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BMP ID: 154
Title: Avoid locating new well pads near perennial streams, riparian areas or wetlands
Text: 4.18.2 Impacts Considered in the PAPA DEIS: "locations of new well pads would be avoided within 500 feet of perennial streams, riparian areas, or wetlands on federal lands and minerals (96 percent of all wetlands in the PAPA are located on private and state lands and minerals);"
Source Publication Name: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project
Citation Section: 4.18 WETLANDS, RIPARIAN RESOURCES AND FLOOD PLAINS
Citation Page: 4-132
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field: Pinedale Anticline Project (GREATER GREEN RIVER)
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Pinedale Field Office
1625 West Pine St., PO Box 768
Pinedale, Wyoming  82941  United States
Phone:(307) 367-5300     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail:WyMail_Jonah_Infill@blm.gov
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Aquatic and Riparian Values
Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Aquatic/Riparian Species
Vegetation Types:
• Riparian
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:04 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-09-11 09:28 UTC