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TABLE OIF CONTENTS <br />3.3 Surface Water and Surface Water Drainages ........... .............................. 3-12 <br /> 3.3.1 Piceance Creek Watershed ........................... .............................. 3-12 <br /> 3.3.2 Pazachute Creek Watershed ......................... .............................. 3-14 <br />3.4 Groundwater ............................................................ .............................. 3-15 <br /> 3.4.1 Regional Hydrogeology ............................... ..............................3-15 <br /> 3.4.2 Project Area Hydrogeology ......................... .............................. 3-18 <br />3.5 Meteorology and Air Quality ................................... .............................. 3-22 <br /> 3.5.1 Regional Overview ...................................... .............................. 3-22 <br /> 3.5.2 Climate ......................................................... ..............................3-22 <br /> 3.5.3 Regulatory Setting ....................................... .............................. 3-23 <br /> 3.5.4 Air Quality In the Project Area .................... .............................. 3-24 <br />3.6 Noise ........................................................................ ..............................3-25 <br /> 3.6.1 Regional Overview ...................................... .............................. 3-25 <br /> 3.6.2 Noise In the Project Area ............................. .............................. 3-25 <br />3.7 Vegetation ................................................................ ..............................3-26 <br /> 3.7.1 Piceance Site ................................................ ..............................3-26 <br /> 3.7.2 Pipeline Corridor .......................................... .............................. 3-29 <br /> 3.7.3 Pazachute Site ............................................... .............................. 3-31 <br /> 3.7.4 Noxious Weeds ............................................ ..............................3-31 <br />3.8 Wildlife .................................................................... ..............................3-32 <br /> 3.8.1 Big Game ..................................................... .............................. 3-32 <br /> 3.8.2 Raptors ......................................................... ..............................3-34 <br /> 3.8.3 Upland Game Birds ...................................... .............................. 3-36 <br /> 3.8.4 Waterfowl and Shorebirds ........................... .............................. 3-36 <br /> 3.8.5 Neotropical Migrants ................................... .............................. 3-37 <br /> 3.8.6 Fisheries and Aquatic Habitats .................... .............................. 3-38 <br />3.9 Wetlands .................................................................. .............................. 3-38 <br />3.10 Threatened and Endangered Species ....................... ............................... 3-40 <br /> 3.10.1 Wildlife Species ........................................... .............................. 3-40 <br /> 3.10.2 Plants ........................................................... ...............................3-43 <br />3.11 Cultural and Paleontological Resources .................. .............................. 3-44 <br /> 3.11.1 Study Area .................................................. ............................... 3-44 <br /> 3.11.2 Sources of Information ............................... ................................ 3-44 <br /> 3.11.3 Existing Conditions ..................................... ...............................3-45 <br />3.12 Land Use and Recreation ........................................ ............................... 3-49 <br /> 3.12.1 General Overview ....................................... ............................... 3-49 <br /> 3.12.2 Piceance Site ............................................... ............................... 3-49 <br /> 3.12.3 Pipeline ....................................................... ............................... 3-50 <br /> 3.12.4 Pazachute Site .............................................. ............................... 3-51 <br />3.13 Visual Resources ..................................................... ............................... 3-51 <br /> 3.13.1 Methodology and General Overview .......... ............................... 3-51 <br /> 3.13.2 Piceance Site ............................................... ...............................3-52 <br /> 3.13.3 Pipeline ....................................................... ............................... 3-53 <br /> 3.13.4 Pazachute Site .............................................. ...............................3-54 <br />ii <br />