Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Roca Honda Mine

Contents
Figure 66. Aerial image of permit area (ESRI, 2010) ................................................................ 364
Figure 67. Forest Service Visual Management System Visual
Quality Objectives in the permit and surrounding areas ........................................... 365
Sources: ESRI, 2010; USGS, 2009; USFS, 1991 ......................................................................... 365
Figure 68. Viewshed of the proposed headframe
locations in proposed action (alternative 2) .............................................................. 369
Figure 69. Viewshed of the proposed headframe location
in one shaft alternative (alternative 3) ...................................................................... 372
Figure 70. Region of Influence and Northwest Health Region .................................................. 379
Figure 71. Lung and bronchus cancer incidence rates for males
by race/ethnicity, New Mexico, 1976–2000 ............................................................. 385
Figure 72. Hospitalizations for diseases of the circulatory
system in Cibola and McKinley Counties, 1999–2010 ............................................. 386
Figure 73. Kidney cancer incidence rates for males by race, New Mexico, 1976–2000 ........... 389
Figure 74. Cases of gonorrhea in Cibola County, 1999-2007 (NMDH, 2011b) ........................ 392
Figure 75. Cases of gonorrhea in McKinley County, 1999-2007 (NMDH, 2011b)................... 393
Figure 76. Links between the project and traffic safety outcomes ............................................. 404
Figure 77. Links between the project and noise outcomes ......................................................... 407
Figure 78. Links between the project and environmental health outcomes ............................... 409
Figure 79. Links between the project and employment impacts ................................................ 415
Figure 80. Links between the project and impacts from in-migration of workers ..................... 419
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AADT annual average daily traffic counts
ABQ Albuquerque International Sunport Airport
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AF acre-feet (325,851 gallons of water)
AFY acre-feet per year
AHPA Archeological and Historic Preservation Act
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act
APE area of potential effects
AQCR Air-Quality Control Region
AQCR 156 Southwestern Mountains-Augustine Plains Air Quality Control Region
ARPA Archeological Resources Protection Act
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BA biological assessment
BBS breeding bird survey
BDR baseline data report
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
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