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Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences BLM U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Land Speed Record Challenger North American Eagle, Inc. Diamond Valley, Eureka County, Nevada Final Environmental Assessment DOI-BLM-NV-B010-2016-0018-EA Preparing Office Battle Mountain District Office 50 Bastian Road Battle Mountain, NV 89820 December 2017 This page intentionally left blank. TABLE OF CONTENTS i Table of Contents Chapter One: Purpose and Need for Action ............................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3 Purpose and Need for Action .............................................................................. 3 1.2 Decision to be Made ........................................................................................... 6 1.3 Public Scoping Issues Identified .......................................................................... 6 1.3.1 Relevant Issues....................................................................................................... 6 1.4 BLM Responsibilities and Relationship to Planning ............................................. 7 1.4.1 Conformance to Plans, Statutes, and Regulations ................................................. 7 Chapter Two: Management Alternatives ................................................................... 11 2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................13 2.1 Proposed Action: Land Speed Record Attempt ..................................................13 2.1.1 Vehicle Description ............................................................................................... 13 2.1.2 Course Description ............................................................................................... 14 2.1.3 Access ................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.4 Staff Accommodations .......................................................................................... 16 2.1.5 Schedule and Operations ..................................................................................... 16 2.1.6 Communications ................................................................................................... 19 2.1.7 Sanitation Facilities/Trash Control ........................................................................ 19 2.1.8 Safety Including Fire Protection ............................................................................ 19 2.1.9 Applicant-Committed Biological Environmental Protection Measures .................. 21 2.2 No Action Alternative .........................................................................................23 2.3 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Further Analysis ...........................23 2.3.1 Alternative 1: Black Rock Desert, Nevada ............................................................ 23 2.3.2 Alternative 2: Bonneville Flats, Utah ..................................................................... 24 2.3.3 Alternative 3: Alvord Desert, Oregon .................................................................... 24 Chapter Three: Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences ........... 25 3.0 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences ..................................27 3.1 Effects Analysis .................................................................................................27 3.2 Resources and Issues Considered for Analysis .................................................27 3.3 Project Area Description ....................................................................................32 3.4 Human Health and Safety ..................................................................................33 LAND SPEED RECORD CHALLENGER BMDO ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.4.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 33 3.4.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 34 3.4.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ................................. 35 3.5 Native American Religious Concerns .................................................................35 3.5.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 36 3.5.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 37 3.5.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ................................. 37 3.6 Noxious Weeds, Invasive and Non-native Species ............................................37 3.6.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 38 3.6.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 40 3.6.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ................................. 41 3.7 Recreation .........................................................................................................41 3.7.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 41 3.7.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 42 3.7.3 Environmental Consequence of the No Action Alternative ................................... 43 3.8 Soils ...................................................................................................................43 3.8.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 43 3.8.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 49 3.8.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ................................. 49 3.9 Special Status Species (Plants and Wildlife) ......................................................49 3.9.1 Affected Environment ............................................................................................ 50 3.9.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ........................................ 62 3.9.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ................................. 63 3.10 Wastes (Hazardous or Solid) .............................................................................63 3.10.1 Affected Environment .......................................................................................... 64 3.10.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ...................................... 65 3.10.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ............................... 66 3.11 Water Resources ...............................................................................................66 3.11.1 Affected Environment .......................................................................................... 67 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ...................................... 69 3.11.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ............................... 70 3.12 Wildlife ...............................................................................................................70 3.12.1 Affected Environment .......................................................................................... 71 3.12.2 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action ...................................... 75 3.12.3 Environmental Consequences of the No Action Alternative ............................... 79 Chapter Four: Cumulative Impacts Analysis ............................................................ 81 LAND SPEED RECORD CHALLENGER BMDO TABLE OF CONTENTS iii 4.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................83 4.1 Past, Present, and Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions .............................83 4.2 Cumulative Impacts ...........................................................................................83 4.2.1 Cumulative Effects Study Area ............................................................................. 83 4.2.2 Human Health and Safety ..................................................................................... 85 4.2.3 Native American Religious Concerns ................................................................... 85 4.2.4 Noxious Weeds, Invasive and Non-Native Species .............................................. 86 4.2.5 Recreation ............................................................................................................. 86 4.2.6 Special Status Species (Plants and Wildlife) ........................................................ 87 4.2.7 Soils ...................................................................................................................... 87 4.2.8 Wastes (Hazardous or Solid) ................................................................................ 88 4.2.9 Water Resources .................................................................................................. 88 4.2.10 Wildlife ................................................................................................................. 89 4.3 Cumulative Effects of the No Action Alternative .................................................89 Chapter Five: Consultation and Coordination .........................................................
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