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• • <br />^ increased exposure of sensitive receptors to increased concentrations of toxic air <br />contaminants. U.S. EPA and GARB guidance will be used for discussion of toxic <br />effects of diesel exhaust emissions. This analysis will include discussion of diesel <br />particulates and other potentially toxic contaminants. References will be made to <br />recent draft studies by the CARB and the South Coast Air Quality Management <br />District that directly link diesel exhaust particulates to elevated region-wide toxic <br />air contaminant risks. <br />consistency with regional attainment strategies. The TNRCC's regional budget <br />for emissions growth will be compared to the emissions increases that would be <br />caused by the proposed project, and conformity of the proposed project with the <br />currently-adopted SIP will be discussed. <br />BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br />Existing background information on the following biological resources will be compiled: <br />^ description and mapping of the existing aquatic and terrestrial <br />ecosystems/habitats/vegetation communities within the area of potential effect of <br />the proposed project (using the current standard nomenclature system used by the <br />Texas Parks and Wildlife Department); <br />description of the water quality conditions within Galveston Bay (including <br />salinity, mixing zones, existing contaminants, seasonal changes in water <br />constituents, existing or proposed programs to improve water quality conditions, <br />etc.) and the relationship with local flora and fauna (water quality information will <br />be developed in the water quality section of the EA and cross-referenced to this <br />section); . <br />^ description and mapping of known records for individuals and habitat of special- <br />status species of plants and wildlife (including state and federally-listed species); <br />^ description of current non-indigenous species and their population status within <br />Galveston Bay; <br />^ description of the existing commercial fisheries associated with Galveston Bay and <br />a general evaluation of the annual economic value of these resources; <br />^ description and mapping of waters of the United States (including wetlands) that <br />are subject to the jurisdiction of the Unites States Army Corps of Engineers under <br />the Clean Water Act or Rivers and Harbors Act; and <br />^ description and mapping of habitat resources that are significant on a local or <br />regional basis (e.g., nursery grounds for marine fish that spend their juvenile <br />M:~APPROACH.WPD 4 <br />