Document No. 140019 Job No. 100031770 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONSERVATION PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUANCE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT SECTION 10(A)(1)(B) PERMITS FOR THE AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE IN OKLAHOMA Prepared for: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 9014 East 21st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74129 Prepared by: Atkins 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78730 May 22, 2014 Contents Page List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ v List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION, NEED, AND PURPOSE ............................................................................................ 1‐1 1.1 PURPOSE AND NEED ......................................................................................................................... 1‐3 1.1.1 Purpose for the Proposed Action .................................................................................... 1‐3 1.1.2 Need for the Proposed Action ......................................................................................... 1‐3 2.0 ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................................. 2‐1 2.1 NO‐ACTION ALTERNATIVE ................................................................................................................ 2‐1 2.2 PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE: ACTIVITIES AS PROPOSED IN THE ICP .................................................. 2‐1 2.2.1 Upstream Production ....................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.2.2 Midstream Development ................................................................................................. 2‐3 3.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.1 GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.2 SOILS, INCLUDING PRIME AND UNIQUE FARMLAND ..................................................................... 3‐2 3.2.1 Central Oklahoma ............................................................................................................. 3‐2 3.2.2 Eastern Oklahoma ............................................................................................................ 3‐2 3.2.3 Prime Farmland Soils ........................................................................................................ 3‐2 3.3 WATER RESOURCES........................................................................................................................... 3‐3 3.4 WATER QUALITY ................................................................................................................................ 3‐3 3.5 AIR QUALITY ....................................................................................................................................... 3‐4 3.6 VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................................... 3‐4 3.7 WETLANDS/WATERS OF THE U.S. .................................................................................................... 3‐6 3.8 GENERAL WILDLIFE ............................................................................................................................ 3‐7 3.9 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES .................................................................................... 3‐16 3.9.1 Covered Species ............................................................................................................. 3‐16 3.9.2 Noncovered Species ....................................................................................................... 3‐18 3.10 LAND USE ......................................................................................................................................... 3‐24 3.10.1 State Planning Regions ................................................................................................... 3‐24 3.10.2 Transportation ................................................................................................................ 3‐24 3.11 AESTHETICS AND NOISE .................................................................................................................. 3‐30 3.11.1 Aesthetics ........................................................................................................................ 3‐30 3.11.2 Noise ............................................................................................................................... 3‐32 3.12 SOCIOECONOMICS .......................................................................................................................... 3‐33 3.13 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE .............................................................................................................. 3‐33 3.14 TRIBAL JURISDICTION ...................................................................................................................... 3‐37 3.15 CULTURAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................... 3‐38 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ................................................................................................. 4‐1 4.1 GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 4‐2 Atkins 100031770/140019 ii Contents Page 4.1.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐2 4.1.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ....................................................... 4‐3 4.2 SOILS, INCLUDING PRIME AND UNIQUE FARMLAND ..................................................................... 4‐3 4.2.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐3 4.2.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ....................................................... 4‐4 4.3 WATER RESOURCES........................................................................................................................... 4‐4 4.3.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐4 4.3.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ....................................................... 4‐6 4.4 WATER QUALITY ................................................................................................................................ 4‐7 4.4.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐7 4.4.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ....................................................... 4‐8 4.5 AIR QUALITY ....................................................................................................................................... 4‐8 4.5.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐8 4.5.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ....................................................... 4‐9 4.6 VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................................... 4‐9 4.6.1 No‐Action Alternative ...................................................................................................... 4‐9 4.6.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ..................................................... 4‐12 4.7 WETLANDS/WATERS OF THE U.S. .................................................................................................. 4‐13 4.7.1 No‐Action Alternative .................................................................................................... 4‐13 4.7.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ..................................................... 4‐14 4.8 GENERAL WILDLIFE .......................................................................................................................... 4‐15 4.8.1 No‐Action Alternative .................................................................................................... 4‐15 4.8.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration ..................................................... 4‐19 4.9 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES .................................................................................... 4‐20 4.9.1 Covered Species ............................................................................................................. 4‐20 4.9.1.1 No‐Action Alternative .............................................................................. 4‐20 4.9.1.2 Proposed Alternative: ICP with a 22‐year Duration............................... 4‐21 4.9.2 Noncovered Species ....................................................................................................... 4‐22 4.9.2.1 No‐Action Alternative .............................................................................. 4‐22