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<br />CONTENTS
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<br />Impacts to Native American Religious Concerns , . , , . , , , , , . , . . . . . , , . , . , , . , . . 23
<br />Impacts to Areas of Crttical Environmental Concern , . . , ' , , , , , , , , , . . . . , . . . . . . 23
<br />Impacts to Transportation , . , . , . , . . . , , , , , . , . . , , . , , , , , , , . , . , . , , . . , . . . . . 23
<br />Impacts to Solid Waste Faciltties . , . , , , , , . , , . ' , . , , . . , , , , . , , . . . , , . . . , . . . . 24
<br />Impacts to Public Safety . . , . , . . . . , , , , , . . , , , . . . , . . , . , , . . , , . . , . . . . . . . . . 24
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<br />CHAPTER 2: ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ACTIONS .,.,.,',.,.....,....., 25
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<br />INTRODUCTION . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . , , , . , . , , , . , , . . , . . . . . . , , 25
<br />ALTERNATIVES BY DECISION ELEMENT ...,"',....,.."..,.."..,."...,..,. 26
<br />PROPOSED ROUTE CHANGES .....,....,",....,....,...,.....,.",.."... 26
<br />No Action Alternative ....,...,..."....,.,......,.".,....,.,...,.., 26
<br />Proposed Action. . . . , , . . . , , . , . . . . ' , , . . , , , . . . . , . , . . , , . . , . . . . , . . . . , . , 26
<br />Route Change Alternatives .".......".....,'..,.,'.".".,.,.....,., 26
<br />Watson Creek Route Change ..,'.........'..,.",."..,.,...,.. 26
<br />Beaver Creek Route Change 32
<br />La Plata Route Change , . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . , . . , , . , , , . , . . , . , , . . , . . 32
<br />Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) jHughes Route Change ' . . , , . . . . , . . , ' , , . . 33
<br />PROPOSED PIPELINE REALIGNMENTS ,.....,..".".,.,.",.,.......,.."". 33
<br />No Action Alternative .".....'....."...."'....".."...,..,'...,,. 33
<br />Proposed Action , . . . . . . . . . , . ' . ' . . . , , . . . . . . , . . . . , , ' . , , . , . , , . ' , . . . ' , . 34
<br />Realignment Alternatives . , . . , . . , . . . , , , , ' . . . . , . . , . , ' , , , , . , , , ' . . ' . , . , , . 34
<br />PROPOSED TEMPORARY USE AREAS .. , . . . . , , , ' . . . . , , . , . . ' , , ' , . , , . . . . ' . . . ' , . 34
<br />No Action Alternative ,.,...,..,..."""..."....",...,...'.'.'.". 34
<br />Proposed Action . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . , ' , , ' , . . . . , . . . . ' . , . , . , . . . . . , , . . ' , . 34
<br />Temporary Use Area Alternatives ...'",.',..,....'.,.,..'"..."...',' 38
<br />Long Steep Slopes . . . , . . . , . , ' . . , . , . . , . . . . . , . ' . . . , . . . . . , , . . ' , ' 40
<br />River Crossings ,....,...,...,.'.,....................",.',' 41
<br />Side-Slopes ...,.,..,....,.,....,......'.,."...,....",..,' 41
<br />Road Bores .....,..,....,.".."........,..'.......".".,. 41
<br />FIELD REALIGNMENTS ..................,......,..,.,.,...........,",.,' 42
<br />No Action Alternative ...,....,.....,.,..."..,.."..........,.",.,' 42
<br />Proposed Action "... _ , . , . . ' . . . , . , ' , . . . ' , . . ' . . , ' . . , . . . . . . . ' , . . , . , ' 42
<br />Addttional Field Realignment Alternatives , . , . . , , ' . . . . . . ' . . , . . . . . . . ' . . ' , ' , , 42
<br />FIELD RELOCATED TEMPORARY USE AREAS .",.."'.....,,.......,.......'., 42
<br />No Action Alternative ...",..,...'.",.."".....,..,............'.' 42
<br />Proposed Action ......."."..."",..."..,...,..,..,.,....,...., 42
<br />Addttional Temporary Use Area Alternatives ' . . , . , . . , . . . ' , , , . . . , . ' . , . . . . . , : 43
<br />REAUTHORIZATION OF THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR THE 25-FOOT TUA ......,' 43
<br />No Action Alternative ..,..,.,'....""...,'..,...,.".,........'.,.. 43
<br />Proposed Action , . . . . . , . . . . , , . . . . . , , , . _ . ' . . , ' . . . ' . . , . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . 43
<br />Additional Alternative for the Authorization of the Temporary Use Permit for the
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