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<br />TABLE 3 <br />OIL AND GAS LEASING RESTRICTION RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br /> Percentage of <br />Proposed Estimated Federal Oil <br />Restrictions Acreage and Gas Acreage Areal <br /> (1,878,400 acres) <br />Seasonal <br />Restrictions 685,927 36 Critical wildlife babitat <br /> (scattered tbrougbouttbe <br /> resource area)2 <br />A voidance <br />Stipulations} 11,680 lrisb Canyon ACEC <br /> 6,500 Lookout Mountaio ACEC <br />Subtotal 18,180 <br />Pert'ormance <br />Standards' 35,840 2 Portions of Canyon Creek, SbeD <br /> Creek, Vermillion Creek, Sand <br /> Wash, Dry Creek, VeUow Cat Wasb, <br /> northwest facing slopes Vermillion <br /> Bluffs (extremely fragile <br /> soils/water areas) <br />No Surface <br />Occupancy 16,240 Critical wildlife habitat <br /> (scattered througbout the <br /> resource area)5 <br /> 1,350 Limestone Ridge ACEC/RNA <br /> 14,081 Cross Mouotain WSA, including <br /> Cross Mouotain Canyon ACEC <br /> (recommended for wilderness <br /> designation) <br /> 19,840 Little Vampa/Juniper Canyon SRMA <br /> 880 Cedar Mountain recreation area <br /> 384 Steamboat Lake State Park <br />Subtotal 52,775 3 <br />No New <br />Leasing 36,240 2 Diamond Breaks WSA (recommended <br /> for wilderness designation) <br />Standard <br />Lease Terms 1,049,438 56 Remaining Cederal oil and gas <br /> acreage <br /> <br />I ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern <br />RNA Research Natural Area <br />SRMA Special Recreation Management Area <br />WSA Wilderness Study Area <br /> <br />, See Table 4 under Wildlife Habitat (Issue 2-2) for a summary of seasonal wildlife restrictions, <br />Seasonal restrictions do not apply to maintenance and operation of producing wells. Exceptions <br />to seasonal limitations in any particular year may be specifically approved in writing by the <br />authorized officer. <br /> <br />3 See the Special Designations section under Management Priority Areas for examples of avoidance <br />stipulations. Additional scattered areas containing habitats of known Colorado BLM sensitive <br />plants and specifically identified remnant plant associations would also be protected by avoidance <br />stipulations. <br /> <br />4 If performance standards could not be met, then surface occupancy would not be allowed. Additional <br />areas within the resource area may have restrictive stipulations imposed on a case-by-case basis <br />to protect fragile soils and water resource values; see Soils and Water Resources (Issues 2-5 <br />and 2-6) for funher discussion, <br /> <br />5 Critical raptor habitat, greater sandhill crane habitat, critical wildlife watering areas, beaver colonies, <br />sage grouse strutting grounds, sharptailed grome dancing grounds, prairie dog towns (potential <br />black-footed ferret habitat), See Item 3 under Wildlife Habitat (Issue 2-2), <br /> <br />[-4 <br />