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BMP ID: 4075
Title: Follow BMPs in Habitat Handbook during pipeline burial to prevent wildlife mortalities from entrapment.
Text: "Physical and Chemical Hazards - Recommended Mitigations: Follow best management practices from the NMDGF Habitat Handbook Trenching Guideline (13) during pipeline burial to prevent wildlife mortalities from entrapment. Reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals are particularly vulnerable."
Source Publication Name: Oil and Gas Development Guidelines: Conserving New Mexico's Wildlife Habitats and Wildlife
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 12
Supplemental Documents: Habitat Handbook. — TRENCHING GUIDELINES
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: No Contact Listed
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Wildlife
Location: Unspecified
Species:
• Amphibian
• Other Animal Species
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General Comments:
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Date Entered: 2009-03-10 12:18 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-03-10 12:18 UTC