2011-12-06_REVISION - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/6/2011
• Doc Name: Environmental Assessment for Lease by Application Collom Lease Tract ‎(COC-68590
• From: Jennifer Maiolo- BLM
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: PR3
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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3.7.2 Sensitive Plant Species 34
3. 7.3 Riparian 34
3.7.4 Wetlands 34
3.7.5 Invasive, Nonnative Plants 34
3.8 TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC WILDLIFE RESOURCES 35
3.8.1 Terrestrial 35
3.8.2 Aquatic 36
3.9 THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND SENSITIVE SPECIES 36
3.10 RANGELAND MANAGEMENT 38
3.11 CULTURAL RESOURCES 38
3.12 NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS CONCERNS 42
3.13 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 42
3.14 AESTHETICS AND RECREATION RESOURCES 42
3.14.1 Visual 42
3.14.2 Recreation 42
3.15 PALEONTOLOGY RESOURCES 42
3.16 NOISE 43
3.17 SOLID OR HAZARDOUS WASTE 43
3.18 SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS 43
3.19 LAND USE 45
4 ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES- 46
4.1 INTRODUCTION 46
4.2 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE 46
4.2.1 Minerals 46
4.2.2 Oil and Gas 46
4.2.3 Economic and Social Impacts 46
4.3 PROPOSED ACTION 47
4.3.1 Surface Mining 47
4.3.2 Air Quality 47
4.3.3 Geology and Minerals 48
4.3.4 Soils and Alluvial Valley Floor Resources 48
4.3.5 Hydrology Resources 49
4.3.6 Vegetation Resources 49
4.3.7 Wildlife Resources 50
4.3.8 Rangeland Management 51
4.3.9 Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species 51
4.3.10 Cultural Resources 53
4.3.11 Native American Religious Concerns 54
4.3.12 Aesthetics and Recreation Resources 54
4.3.13 Paleontology 54
4.3.14 Noise 54
4.3.15 Solid and Hazardous Waste 54
4.3.16 Socioeconomic Resources 54
4.3.17 Land Use 55
4.4 NON - CRITICAL RESOURCES OR ISSUES 55
4.5 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS SUMMARY 55
4.5.1 Plant and Animal Community (animal) Standard 55
4.5.2 Special Status, Threatened and Endangered Species (animal) Standard 56
4.5.3 Plant and Animal Community (plant) Standard 56
4.5.4 Special Status, Threatened and Endangered Species (plant) Standard 56
4.5.5 Riparian System Standard 56
4.5.6 Water Quality Standard 56
4.5.7 Upland Soils Standard 56
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