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PLAN CONFORMANCE REVIEW: <br />The Proposed Action is subject to and has been reviewed for conformance with (43 CFR 1610.5, <br />BLM 1617.3) the following plan: <br />Name of Plan: Grand Junction Resource Management Plan <br />Date Approved: JANUARY, 1987 <br />Decision Number/Page: p. 2 -8 and 2 -11 <br />Decision Language: To make available areas for the disposal of mineral material while <br />protecting other resource values. Allow disposal of mineral material on public land not <br />closed to such development. <br />CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION REVIEW: <br />The proposed action qualifies as a categorical exclusion under: H- 1790 -1, Appendix 4, Letter. F. <br />Solid Minerals (10). When no extraordinary circumstances apply, the following types of Bureau <br />actions normally do not require the preparation of an EA or EIS: "Disposal of mineral materials, <br />such as sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, cinders, and clay, in amounts not exceeding <br />50,000 cubic yards or disturbing more than 5 acres, except in riparian areas." <br />EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES <br />There are no extraordinary circumstances having effects, which may significantly affect the <br />environment. I considered the following resource conditions in determining whether <br />extraordinary circumstances related to the proposed action warranted further analysis and <br />documentation in an EA or EIS (516 DM 2, Appendix 2): <br />1. Have significant adverse effects on public health and safety. <br />The proposed action is not expected to significantly impact public health and safety <br />because it involves a 2.2 acre expansion of an already existing borrow pit next to <br />highway 139. There are no known effects to public health or safety. <br />2. Have adverse effects on such natural resources and unique geographic <br />characteristics as historic or cultural resources; park, recreation, or refuge lands; <br />wilderness areas; wild or scenic rivers; national natnral landmarks; sole or <br />principal drinking water aquifers; prime farmlands; wetlands, fioodplains; <br />national monuments; migratory birds; and other ecologically significant or <br />critical areas. <br />HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES: A records search of the general project <br />area, and a Class HI inventory of the Area of Potential Effect (APE), as defined in the <br />National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), was completed by Colorado Department <br />of Transportation archaeologists in August 2014 (GJFO CRIB 11514-01). No cultural <br />resources were found in the APE. The project inventory and evaluation is in <br />