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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />TABLE 7.2 <br />FATAL FLAW - SeREENING eRITERIA <br /> <br />1. Visual <br />a. Unacceptable visual impact. <br /> <br />2. Landuse and Ecologic Features <br />a. Endangered plant species. <br />b. eritical wildlife or fish habitat for endangered species. <br />c. Recreational areas. <br />d. Historic or archaeological sites. <br />e. Human habitation. <br />f. Land ownership. <br />g. Zoning laws - county landuse planning. <br /> <br />3. Seepage Release <br />a. Foundation extremely pervious or fractured. <br />b. Groundwater discharge area. <br /> <br />4. Stability <br />a. Adverse topography. <br />b. Active faults. <br />c. Unstable slopes within impoundment area or at abutments. <br />d. Foundation conditions poor. <br /> <br />5. eonstruction and Operation <br />a. eapacity too small. <br />b. Embankment height and/or crest length too great. <br />c. Access to site difficult or costly. <br />d. Technical feasibility of site development (design and construction). <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />eost <br />a. <br />b. <br /> <br />High development costs. <br />High operation costs. <br /> <br />7.4 Site eharaderizatlon and Ranking <br /> <br />A total of nine dam site locations satisfied the criteria of the regional screening and fatal flaw <br />study, and are conceptually illustrated on Figure 7.1. The characteristics for each of these nine <br />dam and reservoir sites are summarized in Table 7.3. These characteristics provide a <br />quantitative means of evaluating and comparing each of the candidate dam site locations. <br /> <br />14 <br />