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The first version of the Annotated Table of Contents was February 7, 2024.
The current version shown here is: March 12, 2024.
Extended Annotated Table of Contents
for the Draft Environmental Impact Report
The original listing of the Contents that comes with this 1,990 page Draft Environmental Impact Report consists of 40 entries for contents of the entire document. Such a minimal list of contents is very much insufficient for doing research or looking things up within such a large and sprawling document.
By contrast, the current draft (12/22/2023) of Arcata’s General Plan 2045 is 295 pages, and its table of contents has 151 entries. That’s a ratio of 2 to 1 — an average of 2 document pages for 1 entry in the table of content. This draft EIR has a ratio of close to 50 to 1.
[If we take out the 1,173 pages of Appendix E, the Environmental Database, because it’s really just a list, that gives a ratio of over 20 to 1. Even if we add in the list of the 31 figures — there’s no page numbers on them — we still have an average of 16-1/2 pages of document for each table of contents entry.]
This is an extended and annotated Table of Contents for the 1,990 page Draft Environmental Impact Report. This annotated contents has over 700 entries, to enable you to scan and find items within this document.
This annotated Table of Contents will be updated as new thoughts, discussions, and information on the Draft EIR come into play.
The current version shown here is: 3/12/2024 3:43 p.m
Please note: The PDF is the current version. The images may not be updated for minor changes. Please refer to the PDF for the latest version. You can check the print date in the upper left corner of each page.
If you see any errors, typos, information you think could be added to, suggestions for changes to the format, etc. please contact Fred Weis via this website. This table of contents was originally made for personal use, and has notes and annotations that may or may not be applicable for you and your interests.
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Note: Page 19 is a short page. 
