Kaiparowits Coal Development and Transportation Study

Environmental Research & Technology, Inc.. 1980. Kaiparowits Coal Development and Transportation Study. Final Report. Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior

The introduction stresses that this is not an Environmental Impact Statement, but it does follow that format, with descriptions of the affected environment and anticipated environmental consequences. It summarizes the potential environmental impacts of various levels of coal development, and of various modes of transporting coal from the Kaiparowits area. Significant impacts were found likely in six major "environmental" areas: air quality, visibility, water resources, wilderness resources, transportation, and socioeconomics. One note of a significant data gap mentioned a need for more detailed information on endangered species of both plants and animals. Summary; numerous figures, tables, and maps; 11 appendices (including data on air quality, listed plants, the paleontology of the various geologic formations and more)

Type
Published Report
Authors
Environmental Research & Technology, Inc.
Date of Issue
1980-08-01
Publisher
Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior
Units
BRCA , GLCA
Keywords
Air Quality, Coal, Development, Geology, Impacts, Kaiparowits Plateau (UT), Minerals, Mining, Paleontology, Plants, Resource Management, Threatened & Endangered Species, Vegetation

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