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'F <br />APPENDIX F: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS <br />This pit has minimal impacts on surrounding wildlife and environment due to its remote location and <br />limited use. The pit has been identified by the Division of Wildlife (DOW) to be in the Greater-Sage <br />Grouse breading habitat, so a restriction on hours of operation will be implemented to protect nearby <br />lek activity. Flo activity will start in the pit until 9:00 a.m. and will stop by 6:00 p.m. from the beginning <br />of March through the end of June to minimize the noise disturbance during the peak lek attendance. <br />CDOT is also looking at removing unnecessary fence and will avoid using fence when possible to <br />avoid collision mortality and reduce perches for raptors. <br />The Department also recognizes the importance of minimizing impacts to the surrounding state <br />waterways,, so water pollution is controlled on site. These pollution controls consist of grading to <br />drain`fo local low points so that spills `can be coritairied on site' Because no fue~o~ other substances <br />are planned to be stored or stockpiled on site, water pollution is not expected to occur. <br />Grading and Erosion Control Best Management Practices (BMP's) shall consist of soil roughening for <br />erosion control and grading to drain to Iccalized basins (see attached map) for sediment control. <br />Because the material being exposed consists primarily of large grained particles, erosion is expected <br />to be negligible. <br />There are no hydrologic hazards-known or observed that are associated with this pit. <br />~. _ .. _ _ _ <br />F ... t <br />