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<br />• CONTENTS (continued) <br />7.5 METEOROLOGY AND AIR QUALITY ............................................. ............... 7-28 <br /> 7.5.1 Meteorology ............................................................................... ............... 7-28 <br /> 7.5.2 Air Quality .................................................................................. ............... 7-29 <br />7.6 VEGETATION ........................................................................................ ...............7-30 <br /> 7.6.1 Piceance Site ............................................................................... ...............7-31 <br /> 7.6.2 Pipeline Corridor ...................................................................... ............... 7-34 <br /> 7.6.3 Parachute Site ............................................................................ ............... 7-36 <br />7.7 WILDLIFE ................................................................................................ ...............7-36 <br /> 7.7.1 Mule Deer ................................................................................... ...............7-37 <br /> 7.7.2 Raptors ........................................................................................ ............... 7-38 <br /> 7.7.3 Sage Grouse ................................................................................ ...............7-39 <br /> 7.7.4 Waterfowl ................................................................................... ...............7-39 <br />7.8 WETLAND AND RIPARIAN HABITATS ...................................... ...............7-40 <br />7.9 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ............................. ...............7-41 <br /> 7.9.1 Plants ........................................................................................... ............... 7-41 <br /> 7.9.2 Wildlife ....................................................................................... ...............7-43 <br /> 7.9.3 Fish ............................................................................................... ...............7-44 <br />7.10 CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES ............. ...............7-44 <br /> 7.10.1 Piceance Site ............................................................................. ............... 7-45 <br />• 7.10.2 Pipeline Corridor ........................................................................... ........ 7-45 <br /> 7.10.3 Parachute Site ................................................................................. ........7-46 <br />7.11 RECREATION ............................................................................................. ........ 7-46 <br />7.12 VISUAL RESOURCES ............................................................................... ........7-47 <br />7.13 NOISE ............................................................................................................ ........7-48 <br />7.14 SOCIOECONOMICS ................................................................................... ........ 7-49 <br /> 7.14.1 Population and Housing .............................................................. ........7-49 <br /> 7.14.1.1 Population ........................................................................... ........7-49 <br /> 7.14.1.2 Housing ................................................................................ ........7-50 <br /> 7.14.2 Local Economy, Employment, and Earnings ........................... ........7-50 <br /> 7.14.3 Community Facilities and Services ........................................... ........7-51 <br /> 7.14.3.1 Rio Blanco County ............................................................. ........7-52 <br /> 7.14.3.2 Garfield County .................................................................. ........ 7-53 <br /> 7.14.4 Local Government Fiscal Conditions and Revenues <br /> from Mining Activities ................................................................. ........7-54 <br /> 7.14.4.1 Property Tax Revenue ....................................................... ........7-54 <br /> 7.14.4.2 Federal Mineral Lease Royalties ..................................... ........7-55 <br /> 7.14.4.3 Sales and Use Tax Revenue ............................................. ........7-57 <br /> 7.14.4.4 Severance Tax ..................................................................... ........ 7-58 <br />7.15 LAND USE AND AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> CONCERN ................................................................................................... ........ 7-58 <br /> 7.15.1 Land Use .......................................................................................... ........7-58 <br /> 7.15.2 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ............................... ........7-59 <br />• <br />7.16 TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................. ........7-60 <br />American soda, L.L.P. 1 V <br />Commercial Mm e Plan <br />Aurusl I8, 199R <br />