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Bureau of Land Management Environmental Assessment <br /> Royal Gorge Field Office DOI-BLM-CO-F020-2018-0083 EA <br /> Table 1.2.Issues not Analyzed in Detail <br /> Project <br /> Resource/ DesignFeatures <br /> Issues <br /> Resource Area Non- Reason for Not Requiring Detailed Analyses Detailed <br /> Existent in <br /> Section <br /> 2.1.3 <br /> The surface disturbance of the proposed action will not cause <br /> Air Quality enough particulate matter to be released to degrade the air <br /> uali in the area. <br /> Minerals within the proposed project area are open to entry <br /> Geology/Minerals under the Mining Law and are open to development under <br /> regulations codified under 43 CFR 3809 regulations. <br /> The proposed action will occur within the footprint of <br /> current exploration activities and covers small area. The <br /> Soils proposed action is not expected to result in additional X <br /> impacts on soil resources. <br /> The proposed action will occur within the footprint of <br /> Water Quality Surface and current exploration activities and covers small area. The X <br /> Ground proposed action is not expected to result in additional <br /> im acts on surface water and groundwater quality. <br /> Because the disturbance sizes are relatively small(which is <br /> already disturbed)and proposed reclamation with the plan of <br /> Invasive Plants ops,and DRMS weed control requirements,the proposed <br /> action is not expected to result in additional impacts from <br /> noxious weeds. <br /> In the Plan of Operation's proposal,the final reclamation <br /> Vegetation plan includes revegetation.All disturbed BLM lands are <br /> Tanned to be returned to rangeland through reclamation. <br /> T&E Sensitive Sp ecies X <br /> Wetlands,Ri anan X <br /> Wildlife Aquatic X <br /> The entire parcel has been inventoried,and while the APE <br /> involves a known historic resource,the resource is not <br /> eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic <br /> Cultural Resources Places(is not a historic property),and does not warrant <br /> additional work.Moreover,other sites are known in the near <br /> area,but are topographically separated from the proposed <br /> action and will not be indirectly affected.No further work is <br /> necessary. <br /> The entire parcel has been inventoried,and no sites of <br /> traditional or cultural significance to Native Americans have <br /> Native American been identified within the direct or indirect APE.Moreover, <br /> tribal consultation regarding the entire parcel will soon begin <br /> (Indemnity land transfer). <br /> The proposed operation involves excavation within the <br /> Paleontology Pennsylvanian Minturn formation that is a PFYC Class 3 X <br /> geologic formation(WO IM 2016-124 containinp,local/ <br /> 5 <br />