2018-02-05_PERMIT FILE - C1992081 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1992081
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/5/2018
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 21 Fish and Wildlife Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

guidelines delineated in the current Avian Protection Plans (APP) developed in cooperation by
Avian Line Interaction Committee (APLIC) and the USFWS. The most recent guideline was
distributed as a draft document in April. 2005. It is intended to be used in conjunction with
the APLIC's Suggested Practices for Raptor Protection on Power Lines: The State of the Art
in 1996, and Mitigating Bird Collisions with Power Lines: State of the Art in 1994.
4. No additional disturbance of native vegetation will occur unless prior approval is obtained
from the regulatory authority. Disturbance of the saline/alkaline wet meadow, saline/alkaline
shrubland, and associated aquatic areas and channel meander cutbanks will be avoided, or
such habitats will be restored during reclamation activities.
A no firearms policy will be enforced within the Permit Area, and access by other than
authorized personnel will be restricted to eliminate or significantly reduce encounters with
wildlife utilizing the Permit Area.
6. The discovery of critical habitats, or species that are protected, or are proposed for protection
by State or Federal wildlife agencies within the Permit Boundary will be promptly reported to
the appropriate agencies.
7. A stream buffer zone will be established on the reach of Dry Creek that occurs within the
permit boundary to protect this potentially unique habitat. A biological community exists
approximately 5.0 miles upstream of the Loadout Permit Boundary. There is no site-specific
data available to determine whether or not such a community exists in Dry Creek within the
Permit Area. Thus, there is some potential that a similar biological community exists in Dry
Creek within the Permit Area since one exists upstream. Signing of the buffer zone will be
done in consultation with the regulatory authority in 1993 following permit issuance and
snowmelt.
The USFWS has indicated that adverse impacts to wetlands must be avoided. Establishment
of the stream buffer zone will also ensure protection of the wetland habitat along Dry Creek.
The units mapped as aquatic areas along Dry Creek in Tab 11 and alkaline meadow in Tab 10
can be characterized as wetlands according to Cowardin, et al., 1979.
8. All project activities will be evaluated on an ongoing basis to determine if impacts will occur
to important wildlife species (e.g., Golden eagle, Bald eagle, Loggerhead shrike). The
operator will consult with the appropriate wildlife agencies if conflicts are identified.
9. The owner/applicant will compensate the USFWS or its designee for depletion of water
resources in the Upper Colorado River Basin resulting from operation of the Loadout facility.
The average annual depletion (worst case) is 56.4 acre-feet (ac -ft).
The average annual depletion has been derived using extreme worst-case assumptions because
actual water usage that will occur during operations is not known. Consumptive uses include
uses that cause a net loss to the system. Consumptive uses are annual pumpage from the
production well (H -G Shallow Well No. 1) for operational needs, and annual evaporation from
the free water surfaces at the sediment control ponds. Transpiration losses are considered to
be negligible.
The maximum (righted) rate of water withdrawal from the production well is 0.33 cfs.
RN17-05 21-3 Revised 12/17