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BMP ID: 2697
Title: Avoid areas of highly erosive soils
Text: Soils: "Areas of highly erosive soils will be avoided when drill sites, two-track access routes, and pipeline routes are surveyed and staked in order to substantially reduce the amount of soil loss."
Source Publication Name: Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project
Citation Section: Appendix A, Section A.5: Programmatic Mitigation
Citation Page: A-31
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field: POWDER RIVER BASIN
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Buffalo Field Office
1425 Fort St.
Buffalo, Wyoming  82834  United States
Phone:(307) 684-1100     Alt. Phone:
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Categories: Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Wyoming
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Date Entered: 2009-03-06 11:21 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-06 12:43 UTC