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DRMS Permit Index
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M1999002
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General Documents
Doc Date
1/19/1999
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DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CHAPTER 3
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CHAPTERTHREE Attected Environment <br />3.8.6 Fisheries and Aquatic Habitats <br />The CDOW has classified all streams in the vicinity of the Piceance Creek Project Area as <br />having limited game fisheries potential and low resowce value (BLM 1986x, Pre~nzlow 1998). <br />Trout aze present in Piceance Creek in low numbers (Prenzlow ] 998). Native fi:;h in Piceance <br />Creek include speckled dace and either flannelmouth or mountain suckers. The White River <br />downstream from Rio Blanco Lake, which includes the confluence with the Piceance Creek <br />drainage system, is classified both as an endangered species fishery and a limited game fishery <br />(BLM 1986x). <br />Piceance Site <br />No fisheries or riparian zones occw within the ]ease area, although Piceance CreF:k is adjacent to <br />the Piceance Site. <br />Pipeline Corridor <br />The pipeline would cross Piceance Creek at two locations, and the Middle and East Forks of <br />Parachute Creek. It would parallel the Middle Fork of Pazachute Creek and the main stem of <br />Pazachute Creek for about 10 miles. <br />Parachute Site <br />The proposed Pazachute Site does not have any fisheries or riparian zones. A pon:ion of <br />Pazachute Creek does occw within the property. <br />3.9 WETLANDS <br />Wetlands are areas that are inundated or satwated with water at or near the surface: for a <br />sufficient dwation during the growing season to develop chazacteristic soils and v~:getation. <br />Wetlands aze protected under the Clean Water Act as "special aquatic sites", and F~roject impacts <br />to wetlands would require compliance with the regulatory guidelines and permitting <br />requirements of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. <br />Jurisdictional wetlands are defined by the presence of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and <br />wetland hydrology. Areas lacking one or more parameters under normal circumstances are not <br />considered to be jurisdictional wetlands. A wetland delineation was prepared for this project <br />(Steigers 1998x), using field surveys and the methods and criteria of the U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (COE 1987). This survey covered all of the public <br />land sections of the pipeline, but access was restricted on some private land portions. Portions of <br />the pipeline route were also previously covered by a wetland delineation for a Colorado Interstate <br />Gas (CIG) pipeline in 1995 (Bio-Resowces 1995). Most of the project facilities ar: in aeeas for <br />which National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps have been prepared (USFWS 199£:x). <br />Wetlands are limited in the study area and occw mainly on the floodplains of major streams such <br />as Piceance Creek where there aze areas of shallow groundwater, which is partly influenced by <br />flood irrigation for hay production. Wetlands also occw in side drainages in areas ~~f <br />3-38 l~ldlife <br />1 <br />
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