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at the source as the preferred course of action at the facility to lessen the need to recycle, treat and otherwise implement Pollution Prevention objectives. 10. Affect on visual character and scenic resources. Visual impacts associated with project facilities and activities may affect the visual chazacter and scenic resources of an area, including the aesthetic and/or functional quality of recreational experiences. This may include the introduction of impacts out of character with the setting and the visual impact of equipment and crews during construction and operational activities. The severity of these effects depends on a number of factors, including: can the surrounding landscape integrate visual changes without attracting attention; how faz from, or visible to, sensitive viewing areas and/or roadways axe the activities; how much disturbance will occur; what mitigation efforts aze put forth to integrate activities and structures with the azea; and/or what is the potential to reclaim disturbed landscapes? The EIS should evaluate these ' aspects, and detail mitigation steps that will be taken to,minimize associated impacts. Interim and final reclamation work should allow disturbed sites to blend into the natural surroundings, to the extent possible. Inclusive to the above, the EIS should address the issue of light pollution. Poorly designed lighting can waste energy and impact the view of the night sky. These problems can be addressed with efficient lighting systems designed to illuminate the ground or work area for safety and utility without causing glaze, upward shine, or wasting energy. EPA suggests that' the EIS address these issues and detail mitigation requirements, consistent with OSHA or other applicable safety requirements, for implementation by the proponent. 11. Potential project effects on local communities, and Reasonably Foreseeable Development considerations. ' The EIS for this project should consider environmental related socio-economic impacts to the local communities such as housing for project workers, schools, burdening existing waste and wastewater handling facilities, and increased road traffic with associated dust and hazardous materials spill potential. Methods to avoid or minimize such impacts, or if these issues aze not a concern for this project, should be discussed. The reasonably foreseeable development evaluation should address the additional loading that could be placed on local communities abilities to provide necessary public services and amenities, and methods that could potentially avoid or minimize such impacts. Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations," signed in 1994, applies to federal agencies that conduct activities that substantially affect human health or the environment. In accordance with , this order, the EIS should disclose and evaluate any environmental justice aspects associated with impacts on rural low-income communities by either the proposed project, or the potential build- out for reasonably foreseeable development analysis. If there are no applicable environmental justice considerations, then that should be disclosed. Close coordination with any potentially future impacted Native American tribes, is important. ' 6 '