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Sevier Playa Potash Project

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Appendix C References

November 2018

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Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix C References 1.0 Introduction

This appendix lists the references used in the EIS. 2.0 References

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C-1 Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix C References Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018f. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Environmental Compliance Inspection Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018g. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Fugitive Dust Control Plan. July 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018h. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Noxious and Invasive Weed Management Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018i. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Reclamation Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018j. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Site Safety Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018k. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Solid and Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials Management Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018l. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018m. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Surface Water Pollution Prevention Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018n. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Transportation and Traffic Management Framework Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018o. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Water Monitoring Framework Plan. Under development. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018p. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Gravel Pits – Mining Plan. August 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals Inc. 2018q. Technical memorandum titled CPM SPP Project – Sevier River Flow Path, February 14 2018 2018. Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc., and Norwest Corporation. 2018. Mining Plan for the Sevier Playa Potash Project. BLM Case File Number UTU-88387. August 2018. Domenico, P., and F. Schwartz, 1990. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 824 p. ENValue. 2018a. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Biological Resources. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. August 2018. ENValue. 2018b. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Cultural Resources. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018. ENValue. 2018c. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Geology and Minerals. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018. ENValue. 2018d. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Lands and Access. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018. ENValue. 2018e. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Native American Religious Concerns. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. June 2018. ENValue. 2018f. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Paleontology. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. June 2018. ENValue. 2018g. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Range Management. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018.

C-2 Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix C References ENValue. 2018h. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Recreation. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. June 2018. ENValue. 2018i. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Socioeconomics. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. August 2018. ENValue. 2018j. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Soils. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018. ENValue. 2018k. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Visual Resources. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. July 2018. Finkelstein, Myra, Zeka Kuspa, Noel F. Snyder and N. John Schmitt. 2015. California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2017. “World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2020.” Rome. Available online at http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6895e.pdf. Accessed on August 29, 2018. Friends of . 2013. Birds of GSL. Available online at: http://www.fogsl.org/resources/about-the-lake/birds-of-great-salt-lake. Accessed on September 26, 2013. Furniss M., S. Flanagan, and B. McFadin. 2000. Hydrologically-Connected Roads: An Indicator of the Influence of Roads on Chronic Sedimentation, Surface Water Hydrology, and Exposure to Toxic Chemicals. In: Stream Notes, produced by Stream Systems Technology Center, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado. July 2000. Furniss, M., M. Love, and S. Flanagan. 1997. Diversion Potential at Road Stream Crossings. USFS Water/Road Interaction Technology Series. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013. Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1535 pp. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014. Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp. Lichvar, R. W., D. L. Banks, W. N. Kirchner, and N. C. Melvin. 2016. National Wetland Plant List: 2016 Wetland Ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1–17. MacDonald, M.G., and A.W. Harbaugh. 1988. A modular three-dimensional finite-difference groundwater flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations Book 6, chapter A1. McGrady, M. J., J. R. Grant, I. P. Bainbridge, and D. R. A. McLeod. 2002. A model of Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) ranging behavior. Journal of Raptor Research 36 (1): 62-69. McVehil-Monnett Associates and ENValue. 2018. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Resource Report. Air Quality and Climate. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office. August 2018. Melillo, Jerry M., Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe, Eds., 2014. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 841 pp. doi:10.7930/J0Z31WJ2.

C-3 Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix C References Millard County. 2018. Millard County Resource Management Plan. Available online at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cn80Wzst8eoa0o_BqoTBHOPfPm8M6MIe. Accessed on October 1, 2018. Millard County. 2013. General Plan. County Goals, Objectives, and Action Steps. Fall 1998. Last update October 2013. National Academy of Sciences, 2008. Climate Change Evidence and Causes Booklet. 2008. National Audubon Society. 2013. Important Bird Areas. Available online at: http://netapp.audubon.org/iba/IBA. Accessed on September 26, 2013. Parrish, J. R., F. P. Howe, and R. E. Norvell. 2002. Utah Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Strategy, Version 2.0. Utah Partners in Flight Program, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1594 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. UDWR Publication Number 02-27. Ramboll, 2018a. Revised Final Air Dispersion Modeling Protocol for NEPA Analysis, Crystal Peak Minerals, Sevier Playa Potash Project. March 2018. Ramboll, 2018b. Final Air Dispersion Modeling Report for NEPA Analysis, Crystal Peak Minerals, Sevier Playa Potash Project. June 2018. Ramboll, 2018c. Email from Megan Neiderhiser to Kendall Necker and Matt Schweich; subject Greenhouse Gas Emissions (SPP), May 17, 2018. Attachment: SPP_NEPA GHG Inventory 051618.xlsx Seaber, P., F. Kapinos, and G. Knapp. 1987. Hydrologic Unit Maps. United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294. Soil Conservation Service. 1961. Land Capability Classification. Agricultural Handbook 210. September. 25 pages. State of Utah. 2018. Resource Management Plan. Available online at: http://publiclands.utah.gov/current- projects/rmp/. Accessed on October 1, 2018. SWCA Environmental Consultants. 2018. 2017-2018 Report for the Sevier Playa Potash Project Waterbird Use and Habitat Evaluation Study. Prepared for Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. June 2018. SWCA Environmental Consultants. 2017. Technical Memorandum: Response to BLM Questions Regarding Sevier Playa Potash Project Sevier River Water Delivery. SWCA Environmental Consultants. September 15, 2017. SWCA Environmental Consultants. 2016. Wetland and Riparian Baseline Inventory for the Sevier Playa Potash Project. Prepared for Peak Minerals Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. October 2016. Tausch, R. J., C. L. Nowak, and S. A. Mensing, 2004. “Climate Change and Associated Vegetation Dynamics During the Holocene: The Paleoecological Record.” Chapter 2 in Riparian Ecosystems: Ecology, Management and Restoration, edited by J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller, 24–48. Washington, DC: Island Press. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2008. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Arid West Region (Version 2.0). U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi. U. S. Bureau of Land Management, and ENValue. 2018. Sevier Playa Potash Project. Biological Assessment. September 2018. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2016. Instruction Memorandum 2016-124. Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PYFC) System for Paleontological Resources on Public Lands. July 8, 2016.

C-4 Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix C References U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2015. Sevier Playa Project Riparian Assessments. Unpublished document completed by Bill Thompson and Cassie Mellon, BLM Fillmore Field Office. August 17, 2015. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2014. Notice of Intent to Prepare and Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sevier Playa Project, Millard County, UT. Federal Register 79(48): 14078-14079. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2011a. Environmental Assessment and Decision Record, DOI-BLM- UT-W020-2010-014-EA. Sevier Lake Competitive Potash Leasing Proposal. February 2011. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2011b. Environmental Assessment and Decision Record, DOI-BLM- UT-W020-2011-0015-EA. Sevier Dry Lake Exploratory Testing. October 2011. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2010. Utah BLM Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Species List – December 20, 2010. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2008a. Environmental Assessment UT-040-07-20. UTU-82972 and UTU-82973. Milford Wind Corridor Project. Millard and Beaver Counties, Utah. October 2008. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 2008b. Assessment and Mitigation of Potential Impacts to U. S. Paleontological Resources. Instructional Memorandum 2009-011. October 10, 2008. U. S. Bureau of Land Management. 1987. Warm Springs Resource Area. The Resource Management Plan. Record of Decision and Rangeland Program Summary. U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Fillmore Field Office; Utah State Historic Preservation Office; State of Utah, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; and Crystal Peak Minerals, Inc. 2018. Programmatic Agreement regarding the Sevier Playa Potash Project. August 2018. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018a. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2016. Annex 3, Part A, Table A-112. EPA 430-R-18-003. April. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018b. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, 1990-2016. EPA-430/R-18-003, April. Washington DC. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2018c. EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program website. Available online at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting. Accessed August 17, 2018. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017a. 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 51, Appendix W, Guideline on Air Quality Models. July. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017b. AERMOD Model Formulation and Evaluation. EPA- 454/R-17-001. U.S. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. May. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017c. 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 98, Subpart A. July. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017d. 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60 Subpart OOO. July. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017e. 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60 Subpart UUU. July. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2016a. Guidance on the Development of Modeled Emission Rates for Precursors (MERPs) as a Tier 1 Demonstration Tool for Ozone and PM2.5 Under the PSD Permitting Program. December.

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