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Bureau of Land Management Environmental Assessment <br /> Royal Gorge Field Office DOI-BLM-CO-F020-2018-0083 EA <br /> 1. INTRODUCTION <br /> 1.1. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION <br /> Project Title: Mining Plan of Ops Blue Bee Diggins Claim <br /> NEPA Document Number: DOI-BLM-CO-F020-2018-0083 EA <br /> Casefile(optional): COC-078456 <br /> Leval Description: 6th PM,T. 12 S., R. 75 W., Sec. 18 <br /> Applicant: David Harvey <br /> 1.2. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND <br /> This action is subject to 43 CFR 3809, Surface Management Under the Mining Law. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> This NEPA analysis has been prepared by the BLM to analyze a proposed mining operation on <br /> an unpatented placer mining claim(CMC 252689)approximately 2-miles southwest of Hartsel, <br /> CO.The proposed operation is at an approximate elevation of 9,150 feet and located 1.0 mile <br /> upgradient of the South Platte River.No man-made or natural structures are located within the <br /> immediate area of the proposed operations.The proposed mining consists of a barite placer <br /> operation in a Pennsylvanian age sandy conglomerate that has been in production off and on <br /> since the 1940s. <br /> A Plan of Operations was initially received in this office on March 22, 2017 and, after extensive <br /> coordination between the operator and the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, it was determined <br /> complete on September 06, 2018.The proposed operation is in an existing area of disturbance <br /> from historic mining efforts in the same area. Currently,the operator has an active Notice with <br /> BLM to conduct exploration on the site with similar equipment, scope of disturbance and <br /> footprint that has been proposed in the Plan of Operations(Appendix A).The operator intends to <br /> start producing and selling the minerals, therefore a Plan of Operations was filed with this office <br /> in accordance with 43 CFR 3809.11(a). The Plan of Operations is reviewed, analyzed under <br /> NEPA and made available to the public for comment, as required under 43 CFR 3809.411. <br /> 2 <br />