Repayment

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OI'ItFR IMPACT CON SIDCRATIC)NS
G The Navajo Nation could elect to utilize a portion ul' Illc N111' allocation to meet these necdN
Refined Alternative 4 Impact 5 - Potentially Positive: Land purchased with l'unds multi potentially
beco nic trust lands.
If land is purchased 16111 ossocialed water rights tlsim, Ills Nvalcr ac(plisitirm Iimd. such land has the
potential to rculain as fee land or to be lakcn into trust. That process Inay result in the I ribes receding to
conduct an analysis of the impact; uncler NI M lu octal non Ndien W11111111hO ON and providing mean.
to mitigate such impnos as taxation awl rcgulatirin oftrust lands.
Mitigation, for Relined Alternative 4 Impact 5: No uritigation is proposed.
Refined Alternative 4 Inirlml G - Pulcuti, illy SiguilicanL Sections of the convnaucc oniclurcs,
proposed under the non- Miding -suer use secnarios would cut across COMM Ute Tribal lands,
potentially impacting the use ofsuch lands. Relocation of natural gas pipeline(s) may :rise► impact
Tribal lands.
('main seok is of the non - binding conveyance structures cut across Colorado tile. Indian reservation
I<nul cim-sirnoic►n ofthese laterals stay result in negative inlpacts to farmlands. hr,nie. ;. or varioius Othcr
structures in the right-of'-way. Natural gas pil)CN110; %within Itid) es Basin 111t1v rn cd to be relocated across
Ow Si11.1thcrn Ue. Indian Reservation, potentially impacting such lands.
Mitigalion Cor Relined Alternative 4 Inlpacl G: Routine, of pipclincs to avoid impacts and
restoration of lands to their original conditions.
Obviously, no convcyancc;tructurc will be COI)SITuctoxl, nor pipclincs rclrcakl d, %vilhnut consullalion h.
with and approval of tile. appropriate Indian trihe. Any homes or outer structures on Indian lands would K
be avoided by routine of the cAvcyance plpelhin. Any 'I HWI lands disturlled by mristiuc.tion of oic
conve.yancc sh ue.lures would be restored to their original condition. 1.;111d would be regraded to the
original contour. If croplands arc impacted, l armors would ra6ve f mirneial compensalion li)r any crop
losses.
Rebled Alleruative 4 Impact 7 - Potentially Si nificani: l isturbauce during construction or
NNNIP may affect crop production.
D11611,11 G011-MI'UC6011. End would he dislurbal along tile.. NNMP.corridor. Cropland woUld Ile. ;Irt'ectcd. II'
construction activities occur during the crop IXOduction season, cropland in some locations could be
taken out Of proiluction for a single season, and crops in prOCILIC ion could be danlagal
tNliligalion for Relined Alternative 4 Impact 7: Any lands disturbed by conslr 10011 of file NNMP
would Ile restored to their original Condition. t'
Land lvould be re"raded to Ihee original contour. cropland IOp.snil -would be stiockpilctl drain,,
construction and replaced On croplielcis at file contplclion Ofconsiruclion. As much as pussiblc,
construction would i)ceur during periods when crops are not cultivated. I arrners would rcccivc linoncial ;b
compensation 1,61- ally crop losses.
Refined Afte•nalive 4 Impact 8 - Positive: ProJecl'valcr Could ;rllrriv the Colorado Utc 'IYibcs Io
further develop their ►nincral resources.
4.li ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
409 INDIAN TRUST ASSETS