2017-02-15_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 2/15/2017
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Response
• From: J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN4
• Email Name: CCW
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

A-7
Analysis
No lands within the review area are designated as visual resource management Class I areas.
The West Elk wilderness located seven miles to the south is a Class I visual resource area (see
Criterion 4).

CRITERION 6
Federal lands under permit by the surface management agency, and being used for scientific
studies involving food or fiber production, natural resources, or technology demonstrations and
experiments shall be considered unsuitable for the duration of the study, demonstration, or
experiment except where mining could be conducted in such a way as to enhance or not
jeopardize the purposes of the study, as determined by the surface management agency, or where
the principal scientific use or agency give written concurrence to all or certain methods of
mining.

Analysis
No lands within the review area are under permit for scientific study.

CRITERION 7
All publicly-owned places on federal lands which are included in the National Register of
Historic Places shall be considered unsuitable. This shall include any areas that the surface
management agency determines, after consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation and the State Historic Preservation Officer, are necessary to protect the inherent
values of the property that made it eligible for listing in the National Register.

Analysis
No publicly-owned places on federal or fee lands within the review area are included in the
National Register of Historic Places.

CRITERION 8
Federal lands designated as natural areas or as National Natural Landmarks shall be considered
unsuitable.

Analysis
No lands within the review area are designated as natural areas or as National Natural
Landmarks.

CRITERION 9
Federally designated critical habitat for listed threatened or endangered plant and animal species,
and habitat proposed to be designated as critical for listed threatened or endangered plant and
animal species or species proposed for listing, and habitat for federal threatened or endangered
species which is determined by the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the surface
management agency to be of essential value and where the presence of threatened or endangered
species has been scientifically documented, shall be considered unsuitable.