Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument proposed resource management plan and final environmental impact statement

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by  United States. Bureau of Land Management

88069677 J.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Proposed Resource Management Plan
and
Final Environmental Impact Statement
VOLUME V
June 2015
Volume
5 of 5
Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Proposed Resource Management Plan
And
Final Environmental Impact Statement
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Billings Field Office, Montana
June 2015
GLMU
50
Bldg.
PjO. Box 25047
Oepver, Colorado
Billings andPompeys PillarNational Monument
ProposedResourceManagement Plan andFinal Environmental ImpactStatement
Table of Contents - Volume 5
APPENDICES
Appendix P: Visual Resource Management
Appendix Q: 1975 Memorandum between Montana and Wyoming - Administration ofthe
Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range
Appendix R: Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR)
Appendix S: Range Allotments
Appendix T: Air Quality Resource Management Plan (ARMP)
Appendix U: Water Rights
Appendix V: Recreation Setting Characteristics
Appendix W: Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Appendix X: Implementation and Monitoring
Appendix Y: Air Emission Summaries
Appendix Z: Properly Functioning and Condition-Riparian
Appendix AA: Greater Sage Grouse and Sagebrush Habitats
Appendix AB: Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument RMP/E1S and the COT
Report
Appendix AC: Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument Sign Plan
Appendices A-B are located in Volume 3
Appendices C-O are located in Volume 4
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Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental ImpactStatement
Maps Volume
List of - 5
1. BiFO Planning Area 40. VRM - Alternative C
la. public land in BiFO 41. VRM - Alternative D
2. BiFO Mineral Estate 42. LWC - Alternative A
3. Air Quality Airsheds 43. LWC- Alternative B
4. Air Quality Non-Attainment Areas 44. LWC— Alternative C
5. Soil - Major Land Resource Area 45. LWC - Alternative D
6. Soil - Wind Erodibility 46. Cave and Karsts
7. Soil - T Factor 47. Coal Locations
8. Floodplain Areas 48. Active Oil Fields
9. Vegetation 49. RFD map
10. Riparian- Properly Functioning Condition 50. Fluid Minerals- standard leasing terms-
Surveys Alternative A
1 1. Riparian Priority Recovery Areas-Alternatives 51. Fluid Minerals- standard leasing terms-
B and 1) Alternative B
12. Riparian Priority Recovery Areas- Alternative 52. Fluid Minerals- standard leasing terms-
C Alternative C
13. Invasive Species and Noxious Weeds 53. Fluid Minerals- standard leasing terms -
D
14. Special Status Plants Alternative
15. Big Game Winter Ranges 54. Fluid Minerals - major/moderate constraints
16. Antelope Range Distribution Alternative A
17. Bighorn Sheep Range Distribution 55. Fluid Minerals - major/moderate constraints
18. Elk Range Distribution Alternative B
19. Mule Deer Range Distribution 56. Fluid Minerals - major/moderate constraints
20. White-tailed Deer Range Distribution Alternative C
21. Grizzly Bear Habitat 57. Fluid Minerals - major/moderate constraints
22. Lynx Flabitat Alternative D
23. Sage Grouse PHMAs, RAs, and GHMAs 58. Locatable Minerals— Alternative A
24. Sage Grouse PHMAs, RAs, and GHMAs 59. Locatable Minerals—Alternative B
overlay with RFD 60. Locatable Minerals- Alternative C
25. Sprague’s Pipit 61 Locatable Minerals- Alternative D
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26. Red & Blue Ribbon Streams 62. Mineral Materials- Alternative A
27. Conservation Populations ofYCT 63. Mineral Materials- Alternative B
28. YCT Suitable Recovery Habitat 64. Mineral Materials- Alternative C
29. PMWHR map 65. Mineral Materials- Alternative D
30. Herd Area Map 66. Land Tenure
31. PMWHR - Alternative A 67. Withdrawals
32. PMWHR - Alternative B 68. ROW avoidance- Alternative A
33. PMWHR- Alternative C 69. ROW avoidance - Alternative B
34. PMWF1R - Alternative D 70. ROW avoidance - Alternative C
35. Potential Fossil Yield Classification 7 ROW avoidance- Alternative D
1.
36. Wildland fire locations 72. ROW exclusion- Alternative A
37. High potential fire damage hazard soils 73. ROW exclusion- Alternative B
38. VRI - Alternative A 74. ROW exclusion- Alternative C
39. VRM -Alternative B 75. ROW exclusion- Alternative D
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76. ROW Corridors- Alternatives A and B 1 11648...HorsethiefTMA— Alternative D*
77. ROW Corridors- Alternative C 1 15.Acton TMA - Alternative A*
78. ROW Corridors- Alternative D 1 Acton TMA - Alternative B*
79. Recreation Areas 1 17.Acton TMA - Alternative C*
80. SRMA- Alternative A 1 1 Acton TMA - Alternative D*
81. SRMA - Alternative B 112119..Shepherd Ah-Nei TMA - Alternative A*
82. SRMA- Alternative C 11222024...Shepherd Ah-Nei TMA- Alternative B, C,
83. SRMA- Alternative D 123.D*
3.
84. Sundance Lodge SMRA - Alternatives A, B, C, Pornpeys Pillar NM, NHL, ACEC
125.
D Range Allotments
126.
85. Four Dances Natural Area SRMA - Mill Creek/Bundy TMA- Alternative A*
7.
Alternatives A, B, C, D Mill Creek/Bundy TMA -Alternative B*
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86. Acton ERMA - Alternative A Mill Creek/Bundy TMA - Alternative C*
86a. Acton SRMA, Alternatives B, C, D 130.Mill Creek/Bundy TMA- Alternative D*
131.
87. Asparagus Point EMRA- Alternatives A and B 112372..South Hills TMA - Alternatives A and D
88. Asparagus Point SRMA - Alternatives C and D 28.South Hills TMA - Alternative B
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89. Pryor Mountain ERMA- Alternative A 112394..South Hills TMA- Alternative C
90. Pryor Mountain SRMA - Alternatives B, C, D 135.n/a
91 Shepherd Ah-Nei ERMA - Alternative A Tin Can Hill TMA- Alternative A
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92. Shepherd Ah-Nei SRMA - Alternatives B, C, D Tin Can Hill TMA— Alternative B
93. South Hills ERMA - Alternatives A and B 13 Tin Can Hill TMA— Alternative C
94. South Hills SRMA- Alternatives C and D Tin Can Hill TMA - Alternative D
95. 17 Mile ERMA - Alternatives A, B, D Cottonwood/Weatherman Draw TMA -
96.100.7 mile SRMA - Alternative C 46.Alternative A*
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97. HorsethiefERMA—Alternatives A and B 136.Cottonwood/Weatherman Draw TMA-
98. HorsethiefSRMA - Alternatives C and D Alternative B*
99. Yellowstone RiverCorridor SRMA- 1153403..Cottonwood/Weatherman Draw TMA -
Alternatives C and D Alternative C*
99a. Yellowstone River Corridor ERMA— 113458..Cottonwood/Weatherman Draw TMA-
Alternative B Alternative D*
1123.. Mill Creek/Bundy SRMA- Alternative C 11144537689....Warren TMA - Alternative A*
100a. Mill Creek/Bundy ERMA- Alternative D 114490..Warren TMA - Alternative B*
101.Bundy Island SRMA- Alternative B 141.Warren TMA - Alternative C*
102. Areas Closed to Target Shooting- 142.Warren TMA- Alternative D*
Alternative A 153.Pryor Mountain TMA- Alternative A*
103. Areas Closed to Target Shooting- 144.Pryor Mountain TMA- Alternative B*
Alternative B 155.Pryor Mountain TMA - Alternative C*
104. Areas Closedto Target Shooting - Pryor Mountain TMA - Alternative D*
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Alternative C Grove Creek TMA Alternative A*
105. Areas Closed to Target Shooting- Grove Creek TMA- Alternative B*
Alternative D Grove Creek TMA - Alternative C*
106. Travel Management Areas Grove Creek TMA - Alternative D*
1
107. Gage Dome TMA- Alternative A* 15LWind Potential
108. Gage Dome TMA - Alternative B* 152.Wind Potential - BLM only
109. Gage Dome TMA- Alternative C* Renewable Energy - Alternative A
110. Gage Dome TMA - Alternative D* 54.Renewable Energy- Alternative B
1
1 1 1.HorsethiefTMA Alternative A* Renewable Energy - Alternative C
HorsethiefTMA - Alternative B* Renewable Energy - Alternative D
1 1
TMA
1 Horsethief - Alternative C*
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58.Pompeys Pillar NM and ACEC - Alternative 72. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Lands
1
A
Retention/Disposal Allocations
1159.Pompeys Pillar NM and ACEC- 173. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and
160.Alternatives B, C, D Livestock Grazing Allocations
ACECs 74. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and
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Twin Coulee WSA Locatable Mineral Allocations
161.Pryor Mountain WSAs 75. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Minor
164. 1
116625..Wild and Scenic River- Alternative A Rights-of-Way Allocations
116636..Wild and Scenic River- Alternative B 176. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Major
Wild and Scenic River- Alternative C Rights-of-Way Allocations
Wild and Scenic River- Alternative D 177. Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Right-
National Historic Trails of-Way Corridor Allocations
PHMA GHMA
167. Oil and Gas Provinces 1995 178. Sage Grouse and and Non-
167a. Oil and Gas RFD with Federal Energy Leasable Allocations
PHMA GHMA
Mineral Estate 179. Sage Grouse and and
168. BLM Sage Grouse Management Areas and Mineral Material Allocations
MTFWP PHMA GHMA
Sage Grouse Core Areas, 180.Sage Grouse and and Travel
169. Sage Grouse Priority Habitat Management Management Allocations
PHMA GHMA
Areas 181.Sage Grouse and and Solar
170. Highly Erodible Soils and Surface Water Energy Allocations
171.Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Fluid 182.Sage Grouse PHMA and GHMA and Wind
Mineral Allocations Energy Allocations
* These 24 x 24 maps are too large to be printed as part ofthis document. They are available on the DVD.
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Appendix
P:
Visual Resource Management Program
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