GENERAL32961

• Permit No: M1999002
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/18/1998
• Doc Name: COMMERCIAL MINE PLAN SUBMITTED TO BLM SECTION 7
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• site (located in T3S, R96W, S5) was evaluated as needing more data to determine
eligibility for listing on the National Register, and the isolated finds (located in T4S,
R96W, S3 and T3S, R96W, S5) are ineligible for listing (Barrett 1994). In addition,
five historic sites along Parachute Creek, including two homesteads and three
ditches, were evaluated as ineligible for listing on the National Register (CIG 1995).
Reports for the two archaeological surveys are presented in the respective Barrett
and CIG environmental assessments (Barrett 1994, CIG 1995).
At the BLM's request, American Soda surveyed a specific portion of the pipeline
corridor between the Piceance Site and the Greasewood Compressor Station as part
of the 1998 cultural resources survey (Steigers 1998). As indicated in Figure 7-29, this
survey area included only that portion of the proposed corridor from the point
where it daylights on the ridgetop after exiting Hatch Gulch to the Greasewood
Compressor Station. The area surveyed was 200 feet on either side of the proposed
pipeline centerline, for a total area of approximately 46 acres. The BLM did not
require that the Hatch Gulch floodplain be surveyed. The results of the pipeline
corridor portion of the 1998 cultural resources survey will also be provided to the
BLM upon completion.
7.10.3 Parachute Site
The preferred Parachute Site occupies an existing, inactive industrial site that has
• been extensively disturbed by previous development. Large areas of the site are
currently paved. Any cultural resources sites at the preferred Parachute Site will
have been disclosed during the course of environmental investigations for the
previous development and/or would have been disturbed during development of
the site.
7.11 RECREATION
The northern half of the project area, including the Piceance Site and the majority of
the proposed project pipeline route, is located on public lands administered by the
BLM. These BLM-administered lands lie within the White River Extensive
Recreation Management Area. This area provides for a wide range of dispersed
recreational activities, including hunting, hiking, off-highway vehicle use, camping,
photography, horseback riding, wildlife observation, and mountain biking. Visitor
use is estimated to be 150,000 visits annually, with hunting being the dominant
recreational activity (BLM 1994). Outdoor recreational activities specific to the
project area include hunting, camping, and off-highway vehicle use. While there
are no developed recreation facilities on BLM-administered lands in the vicinity of
the project, there are numerous roads that provide access for recreational activities
on lands open to the public.
The southern portion of the project area, from about the Garfield County line south,
• is composed almost entirely of private property owned by oil shale companies and
ranching interests. Recreational activities on these private lands generally occur
American Soda, L.L.P. 7_46
Commercial Mine Plan
August 18, 1998