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2.0 DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING PROPOSED <br />ACTION 14 <br />2.1 Introduction 14 <br />2.2 Alternative A — Proposed Action 14 <br />2.2.1 Land Ownership and Location 16 <br />2.2.2 Overview of Drill Sites 17 <br />2.2.3 Drill Pad Layout and Equipment 18 <br />2.2.4 Access Roads 24 <br />2.2.5 Location and Source of Water Supply 24 <br />2.2.6 Construction Workforce 25 <br />2.2.7 Reclamation 25 <br />2.2.8 Design Features, Environmental Protection Measures (EPMs), and Best <br />Management Practices (BMPs) 27 <br />2.3 Alternative B — No Action 33 <br />2.4 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Further Analysis 33 <br />3.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 34 <br />3.1 Introduction 34 <br />3.2 General Setting 34 <br />3.3 Resources and Issues Brought Forward for Analysis 34 <br />3.3.1 Cultural Resources 34 <br />3.3.2 Geology and Minerals 35 <br />3.3.3 Land Use and Realty 39 <br />3.3.4 Livestock Grazing 39 <br />3.3.5 Migratory Birds 40 <br />3.3.6 Noise 41 <br />3.3.7 Recreation 41 <br />3.3.8 Socioeconomics 42 <br />3.3.9 Soils 43 <br />3.3.10 Federal Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate; BLM Sensitive and <br />Species of Concern; State of Colorado Endangered and Threatened <br />Species, and Federal Birds of Conservation Concern 43 <br />3.3.11 Transportation 45 <br />3.3.12 Vegetation, including Noxious & Invasive Weeds 46 <br />3.3.13 Waste - Hazardous, Fluid, and Solid 49 <br />3.3.14 Water Resources 49 <br />3.3.14.1 Surface Water 49 <br />3.3.14.2 Groundwater 52 <br />3.3.15 Wildlife 54 <br />3.3.16 Air Quality and Climate Change 55 <br />4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 57 <br />4.1 Introduction 57 <br />4.2 Direct/Indirect Effects 57 <br />4.2.1 Alternative A — Proposed Action 57 <br />4.2.1.1 Cultural Resources 57 <br />4.2.1.2 Geology and Minerals 58 <br />4.2.1.3 Land Use and Realty 58 <br />RM Potash Exploration Project ii <br />Environmental Assessment <br />