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Annual Site Environmental Report for 1999
Table 2.2 Federally Listed, Proposed, and Candidate Species Potentially Occurring Within
the Paducah Site Study Area in 1999a
Common Name Scientific Name EndangeredSpecies Act Status
Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis Listed Endangered
Interior Least Tern Sterna antillarum athalassos Listed Endangered
Pink Mucket Lampsilis abrupta Listed Endangered
Ring Pink Obovaria retusa Listed Endangered
Orange-footed Pearly Mussel Plethobasus cooperianus Listed Endangered
Fat Pocketbook Potamilus capax Listed Endangered
Tubercled-blossom Pearly Mussel Epioblasma torulosa torulosa Listed Endangered
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Listed Threatened
Sturgeon Chub Macrhybopsis geUda Candidate
Sicklefin Chub Macrhybopsis meeki Candidate
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All of the above species are discussed in Environmentallnve.l'tigations at the Paducah
Gaseous Diffusion Plant alld Surrounding Area, McCracken County, Kentucky, Volume
Ill, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, May 1994. Note that the study
area encompasses 11,719 acres and extends to include the Ohio River, which is over
three miles north of the DOE reservation. None of these species has been reported as
sighted on the DOE reservation although potential summer habitat exists there for the
Indiana bat. No critical habitat for any of these species has been designated anywhere
in the study area.
In 1999, no floodplain or wetlands
assessments were prepared or approved. Also,
no floodplain or wetlands notices of involvement
were published in the Federal Register for the
Paducah Site. In addition; DOE did not apply for
any individual permits from COE or for any
water quality certifications from the state. Some
DOE projects were authorized through the COE
nationwide permit program for activities
involving waters of the United States.
DOE activities did not result in significant
impacts to floodplains or wetlands at the
Paducah Site in 1999.
FloodplainlWetlands Environmental
Review :Requirements NOVs
No NOVs were received in 1999.
Farm!and Protection Policy Act
Prime farmland is generally defined as land
that has the best combination of physical and
chemical characteristics for producing crops of
statewide or local importance. The Farmland
Protection Policy Act of 1981 requires federal
agencies to consider the effects of their proposed
actions on prime farmland and consider any
altemativesthat would lessen impacts. When
required, ,prime farmland surveys are conducted,
and DOE consults with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation
Service, formerly the Soil Conservation Service.
If conversion of prime fannland is anticipated, a
Farmland' Conversion Impact Rating form is
completed and! submitted to the Natural
Resources Conservation Service. No Farmland
Conversion Impact Rating forms were submitted
to the Natural Resources Conservation Service
in 1999.
Environmental Compliance
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