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Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Environmental Assessments (UT) Utah 4-2011 Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utah_enviroassess Part of the Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons Recommended Citation United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, "Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment" (2011). Environmental Assessments (UT). Paper 6. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utah_enviroassess/6 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Utah at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Environmental Assessments (UT) by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Environmental Assessment UT-080-08-0238 April 2011 Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment Legal Descriptions on Federal Lands: T. 10 S., R. 20 E., SLM, Utah Sec. 11, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼; Sec. 12, SW¼SW¼. T. 11 S., R. 21 E. Sec. 6, Lot 1, SE¼NE¼, E½SE¼; Sec. 7, E½E½, SE¼SE¼; Sec. 17, SW¼SW¼; Sec. 18, NE¼, E½SE¼; Sec. 20, W½W½, SE¼SW¼; Sec. 29, E½W½; Sec. 33, W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼. T. 12 S., R. 21 E. Sec. 4, Lot 3, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, W½SE¼; Sec. 9, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼; Sec. 10, W½SW¼; Sec. 15, W½SW¼; E½SW¼, NW¼, SW¼SE¼ Sec. 22, W½NE¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼, NE¼NW¼, SE¼NE¼; Sec. 23, SW¼SW¼; Sec. 25, SW¼NE¼, S½NW¼, N½SE¼; Sec. 26, S½NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼. T. 12 S., R. 22 E. Sec. 30, Lots 3, 4; Sec. 31, Lots 1-3, E½SW¼, SW¼SE¼. T. 13 S., R. 22 E. Sec. 4, S½SW¼; Sec. 5, SW¼NW¼, N½SW¼, W½SE¼, SE¼SE¼; Sec. 6, Lots 1, 2, SE¼NE¼; Sec. 9, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼; Sec. 10, SW¼NW¼, N½S½; Sec. 11, W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼; Sec. 14, E½W½; Sec. 23, SW¼NE¼, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, W½SE¼; Sec. 26, W½NE¼; Sec. 35, SE¼NW¼. T. 14 S., R. 22 E. Sec. 3, SE¼SE¼; Sec. 11, S½SE¼; Sec. 14, W½E½; Sec. 23, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼; Sec. 24, SW¼NW¼, W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼; Sec. 25, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼. T. 14 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 30, Lots 2,3, NE¼SW¼, SE¼SW¼, S½SE¼; Sec. 31, NE¼NE¼. T. 15 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 5, Lot 1, SE¼NE¼, E½SE¼; Sec. 8, E½E½; Sec. 9, W½W½; Sec. 16, NW¼NW¼; Sec. 22, SW¼SE¼. Sec. 35, E½ All in Uintah County, Utah. Salt Lake Meridian Applicants: Uintah County 152 East 100 North Vernal, UT 84078 U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office 170 South 500 East Vernal, Utah 84078 Phone: (435) 781-4400 FAX: (435) 781-4410 Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment UT-080-08-0238 Table of Contents 1.0 PURPOSE AND NEED .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 PURPOSE & NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION .............................................................. 1 1.4 CONFORMANCE WITH BLM LAND USE PLAN(S) .............................................................. 1 1.5 RELATIONSHIP TO STATUTES, REGULATIONS, OR OTHER PLANS ............................. 2 1.6 IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES .................................................................................................. 3 1.6.1 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.6.2 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................. 3 1.6.3 Floodplains ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.6.4 Invasive Plants/Noxious Weeds ............................................................................................. 3 1.6.5 Lands/Access ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.6.6 Livestock Grazing .................................................................................................................. 3 1.6.7 Paleontology ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.8 Recreation (Including Travel Management) .......................................................................... 4 1.6.9 Socio-Economics ................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.10 Soils ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1.6.11 Special Status Animal Species Other than USFWS Candidate or Listed Species, (e.g. Migratory Birds) .................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.12 Special Status Plant Species Other than USFWS Candidate or Listed Species ..................... 4 1.6.13 Threatened, Endangered and Candidate Animal Species ....................................................... 4 1.6.14 Threatened, Endangered and Candidate Plant Species .......................................................... 5 1.6.15 Vegetation .............................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.16 Water Quality (Surface/Ground) ............................................................................................ 5 1.6.17 Waters of the U.S. .................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.18 Woodland/Forestry ................................................................................................................. 5 2.0 PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES ..................................................................... 6 2.1 ALTERNATIVE A – PROPOSED ACTION ............................................................................... 6 2.1.1 Construction Elements ........................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 Other Project Elements .......................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Reclamation ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Maintenance and Operation ................................................................................................. 10 2.1.5 Best Management Practices and Applicant-Committed Protection Measures ..................... 10 2.1.5.1 Cultural Resources ...................................................................................................... 10 2.1.5.2 Paleontological Resources .......................................................................................... 10 2.1.5.3 Soils ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.1.5.4 Invasive Plants/Noxious Weeds ................................................................................. 11 2.1.5.5 Special Status Animal Species Other than USFWS Candidate or Listed Species, (e.g. Migratory Birds) ......................................................................................................... 11 2.1.5.6 Livestock Grazing ....................................................................................................... 12 2.1.5.7 Lands/Access .............................................................................................................. 13 2.1.5.8 Recreation ................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.6 Summary of the Proposed Action ........................................................................................ 13 2.2 ALTERNATIVE B – NO ACTION ........................................................................................... 14 2.3 ALTERNATIVE C – BUCK CANYON TERMINUS ............................................................... 14 2.4 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION .................................................................................................................... 15 2.4.1 An Alternative to Include the Addition of a 10-foot ATV/Mountain Bike Trail Within the Expanded ROW of the Proposed Action.............................................................................. 15 2.4.2 An Alternative to Fence the Entire ROW to Exclude Livestock and/or Wildlife ................ 15 3.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................... 16 3.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................................................... 16 3.2.1 Winds and Atmospheric Stability ........................................................................................ 16 3.2.2 Air Quality ..........................................................................................................................
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