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• <br />Aid to Decision Making <br />Step 1: Determine the effects of your actions on the resources <br />listed in the short run (construction) and the long run. <br />Will they benefit the resource (+) or harm it (-)? The <br />intensity of the impact can be indicated by additional <br />+`s or -'s. When possible quantify (Magnitude) the <br />resource affected e. g. 20 acres of wetlands restored. <br />Step 2: Explain (footnote) any conclusions whose justification <br />may not be obvious. <br />Step 3: Decide if action is categorically excluded: <br />• T & E Species: Any Service action that may affect <br />an endangered or threatened species or adversely <br />modify its critical habitat requires intra-Service <br />consultation with Ecological Services and the <br />preparation of an EA or an EIS, or abandonment of <br />the project. <br />O • Cultural Resources: The Regional Archaeologist <br />and/or the State Historic Preservation Officer <br />(SHPO) should be consulted and the written response <br />attached. Any action adversely affecting cultural <br />resources requires abandonment or an EA or an EIS. <br />• Controversial Effects: Is there substantial <br />dispute as to the nature and or extent of the <br />environmental effects of this action. Any actions <br />whose effects are known or expected to be highly <br />controversial requires an EA or EIS. <br />• Other: If there are any long term negative effects <br />on the environment, an EA should be prepared or the <br />project abandoned or an explanation presented why <br />the action is categorically excluded despite it's <br />harmful effects. <br />• Decision: Categories of action "which do not <br />individually or cumulatively have a significant <br />impact on the human environment..." (40 CFR <br />§1508.4) do not require an EA or an EIS. <br />is <br />Revised July, 1994