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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />w:;.. <br />..... <br />QO <br /> <br />CHAPTER I <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />such as access roads, transmission lines, and railroad spurs. Several <br /> <br />prospecting leases for sodium minerals were granted in 1982 in the Big <br /> <br />Bend area. <br /> <br />BLM bas prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to <br /> <br />analyze tbe potential impacts of construction and operation of the pro- <br /> <br />po~ed Chevron Chemical Company phosphate fertilizer complex. <br /> <br />This <br /> <br />ende~vor would require Federal right-of-way grants and a State of <br /> <br />WYGming permit to construct and operate the fertilizer plant and asso- <br /> <br />dated facilities (BLM 1983a). <br /> <br />Saline water from the Big Sandy River <br /> <br />Unit was discusaed in that EIS as a possible alternative water supply <br /> <br />for Chevron. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />Serdskadee National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1965 in <br /> <br />association with Fontenelle Reservoir. <br /> <br />It presently encompasses about <br /> <br />22,100 acres of marsh and meadow along both sides of the Green River <br /> <br />from Fontenelle Dam to 15 miles below the confluence with the Big Sandy <br /> <br />River. <br /> <br />The primary purpose of the refuge is to provide nesting and <br /> <br />habitat for migratory waterfowl. <br /> <br />The refuge receives water from the <br /> <br />reservoir to achieve its purpose. <br /> <br />21 <br />