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<br />CONTENTS
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<br />25-Foot TUA Area , . . . . . , . , , , . , , , . . . , . . . . , , . . , . . , . . , . . . . , ' . . , , . . . . . . 43
<br />PROPOSED REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES ,.....".......... 43
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<br />CHAPTER 3: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . , . , . . . . 49
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<br />INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . , . , . . , . . . , , , . . . . , ' . . , 49
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<br />TOPOGRAPHY . . , ' , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . , . , . , . . , , . . , , , . . ' . , , . . . 49
<br />LEASABLE MINERALS ....'.....,...........,....,.,...,.,.".,.,........' 52
<br />WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN .,..,..",.."....,......,.....,..,.........,... 52
<br />WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY. . . , . , , , , , . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
<br />MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES . , . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , . . , . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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<br />SOILS ........,..,..........................,..,.,..,................. 55
<br />WILDLIFE RESOURCES ........."...............,.,...............,..,... 56
<br />SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN .""........,....,.",....,....,'..,."... 60
<br />Section 7 Consultation Process . , . , , , . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . ' . , . . , . . , . . , 60
<br />BLM and USFS Sensitive Species ,'.,.........'.,.....,., , . , . , . . . . . ' . . . 63
<br />CULTURAL RESOURCES ..,..,.'..............."..,.......,.............. 66
<br />VISUAL RESOURCES , . . . . . . ' , . . , ' . . . . . . , . . . . . . , , , . , . . , . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
<br />SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS ...",.....,..,....,.,,'....,..........,.... 66
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<br />CHAPTER 4: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, . . , . . , . . . . . , . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . 72
<br />INTRODUCTION IRREVERSIBLE/IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES .,..... 73
<br />RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL SHORT-TERM USES OF MAN'S ENVIRONMENT AND
<br />MAINTENANCE OF LONG TERM PRODUCTIVITY .,."..,..,............... 73
<br />CUMULATIVE IMPACTS .,.....".....,.,.........,.,...,...,..,.,.,...".. 73
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<br />CHAPTER 5: CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.,.........,.",.,.,......,....... 113
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<br />CHAPTER 6: LIST OF PREPARERS AND REVIEWERS-BLM AND USFS EIS TEAM
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<br />ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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<br />REFERENCES
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<br />APPENDIX A - RELATED PROJECTS
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<br />APPENDIX B - PROPOSED ROUTE CHANGES
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<br />APPENDIX C - TEMPORARY USE AREAS
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<br />APPENDIX D - STEEP SLOPES CONSTRUCTION PLAN
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<br />APPENDIX E - COMMITTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES
<br />1992 RECORD OF DECISION
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