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• Doc Name: Dec Document for Federal Lease COC-56447
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Serial No. C-564L7
(REVISED 3-9-95)
VO SURFACE OCCUPAAICY STIPULATION
• ..-ETLaVDS/FLOODPLAINS/RIPARIAN AREAS
No surface occupancy or use is allowed on the lands defined as a Wetland, a
Floodplain, or a Riparian area except when a waiver, exception, or modification
(GTE2S) co this stipulation is granted. See WEH clause below.
Wetlands, Floodplains and Riparian Areas are defined as:
Wetlands: A Federal Manual which defines jurisdictional wetlands was
jointly developed by the ti.5. Corp of Engineers, the Soil Conservation
Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. (January 1989) This definition is adopted. In general, wetlands
are defined by the presence of: permanent or seasonal water; water loving
vegetation; and soil characteristics influenced by saturated conditions.
A11 three of these conditions must exist in order to qualify as a wetland.
(Page III-54, Oil and Gas Leasing EIS)
Floodplains: This is a strip of relatively smooth land adjacent to a river
channel, constructed by the present river in its existing regimen and
covered with water when the river overflows its banks. It is built of
alluvium carried by the river during floods and deposited in the sluggish
water outside the influence of the swiftest current. A river has only one
floodplain but may :nave one or more terraces representing abandoned
floodplains. (Page iI;-50, Oii and Gas Leasing EIS)
Riparian Areas: Geographically delineated areas ::ith distincti•. resource
values and characteristics .hat are comprisad of the aquatic and riparian
• ecosystems.(FSt1 :,0 2500-94-L ng li) They may be associated with lakes,
reservoirs, est..aries, pot.`:oies, c,arshes, streams, bogs, wet meadows, and
intermittent or permanent streams where free and unbound water is
available.(Page VII-1'_, Oil and Gas Leasing EIS) The riparian ecosystems
are transitional areas" bet:;>_en the aquatic ecosystem and the adjacent
terrestria: ecosystem; identified by soil characteristics or distinctive
vegetation communities. and are characterized by species and/or life forms
chat are different from those of the immediately surrounding non-riparian
climax area. (Page i'_i-52, Oil and Gas Leasing EIS)
The application of the definition for wetlands, floodplains, and riparian
areas to ground conditions will determine whether the stipulation applies.
When facilities and activities associated with coal mining must occur in
these areas, impacts co these areas will be minimized and mitigated. Roads
will cross streams a[ right angles and access across ocher areas subject to
this stipulation will be held co a minimum. Streams will not be
parallelled by roads thr~,ugh these arc as other than to the extent necessary
Eor crossin•r:s.
The width u(. adjacent ~,;,lar.d .re as which •.,ill come under jurisdiction of
this stipulation »i1i I,e dependent on scope steepness, and the kind,
amount, and location uE surface and vegetation disturbance. (The CMUG
Amended Lan<1 and I?esourcc Management Plan, Page III-75 provides guidelines
for these areas.)
. The followir~a, roads ha vr: been in exis cence For many years and portions of
Chem :.:avyr•:F rh;n~i3h ri;,ar:an areas. The roads are deemed necessary for