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<br />4429 <br /> <br />The most common and inherent spinoff effect of constructing <br />storage reservoirs is the development of subdivisions for <br />both primary and secondary houses adjacent to Project-owned <br />lands. People seek conveniently located water recreation <br />opportunities within a few minutes of commuting. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />These subdivisions are outside of the jurisdiction of the <br />Project and the agencies which administer Project-built <br />facilities. <br /> <br />Impacts related to these new subdivisions include: <br /> <br />(1) elimination of wildlife habitat and the displace- <br />ment of game, <br /> <br />(2) sanitation disposal problems asaociated primarily <br />with developments that are not. on a centr~lized sewage <br />treatment facility. The potential problems are primarily <br />related to installing septic tanks and leaching fielda <br />improperly and exceeding the capability of the land to <br />handle sewage which leads to seepage into the ground water <br />and, at times, into the reservoirs, <br /> <br />(3) the need for additional law and fire protection <br />facilities and personnel to be provided by the local <br />governmental entities, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(4) the need for additional utilities and their install- <br />ations. Water wells may need to be drilled, power dis- <br />tribution lines brought in, and sources of fuel found <br />and stored for heating purposes, and <br /> <br />(5) the increased traffic and associated problems of <br />congestion and pollution which are inconveniences people <br />will need to adjust to in the future. <br /> <br />r. Any time an environmental setting is changed, regardless <br />of the area's degree of development or nondevelopment, and <br />an action is implemented to noticeably change the appearance <br />of the setting, there is a visual impact. The degree and <br />magnitude of the impact is in the eye of the beholder. The <br />setting is no longer the same. <br /> <br />Throughout the Project development area the construction <br />activity will noticeably introduce open and barren tracts <br />used for borrvw, riprip, and aggregate within dense forests, <br />open rangeland and shortgrass plains. Fresh cuts and fills <br />alongside mountains and hills and across broad spans of <br />land will conspicuously 'contrast with the aesthetic qualities <br />of the surrounding mountainous area, foothills and plains. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IY-39 <br />