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<br />.~.~;)...".' <br />~' -" <br />,},~~c " <br /> <br />"". <br />-:;'1>', <br />v.::.$ <br /> <br />l'::::-"tLrs.~ :c(::vc;;De~,atio~ of tl:e desert hCobi tat on the east s::.de of ti:e <br /> <br />'.. ~,',~~y~~__c~ acc':':: slo"'..<l.y [:.:ter t::e completion of the test prograrr: a~~CL t.:-:.c <br /> <br />L.. c~, ,_.: O~: ""C2:;:-..::;:O::'''::',:'Y facili":cies. <br /> <br />1,:-esetatiC:l clea~e.:: during the investiC3.~ions ';JoulCi be bUYDC:c::. <br /> <br />+ -~, " <br />li ",,1.,-"'; <br /> <br />site in acco:cdance wi tb aTJplicc;..ole re[:ul::ltions, <br /> <br />ye::r:oved :;:'-'1'or,1 t.:i2 <br /> <br />(<..'-'{~;;j, to an accepta.ble c.ispos2-l si te ~ O~ F,l2.ceo.. ::.r: 5:;'[',1.1. gc.ll:..es. 'T:~e <br /> <br />ciis7,-u.YOCC 2.1'e2.8 i'iould be restored as nearly as practical to their oyi2i:~2~ <br /> <br />conc:i'':::ons. <br /> <br />~'::J.d1i:~'2'" ";'Tould oe dis:91aced in small numbers by the removal of <br /> <br />y." ,2t.~-ovti"'l':: :-.:..bitat 2.nd by construction 2~ctivity. The impact of the access <br /> <br />~-,:,~>::-~s ':.:c....~16.. 'be long--::,e:-m. C:,~1.y a snaIl percentage of the total haoitat <br /> <br />c_lo~-..-- -c~-"e :cive:- \{ould be lost ~ and t~~ investigations Ttlould not sigr...ificaLtl~ <br /> <br />rec.t:C2 1Iil6..1ife DUJTl,bers or che,nge ger:eral distribution patter!1s. The <br /> <br />-;{ate:,:'c\.:r2. inhabi tir:C ponds 3.r~c the river to the southwest of the area yTOk':=:' <br /> <br />~O~ oe sdvs~sely affected. <br /> <br />~i.sl: losses e.re cot f:L:-.tici:pated as a result O!'"' discharsi!'lg brine <br /> <br />::~:-::o t~e :::.'i"Icr. <br /> <br />rT:12 "test;::":lG: v.!ould OCCl:Y during a :peI'icd of 10\,,' flo\',8, <br /> <br />"1:.i':lE:r'. 1:,1:'2 ;:;2.1ini ty of the stream. would already be very high from the <br /> <br />surf2cing cround1.f3.ter. <br /> <br />Salinity levels of up to 166,000 mg/l have been <br /> <br />~ecoyded Guring t~e SUFlleT ~o~ths. <br /> <br />Investigations indicate that water quality would yrobably not be <br /> <br />:i,:::r:::"~:'~"2C: ~by the test l:rl"c~r&.IE. PL~m:9i::1g the brine "Would decrease the !:at~2."c.::' <br /> <br />:i_r~L~Q"'{_~ of saline gY'ound ':~T2,teT to tr_e river, and the discharged brine "\IOU-=-C. <br /> <br />-:::':-:-J.':~ "'.)0 o:fset oy the YE:G.uced natural inflo~vr.. It is possible, hO\'Teve~, <br /> <br />~-;.., ~ --. <br />v _.'- '~ <br /> <br />;~:'J-:;: ~;,~:.li~1i ty G-: -:,\c ::;tj_~c<;,:;, vc-t1.1d 02 irlc:!:'e:-:':~2d as a result of plli--:l:;Ji:lg <br /> <br />'coo <br /> <br />"r OT <br /> <br />a delc:-:.yc8. <br /> <br />e:['::ec~ <br /> <br />CD ~he <br /> <br />grour.d. ',ra-;;er "bod.y. <br /> <br />:::t is not <br /> <br />00 32 <br /> <br />8 <br />