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Determ- Resource Assigned Specialist Rationale for Determination. Initials Date ination (El)Derek P. The BLM initiated Native American consultation with the 26 (❑) Tribes and Pueblos that have cultural affiliations with the (❑) landscape managed by the Tres Rios Field Office on June 13, (❑) 2024.An email from the Hopi Tribe was received on June 14th,2024 requesting consultation.A phone call on June 14th, 2024 between TRFO and the Hopi Tribe identified the Tribe's Native American concerns regarding lack of royalties paid by the operator,the NP Religious and length of the contract,the acreage size of the contract,and the other Concerns effect the pit would have on cultural resources in the area.On June 17th,2024,the TRFO provided additional cultural information to the Hopi Tribe,including a cultural survey and a map with buffered cultural locations,and requested a meeting to further discuss concerns. E Tribal Notice needed: ❑ Mitigation: (®)Tyler Corbin (❑) The resource is present but not impacted to the degree that Fire/Fuels further analysis is required. NI Management E Mitigation:If vegetative material is removed as part of the TC 3/21/2019 expansion,it shall not be piled or burned on BLM lands without written permission. Areas of Critical (®)P&EC The project is not on or near any ACECs. NP Environmental (❑) RL 3/27/2024 Concern E Mitigation: (CO)J.Christenson The proposed action does not take place within any lands that (®)J.Byrd have been identified to be managed for wilderness Lands with characteristics in the TRFO RMP/ROD(02/2015),as amended NP WildernessJC 6/22/2022 (01/2020),or lands that have been inventoried and evaluated to JB 4/18/2024 Characteristics have wilderness characteristics. ❑ Mitigation: CO)J.Christenson The proposed action does not take place within any designated (El)J.Byrd Wild and Scenic Rivers segments identified in the TRFO Wild and Scenic RMP/ROD(02/2015),as amended(01/2020),or river segments JC 6/22/2022 NP Rivers that have been identified as eligible or suitable to be Wild and JB 4/18/2024 Scenic. E Mitigation: (El)J.Christenson The proposed action would not take place within any (El)J.Byrd designated Wilderness or Wilderness Study Area identified in JC 6/22/2022 NP Wildemess/WSA the TRFO RMP/ROD(02/2015),as amended(01/2020). JB 4/18/2024 ❑ Mitigation: (®)J.Christenson The project is located in a VRM Class III area and adjacent to an (®)J.Byrd existing gravel pit disturbance area. While reclamation plans need to be designed to minimize long term visual impacts to the JC 6/22/2022 NI Visual Resources area,further analysis in this document is not warranted. JB 4/18/2024 ❑ Mitigation: Disappointment Valley Gravel Pit Expansion EA DOI-BLM-CO-S010-2024-0021-EA Tres Rios Field Office 21