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Bureau of Land Management <br /> Royal Gorge Field Office Environmental Assessment <br /> DOI-BLM-CO-F020-2020-0036 EA <br /> Brought Considered, <br /> Program area Issue statement(question) but further <br /> w/impact-causing element forward but Reason there is no issue or that Resource <br /> (in alphabetic order) for analysis issue further analysis is unnecessary specialist Date <br /> analysis deemed name <br /> unnecessary <br /> The County has experienced a boom- <br /> How would the new Black bust mining economy since its <br /> Obsidian Mineral Materials founding.The proposed expansion is <br /> Economics Contract affect social X relatively small compared to the <br /> and economic conditions overall economy.Operations are Amy Stillings 6/3/2020 <br /> in Custer County,CO? expected to remain similar to currently <br /> enacted practices(e.g,blasting during <br /> daylight). <br /> Will impacts from the proposed <br /> action disproportionately impact According to the U.S.Census,the <br /> Environmental Justice any environmental justice X County does not contain any <br /> populations in Custer County, environmental justice populations Amy Stillings 6/3/2020 <br /> CO? based on 2018 data. <br /> There is no prime and unique farmland <br /> Farmlands,Prime and How will the proposed action according to NRCS surveys.NRCS <br /> Unique affect prime and unique X policy and procedures on prime and Sarah 7/22/2020 <br /> farmlands? unique farmlands are published in the McCleman <br /> "Federal Register,"Vol.43,No.21, <br /> January 31, 1978. <br /> Fire/Fuels How would the proposed action No fire or fuels related activities <br /> affect fire/fuel resources? X within the proposed area. Ty Webb 7/15/2020 <br /> How would the proposed actions <br /> Forest Management and disturbance affect forest X No Forest resources present within the Jeremiah <br /> resources? proposed disturbance boundary Moore 6/2/2020 <br /> Fluid Minerals How would the proposed action No fluid minerals development is <br /> affect fluid mineral resources? X taking place in the area currently,nor Aaron Richter 6/15/2020 <br /> is any expected. <br /> 30 <br />