Preliminary Development Plan For Utah Tract U B Submitted In Accordance With The Department Of Interiors Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program

"This Partial Exploration Plan is specifically directed toward the activities relating to the Environmental Baseline Data Collection and Monitoring Program and associated requirements. As such, it does not include the complete Geologic Exploration element which must be ultimately implemented to define the oil shale resources of the tracts. ... This Partial Exploration Plan details the two respective lessee's plans for implementing a joint integrated environmental program on both Tracts U-a and U-b. This program, which includes collecting baseline data and establishing comprehensive environmental monitoring activities to be conducted through the initial two-year period, will clearly define and document the environmental conditions that exist on the tracts prior to any development. This will provide the essential predevelopment planning information which, together with engineering and economic data, will serve as a basis for the physical planning and design of oil shale mining and processing facilities and preparation of the Detailed Development Plan (DDP)" --Leaves 1 and 2.

"The baseline data collection program was designed as a means of collecting data concerning the biological resources and the operative aspects of the ecosystem of Tracts U-a and U-b and the area contained within a perimeter 1 mi around the boundaries of the tracts, from here on referred to as the project area. The baseline data will be used to predict and evaluate the effects of oil shale development within the tracts, to develop plans for revegetation and fish and wildlife management, and to monitor the effects of development"--Leaf 1