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page 3-195
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-195 Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 3-195 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-195 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; mineral and energy resources 3.17 317 mineral and energy resources 317.1 3171 3171 introduction introducfio n this section addresses the potential impacts on mineral and energy resources that could occur from construction and operation of the proposed action and no action alternative 317.2 3172 3172 issues eliminated from further analysis the following issues were eliminated from further analysis energy resources of coal and oil shale would not be affected by the proposed action or no action alternative because these resources do not occur in marketable quantities near any of the proposed facilities described in chapter 1 UDNR 1983a some exploratory oil and gas wells have been drilled in the general area in the past however no producing wells have been developed in the diamond fork drainage potential for oil and gas in the drainage is low to moderate forest service 1997b neither the proposed action or the no action alternative would prohibit energy resource exploration other than as needed to protect the project features operation of the dream mine nene would not be affected by the proposed action and no action alternative because the mine is inactive and is located outside the impact area of influence development of nonmetallic mineral resources including gypsum anyhydride any hydride clays phosphates and sand and gravel would not be affected by the proposed action or no action alternative because these minerals do not occur in marketable quantities although a favorable band for phosphates UDNR 1983b would be crossed by the diamond fork siphon and the red hollow pipeline under the proposed action and the upper diamond fork pipeline under the no action alternative there is no evidence of phosphates along the alignments of these features based on boreholes bore holes monley 1999 19991 operation of the sand pit east of the intersection of diamond fork road and highway 6 would not be affected by the proposed action and no action alternative because it is outside of the impact area of influence and traffic delays on diamond fork road during construction of the spanish fork river outlet would be less than 15 minutes see section 3176.3 31763 31763 potential development of mineral and energy resources would not be affected by modifications to the diversion structures on the spanish fork river under the proposed action or no action alternative transportation routes to active mines would not be affected any traffic delays caused by construction are expected to be less than 15 minutes see section 3.15 315 315 transportation 317.3 3173 issues addressed in the impact analysis no issues were raised during the SFN scoping process however the following issue is addressed in this section impacts to mineral resources were eliminated form further analysis see section 317.2 3172 3172 potential adverse impacts on energy production of the two strawberry valley project SVP hydroelectric power plants on the spanish fork river 3195 3 195 diamond fork system FSFEIS FS FEIS |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/10555 |
