mitigate adverse im

pacts of crowding and to

ensure the protection of park resources. These areas and strategies would be identified in an N

PS Park Operations Plan.

NPS A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors (for funding and im

plementation in

coordination with the N

PS and Presidio Trust

VU

E-3 A

lternative B R

esou

rce Man

agem

ent &

Mo

nito

ring

Prog

ram. (A

lternative B) NPS w

ould implem

ent a Resource Managem

ent & M

onitoring Program, as described in

Managem

ent and Protection Measure BIO

-3, above. At a m

inimum

, cultural resource monitors w

ould observe the following locations: Batteries Spencer, Y

ates, C

avallo, East, and Ridge; North of Battery D

uncan; Hyde Street Pier H

istoric Fleet; and Upper Fort M

ason.

NPS/Special Events Perm

itProject sponsors (for

funding)/NPS (for

implem

entation)

Alternatives C

, D

,E R

esou

rce Man

agem

ent &

Mo

nito

ring

Prog

ram. (A

lternatives C,D

,E) NPS w

ould implem

ent a Resource Managem

ent & M

onitoring Program, as described in

Managem

ent and Protection Measure BIO

-3, above. At a m

inimum

, cultural resource monitors w

ould observe the following locations: Batteries Spencer, Y

ates, East, and Ridge; N

orth of Battery Duncan; H

yde Street Pier Historic Fleet; and U

pper Fort Mason.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/N

PS (for im

plementation)

VU

E-4 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Natio

nal Parks Even

t and

Op

eration

s Plan. N

PS would prepare and im

plement an N

ational Parks Event Operations Plan, as described in M

anagement and

Protection Measure BIO

-4, above which w

ould detail fencing, restrooms, em

ergency medical services, and other m

ajor site provisions. N

PS/CC

SF Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/N

PS, Presidio Trust, and C

CSF (for

implem

entation)

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-48

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Vis

ito

r U

se-E

xper

ien

ce M

anag

emen

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

res

(co

nt.

)

VU

E-5

Alte

rnat

ive

B

Edu

cati

on

al P

rog

ram

min

g a

t A

C34

Ven

ues

(Alte

rnat

ive

B). T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or w

ould

pro

vide

for

the

dev

elop

men

t of

edu

catio

nal i

nsta

llatio

ns o

n fe

dera

l lan

ds

whe

re it

hos

ts A

C34

act

iviti

es, s

uch

as C

rissy

Fie

ld a

nd S

AFR

. The

se w

ould

incl

ude

ocea

n st

ewar

dshi

p ed

ucat

iona

l dis

play

s an

d a

sim

ulat

ed e

xper

ienc

e at

the

Cris

sy

Airf

ield

.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs in

co

ordi

natio

n w

ith N

PS

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Edu

cati

on

al P

rog

ram

min

g a

t A

C34

Ven

ues

(Alte

rnat

ive

C).

NPS

wou

ld e

mph

asiz

e oc

ean

stew

ards

hip

and

mar

itim

e-th

emed

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

with

in

exis

ting

park

and

par

tner

inte

rpre

tive

prog

ram

s. T

hese

pro

gram

s w

ould

be

loca

ted

at C

rissy

Fie

ld, S

AFR

, and

For

t Ba

ker.

In a

dditi

on, t

he M

ariti

me

Mus

eum

at

SAFR

m

ay p

rodu

ce A

C34

-rel

ated

inte

rpre

tive

disp

lays

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith o

ther

mar

itim

e m

useu

ms.

NPS

/ Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

N

PS

Alte

rnat

ive

D

Edu

cati

on

al P

rog

ram

min

g a

t A

C34

Ven

ues

(Alte

rnat

ive

D).

The

proj

ect

spon

sor

wou

ld p

rovi

de f

or t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of o

cean

ste

war

dshi

p, b

ay e

colo

gy, a

nd

heal

th-t

hem

ed e

xhib

its o

n pe

ak w

eeke

nds

at C

rissy

Airf

ield

and

tar

gete

d m

ariti

me

hist

ory

exhi

bits

at

SAFR

. Tra

ined

, vis

itor

serv

ices

sta

ff w

ould

be

stat

ione

d at

pr

imar

y vi

ewin

g lo

catio

ns t

o pr

ovid

e in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

sign

ifica

nce

of p

ark

site

s.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it Pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r in

co

ordi

natio

n w

ith N

PS

Alte

rnat

ive

E Ed

uca

tio

nal

Pro

gra

mm

ing

at

AC

34 V

enu

es (A

ltern

ativ

e E)

. NPS

wou

ld e

mph

asiz

e oc

ean

stew

ards

hip

prog

ram

s w

ithin

exi

stin

g pa

rk a

nd p

artn

er in

terp

retiv

e pr

ogra

ms

at C

rissy

Fie

ld a

nd F

ort

Bake

r. In

add

ition

, the

Mar

itim

e M

useu

m a

t SA

FR m

ay p

rodu

ce m

ariti

me-

them

ed in

terp

retiv

e di

spla

ys in

par

tner

ship

with

oth

er

mar

itim

e m

useu

ms

base

d on

spo

nsor

fun

ding

leve

ls.

NPS

/Gen

eral

M

anag

emen

t M

easu

re

NPS

VU

E-6

Alte

rnat

ive

B C

on

tro

lled

Ves

sel A

cces

s to

Aq

uat

ic P

ark

Co

ve (A

ltern

ativ

e B)

. Dur

ing

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove

wou

ld b

e cl

osed

to

visi

ting

vess

els

and

all o

ther

una

utho

rized

ves

sel t

raff

ic. W

ith a

per

mit,

vis

iting

ves

sels

wou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o an

chor

in t

he c

ove.

On

race

day

s in

201

3, N

PS w

ould

rec

eive

as

sist

ance

fro

m t

he U

SCG

mar

ine

enfo

rcem

ent

unit

to m

anag

e th

is a

cces

s re

stric

tion.

Unl

ess

expl

icitl

y au

thor

ized

by

NPS

, mot

oriz

ed v

esse

ls w

ould

not

be

perm

itted

with

in A

quat

ic P

ark

Cov

e.

NPS

/Gen

eral

M

anag

emen

t M

easu

re

NPS

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith

USC

G

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Co

ntr

olle

d V

esse

l Acc

ess

to A

qu

atic

Par

k C

ove

(Alte

rnat

ive

C).

Dur

ing

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove

wou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

to p

erm

itted

and

cl

osed

to

all o

ther

una

utho

rized

ves

sel t

raff

ic. W

ith a

per

mit,

vis

iting

ves

sels

wou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o an

chor

in t

he c

ove.

On

race

day

s in

201

3, N

PS w

ould

rec

eive

as

sist

ance

fro

m t

he U

SCG

mar

ine

enfo

rcem

ent

unit

to m

anag

e th

is a

cces

s re

stric

tion.

Unl

ess

expl

icitl

y au

thor

ized

by

NPS

, mot

oriz

ed v

esse

ls w

ould

not

be

perm

itted

with

in A

quat

ic P

ark

Cov

e.

NPS

/Gen

eral

M

anag

emen

t M

easu

re

NPS

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith

USC

G

Alte

rnat

ives

D, E

C

on

tro

lled

Ves

sel A

cces

s to

Aq

uat

ic P

ark

Co

ve (A

ltern

ativ

es D

,E).

Dur

ing

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove

wou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

to p

erm

itted

an

d cl

osed

to

all o

ther

una

utho

rized

ves

sel t

raff

ic. W

ith a

per

mit,

vis

iting

ves

sels

wou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o an

chor

in t

he c

ove.

On

race

day

s in

201

2 an

d 20

13, N

PS

wou

ld r

ecei

ve a

ssis

tanc

e fr

om t

he U

SCG

mar

ine

enfo

rcem

ent

unit

to m

anag

e th

is a

cces

s re

stric

tion.

Unl

ess

expl

icitl

y au

thor

ized

by

NPS

, mot

oriz

ed v

esse

ls w

ould

no

t be

per

mitt

ed w

ithin

Aqu

atic

Par

k C

ove.

NPS

/Man

agem

ent

Mea

sure

N

PS in

coo

pera

tion

with

U

SCG

VU

E-7

Alte

rnat

ives

B, C

, D

, E

Tem

po

rary

Vis

ito

r Su

pp

ort

Fac

iliti

es. T

he p

roje

ct s

pons

or w

ould

pro

vide

for

the

pla

cem

ent

and

mai

nten

ance

of

port

able

res

troo

ms

at N

PS/T

rust

site

s re

quiri

ng

them

(e.g

., C

rissy

Fie

ld, S

AFR

, For

t M

ason

, and

For

t Ba

ker)

, and

with

a p

ortio

n of

the

res

troo

ms

mee

ting

AD

A s

tand

ards

, dur

ing

the

race

per

iods

in 2

012

and

2013

, suc

h th

at w

aitin

g tim

es a

re n

o gr

eate

r th

an u

nder

exi

stin

g bu

sy d

ays.

Pro

ject

spo

nsor

s w

ould

als

o pr

ovid

e ad

ditio

nal r

estr

oom

s an

d ha

nd w

ashi

ng s

tatio

ns,

as n

eede

d, d

urin

g pe

ak v

isita

tion

perio

ds. P

orta

ble

rest

room

s, a

nd a

ny o

ther

tem

pora

ry f

acili

ties

with

in N

PS p

arkl

ands

, wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs,

subj

ect

to a

ppro

val b

y N

PS/T

rust

, and

be

of a

nat

ure

and

type

tha

t do

es n

ot im

pact

the

NPS

/Tru

st p

arkl

ands

sce

nic

valu

es a

nd a

esth

etic

. The

cle

anin

g re

gim

en o

f po

rtab

le r

estr

oom

s, a

res

pons

ibili

ty o

f th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs, w

ould

be

mai

ntai

ned

to e

nsur

e hy

gien

ic a

nd c

lean

vis

itor

cond

ition

s. W

aste

and

rec

yclin

g co

ntai

ners

w

ould

be

prov

ided

by

the

proj

ect

spon

sors

, sub

ject

to

appr

oval

by

NPS

/Tru

st, b

e of

a n

atur

e an

d ty

pe t

hat

does

not

impa

ct t

he N

PS p

arkl

ands

sce

nic

valu

es a

nd

aest

hetic

, mee

t N

PS s

usta

inab

ility

req

uire

men

ts, a

nd m

eet

dem

and

requ

irem

ents

for

wee

kday

and

wee

kend

vis

itors

. The

was

te c

olle

ctio

n re

gim

en w

ould

be

man

aged

by

the

CC

SF t

o en

sure

no

over

flow

s th

roug

h re

gula

r co

llect

ions

and

hau

l-out

s du

ring

the

day

and

befo

re t

he n

ext

day

begi

ns, d

epen

ding

on

visi

tatio

n le

vels

, inc

reas

ing

in f

requ

ency

dur

ing

peak

aft

erno

ons

and

early

eve

ning

s, t

o en

sure

tha

t pa

rk s

ites

are

kept

gar

bage

-fre

e an

d cl

ean.

NPS

and

Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust/

A

gree

men

t an

d/or

Per

mit

CC

SF

VU

E-8

Alte

rnat

ives

B, D

, E

Aft

er H

ou

rs A

ctiv

itie

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d (A

ltern

ativ

e B,

D,E

). Pr

ivat

e ev

ents

at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

wou

ld b

e lim

ited

to t

he h

ours

of

7:00

pm a

nd 1

1:00

pm, a

fter

no

rmal

pub

lic v

isiti

ng h

ours

, so

as n

ot t

o in

terf

ere

with

reg

ular

vis

itatio

n to

the

isla

nd a

nd t

o m

inim

ize

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s to

the

fer

ry e

mba

rkat

ion

poin

t at

Pie

r 31

½

. Suc

h ev

ents

cou

ld o

ccur

tw

ice

in 2

012

and

five

times

in 2

013

on e

veni

ngs

whe

n no

oth

er p

ublic

use

s ar

e pr

esen

t, a

nd in

acc

orda

nce

with

all

NPS

spe

cial

eve

nt

regu

latio

ns. P

rivat

e ev

ent

activ

ities

wou

ld b

e lim

ited

to t

he c

ellh

ouse

and

incl

ude

a pr

ogra

mm

atic

com

pone

nt t

hat

incr

ease

s un

ders

tand

ing

of t

he s

ite s

igni

fican

ce

thro

ugh

an in

terp

retiv

e to

ur. N

o ou

tsid

e lig

htin

g w

ould

be

adde

d fo

r th

ese

even

ts. P

rivat

e ev

ents

at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

wou

ld b

e au

thor

ized

und

er a

sep

arat

e sp

ecia

l ev

ents

per

mit

and

NPS

wou

ld li

mit

the

num

ber

of p

artic

ipan

ts b

ased

on

the

type

of

even

t. H

owev

er, i

t is

ass

umed

tha

t su

ch e

vent

s w

ould

be

limite

d to

a

max

imum

of

250

pers

ons.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it

NPS

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Aft

er H

ou

rs A

ctiv

itie

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

lan

d (A

ltern

ativ

e C

). Th

ere

wou

ld b

e no

priv

ate

AC

34 e

vent

s at

Alc

atra

z Is

land

und

er A

ltern

ativ

e C

.

N/A

Alternatives

AC

34 Am

erica’s Cup / E

nvironmental A

ssessment

2-49

TA

BLE A

LT-2: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F MA

NA

GEM

ENT A

ND

PR

OTEC

TION

MEA

SUR

ES (CO

NTIN

UED)

Measu

re

Ide

ntifica

tion

A

pp

licab

le

Alte

rnativ

e

Ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

Pro

tectio

n M

ea

sure

De

scriptio

n

Measu

re

So

urce

/De

scriptio

n

Loca

tion

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n

Re

spo

nsib

ility

Visito

r Use-Exp

erience M

anag

emen

t and

Protectio

n M

easures (co

nt.)

VU

E-9 A

lternative B A

fter Ho

urs A

ctivities at Fort B

aker Pier (Alternative B). Private events at Fort Baker pier w

ould be limited to the hours of 7:00pm

and 11:00pm, after norm

al public visiting hours, so as not to interfere w

ith regular visitation. Events could not restrict fishing or other public uses during the day. Private security managem

ent w

ould be required on the pier during tented events. Participation would be set by N

PS, based upon the pier’s load capacity, which is presently under investigation.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors

Alternatives C

,D,

E A

fter Ho

urs A

ctivities at Fort B

aker Pier (Alternatives C

,D, E). There w

ould be no programm

ed private AC

34 events at Fort Baker Pier under Alternatives C

, D

and E. Any one-tim

e AC

34-related use would be subject to the term

s and conditions of a separate special use permit.

N/A

N

/A

VU

E-10 A

lternative B A

fter Ho

urs A

ctivities at Crissy Field

Area A

(Alternative B). N

PS may authorize program

med evening events at the C

rissy Field venue. If authorized, such after-hours events w

ould occur no more than tw

o times in 2012 and five tim

es in 2013. Evening activities at Crissy Field A

rea A w

ould run no later than 10:00pm and

be subject to applicable noise and lighting restrictions described for the Resource Managem

ent and Protection Measures: BIO

-20 and NO

I-2, above as well as

other NPS special event regulations.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit

Project sponsors

Alternatives C

,D,E

After H

ou

rs Activities at C

rissy Field A

rea A (A

lternatives C,D

,E). There would be no program

med A

C34 events at C

rissy Field (Area A

) under Alternatives C

, D,

and E. N

/A

N/A

VU

E-11 A

lternative B Tim

ing

of Pro

gram

med

Activities at A

C34 Sp

ectator V

enu

es (Alternative B). U

nless otherwise authorized by N

PS, publically programm

ed AC

34 activities at C

rissy Field Area A

would to be restricted to the hours of 11am

to 6pm. Publically program

med A

C34 activities at SA

FR would to be restricted to the hours of

10am to 8pm

. And program

med A

C34 activities on Presidio Trust lands w

ould generally occur between the hours of 9am

and 10pm.

NPS and Trust/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors

Alternative C

Tim

ing

of Pro

gram

med

Activities at A

C34 Sp

ectator V

enu

es (Alternative C

). There would be no spectator venues on N

PS lands under Alternative C

. N

/A

N/A

Alternative D

Tim

ing

of Pro

gram

med

Activities at A

C34 Sp

ectator V

enu

es (Alternative D

). Unless otherw

ise authorized by NPS, publically program

med A

C34 activities at

Crissy Field A

rea A w

ould to be restricted to the hours of 11am to 6pm

on race weekends only. Publically program

med A

C34 activities at SA

FR would to be

restricted to race weekends, betw

een the hours of 10am to 8pm

. And publically program

med A

C34 activities on Presidio Trust lands w

ould generally occur on race w

eekends between the hours of 9am

and 10pm.

NPS and Trust/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors

Alternative E

Timin

g o

f Prog

ramm

ed A

ctivities at AC

34 Spectato

r Ven

ues (A

lternative E). Unless otherw

ise authorized by NPS, publically program

med A

C34 activities at

SAFR w

ould to be restricted to race weekends betw

een the hours of 10am to 8pm

. N

PS /Agreem

ent and/or Perm

it Project sponsors

VU

E-12 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Placemen

t of V

enu

e Am

enities. A

ll AC

34 venue-related amenities, if appropriate to the alternative, including concessions tents, inform

ation stations, temporary

structures, portable restrooms and hand w

ashing stations would be placed in locations that do not contribute to crow

ded conditions. All tem

porary event structures w

ould be set back at least 25 feet from the C

rissy Field Promenade and trails, including the Bay Trail, and be configured so as to m

inimize im

pacts to bay view

s. Other setback distances, at locations such as SA

FR, would be dependent on siting and space availability so as to not contribute to further congestion or

impede flow

along promenades.

NPS and Presidio

Trust/Agreem

ent and/or Perm

it

Project sponsors

VU

E-13 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Fencin

g an

d Sig

nag

e for Sen

sitive Reso

urces an

d V

isitor Pro

tection

. The project sponsor would provide for the installation of fencing and signage, as necessary,

to protect natural and cultural resources, and to manage visitor flow

impacts. Tem

porary fencing would also be installed to ensure visitor safety. Fencing

location/length and signage type would be determ

ined in consultation with the appropriate land authority w

here impacts are anticipated. In any case, these fences

would be light enough for rem

oval, as warranted, betw

een 2012 and 2013 race events, but substantial enough to deter visitors from entering the fenced off areas.

Informational and regulatory signage w

ould mark sensitive areas and state that entry into these areas is prohibited. Installation of tem

porary fencing required by the land authority w

ould be completed no later than one w

eek prior to the comm

encement of the 2012 and 2013 events and program

s.

NPS and Presidio Trust/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors

VU

E-14 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Pub

lic Safety and

Emerg

ency R

espo

nse. To ensure continued public safety and access to em

ergency services, CC

SF-funded emergency m

edical support would be

stationed at various locations in San Francisco near and within G

GN

RA and SA

FR (including pre-positioned San Francisco Fire Departm

ent (SFFD) param

edics at East C

rissy, West C

rissy, and SAFR) on all 2012 and 2013 race w

eekends and as needed on other AC

34 race event days; and a emergency response team

would be

available for Conzlem

an Road and Marin H

eadlands during peak weekend periods w

hen access is impeded by A

lexander Avenue and tunnel traffic (i.e.,

approximately 4 days in 2012, and 11 days in 2013). A

dvanced Life Support (ALS) em

ergency responses would be m

aintained, such that response times w

ould average 5 m

inutes or less from tim

e of notification, 90 percent of the time, in accordance w

ith existing standards throughout the City of San Francisco for em

ergencies w

arranting ALS. C

rowd control m

easures would be em

ployed to ensure that all SFFD em

ergency access lanes are maintained at a m

inimum

of 14 feet wide at all tim

es and that a m

inimum

of 3 feet of clear space is maintained around fire hydrants.

NPS and Presidio Trust/

Agreem

ent and/or Permit

Project sponsors (for funding)/N

PS and Presidio Trust (for im

plementation)

VU

E-15 A

lternatives B, C,

D, E

Un

iqu

e Visito

r Uses o

f Marin

e Area. To facilitate continued unique uses of m

arine areas in parklands, the following w

ill be instituted: non-motorized sm

all craft zone off of C

rissy Field would be established for 2012 and 2013; a com

munications system

would be established to alert recreationalists and m

ariners when races

are over, and marine areas re-opened; perm

itting of controlled access for non-motorized boats w

ould be established for Aquatic C

ove to ensure safety of sw

imm

ers; and rental storage lockers for sailboarders would be m

ade available by CC

SF on City property east of East C

rissy field for the peak and high medium

-peak w

eekends, at a minim

um, w

hen access may be difficult in the afternoons.

NPS/A

greement and/or

Permit; U

SCG

SLR U

SCG

and CC

SF in coordination w

ith NPS

AL

TE

RN

AT

IVE

S

2-50

A

C34

Am

eric

a’s

Cup

/ E

nvir

onm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

TAB

LE A

LT-2

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

F M

AN

AG

EMEN

T A

ND

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES (C

ON

TIN

UED

)

Measu

re

Ide

nti

fica

tio

n

Ap

pli

cab

le

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

ea

sure

De

scri

pti

on

M

easu

re

So

urc

e/D

esc

rip

tio

n

Loca

tio

n

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y

Vis

ito

r U

se-E

xper

ien

ce M

anag

emen

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n M

easu

res

(co

nt.

)

VU

E-16

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

V

isit

or

Sati

sfac

tio

n R

elat

ed t

o P

arkl

and

s Fa

cilit

ies.

(1)

Por

tabl

e re

stro

oms

and

hand

was

hing

sta

tions

, and

any

oth

er t

empo

rary

fac

ilitie

s at

NPS

site

s (e

.g.,

Cris

sy

Fiel

d, S

AFR

, For

t M

ason

, and

For

t Ba

ker)

, wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs, s

ubje

ct t

o ap

prov

al b

y N

PS/T

rust

, and

be

of a

nat

ure

and

type

tha

t do

es n

ot

impa

ct t

he N

PS/T

rust

par

klan

ds s

ceni

c va

lues

and

aes

thet

ic. T

he c

lean

ing

regi

men

of

port

able

res

troo

ms,

a r

espo

nsib

ility

of

the

proj

ect

spon

sors

, wou

ld b

e m

aint

aine

d to

ens

ure

hygi

enic

and

cle

an v

isito

r co

nditi

ons.

(2)

Was

te a

nd r

ecyc

ling

cont

aine

rs w

ould

be

prov

ided

by

the

proj

ect

spon

sors

, sub

ject

to

appr

oval

by

NPS

/Tru

st, b

e of

a

natu

re a

nd t

ype

that

doe

s no

t im

pact

the

NPS

/Tru

st p

arkl

ands

sce

nic

valu

es a

nd a

esth

etic

, mee

t N

PS s

usta

inab

ility

req

uire

men

ts, a

nd m

eet

dem

and

requ

irem

ents

for

w

eekd

ay a

nd w

eeke

nd v

isito

rs. T

he w

aste

col

lect

ion

regi

men

wou

ld b

e m

anag

ed b

y th

e C

CSF

to

ensu

re n

o ov

erflo

ws

thro

ugh

regu

lar

colle

ctio

ns a

nd h

aul-o

uts

durin

g th

e da

y an

d be

fore

the

nex

t da

y be

gins

, dep

endi

ng o

n vi

sita

tion

leve

ls, i

ncre

asin

g in

fre

quen

cy d

urin

g pe

ak a

fter

noon

s an

d ea

rly e

veni

ngs,

to

ensu

re t

hat

park

site

s ar

e ke

pt g

arba

ge-f

ree

and

clea

n. (

3) T

he c

ost

of r

esto

ratio

n/re

pair

of d

amag

e to

NPS

/Tru

st p

ark

faci

litie

s, f

urni

shin

gs, a

nd/o

r tu

rf, w

ould

be

addr

esse

d by

NPS

/Tru

st

mai

nten

ance

sta

ff w

hose

exp

ense

wou

ld b

e re

imbu

rsed

by

the

City

pur

suan

t to

its

Mem

oran

dum

of

Und

erst

andi

ng w

ith t

he N

PS f

or N

PS la

nds

and

the

Pres

idio

Tru

st

for

Pres

idio

Tru

st m

anag

ed a

reas

.

NPS

/Pre

sidi

o Tr

ust

Agr

eem

ent

and/

or P

erm

itPr

ojec

t sp

onso

rs

VU

E-17

Alte

rnat

ive

B V

isit

or

Sati

sfac

tio

n R

elat

ed t

o P

arkl

and

s Fa

cilit

ies

and

Info

rmat

ion

(Alte

rnat

ive

B). O

rient

atio

n an

d in

form

atio

n bo

oths

wou

ld b

e es

tabl

ishe

d an

d st

affe

d by

th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r at

eac

h pr

imar

y vi

ewin

g ar

ea (i

.e.,

Wes

t C

rissy

Fie

ld a

nd S

AFR

Aqu

atic

Par

k) t

o pr

ovid

e th

e pu

blic

with

info

rmat

ion

abou

t ra

ces

and

orie

ntat

ion

to v

isito

r se

rvic

es. I

n ad

ditio

n, N

PS t

rain

ed p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

offic

ers

(PIO

s), f

unde

d by

the

pro

ject

spo

nsor

, wou

ld b

e pr

esen

t at

prim

ary

view

ing

area

s. S

ocia

l m

edia

wou

ld a

lso

be u

tiliz

ed t

o en

sure

the

dis

sem

inat

ion

of c

urre

nt in

form

atio

n ab

out

site

s an

d ra

ce a

ctiv

ities

.

NPS

/Agr

eem

ent

and/

or

Perm

it C

CSF

Alte

rnat

ive

C

Vis

ito

r Sa

tisf

acti

on

Rel

ated

to

Par

klan

ds

Faci

litie

s an

d In

form

atio

n (A

ltern

ativ

e C

). In

form

atio

n ki

osks

, alo

ng w

ith s

ocia

l med

ia u

pdat

es, w

ould

be

prov

ided

by

pro

ject

spo

nsor

at

mai

n en

tran

ces

to C

rissy

Fie

ld a

nd S

AFR

. Prin

ted

mat

eria

l abo

ut t

he w

eekl

y ra

ce s

ched

ule

and

a m

ap o

f N

PS t

empo

rary

vis

itor

supp

ort

faci

litie

s an

d tr

ansi

t w

ould

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

at t

hose

loca

tions

and

NPS

and

par

k pa

rtne

r pr

imar

y vi

sito

r ar

eas.

Alte

rnat

ive

D

Vis

ito

r Sa

tisf

acti

on

Rel

ated

to

Par

klan

ds

Faci

litie

s an

d In

form

atio

n (A

ltern

ativ

e D

). O

rient

atio

n an

d in

form

atio

n bo

oths

, aug

men

ted

by N

PS-t

rain

ed P

IOs,

si

mila

r to

tho

se u

nder

Alte

rnat

ive

B, w

ould

be

prov

ided

by

proj

ect

spon

sors

at

prim

ary

view

ing

area

s du

ring

race

wee

kend

s.

Alte

rnat

ive

E V

isit

or

Sati

sfac

tio

n R

elat

ed t

o P

arkl

and

s Fa

cilit

ies

and

Info

rmat

ion

(Alte

rnat

ive

E). I

nfor

mat

ion

kios

ks,

wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r at

the

mai

n en

tran

ce t

o SA

FR. S

ocia

l med

ia u

pdat

es w

ould

als

o be

pro

vide

d. P

rinte

d m

ater

ial a

bout

the

wee

kly

race

sch

edul

e an

d a

map

of

NPS

tem

pora

ry v

isito

r su

ppor

t fa

cilit

ies

and

tran

sit

wou

ld b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e at

NPS

and

par

k pa

rtne

r pr

imar

y vi

sito

r ar

eas.

VU

E-18

A

ltern

ativ

es B

, C,

D, E

V

isit

or

Sati

sfac

tio

n, S

afet

y, a

nd

Scr

een

ing

. Rea

l -tim

e in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

ferr

y se

rvic

e de

lays

to

and

from

Alc

atra

z Is

land

wou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed b

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2.6 FEDERAL TEAM PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

As noted in Section 2.5, the federal team selected a preferred alternative after an eight-month-long alternatives development and screening process, during which time alternatives for the project’s timing, location, race area configuration, spectator venues, and water-based work, among other elements, were analyzed. This process resulted in the identification of the first four alternatives identified in Section 2.4 (Alternatives A through D). In March of 2012, the federal team formally evaluated the relative merits of these alternatives during a two-day value analysis workshop. The alternatives were further evaluated using a process called Choosing by Advantages (CBA), where the relative importance of the advantages between alternatives is considered. The agencies’ objectives for taking action served as the bases for development of the criteria against which the alternatives were evaluated. Among the four alternatives developed to that point (Alternatives A through D), the workshop found Alternative C to provide the most advantages. However, in using CBA to develop a preferred alternative, the federal team was able to craft an additional action alternative, based upon elements of previously developed alternatives that ranked highest during the value analysis, while leaving behind those elements that did not score as well. In this workshop, Alternative E—the Preferred Alternative, was created due to the advantages identified below. This alternative was also found to be the environmentally preferred action alternative, as described below. Alternative E is summarized in Table 1 and described more fully in Section 2.13.

Compared to the other alternatives, advantages of Alternative E include:

� Better support of balanced unique visitor experiences;

� Fewer impacts on day -to -day operations;

� Lower potential for impacts on natural resources;

� Reduced impacts from in-water construction; and

� More protective of avian species.

2.7 ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVES

The NPS identifies the environmentally preferable alternative in its NEPA documents for public review and comment. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) defines the environmentally preferred alternative as the alternative that best promotes the national environmental policy expressed in NEPA. As specified in NEPA Section 101(b), it is the continuing responsibility of federal agencies to:

1. fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations;

2. assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;

3. attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences;

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4. preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity, and variety of individual choice;

5. achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and

6. enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.

A comparative analysis of the alternatives yielded multiple environmentally preferable alternatives. The No Action Alternative is most closely aligned with the NEPA prescriptions because it contains no proposition that would directly conflict with the policies set forth in the Act. However, each of the action alternatives carries with it some level of risk and the potential for impacts to the natural and human environment. At the same time, NEPA also recognizes that a balancing of human need and resource use is sometimes appropriate, and encourages a wide range of beneficial uses of the environment, provided that safeguards are in place to prevent undesirable or unintended outcomes, which in the case of NPS refers to avoiding or minimizing impacts to park resources. Each of the action alternatives would, to varying degrees, advance the policy prescriptions outlined above by attracting new visitors to waterfront parklands where they would have the opportunity to learn about and to experience the very resources that the NPS is charged with preserving and promoting—and that NEPA was enacted to protect—while including detailed management and protection measures to ensure impacts to the natural and human environment are avoided and/or minimized. Such measures include specific actions designed to address visitor safety and experience, natural and cultural resource protection and restoration, and resource conservation and recycling, among many others.

When considering the major components of the action alternatives, along with the management measures described above, Alternative E emerges as the alternative that best promotes the policy expressed in NEPA. The Preferred Alternative (Alternative E) provides for the widest range of beneficial uses, while avoiding or minimizing impacts to park resources and providing for a quality visitor experiences. By timing the AC34 2012 events to coincide with Fleet Week, Alternative E would involve fewer days of ‘exclusive’ use of lands and waters under federal jurisdiction, freeing up these areas for use by others. In contrast to Alternative C, which would involve no organized events on NPS land, Alternative E would allow for use of SAFR, on weekends if there was agreement on the type and scale, and to a lesser extent Alcatraz on a few evenings for organized event-related activities. NPS would ensure that any such activities were limited in size, duration, and frequency, and restricted to areas where potential impacts to sensitive resources would be minimized or avoided altogether. As with landside activities, and compared to other action alternatives, Alternative E water-based work (i.e., dredging) would be substantially reduced. The eastward shift in Alternative E 2012 race areas would create the largest buffer between sensitive resources at Crissy Field and the race area, further limiting crowding along waterfront parklands within the project area and the potential impacts thereto. In addition, the aircraft and marine vessel buffers established for sensitive habitat areas would often be larger than those identified for other action alternatives. For these reasons, Alternative E is also the Environmentally Preferred Action Alternative.

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2.8 ALTERNATIVE A – NO ACTION

The No Action Alternative is included as an alternative for detailed analysis pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.14(d) of the Council on Environmental Quality’s NEPA regulations. Pursuant to CEQ guidance, for cases in which the federal action concerns a decision regarding a proposed project, the “no action” alternative would mean the proposed activity would not take place (CEQ 1981). In this Environmental Assessment, the No Action Alternative assumes that the NPS, USCG, Corps, and Presidio Trust would not issue permits, develop special regulations, or undertake other discretionary actions to authorize the 34th America’s Cup (AC34). As such, under Alternative A, there would be no AC34 races on San Francisco Bay, no organized AC34 activities on NPS lands, and no AC34-related water-based work.

Alternative A provides a baseline for comparing the other alternatives, evaluating the magnitude of change that would occur under each, and measuring the effect of those changes. Existing conditions within the project area, as described in Chapter 1, are summarized Section 2.3, above. A more detailed description of these conditions within the project area is provided in Chapter 3—Affected Environment. The No Action Alternative assumes a continuation of past, present, and reasonably foreseeable social, environmental, and economic conditions, including those under the purview of the NPS, USCG, Corps, and Presidio Trust.

2.9 ELEMENTS COMMON TO ACTION ALTERNATIVES

2.9.1 General Race Area Location

Under each action alternative, the AC34 sailing races would be held in Central San Francisco Bay, within an area bounded by the San Francisco waterfront to the south; the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, and Yerba Buena Island to the east; portions of southern Marin County (including Angel Island) to the north; and the Golden Gate Bridge to the west. The area shown in Figure ALT-1 represents the maximum area originally suggested by the project sponsors within which actual race courses could be developed and the races themselves conducted. It should be noted the actual race course(s) for the sailing races would be located within smaller portions of this race area, would vary among the alternatives, and would be determined based on government agency coordination and optimum race conditions in 2012 and 2013. Spectator boat area locations within the race area would also be influenced by those circumstances.

2.9.2 Spectator Venues and Secondary Viewing Areas

Spectator venues analyzed in this document are defined as the primary viewing areas for visitors on federal lands where programmed AC34 events might be held. These include Aquatic Park, within the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (SAFR); and Crissy Field, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Secondary viewing areas are defined as federal lands where programmed AC34 venues would not occur but where spectators of AC34 events could be drawn to view the races. Secondary viewing areas include points within the Presidio, Fort Mason, Alcatraz Island, Fort Baker, and the Marin Headlands. Figure ALT-2 provides an index map that groups the potential AC34

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spectator venues and secondary viewing areas in 2012 and/or 2013 into geographic subareas. Figures ALT-3 through ALT-7 provide a more refined perspective of each individual subarea. Characteristics of these spectator venues and secondary viewing areas are summarized in Section 2.3, above. A more extensive discussion of each is provided in Chapter 3—Affected Environment. Angel Island and Treasure Island—under the management of the State of California (along with some limited National Park Service and United States Coast Guard jurisdictional areas respectively) and the City and County of San Francisco—might also serve, to varying extents depending on the alternative, as spectator venues or secondary viewing areas.

2.9.3 Race-Related Water-Based Work

The project sponsors have also proposed certain water-based work to support race-related venues on properties along the San Francisco waterfront, outside of NPS and USCG jurisdiction. Some of this work, such as construction of floating docks, placement of concrete block or helical anchors for mooring, bay dredging, and dredged material transport for ocean disposal, are addressed in this Environmental Assessment because they require authorization from the Corps. Sites along the San Francisco waterfront where one or more of these actions could occur include near-shore areas around several of San Francisco’s waterfront piers and Marina Green. Figure ALT-1 shows the general locations of these areas. A more detailed description of the activities and specifications of the water-based work that could occur at these locations is provided under the respective action alternatives.

2.9.4 Racing Yachts

Two new classes of yachts would be raced during AC34: (1) the “AC45” class, planned for the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) in 2012; and (2) the “AC72” class, planned for exhibition in 2012 and races in 2013. Figure ALT-8 provides conceptual renderings of the AC45 and AC72 yachts. The AC45 yachts would be approximately 45 feet long (hence the name AC45) and 23 feet wide, with a mast height of 70 feet, and a draft of approximately 9 feet. Each AC45 would be operated by a crew of five people. The AC72 yachts would be 72 feet long and 46 feet wide, with a mast height of 130 feet, and a draft of approximately 15 feet. Each AC72 would be operated by a crew of 11 people. The latter yacht class would be the fastest yacht class in the America’s Cup competition to date, expected to sail in excess of 30 knots, sailing upwind at 1.2 times the speed of the true wind and downwind at 1.6 times the speed of the true wind.

The yachts would be launched from potential team base locations at either Pier 80 or Piers 30-32 on the San Francisco waterfront (see Figure ALT-1). They would be lifted by onsite cranes and lowered into the adjacent water. The yachts do not have engines; therefore, they would be either sailed or towed (by a support vessel) to and from the launch and race areas. Under the rules of the race, yachts are required to remain within the race area during racing. Due to the efficient design of the hulls, the yachts are very quiet and leave almost no wake.

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2.9.5 Event Monitoring and Support Vessels

2.9.5.1 Watercraft

Umpires would officiate the races from rigid hulled inflatable boats (RIBs) within course limits, each measuring approximately 27 feet in length. Watercraft used to monitor the race would launch from either Marina Green or Pier 80 and motor to the race course.

2.9.5.2 Helicopters

Helicopters would be used during the 2012 and 2013 races to serve broadcasting and media operation needs. America’s Cup Event Authority Television (ACEA TV) would use up to three helicopters for the match racing days. The helicopters would be choreographed and move around the race course to anticipate stages of each race for filming. The ACEA TV helicopters following each race would fly between 100 and 400 feet above sea level (ASL) within most offshore race areas. However, under no alternative would helicopters be permitted to fly lower than 1,000 feet ASL and within 1,000 feet (horizontal) of Crissy Field and Alcatraz Island mean high tide lines. As described below, additional buffer restrictions would apply under the various alternatives. The helicopters would normally perform coverage operations for up to three hours and require refueling once per day. A helicopter landing pad (helipad) would be used to serve as a temporary staging location for these helicopters, such as between individual races on a race day. An existing helipad site located in the southeast corner of Treasure Island (at California Avenue and Avenue N) is expected to be used for helicopter staging.

2.9.6 Procedures During Race Events

The America’s Cup Race Management (ACRM) would designate an official AC34 Course Marshal, who would be responsible for managing on-water race event activities in accordance with ACRM’s America’s Cup Course Marshal Instructions, applicable laws and regulations, and conditions of the USCG Marine Event Permit and NPS Special Event Permit. The AC34 Course Marshal would establish a race course for each racing day within the conditions and parameters established under the USCG Special Local Regulation (SLR), final CEQA and NEPA documents, and various other regulatory approvals and permits. The course boundaries would be marked by ACRM-designated “stake boats.” Stake boats would fly a unique identification flag and maintain a specific position, both provided by ACRM, for the duration of the race. All boats not officially affiliated with the AC34 races would be required to remain outside of the area delineated by the stake boats (‘race area’). Attendant boats would be stationed at the starting lines and at each turning mark within the actual race course. Official media boats may also follow alongside the racing yachts within the race area. Several support boats, including 22 to 32 foot racing team (RIB) chase boats (up to two per team), emergency response, and tow and rescue boats, would also operate within an approximately 200-foot-wide reserve corridor outside but adjacent to the race course (within the race area). The total number of support vessels would vary, depending upon the number of teams competing in the race. If personal watercraft is used for race support, it would not enter into the 0.25-mile NPS legislative offshore boundaries. These areas would be monitored and managed as part of the race course through an integrated, marine management team, including the NPS and USCG.

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All race management personnel would scan for debris or other obstructions that could possibly damage or impede fair play. If possible, these items would be removed by race management personnel. Although unlikely, in the event that a large marine mammal is observed, the AC34 Course Marshal would postpone or abandon the race that day, depending on the direction the animal is moving or its proximity to the course. These actions would be taken to ensure the safety of the marine mammals as well as the racing boats and crews.

2.9.7 Fireworks and Entertainment

The project sponsors have proposed the use of fireworks during nighttime entertainment for 2013 events. As currently envisioned, there would be up to four fireworks events, lasting between 30 and 45 minutes each. Fireworks would be launched from a barge positioned for best viewing at the America’s Cup Village near Piers 27-29. As is typical for the annual Fourth of July fireworks events, it is anticipated that aerial shells would be launched from tubes (called mortars), using black powder charges, to altitudes of 200 to 1,000 feet, where they would explode and ignite internal burst charges and incendiary chemicals. Most of the incendiary elements and shell casings burn up in the atmosphere; however, portions of the casings and some internal structural components and chemical residue fall back to the ground or water, depending on prevailing winds. The project sponsors have coordinated and will continue to coordinate with both the NPS and the USCG regarding limits on the location, frequency, and duration of the fireworks to protect wildlife and other resources. Any proposed fireworks displays over water would be subject to approval by the USCG and subject to terms and conditions of the USCG Marine Event Permit and NPS Special Event Permit.

2.9.8 NPS Management Zone Planning

In anticipation of the potential for AC34-related increases in visitation to lands and waters under its jurisdiction, the NPS created a management zone framework for parklands within the project area that were identified by the project sponsors and federal agency team as possible spectator venues and secondary viewing areas. This framework was designed to address a wide range of issue areas, including but not limited to protecting sensitive cultural and natural resources, preserving park visitor enjoyment and recreational opportunities, facilitating transportation access for park staff and partner organizations, and identifying facilities that may be suitable for special events, among others. This framework is conveyed graphically through “management zones,” which the NPS prepared for Crissy Field, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Fort Mason, Alcatraz Island, Fort Baker, and the Marin Headlands. These “zones” are presented in Figures ALT-9 through ALT-14. By no means exhaustive, the proposed management zones represent parameters that the NPS established early in the planning process to provide guidance for potential uses in subareas, indicative of general management objectives that certain management and protection measures identified in Table ALT-2 are designed to advance. Discussed more fully in the sections that follow, park visitation would increase under each action alternative analyzed in this Environmental Assessment. To avoid and/or minimize potential impacts associated with such increases, the NPS would, to varying degrees depending upon the action alternative, undertake or require of the project sponsors as a condition of permit approval certain measures, as represented in Table ALT-2 and Figures ALT-9 through ALT-14, to ensure conformance with its management objectives.

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