7923

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7923
• Author: Carter, J. G. and V. A. Lamarra.
• Title: An Ecosystem Approach To Environmental Management, Chapter 17.
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: 261-287
• Copyright Material: YES

3. Select potpntia1 parameters to monitor based on
likelihood of impact, degree of im~,
importance, legal requirements, measurability,
interpretability, and cost effectiveness.

4. Design statistical procedures for detecting and
evaluating degree of impact.

5. Develop a quality assurance program.

6. Build into a computer program appropriate
threshold values for specific parameters.

7. Design a contingency plan.

Oil shale development may have many direct and
indirect effects upon the organisms and physical
environment of tracts Ua and Ub. It is necessary to
consider these potential effects of development so that
monitoring parameters can be selected based upon detection
and evaluation of these impacts. A brief summary of
development related activities which can result in
environmental change follows:

1. Surface disturbance by site preparation, road and
corridor construction

2. Noise and high levels of activity

3. Air emissions and dust

4. Leaching of compounds into surface and subsurface
water

5. Accidental spills

6. Habitat enhancement/reclamation

Other factors important in the design of the program
are timeliness of information and cost. For these reasons
the determination of ecosystem parameters that have the
greatest importance and utility for long-term monitoring
and assessment of effects is given emphasis. In order to
accomplish the required ends, data collection must
incorporate flexibility. It is important that data can be
used to evaluate more than one impact and will be useful
in the design, implementation, and evaluation of
mitigation and reclamation measures.

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