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111E-20-2001 FRI 0320 PM FAX N0, P, 07/12
<br />Jul 20 O1 11:56a PROfiIA RANGER DISTRICT 970-527-4151 p. 16
<br />~ ~ NO 90ltSACB OCCOPANCY STIPOLASION
<br />~ pSR7.ANDS/HLC~DPIJITlJS/B.~MS]1!i AREA„
<br />Na surface occupancy or vac is allowed oa the laade defined ea a Wetland, a
<br />D'loodplaia, or a Riparian area except when a waivor, axeepeiaa, ar modification
<br />(WEM1 to thin stipulation is granted. See W7~ clause heiow.
<br />Wetlands, Ploodplains and Riipariaa Areas are defined as:
<br />Wetlands; A Federal Manual which defines juri;dictianal wetlands vas
<br />jointly developed by the O.S. Corp oP Engineers, the Soil conservation
<br />Service, the Eavi.zvameatnl BroCCCtion Agenry and the II.S. Fish and wi1d1i1e
<br />Service. (January 1999) This definieion is adapted. 7n general, vetlaads ..~ ,
<br />are defined by the presence of: permaarsst or aeasoaal water, water.loding ~ti
<br />vegetation; nod soil eharaeceriseica•influeactd by saCUraced eondi,tions.
<br />All three of these conditions iaust exist in order to qualify as a vetlaad.
<br />(Page IZI-54, Oil and bas Leaeiag SIS) '
<br />• .Floedplains: This is a strip 'of relaeively smooth land adjacent to •a river •
<br />channel, constructed ~by the'~presest river is its existing regimen sad. '
<br />' covered with water when'~l~e river ov~rflows• its banks. It is built of
<br />• - alluvium carried by the river during floods aad•degosited in the sluggish
<br />• ,water outside. the influence- of •the swiftest czirzeat.• A river has only one
<br />• floodplaia 'but may have one ?r mare eerraeen zepreseatiag...abaadoaed ,
<br />flaodplains. (Page III-$0, oil and Gas Leasing sIS) ',
<br />' Riparian Arens: Geographically delineated areas vit11 distinctive resource
<br />•values and chsracteriseies••tbae are comprised bf the aquatic sad ripariaa.~
<br />• , ~ ecosystems. (PSM, w0 3500-94-f , pq 17) They .may be as,5ociated vith• lakes,
<br />• reservoirs, estuaries, potholes, marahos, strenm.^„ bogs, vet menders, and
<br />• •iatermitCeat .or permanent e•treama .wher'e,,.free sad unbound water • is ,
<br />availahle.,(Pagc VII-13, 017: and Gas Leasing- SIS1' The•ripariaa eca;ystemt .
<br />• ~ are °traasitioaal areas" beeweea the aquatic'eeosyntem ^^w•tlaa adjacent
<br />terrestrial ecosystem; ideati£iad b'y soil eharaeterisCics ar diseinctive
<br />vegetation communities, sad aze eharactesiaed by species and/or life forms
<br />. thae are different Exam those of the immediaeely surravading Hari-riparian' •
<br />climax area,. (Page III-52, Oil,aad Goa Leasing E151
<br />The applica£i.osi of the definition for vetlaads, '.floadplains, and riparian ~ ' '
<br />areas to ground conditions will determine whether the stipulation applies.
<br />.when••••faciiities•~ad •zeeti~vitiea.,•aasociated~with.•eoal .m.~~g. must .occur yin
<br />these 'areas,•impacCs to.these.areas will be•miaimized•and mitigated. Roads
<br />will cross Streams at right angles and aeeess'actoss•.other areas.subject ko
<br />ehis•~ atipulatioa will be held to• a• minimum.' streams .will not be•
<br />parallelled by roads through these areas other than to the eacteat necessary
<br />for crossings. ~ ~ - ,
<br />• The didth of adjacent upload areas which will come under .jurisdiction aC ,
<br />this stipulation will be dependent oa elope steepness, and the kind,
<br />amount,' ha,d locaeion oP surface and vegetation disturbance. fThe Ghtllo
<br />Amenda!i Land .and Resource Management Plan, Page III-75 provides. guidelines
<br />Par these areas.). ~ ~ .
<br />The fallowiisg roads have been is exietancc for many years and portions eE
<br />Chem traverse through-ripaziaa areas.,7he roads are Seemed necessary Eoz
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