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66 <br />functions and values over the surrounding upland habitat. In addition to the impacts to Seasonal <br />Wetland 2, there will be temporary impacts to Seasonal Wetland 4 as a result of trenching for a <br />pipeline to convey stormwater from a proposed onsite detention basin. Additionally, there is the <br />potential for minor permanent impacts to Seasonal Wetland 4 as a result of the construction of an <br />emergency vehicle access road (EVA). Plans for both the EVA and stormwater pipeline <br />alignments have not yet been finalized as of the preparation of this report, but based on <br />conversations with the project proponent and the project’s civil engineer, we would expect that <br />total temporary and permanent impacts to Seasonal Wetland 4 would be less than 0.05 acres. <br />The loss of 0.02 acres of marginal isolated wetland habitat (Seasonal Wetland 2) and temporary <br />and permanent impacts totalling 0.05 acre or less of Seasonal Wetland 4, especially in light of <br />the preservation of 1.28 acres of better quality wetland habitat within the open space areas of the <br />site, would be considered a less-than-significant impact under CEQA. <br />Mitigation. None required. <br />Regulatory issues. While temporary and permanent impacts to less than 0.1 acre of marginal <br />seasonal wetland habitats as a result of the project would be considered less-than-significant <br />under CEQA, the applicant will need to comply with all state and federal regulations related to <br />construction work that will impact aquatic habitats occurring on the site. The applicant may be <br />required to obtain a Section 404 Clean Water Act Nationwide permit from the USACE and a <br />Section 401 Water Quality Certification from the RWQCB prior to impacting any jurisdictional <br />waters. As no channels will be impacted by the project, the applicant will not need to obtain a <br />Section 1600 Streambed Alteration Agreement from the CDFW. <br /> <br />3.3.10 Potential Impacts to Special Status Animal Species <br />Impact. In addition to CTS, BUOW, and American badger, the project site provides potential <br />habitat for several other special status animals that occur, or once occurred, in the project region <br />(Table 2, Figure 5). <br />The site provides potential foraging habitat, but no breeding habitat, for four special status birds <br />(white-tailed kite, Swainson’s hawk, golden eagle, and loggerhead shrike) and two special status <br />bat species (Townsend’s big-eared bat and pallid bat). As already indicated above, the site