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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Survey Project Name Affiliation Acres NRHP-eligible Year Surveyed Sites A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for 2013 Proposed Additional Drilling within the PaleoWest 577 5LP10591.1* existing King II Mine Lease Area A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 24 2014 Test Drill Locations, 4 Revised Drill PaleoWest - none Locations, and Access Roads 2014 Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 9 SWCA - none Core Drill Sites An Intensive Cultural Resource Inventory 2016 for GCCE's Proposed Groundwater SEAS 2.6 5LP11050 Monitoring Wells Cultural Resource Survey of GCCE's Phase 2018 II Coal Exploration Drilling (11 Exploratory SEAS 5.7 none Wells) Cultural Resource Inventory for GCCE's 5LP11384** 2018 Proposed King II Mine Dunn Ranch LBA SEAS 1,392 5LP11386** Project 5LP11387** *non-contributing segment to an NRHP-eligible resource within survey area **Need data,sites are potentially eligible for the NRHP 3.4.3.2 Native American Concerns The OSMRE and BLM initiated Government to Government consultations on October 30, 2018, by sending 60 consultation letters to 26 Native American tribes (TRR (OSMRE and BLM 2019),Table 2.4-2)that have cultural affiliations to the APE. In accordance with the 2011 DOI Policy on Consultation with Indian Tribes and the NHPA of 1966, this included those from the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation directory of tribes with historic ties to Colorado. The Hopi Tribe claims cultural affiliation with prehistoric cultural groups in southwestern Colorado. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe expressed concern for impacts on properties of religious and cultural importance to the tribe. Native American consultation is ongoing. 3.4.3.3 Environmental Effects The Dunn Ranch Area LBA and Mining Plan Modification Project is considered a federal undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA of 1966. The NHPA(PL 89-665; 80 Stat. 915; 16 USC 470 et seq.), as amended, and its implementing regulations (36 CFR 60 and 800) require that federal agencies take into account the effects of their undertakings on important archaeological and historic sites (i.e. historic properties) in the area of potential affect (APE). In the terminology of NHPA, historic properties are those that are determined to be eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). As such, OSMRE and BLM will assess whether the Project would have no effect, no adverse effect, or adverse effects to historic properties. Consultation with consulting parties including the State Historic Preservation Officer and Indian tribes including the UMU Tribe and other interested tribes is ongoing.The Dunn Ranch Area Coal Lease by Application COC-78825 and Mine Plan Modification EA 3-17