Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 36 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 36 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 36 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 111 III lii AFFECTED environment AND environmental consequences recommended plan permanent losses of vegetation caused by the recommended plan would total 438 acres see table 7 including 45 acres 10 percent of riparian habitat most of 1 the I L he loss would be attributable to inundation by monks hollow reservoir and construction of new access roads temporary losses of 132 acres would primarily be the result of construction of the sixth water aqueduct diamond fork pipeline power transmission lines and the development of material source areas permanent losses of vegetation would be reduced by 107 acres and temporary losses by 148 acres from the 1984 FES EES E fes ES plan table 7 alternative A permanent losses of vegetation caused by alternative A would total 447 acres see table 7 slightly more than with the recommended plan temporary losses of 155 acres would occur considerably more than with the recommended plan alternative C permanent vegetation losses of about 98 acres would occur with alternative C table 7 with no monks hollow reservoir the lossr lo loss loser ssr would be about 340 acres fewer than the recommended plan tervit temvit tent r losses would be 156 acres or 24 acres greater than the recoirded 4vded plan pian because of a longer diamond fork pipeline flood plains and wetlands existing conditions flood plains are not extensive within the diamond fork area most of the streams affected by the project are located in narrow nar rovi rovy constricted canyons with high gradient streambeds stream beds flood waters flowing under thes conditions are physin physia physically aily ally confined and unable to spread out insofar as wetlands may include those areas that are frequently inundated by surface or ground water and normally support a prevalence of vegetative or alual aqual aquatic lac tac life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth or reproduction all intermittent and perennial streams within the area of the proposed project may be classified as such the perennial streams contain a wide variety of aquatic macro invertebrates as well as a valuable stream fishery resource 36 3 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12991 |
