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Environmental Assessment Bowie Resources, L.L.C. August 2005 Spruce Stomp Federal Coal Exploration License (150- 2005 -43) 3 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS This chapter is organized by resource area and addresses the following Critical Elements of the Human Environment, as required in the BLM NEPA Handbook (Appendix 5 of H- 1790 -1, as amended) in all EAs: • Air Quality • Areas of Critical Environmental Concern • Cultural Resources • Environmental Justice • Farm Lands (prime or unique) • Floodplains • Invasive, Nonnative Species • Migratory Birds • Native American Religious Concerns • Threatened or Endangered Species • Wastes, Hazardous or Solid • Water Quality • Wedands/Riparian Zones • Wild and Scenic Rivers The following affected, as well as non - critical, resource areas will also be addressed: • Land Use, Access and the Road System • Biological Resources (Vegetation, Wildlife, and Migratory Birds) ' • Range Resources • Recreation • Visual Quality ' • Soils and Geology • Noise The discussion of each resource area begins with a description of the area of potential affect or that geographical area assessed in this analysis. The area of potential affect may vary in size between resources due to variations in the scope of effect to individual resources. This discussion is followed by a description of the existing conditions pertaining to the resource area. Next, the impacts, or environmental consequences, expected to occur as a result of implementing the Proposed Action or an alternative are described. In order to assess the significance of an impact as it relates to NEPA, both the context and intensity of impact are considered. Finally, any mitigation measures proposed to lessen the overall impact of the Proposed Action or alternatives are presented in the fourth section under each resource area. 3 -1