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Bureau of Land Management Environmental Assessment Royal Gorge Field Office DOI-BLM-CO-F020-2018-0083 EA 1.3. BLM PURPOSE AND NEED The purpose of this action is for BLM to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of public lands by operations authorized under the mining laws. The need is established by 43 CFR 3809.411, which requires that the Plan of Operations be reviewed,analyzed under NEPA and made available to the public for comment.The operator intends to sell the mined minerals being produced.Therefore,the proposed operation no longer constitutes exploration,as defined under 43 CFR 3809.5,and the operator has filed a Plan of Operations in accordance with 43 CFR 3809.11 (a). 1.4. DECISION TO BE MADE The BLM will decide whether to approve the proposed"Mining Plan of Ops Blue Bee Diggins Claims"submittal based,in part,on the analysis contained in this EA.This EA will analyze the proposal to conduct mining activities on the Blue Bee Diggins mining claim(CMC 252689)in order to determine the following: 1. Would the proposed action result in significant impacts that would warrant preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement? 2. What mitigation actions(if any)would be required of the operator if the proposed action will cause unnecessary or undue degradation? The BLM may choose to a)accept the project as proposed,b)accept the project with modifications/mitigation,c)accept an alternative to the proposed action,or d)not authorize the project at this time. Decisions regarding the approval or non-approval of the Plan of Operations modification submittal will be documented separately from this Environmental Assessment. 1.5. PLAN CONFORMANCE REVIEW PLAN CONFORMANCE REVIEW The Proposed Action is subject to and has been reviewed for conformance with the following plan(43 CFR 1610.5, BLM 1617.3): Name of Plan: Royal Gorge Resource Management PIan Date Approved: 05,113/1996 Decision Number/Page: 4-33 and 4-34 on page 2-4-7 3