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CONSERVATION GROUPS’ COMMENTS <br />UNCOMPAHGRE FIELD OFFICE RMP AND DEIS <br />v <br />1. Social Cost of Carbon Protocol .................................................................................. 62 <br />2. Social Cost of Methane Protocol ................................................................................ 68 <br />F. Methane Emissions and Waste ....................................................................................... 69 <br />1. Mineral Leasing Act’s Duty to Prevent Waste. .......................................................... 71 <br />2. President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and Secretarial Order 3289. ....................... 73 <br />3. BLM Must Strengthen Its Approach to Methane Mitigation. .................................... 75 <br />4. The Capture of Methane Is Critical Due to Its Global Warming Potential. ............... 83 <br />G. Managing for Community and Ecosystem Resiliency. .................................................. 89 <br />H. BLM Must Ensure That Any Subsequently-Prepared NEPA Document Addresses <br />Mitigation for Climate Impacts Consistent with All Relevant Laws and Policies, <br />Including Current Mitigation Guidance. ........................................................................ 92 <br />1. Consistent with the Mitigation Hierarchy, BLM Must Avoid, Minimize and Offset <br />Impacts from Fossil Fuels Made Available by the Uncompahgre RMP, Including <br />Climate Change-Related Impacts. .............................................................................. 94 <br />2. BLM Should Adopt a Mitigation Strategy as Part of the Uncompahgre Field Office <br />RMP to Address Unavoidable Climate Change Impacts. ........................................... 96 <br />IV. The UFO Failed to Take a Hard Look at the Direct, Indirect and Cumulative Impacts of <br />Fossil Fuel Development on Resource Values in the Planning Area. ................................... 97 <br />A. The UFO Failed to Take a Hard Look at Certain Impacts to Air Quality. ..................... 99 <br />1. Comprehensive Air Resource Protection Protocol ..................................................... 99 <br />2. Air Resource Mitigation Measures ........................................................................... 101 <br />3. Ozone Impacts .......................................................................................................... 102 <br />4. Hazardous Air Pollutant Impacts .............................................................................. 105 <br />5. Visibility and Ecosystem Impacts ............................................................................ 105 <br />6. Air Quality Impacts on Human Health ..................................................................... 106 <br />B. The UFO Has Failed to Take a “Hard Look” at Resource Impacts from Hydraulic <br />Fracturing. .................................................................................................................... 109 <br />1. Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing are Well Documented. ..................................... 110 <br />2. The UFO failed to sufficiently consider issues of water supply related to fracking. 116 <br />3. The UFO failed to sufficiently consider impacts to surface water related to fracking. <br /> 117 <br />4. The UFO failed to sufficiently consider impacts to groundwater related to fracking. <br /> 119 <br />5. The UFO failed to sufficiently consider issues of wastewater disposal. .................. 122 <br />6. Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Rules are Insufficient. .......................................... 122 <br />7. The Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Failed to Sufficiently Consider <br />Increased Oil and Gas Development Due to Fracking.............................................. 123