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BMP ID: 4983
Title: Avoid placing facilities on ridgetops.
Text: Avoid placing facilities on ridgetops: "Roads, on the other hand, may be less visible if located along ridgetops, but if they are located on the ridge face they can be highly visible because of increased cut, fill and sidecast material."
Source Publication Name: Visual Resource Management BMPs
Citation Section: Proper Site Selection Part 2
Citation Page: 4
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Planning / Environmental Review
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Jim Perry
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection Directorate,Division of Fluid Minerals
1620 L Street, N.W, Room 501
Washington, DC  20036  United States
Phone:(202) 452-5063     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(202) 452-0386     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Visual Aesthetics
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-04-23 09:12 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-04-23 09:12 UTC