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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />SUMMARY , . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . , , , . . , , . . , . . , , . . . . . . , . . , . . , . . . , . . . . . . , , . , , . . . ,. i
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<br />CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ....,.",.."....",...,..,..,.,......,....,...",." 1
<br />INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . , . , , . . . , , . . . . , , , . . . . . . , . . , . , , . . . . . , . . , . , , , , ' . , . , , 1
<br />REASON FOR PREPARING THIS SUPPLEMENT ,......,..,.,'...,....,.",.",.., 3
<br />PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT . , . . . , . . , . . , . . , . . . . . , . . . . , , . . , . . . , ' 5
<br />Proposed Pipeline Route Changes .,.,...,..,. . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . , , . , ' . . . . , 5
<br />Proposed Pipeline Realignments . . . . , . ' . . . . . . ' . . , , . , . . . . . , . . . . , , , . . . . . , , 5
<br />Proposed Temporary Use Areas ......,.........,........,.....,......" 6
<br />Field Realignments .. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , , 6
<br />Field Relocated Temporary Use Areas . . . , . . . . , . , . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . , . , . 6
<br />Reauthorization of the Temporary Use Permn for the 25-Foot TUA for the Length of the
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<br />Pipeline .........,..,.......,..,....."...,...,.."...........',.. 7
<br />Proposed Revised Environmental Protection Measures ' . , . . . . , , . ' . . , , . . . . . , , . . 7
<br />RELATED PROJECTS. . . . . , . , , . . . , . . . , . , ' . . , . . . , . . . , . , . , . . , , . . . . , , . . . . , , . . . 7
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<br />Pipelines ,.,..,."".....,....",...,..,..,."........,.",..".. 1 0
<br />Gas Gathering Systems ,....,....",......'..,..,...."..,."",,'.. 1 0
<br />Timber Harvest Projects ...,..".,..,......,..".,.....,.....,..',..' 11
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<br />Other Projects ,.,.,."...,..",.'"..."".".'".,..,.."..".", 11
<br />FEDERAL APPROVAL PROCESS AND AUTHORIZING ACTIONS .....".,...,.....". 11
<br />BLM and USFS Approval Process and Authorizing Actions . . . . ' , . . . . , , . . . . . ' , . 11
<br />FERC Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity , . , . . . . . . . . . , . , , , . . , , .' 12
<br />Corps of Engineers Section 404 Permns ,......,..,.,......,...."..",.. 12
<br />Other Federal Approvals. . . . . , . . . , . . , . . . . . . , . . , . . , . . . . . , . . . . , , . . , ' , , , 12
<br />RELATIONSHIP TO BLM AND USFS POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . , . . , , ' 13
<br />PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND PARTICIPATION, . . . . . . , , . , . , , . . , . . , , . , . . . . . . . . . , , . 13
<br />ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THIS DRAFT SUPPLEMENT ,.,..",....,.. 18
<br />ISSUES CONSIDERED BUT ELIMINATED FROM DETAILED ANALYSIS ."....",...,., 19
<br />Environmental Justice. . . . . . . . . . . ' . . , . . . . . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . , , ' . , ' 19
<br />Impacts to Wilderness, , , . . . . . . , , ' . , , , . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . , , 19
<br />Impacts to Floodplains ",..,...,..,.,....,.,.,'...,."....,......,.. 19
<br />Impacts to Wild and Scenic Rivers. , . , . . . . . . . , . , . , . , . . . . ' , . , . . . , , , . , , , .. 19
<br />Impacts to Air Qualny (including noise) ."....",....,........,."""", 20
<br />Impacts to Mineral Materials .....""',.....".',.,.....,..........,,, 20
<br />Impacts to Prime Farmland and Farmland of Statewide Importance ,.."'..,,,.. 20
<br />Impacts to Forestry. . ' . . . . . . , , . ' . . . . . . . . . , . , . , , , ' . . . . , . . . . . , , , , . . , . , 22
<br />Impacts to Uvestock Grazing .,.,.,..',....,',."".....,............. 22
<br />I mpacts to Fisheries , , , , . . . , . . . , , , , , , . . . , . ' . . , , . , , , . . . , , . . , , . , . , , , . . 22
<br />Impacts to Paleontological Resources ,.' . . , . . , . , . , , . . , . . , , . . . . . , , , , . . , , . 23
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