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Internal scoping was initiated when the project was presented to the Kremmling Field Office <br /> (KFO) interdisciplinary team on November 14, 2016. External scoping was conducted by posting <br /> this project on the BLM on-line National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) register on <br /> November 14, 2016. <br /> • https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/lup/lup_register.do <br /> The EA and the unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact(FONSI) were available for a 30-day <br /> public review and comment period beginning March 20, 2017 and ending April 18, 2017. No <br /> comment letters were received. <br /> 4. ISSUES <br /> The CEQ Regulations state that NEPA documents "must concentrate on the issues that are truly <br /> significant to the action in question, rather than amassing needless detail" (40 CFR 1500.1(b)). <br /> While many issues may arise during scoping, not all of the issues raised warrant analysis in an <br /> environmental assessment(EA). Issues will be analyzed if. 1) an analysis of the issue is <br /> necessary to make a reasoned choice between alternatives, or 2) if the issue is associated with a <br /> significant direct, indirect, or cumulative impact, or where analysis is necessary to determine the <br /> significance of the impacts. This section provides a description of the human and natural <br /> environmental resources that could be affected by the proposed action and no action alternative. <br /> A variety of laws, regulations, and policy directives mandate the evaluation of the effects of a <br /> proposed action and alternative(s) on certain environmental elements. Not all programs, <br /> resources or uses are present in the area, or if they are present, may not be affected by the <br /> proposed action and alternatives. Only those elements that are present and potentially affected <br /> are described and brought forth for detailed analysis. <br /> DOI-BLM-CO-N020-2017-0003 7 <br />