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BMP ID: 4991
Title: Avoid straight lines in visually sensitive areas.
Text: Roads: "Avoid Straight Lines In Visually Sensitive Areas •Follow the contours •Put a bend in the road where it joins a main road so as you drive by, your eye does not catch sight of a long, straight road."
Source Publication Name: Visual Resource Management BMPs
Citation Section: Proper Site Selection Part 2
Citation Page: 11
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Planning / Environmental Review
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Jim Perry
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection Directorate,Division of Fluid Minerals
1620 L Street, N.W, Room 501
Washington, DC  20036  United States
Phone:(202) 452-5063     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(202) 452-0386     E-mail: 
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Categories: Visual Aesthetics
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-04-23 10:17 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-04-23 10:17 UTC