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<br />In general, on a low to high perturbation scale of 0 to 10 we <br />estimate impact on mule deer to be 1 to 2. <br />C <br />• <br />(10) PRONGHORN (Antilocapra americans) <br />Pronghorn populations are reduced over much of their range, <br />which includes grass and sagebrush habitats of western North <br />America, due to encroachment and habitat destruction by humans. <br />On the proposed site of the coal mine and its associated <br />facilities pronghorns are located only on the northern and <br />eastern boundaries of the coal mine, the proposed waste disposal <br />site, and the Utah side of the proposed coal transportation <br />corridors. Increased human activity is a concern on all sites <br />but minimizing this source of impact is a matter of increasing <br />employee axareness of wildlife end perhaps increasing law <br />enforcement activity. Construction activity and noise will be a <br />factor that will initially cause abandonment of the area but the <br />animals should return as they become habituated to the changed <br />environment. The design o£ the coal transportation corridor is <br />important to the population found betxeen the proposed power <br />plant and the coal mine. We recommend a minimum clearance of <br />one meter to allow pronghorns to go under the conveyer system. <br />They characteristically will not go over a structure including <br />fences. Placement of the conveyer system must be carefully <br />considered because a period of one year mey be expected for the <br />pronghorns to become accustomed to their new improved <br />neighborhood. Placement of the proposed waste disposal site is <br />II.H-124 <br />