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BMP ID: 456
Title: Avoid areas subject to erosion and soil movement
Text: Well Sites: Site Selection and Design: "Operations should also be avoided or properly mitigated in riparian areas, floodplains, playas, lakeshores, wetlands, and areas subject to severe erosion and mass soil movement."
Source Publication Name: Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Develoment (aka The Gold Book)
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 15
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Wyoming State Office
5353 Yellowstone Road
Cheyenne, Wyoming  82003  United States
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Categories: Wildlife
Water Quality and Pollution
Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Land Surface Disturbance
Aquatic and Riparian Values
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:28 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-05-25 11:31 UTC

  

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