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<br />I TABLE OF CONTENTS IV. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 29 <br /> A, Existing Environment Without Proposal 29 <br />I VOLUME I 1. Climate 29 <br /> 2, Topography and Geological Resources 30 <br />I. SUMMARY .1 3. Mineral Resources 31 <br /> 4. Water 32 <br />I II. DESCRIPTION OF HOMESTAKE PROJECT 11 5, Ecosystems 33 <br /> A Existing Project Facilities 11 a. Spruce.Fir Ecosystem 35 <br /> 1, Completed Phase 1 Collection System 11 b, Lodgepole Pine Ecosystem 35 <br />I 2, Completed Upstream Storage System 11 c, Aspen Ecosystem 35 <br /> 3, Completed Delivery System 11 d, Douglas Fir Ecosystem 36 <br /> 4. Completed Downstream Storage 12 e. Riparian Ecosystem 36 <br /> B. Proposed Alternative Extensions of I, Meadow Ecosystem 36 <br />I Homestake Collection System 12 g, Mountain Grassland Ecosystem 36 <br /> 1- Plan A - Tunnel and Pipelines 13 h. Shrub Ecosystem 36 <br /> 2. Plan B - Tunnels and Pipeline 13 "- Marsh Ecosystem 36 <br />I 3. Plan C - Tunnels and Pipeline 14 6. Flora 37 <br /> 4. Plan 0 - Tunnel, Pumping, and Pipeline 14 7, Fauna 39 <br /> 5. Plan E - Tunnel, Reservoir, Pumping, and Pipeline 15 a. Big Game 39 <br />I 6, Plan F - Tunnels, Pipeline, Reservoir, and Pumping 16 b, Small Mammals and Birds 40 <br /> 7. Plan F-l - Tunnels, Pipelines, Reservoir, and Pumping 17 c. Endangered Species 40 <br /> 8- Plan F-2 - Tunnels, Pipelines, Reservoir, and Pumping 18 d, Fish , . . . , . 40 <br /> 9. Plan G - Wolcott Reservoir, Tunnel, and Pumping 19 8, land Use, Aesthetics, and Human lnterest 42 <br />I 10, Eagle-Arkansas Division 21 9. Physical and Socio-Economic Patterns 43 <br /> 11. Selected Plan 22 a. In the Vicinity 01 the Project Area 43 <br /> b, In the Region 45 <br />I III. DESCRIPTION OF CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES 23 i. Rapid Urbanization 45 <br /> A. General Procedures 23 ii. Population Imbalance 45 <br /> 1. Construction Access 23 iii. Economic Decline in Rural Areas 46 <br />I 2. Site Clearing 23 iv. Disproportionate Commitment of Resources . 46 <br /> 3. Blasting 23 B. PROBABLE FUTURE ENVIRONMENT <br /> 4. Concrete Aggregates 23 WITHOUT PROPOSAL 47 <br /> 5. Restoration of Scarred Areas 23 1. In the Vicinity of the Project Area 47 <br />I 6, Waste Disposal 24 2. In the Region 48 <br /> B. Tunnel Construction 24 <br /> 1. Methods 24 V. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 49 <br />I 2. Disposal of Tunnel Muck 25 A. Evaluation System 49 <br /> C. Road Construction 25 1. Quantity Factors 49 <br /> D, Pipeline Construction 26 2. Quality Factors . 50 <br /> .~.. Construction of Diversion Structures 26 3, Human Influence Factors 50 <br />I !]S.! Dam Construction on Homestake Creek 26 B. I n The Project Area 51 <br /> "Q" Diversion Works Construction on Eagle River 27 1. Open Space 51 <br /> ~ Power line Construction 27 a. Ouantity Factors 51 <br />I I. Pumping Station Construction 27 b. Quality Factors 53 <br /> J. Construction Process 27 c. Human Influence Factors 53 <br />