Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 104 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 104 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 104 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; CHAPTER IV AFFECTED environment AND environmental consequences topography and scenery existing conditions the diamond fork power system wouldbe wouldve would be located in the diamond fork drainage within the uinta national forest of the rugged and scenic wasatch mountain range elevations of project feature sites range from about 7600 feet down to about 5000 feet features of the various alternatives would be located primarily in diamond fork sixth water and fifth water canyons all of which are narrow steep walled canyons containing perennial streams as well as popular hot springs and hiking trails diamond fork is a tributary of the spanish fork river which is tributary to utah lake before terminating in utah lake the spanish fork river flows past the community of spanish fork in south utah valley environmental impacts recommended PLAN temporary and permanent landscape disturbance would be apparent from the placement of permanent project features such as roads dams power plants and transmission lines and from loss of native vegetation and natural landscape resulting from construction of these features changes in topography and the natural shape of the landscape im pacts on vegetation and visual impacts on the esthetic quality of the mountainous terrain from above ground project features would be mitigated to the extent practical through the mitigation measures discussed in chapter III 111 ili these measures would include revegetation of denuded areas and placement of features such as transmission towers and lines in in conspicuous areas where feasible during project construction increased human activity heavy machin ery material processing powerline po werline installation and surface excavations would temporarily detract from the scenery such detractions retractions detr actions however would be visible only in localized areas where construction was occur ring the reservoir basins would be unattractive until filled excavations for tunnels aqueducts roads powerlines pow erlines and other facilities would create sections of cleared land until vegetation could be reestab relstab lished dished successful restoration of visual appeal by revegetation of these areas would probably take 5 to 10 years and up to 25 years to reach full maturity or preproject pre project conditions project impacts on the scenery were evaluated using the US depart ment of agricultures agriculturer Agri cultures national forest landscape management volume 2 9 7 104 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/2980 |
