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BROOKINGS COUNTY

State Highway 28

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Sect. 36

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Sect. 35

Sect. 26

Sect. 23

Sect. 20

Sect. 29

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Sect. 32

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Source: USDA NAIP 2006; USGS NHD 2006; ESRI 2006; Basin Electric 2008; EDAW 2008

Project Features Proposed Gas Pipeline Route

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Deer Creek Station

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Vegetation - Sheet 1

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

Deciduous Forest/Shelterbelt

Grassland/Herbaceous

Pasture/Hay

Native Grassland

Surveyed Wetland

Exhibit 3.6-15: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 1

198th Ave

196th St DEUEL COUNTY

BROOKINGS COUNTY

197th St

48 4t

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Oak Lake

Black Slough

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Sect. 5 Sect. 1

Sect. 8 Sect. 12

Sect. 18

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Sect. 36

Sect. 13 Sect. 17

Sect. 32

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Deer Creek Station

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Vegetation - Sheet 2

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

Deciduous Forest/Shelterbelt

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Pasture/Hay

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Surveyed Wetland

Exhibit 3.6-16: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 2

201st Ave

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Sect. 28

Sect. 9

Sect. 25

Sect. 24

Sect. 13

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T 112N R 47W

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Vegetation - Sheet 3

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

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Exhibit 3.6-17: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 3

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Sect. 33

Sect. 28

Sect. 9

Sect. 1

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Sect. 25

T 112N R 47W

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Source: USDA NAIP 2006; USGS NHD 2006; ESRI 2006; Basin Electric 2008; EDAW 2008

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Vegetation - Sheet 4

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

Deciduous Forest/Shelterbelt

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Surveyed Wetland

Exhibit 3.6-18: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 4

48 4t

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204th Ave

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State Highway 30

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Deer Creek

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Sect. 19

Sect. 8

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Sect. 12

Sect. 17

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Vegetation - Sheet 5

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

Deciduous Forest/Shelterbelt

Grassland/Herbaceous

Pasture/Hay

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Surveyed Wetland

Exhibit 3.6-19: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 5

207th St

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205th Ave

Deer Creek Station

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Sect. 31 Sect. 36

Sect. 6 Sect. 1

Sect. 26

Sect. 23

Sect. 20

Sect. 29

Sect. 35

Sect. 32

Sect. 2 Sect. 5

Sect. 14 Sect. 13 Sect. 18

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Deer Creek Station

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Vegetation - Sheet 6

Vegetation/Wetland Cultivated Crops

Deciduous Forest/Shelterbelt

Grassland/Herbaceous

Pasture/Hay

Native Grassland

Surveyed Wetland

Exhibit 3.6-20: Vegetation Communities, Sheet Map 6

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Project Overview 1.2 Organization of Application 1.3 Project Schedule 1.4 Other Required Permits and Approvals

2.0 Project Participants 2.1 Names of Participants 2.2 Name of Owner and Manager

3.0 Natural Gas Pipeline Siting Permit 3.1 Purpose of the Project 3.2 Estimated Project Costs 3.3 Demand for the Project 3.3.1 Present and Estimated Consumer Demand 3.3.2 Consequences of Delay or Termination of Pipeline Facility

3.4 Natural Gas Pipeline Site Description 3.5 Alternative Sites and Routes 3.5.1 Evaluation of Routes Considering Reliance upon Eminent Domain

3.6 Environmental Information and Effect on Physical Environment 3.6.1 Other Major Industrial Facilities under Regulation 3.6.2 Summary of Environmental Impacts 3.6.3 Physical Environment 3.6.3.1 Landforms and Topography 3.6.3.2 Geology and Paleontology 3.6.3.3 Economic Mineral Deposits 3.6.3.4 Soils 3.6.3.4.1 Existing Conditions 3.6.3.4.2 Potential Impacts and Mitigation

3.6.3.5 Erosion or Sedimentation 3.6.3.6 Seismic, Subsidence, and Slope Instability Risks

3.6.4 Hydrology 3.6.4.1 Surface Water Drainage 3.6.4.1.1 Specific Measures to Protect Water Quality

3.6.4.2 Floodplains 3.6.4.3 Groundwater 3.6.4.4 Water Use and Sources

3.6.5 Terrestrial Ecosystems 3.6.5.1 Existing Environment 3.6.5.1.1 Vegetation Communities 3.6