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BMP ID: 5314
Title: Preserve soil containing cactus seed bank to be used in reclamation
Text: 3.2.2 Uinta Basin Hookless Cactus: "6. Remove soil surrounding the cactus to be disturbed to a radius of one meter and a depth of 5 centimeters centered on the plant. Secure the soil in a container at the site until the site is reclaimed after drilling. Soil with its presumed Uinta Basin hookless cactus (S. glaucus) seed bank will be used in the site's reclamation."
Source Publication Name: Final Biological Assessment Castle Peak and Eightmile Flat Oil and Gas Expansion Project Inland Resources Inc.
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 3-38
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field: Castle Peak, Eightmile Flat, Monument Butte-Myton Bench
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
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Categories: Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Land Surface Disturbance
Vegetation
Location: Utah
Species:
• Sclerocactus brevispinus (Pariette Bench hookless cactus)
• Unknown
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Date Entered: 2009-05-13 10:26 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-16 14:57 UTC