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<br />Coal minca - l,-,'po:,erl cOllI mine" "oula be sealed off to avoid
<br />the posoibility of 111.1,.0 ;r"ter contaminlition.
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<br />Clay ami gravel mine" - Thc3c would be graded to remove steep
<br />slopes and to "ake the '-rca "lOre ae3theticlllly pleasing. Any open pits,
<br />shafts or deep depre;loions 3hould be filled ns a safcty feature.
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<br />Flood plnin 'o)l]5.i,,: - lIith incrcllSed flood protection come3
<br />incrensed fUld ia::'\:ui,.l.ij~:: urtJ('J1izatlon. It is proposed to zone the
<br />f],c-od T,la\n to l<,eel' ".,l.1'linp: br,dt of the standard pro.lect flood linc.
<br />F.ven "ith the cm:Jpl~t,,,'l r,ro.\',ct a r.tnndard project flood 'Io'ould overtop
<br />the BefU' Creek bnnk~ 1 n1' " Uhl~rt distance.
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<br />Minernl Resen"o - r.,,~r,nt mining 'W'ould continue until land
<br />acquisition t.onk pI"".., nn'\ the'll would cense. Upon conversion of
<br />these intcreoto to fC"CTU ollner~hips, any mining considered in the
<br />best interest of the Co, ,r,V,'v, that would not create sip;nificant adverse
<br />impacts on tile pro.J"c\,. ":0\11<1 be conduct.ed in such a "e:y as to minimize
<br />r.i te alterations end ;,,'odue r:.dequat.c erosion control and revegetation.
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<br />Rccrcacion - "'-,,:. f :; '\1."~e3 "ould be planted on heavy impact public
<br />u.se areas a~ t!J'J would 'Ii th3tond greater volumes of human traffic
<br />than oati ve vce;"tlltioil.
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<br />IV. An)' adve.se ellviron::,ental effects which cannot be avoided should
<br />~he propos~ be in'plc;.;,:r,r,Cd.
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<br />!-la.ny peaple Io'01!3 ~ 1',J,ve to be relocated outside of tl1e project
<br />l\'::nmdary ~ thciI" hOlT.~s, fi'i.~-ro.s, appurtenances.& business establishments
<br />~ould hnve to be rel0cl\t"d or destroyed. Present grllvel and cle:y mining
<br />uperation3 in tIle pruJ"ct "rea 'W'ould cease upon project implementntion.
<br />P.iverine vell,etatio",l.l<eludinp: a significant number of trees and shrubs,
<br />vculd be lost to com'orw,tloD within the project area along 1 1/2 tliles
<br />or strea~ course.
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<br />D01ll1strcem flood plr,:ln evncuntion a3 an nlternative 'W'ns not considered
<br />to be econornicnlly fe0~lble because of extensive urbanization. Upstream
<br />~his \muld be le58 "r (l p.oblem since there is Jess of a flood
<br />threat in addition to !;, ),<>r,s-populnted flood plnin. The ecological
<br />ir:lpacts of this IlltCl'i'r.,:lvc denl mninly vith adv"rr.e effects on people
<br />ro.t.r.cr than on the !)ll::"::; cnl env1. ronmcnt. Pri Vllt.e residences, farms
<br />arid small buninessc::; '..:ol~lcl require relocation; llO.scrnents 'Would have to be
<br />filled, lev"lled and rC'lc~ctated; dryvells and septic tanks "auld have
<br />to be filled and 6cnlej:. I:uch time vould lapse before the area "ould take
<br />on a pleas ing nppe/U"nncc 0
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<br />Flood plain zonin/; """,:',<1 he only n partinl solution to flood
<br />prcblel!'.5 in the aren. 1:"t,nlFlve urbanization hns taken place along several
<br />wilen of the dmmntrel.d '.1":," thUD negating any possible benefits from
<br />zoninp,. Upctre1llll the ;'.',,:ctl plain is less developed "hich "ould mean more
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