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	Dear Reader Letter
	Title Page
	Abstract
	Executive Summary
	Table of Contents
	Chapter 1 – Purpose and Need
	Chapter 2 – Descriptions of the Alternatives
	Chapter 3 – Affected Environment
	Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences
	Chapter 5 – Consultation and Coordination
	Chapter 6 – List of Preparers and Contributors
	Acronyms
	Glossary
	Literature Cited
	Figures
	Appendix 1 Wyoming Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Guidelines for Surface Disturbing and Disruptive Activities
	Appendix 2 2003 Coal Screening Process Summary
	Appendix 3 Wild and Scenic River Designation Process
	Appendix 4 Air Quality Impact Technical Support Document
	Appendix 5 Cultural Resources Management
	Appendix 6 Land Exchange, Acquisition and Disposal Criteria
	Appendix 7 Lands Considered for Disposal, Withdrawal and Acquisition
	Appendix 8. Monitoring Methods to Assess Wyoming Standards and Guidelines for Healthy Rangelands
	Appendix 9. Exception, Modification, and Waiver Criteria
	Appendix 10. Special Status Species List
	Appendix 11. Water Quality and Watershed Management Within the RMPPA
	Appendix 12. Managing Wild Horse Populations in the Rawlins RMPPA
	Appendix 13. Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution with Best Management Practices
	Appendix 14. Programmatic Biological Opinion for the Wyoming Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Resource Management Plan
	Appendix 15 Best Management Practices for Reducing Surface Disturbance and Disruptive Activities
	Appendix 16 Mountain Plover Management Guidelines: Occupied Habitat Protection Measures
	Appendix 17 Monitoring and Evaluation
	Appendix 18 Compensation (Offsite) Mitigation
	Appendix 19 Vegetation Treatments, Forest Practices, and Range Improvements
	Appendix 20 Oil and Gas Operations
	Appendix 21 Clarification of OHV Designations and Travel Management in the BLM Land Use Planning Process
	Appendix 22 ACEC Designation Process
	Appendix 23 Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming Water Development Commission Concerning High Savery Dam and Reservoir Project
	Appendix 24 Mitigation Guidelines for Special Status Plants
	Appendix 25 Visual Resource Management
	Appendix 26 Road Management and Closures in Sensitive Habitat Areas
	Appendix 27 Procedures For Processing Applications For Permit To Drill
	Appendix 28 Plant Common and Scientific Names
	Appendix 29 Range Allotment Information
	Appendix 30 Probable Fossil Yield Classifications, By Formation, State of Wyoming
	Appendix 31 Rawlins Field Office Noxious Weed Prevention Plan
	Appendix 32 Hazard Management and Resource Restoration Program
	Appendix 33 Reasonably Foreseeable Developments and Reasonably Foreseeable Actions Tables
	Appendix 34 Designated Right-Of-Way Corridor Criteria
	Appendix 35 Socioeconomic Impact Analysis and Significance Criteria
	Albany County Carbon County Laramie County Sweetwater County County Aggregation City of Cheyenne City of Laramie City of Rawlins City of Rock Springs State of Wyoming
	Appendix 36 Reclamation Plan
	Appendix 37 Adobe Town Dispersed Recreation Use Area
	Appendix 38 Response to Public Comments
	Appendix 39 Relevant Statutes, Limitations, and Guidelines
	Map 1-1 Overview
	Map 1-2 Surface Administration
	Map 1-3 Sub-Surface Administration
	Map 1-4 Rawlins RMPPA
	Map 2-1 Fire Management
	Map 2-2 Designated Right-of-Way Corridors
	Map 2-3 Domestic Sheep Avoidance Area
	Map 2-4 Existing and Proposed Withdrawals — Alternative 1
	Map 2-5 OHV Designations — Alternative 1
	Map 2-6 Wilderness Study Areas
	Map 2-7 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern — Alternative 1
	Map 2-8 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern — Alternative 3
	Map 2-9 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern — Alternative 4
	Map 2-10 Other Management Areas — Alternative 1
	Map 2-11 Other Management Areas — Alternative 2
	Map 2-12 Other Management Areas — Alternative 3
	Map 2-13 Other Management Areas — Alternative 4
	Map 2-14 Recreation Management Areas — Alternative 1
	Map 2-15 Recreation Management Areas — Alternative 2
	Map 2-16 Recreation Management Areas — Alternative 3
	Map 2-17 Recreation Management Areas — Alternative 4
	Map 2-18 National Natural Landmarks
	Map 2-19 Segments Eligible for Inclusion in the Wild and Scenic River System
	Map 2-20 Watersheds with Management Actions
	Map 2-21 Wild Horse Herd Management Areas
	Map 2-22 Potential Disposals — Carbon County — Alternative 1
	Map 2-23 Potential Disposals — Sweetwater County — Alternative 1
	Map 2-24 Potential Disposals — Laramie County — Alternative 1
	Map 2-25 Potential Disposals — Albany County — Alternative 1
	Map 2-26 Potential Disposals — Carbon County — Alternatives 2 & 4
	Map 2-27 Potential Disposals — Sweetwater County — Alternatives 2 & 4
	Map 2-28 Potential Disposals — Laramie County — Alternatives 2 & 4
	Map 2-29 Potential Disposals — Albany County — Alternatives 2 & 4
	Map 2-30 Utility/Transportation Systems and Wind Energy Exclusion and Avoidance Areas — Alternative 1
	Map 2-31 Utility/Transportation Systems and Wind Energy Exclusion and Avoidance Areas — Alternative 2
	Map 2-32 Utility/Transportation Systems and Wind Energy Closure and Exclusion Areas — Alternative 3
	Map 2-33 Utility/Transportation Systems and Wind Energy Exclusion and Avoidance Areas — Alternative 4
	Map 2-34 Bison Exclusion Areas
	Map 2-35 Oil and Gas Classifications — Alternative 1
	Map 2-36 Oil and Gas Classifications — Alternative 2
	Map 2-37 Oil and Gas Classifications — Alternative 3
	Map 2-38 Oil and Gas Classifications — Alternative 4
	Map 2-39 Existing and Proposed Withdrawals — Alternative 2
	Map 2-40 Existing and Proposed Withdrawals — Alternative 3
	Map 2-41 Existing and Proposed Withdrawals — Alternative 4
	Map 2-42 OHV Designations — Alternative 2
	Map 2-43 OHV Designations — Alternative 3
	Map 2-44 OHV Designations — Alternative 4
	Map 2-45 This map from the Draft EIS has been removed in the Final EIS
	Map 2-46 Historic Trails — Alternatives 1 & 2
	Map 2-47 Historic Trails — Alternative 3 & 4
	Map 2-48 This map has been combined with Map 2-47
	Map 2-49 Visual Resource Management — Alternative 3
	Map 2-50 Visual Resource Management — Alternative 4
	Map 2-51 Visual Resource Management — Alternative 1
	Map 2-52 Visual Resource Management — Alternative 2
	Map 2-53 Pronghorn Habitat
	Map 2-54 Mule Deer Habitat
	Map 2-55 Bighorn Sheep Habitat and Lambing Areas
	Map 2-56 Elk Habitat and Parturition Areas
	Map 2-57 Greater Sage-grouse Nesting Limitation Area for Oil and Gas Development
	Map 2-58 Adobe Town Dispersed Use Area Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
	Map 2-59 Adobe Town Dispersed Use Area Recreation Opportunity Spectrum—Desired Future Condition
	Map 3-1 Forest Management
	Map 3-2 Wind Energy Potential
	Map 3-3 Grazing Allotments
	Map 3-4 Major Structural Elements
	Map 3-5 Oil and Gas Fields
	Map 3-6 Permitted Mining Activities
	Map 3-7 Recreation Sites and Areas
	Map 3-8 Percent of Minority Population by County
	Map 3-9 Median Household Income
	Map 3-10 Vegetation Communities
	Map 3-11 Major Surface Water Basins
	Map 3-12 Soil/Precipitation Zones
	Map 3-13 Greater Sage-Grouse and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks
	Map 4-1 Water Quality and Watersheds — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-2 Wild Horses — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-3 Bighorn Sheep — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-4 Elk — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-5 Mule Deer — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-6 Pronghorn — Cumulative Impact Analysis Area
	Map 4-7 Oil and Gas Project Locations with Oil, Gas, and Coal Bed Natural Gas Potential
	Map A2-1 Coal Development Potential
	Map A2-2 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential
	Map A2-3 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential
	Map A2-4 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential
	Map A8-1 Standards and Guidelines Assessment by Year
	Map A23-1 High Savery Dam MOU
	Biological Assessment
	Comments and responses are organized by (1) unique comment submittals (which are organized by resource category, and then by commentor name in alphabetical order), and
	Table 1 - Unique Comments
	(2) form letter comment submittals.
	Form Letter 1
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	Form Letter 15
	Form Letter 16
	Form Letter 17
	Form Letter 18
	Form Letter 19
	Form Letter 20
	*Nonsubstantive comments are not included.
	Rawlins DEIS Files

Management Situation Analysis (MSA) Document

Rawlins Mineral Occurrence and Development Potential Report

Wild & Scenic River Report

Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario for Oil and Gas

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