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Applicant Committed Environmental Protection Measures <br />The specific environmental protection or mitigation measures listed below by activity or <br />environmental resource area would be incorporated into the applicant's proposed action <br />as integral components of the proposed project. <br />Fire Protection <br />• All vehicles would be equipped with fire extinguishers and shovels. <br />• Any all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) would be equipped with spark arresters. <br />• The following operational procedures would be followed: <br />• All brush build-up around mufflers, radiators, headers, and other engine <br />parts would be avoided; periodic checks would be conducted to prevent <br />this build-up. <br />• Smoking would only be allowed in company vehicles and/or designated <br />smoking areas; all cigarette butts would be placed in appropriate <br />containers and not thrown on the ground or out windows of vehicles. <br />¦ Cooking, campfires, or fires of any kind would not be allowed while <br />working in designated high-hazard fire areas. <br />• Portable generators used in the project area would be required to have <br />spark arresters. <br />Homeland Uranium, Inc. would coordinate project activities with appropriate fire- <br />fighting personnel in the BLM. <br />Hazardous and Solid Waste/Trash Disposal <br />• Fuel and lubricants would be temporarily stored in transportable containment trucks <br />and trailers to minimize potential for accidental releases/spills. No other hazardous <br />or potentially hazardous materials would be brought into the project area. <br />• All spills or leaks of diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, lubricating oil, and coolant, including <br />contaminated soil material, would be excavated to an appropriate container and <br />transported to an approved disposal site. <br />• All solid waste or trash would be transported for disposal to an approved solid waste <br />disposal facility (most likely the San Juan County sanitary landfill west of LaSal). <br />Public/Crew Safety <br />• Vehicle traffic would be limited to existing roads and travel routes. Vehicles would <br />travel at speeds within set speed limits of main access roads and at slower speeds <br />appropriate for conditions on more remote roads and trails. Crew would minimize <br />vehicle traffic in and out of the project area by carpooling from surrounding towns. <br />• A sign warning the public of project related activity would be located at the closest <br />road/travel routes intersections on either side of the next day's planned drilling.