STAGE THREE: LOCAL SCREENING

GEOLOGICAL CRITERIA

  • Carbonate Lithology—Surface outcrops; within 50 feet of surface and greater than 5 feet thick; areas of potential subsidence; evidence of subsidence at surface
  • Active Faults
  • Geological Stability
  • Slope

HYDROLOGICAL CRITERIA

  • Coastal Floodplains
  • Exceptional Value Watersheds
  • River Floodplains
  • Important Wetlands
  • Dam Inundation
  • Public Water Supply
  • Surface Water Intake

SURFACE LAND USE CRITERIA

  • National Parks, Forests, etc.
  • State Parks, Forests, and Gamelands
  • County Parks
  • Masking Facilities
  • Agricultural Land
  • Other Protected Sites

SUBSURFACE LAND USE CRITERIA

  • Gas Storage Areas
  • Oil and Gas Well fields
  • Mined Areas
  • Individual Oil and Gas Wells