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Environmental Assessment scoping comments;the article was available online on January 19 and on the front page of the newspaper on January 20, 2017. Supplemental scoping comments were accepted from January 6 until February 6, 2017. During the supplemental scoping period,the BLM and the OSMRE received a total of 14 comment submittals all via the project email address, some comments were emailed in a letter format as an attachment. These submittals contained 80 individual comments. Of the 14 comment submittals, four of the submittals were almost identical. These four submittals were counted separately in the quantification noted in the discussion below. Following the close of the supplemental scoping period, comments were compiled and analyzed to identify issues and concerns. Within each comment submittal, individual issues were identified, reviewed, and entered into an electronic database.A summary of the individual comments is presented below. Table 1-5 is a list of the resource/issue categories mentioned in the scoping comments for consideration in the EA. The table is organized by resource/issue category and the number of times the issue was identified: Table 1-5. Issues identified through scoping Issue Identified Number of Times Issue was Identified Traffic and transportation 11 Air quality 10 Water quality 10 Climate change 8 Water quantity 7 Socioeconomic considerations 5 Public health and safety 4 Hazardous waste management 3 Noise 3 Surface Effects 2 Visual and Aesthetic Considerations 2 Wildlife 2 Energy and Mineral Development 1 Fish and Wildlife 1 Seismic 1 Threatened and Endangered Species 1 Vegetation I1 With few exceptions,the scoping comments received during the original scoping period in 2012 and the more recent 2017 scoping comments reflect the same themes (e.g., air quality and transportation). Preliminary resource issues identified during scoping will be used to inform resource baselines and DOI-BLM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA September 2017 -32-