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' SECTIONTHREE Scoping ResuRs herbaceous plants, introduction of predators, the influx of environmental pollutants, flash floods, and drought. • The razorback sucker reproducing populations remain only in the middle Green River in Utah and in anoff-channel pond in the Colorado River near Grand Junction. • The BLM must also analyze population trends, migration patterns, and determine whether management objectives aze being met. • The BLM must fully analyze the consequences of fragmentation, dissection, performation, shrinkage, and attrition as it applies to the project area. They must also develop measures to prevent or minimize loss and isolation of habitat due to the key spatial processes listed above and its effects on Special Status Species. • The BLM must consider the impact that the coal mine waste disposal area may have on wildlife and special status animal species should these species encounter the disposal azea. • Power lines serve as perches for raptors, and can therefore concentrate predation pressure around power line corridors. Thus, it is critically important that power lines not be sited within one mile of prairie dog colonies or within reasonable distances of other special status species that may serve as prey for raptors species. ' 3.3.2 Water Quality • To ascertain the extent of waters on the project site, the applicant should prepare wetland ' delineation, in accordance with the "Minimum Standazds for Acceptance of Preliminary Wetland Delineations" and submit it to the U.S. Corps of Engineers for verification. • Every effort should be made to avoid project features that require the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. • In the event it can be clearly demonstrated there are no practicable alternatives to filling ' waters of the U.S., mitigation plans should be developed to compensate for the unavoidable losses resulting from project implementation. • After review of the information submitted, it appears there may be less environmental ' damaging alternatives for this project and that it can be designed to avoid impacted waters of the U.S., including wetlands. ' • Additional mitigation should be established to compensate for the long-term loss of wetland values. • The BLM should require complete avoidance of disturbance to any fen wetland. • The EIS should note that water consumption would not be adversely affected by the proposed Red Cliff Mine project. • CAM is looking to remove 500 acre-feet from Salt Wash. That amount of water is believed to be insignificant. • During data collection, there should be a comparative analysis of how much water CAM is proposing to take out of the water body and how much is removed by municipalities. 3-9