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<br />033: <br /> <br />As a corollary to this topic, the social assessment is <br /> <br />not concerned with social changes which would not be in some <br /> <br />manner attributable or related to the presence or absence of <br /> <br />a project. For example, the more general impacts of an infla- <br /> <br />tionary national economy upon the area are not, in and of them- <br /> <br />selves, of interest here unless the presence or absence of the <br /> <br />dam would mediate that trend's impact upon the area. In short, <br /> <br />the social consideration must be reasonably tied to the pre- <br /> <br />sence or absence of a project. <br /> <br />1.3.2 Specification of Geographic Areas to be <br />Included 1n the Impact Analyses <br /> <br />A second fundamental consideration is the question of <br /> <br />the geography of impact. The geographic location of persons <br /> <br />determines whether or not there is a likely social impact. <br /> <br />In the most obvious instance, individuals living in an area <br /> <br />which would be flooded would be displaced by the project. The <br /> <br />impacts upon them are going to be far more direct than on <br /> <br />persons living at greater and greater distances from the site. <br /> <br />Therefore, it is necessary to consider how an individual's <br /> <br />or community's location would relate to the project's impact. <br /> <br />For purposes of this assessment, the following geographic areas <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />were identified as reasonable units to disaggregate the dif- <br /> <br />ferential social impacts of the project: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Denver, and other More Distant Areas <br />Greeley and Upriver of Hardin <br />Hardin Site Flood Pool <br />Between Hardin and Narrows Flood Pools <br /> <br />20 <br />