WSP09934

• File Number: 8449.913
• Description: South Platte Projects - Foothills/Windy Gap
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 2/23/1978
• Author: USDOI/BLM
• Title: Final Environmental Statement - Proposed Foothills Project - Vol I
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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. .. ,:,~~,:, I nundation-------------------------n--n------------n-------3-50
Strontia Springs Dam-----------------------------------~------3-53
Dam Crest Road------------------------------------------------3-53
Road Widening--------------~----------------------------------3-57
Staging Area--------------------------------------------------3-57
powerlines and Telephone Lines--------------------------------3-57
Foothills Treatment Plant-------------------------------------3-60
Conduit No. 27 and Second Parallel Conduit--------------------3-60
Cultural Resources--------------------------------------c----------3-61
Archaeological Resources--------------------------------------3-61
Historical Resources------------------------------------------3-61
Paleontological Resources-------------------------------------3-62
Recreation Resources-----------------------------------------------3-63
Land,Use-----------------------------------------------------------3-66
Summary of Environmental Impacts of the Proposal-------------------3-70

CHAPTER 4
MITIGATING MEASURES

Introduction-------------------------------------------------------4-1
Measures---------------------------------------------------------_-4-1
Right-of-Way: Dam, Reservoir, and Tunnel
Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service--------4-1
Right-of-Way: Access Roads
Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service--------4-6
Right-of-way: Powerlines and Telephone Lines
Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service--------4-6
Analysis of Effectiveness------------------------------------------4-9
Vegetation----------------------------------------------------4-9
Aquatic Resources----------c----------------------------------4-11
Recreation----------------------------------------------------4-13
Historical Resources------------------------------------------4-14
Archaeological Resources--------------------------------------4-14
Paleontological Resources---~---------------------------------4-14
Air Qua1ity---------------------------------------------------4-15
Visual Resources----------------------------------------------4-15
Terrestrial Resources-----------------------------------------4-16
Summary of Analysis and Effectiveness------------------------------4-17
Monitoring Research and Study Programs-----------------------------4-21
Water Quality~------------------------------------------------4-21
Wildlife------------------------------------------------------4-21
Geo1ogy-------------------------------------------------------4-21
Archaeology and Paleonto1ogy----------------------------------4-22
Recreation----------------------------------------------------4-22

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