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AT Op Ty <br /> United States Department of the Interior =U;�uom�Io FIN <br /> „;� <br /> y O <br /> BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br /> Colorado River Valley Field Office <br /> gRCH-�8,9 2300 River Frontage Road <br /> Silt, CO 81652 <br /> FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br /> for <br /> Material Storage Site for CDOT <br /> DOI-BLM-CO-G020-2021-0014-EA <br /> Background <br /> The Bureau of Land Management(BLM) Colorado River Valley Field Office (CRVFO)prepared <br /> an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine and analyze the environmental impacts of <br /> management decisions for a Material Storage Site for the Colorado Department of Transportation. <br /> The need for additional property arises from the recent Grizzly Creek fire and subsequent <br /> rock/landslides along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon.The fires of 2020 exacerbated by the rain <br /> in 2021,caused road closures along the interstate during the spring,summer and fall seasons during <br /> which time approximately 4,000 loads of debris were removed from the canyon. Due to the type <br /> and condition of material as well as the location in the narrow canyon, locating suitable and <br /> adequate locations for storing material was limited. With few alternatives, CDOT maintenance <br /> crews hauled the material to a location adjacent to a CDOT owned property,thought to have been <br /> leased from the BLM, only later to determine the lease had expired. Due to the conditions still <br /> existing in the canyon, it is likely the events of 2021 will continue in the foreseeable future and <br /> additional debris will be required to be removed from the area to maintain I-70. <br /> BLM is working with CDOT to establish a suitable location to store debris removed from <br /> Glenwood Canyon during landslide events that close Interstate 70. The proposed site would <br /> provide a nearby location to store material during rapid responses to clear landslide debris and <br /> reopen the interstate to traffic as quickly as possible. Reducing the time needed to safely reopen <br /> the interstate would reduce impacts to alternate routes that are not designed to handle the volume <br /> and size of vehicle traffic that uses the interstate. <br /> Finding of No Significant Impact <br /> Based upon a review of the EA and the supporting documents,I have determined that the Proposed <br /> Action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. There are no <br /> proposed actions that qualify as connected actions (40 CFR 1501.9(e)(1)). <br /> The environmental effects are not significant(40 CFR 1501.3(b)) and do not exceed those effects <br /> as described in the 2015 Colorado River Valley Field Office (CRVFO) Record of Decision <br /> (ROD) and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP). Therefore, an environmental impact <br /> 1 <br />