9672

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9672
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Final Environmental Assessment Orchard Mesa Wildlife Area Selenium Remediation Project.
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Junction, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Proposed Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Purpose and Need ....................................................... 1

Background Information .................................................. 1
National Irrigation Water Quality Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Public Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 3

CHAPTER II -ALTERNATIVES AND THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Alternatives ............................................................ 4

Evaluation of Alternatives .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Preferred Alternative ..................................................... 5
Environmental Commitments .............................................. 6

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CHAPTER III - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENTIENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ...7

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Recreation Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Land Use and Vegetation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Fish and Wildlife Resources ............................................... 8
Threatened and Endangered Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Water Rights and Water Uses ............................................. 11
Historical and Cultural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Indian Trust Assets ..................................................... 11

Environmental Justice ................................................... 11
Summary and Environmental Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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CHAPTER IV - CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Review Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment ........................ 13
Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

REFERENCES CITED ........................................................ 15

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FIGURES
Locator Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Frontispiece Map
Figure 1 - Project Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

TABLES

Table 1 - Screened Options........................................................................................... 16

Table 2 - Summary of potential impacts associated with the two alternatives evaluated in
this environmental document. Alternative 1 "No Action" and Alternative 2 "Pipe and
Dilute" for the Orchard Mesa Wildlife Area, Mesa County, Colorado............................ 12

APPENDIX A - Distribution Mailing List