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<br />desert vegetation would be cleared during the construction of access reads.
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<br />Approxil:'",[;.tely 2 acres on the. road alignment have already been cleared 1:Jy
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<br />the land O1mer. A very small a'Jlount of clearing yTould also be required for
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