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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 13 Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 13 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 13 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; comment letter no 19 page 13 of 22 should effectively prevent access to and drowning of big game animals in the reservoir smaller manu mammals nals nais birds and reptiles may still be able to access the reservoir and become entrapped measures such as installing escape ramps on the sides of the reservoir should be included to minimize effects to small animal populations 3563311 35633.11 35633 3563.3 35633 1 1 temporary disturbance of 791.5 7915 acres of wildlife habitat is attributed to the construction and operation of the mai mal and irrigation distribution systems of this amount 26.8 268 268 acres would be converted to a different habitat type we do not believe that conversion from one habitat type to another should be considered a temporary disturbance unless the intent is to reestablish the area to its predisturbance habitat please clarify this in the text 3563 356.3 3563 356332table 356332 3 stable 2table Table 2 tabie 3.55 355 35 355 5 reptileamphibians Reptile amphibians and waterpasserine water passerine birds are shown in this table to be negatively affected by the conversion from flood irrigation Z to sprinkler irrigation mammalian predators and raptors raptores may also be negatively affected due to decreased or changed prey bases associated with the loss of wetland habitats currently created by flood irrigation 1 3563.4 35634 35634 we recommend adding tp the following 1 mitigation I 1 commitments to this section As per the preceding discussion 3563129 3 3563129 35631.29 563129 5631.29 563129 relative to mammalian predators mitigation efforts should include preconstruction pre construction surveys for den sites as well as measures to avoid disturbance during C crucial bree breeding breedinc dino dinc and wintering it time periods surveys for raptor nests should be accomplished to determine potential impacts and appropriate mitigation Z opportunities such as the use of seasonal buffers if necessary according to the draft wildlife resources technical report page 46 4 6 the west mona pumping plant electric distribution line would be constructed in accordance with the raptor protection standards adopted by the electric utility industry this should be incorporated into mitigation for operation and maintenance impacts raptor protection standards should also be applied to the described interconnection from existing power lines to the nephi pumping Z plant we recommend adherence to specifications presented in avian avion power line interaction committee APLIC 1996 suggested practices for raptor protection on power lines the state of the art in 1996 edison electric institutelraptor instituteraptor Institute Raptor research foundation washington D DC C 125pp avian avion power line interaction committee APLIC 1994 mitigating bird collisions with power lines the state of the art in 1994 edison electric institute washington D DC C 78pp suggested practices are intended to reduce bird collisions entanglement and electrocution construction of transmission towers and power poles should enhance raptor nestinor nesting nes tinor opportunities where appropriate 13 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/10303 |
