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• • ~' <br />The following mandatory items have been considered. None are <br />expected to receive significant adverse impacts. <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />Threatened or endangered species. <br />Floodplains and wetlands. <br />Wilderness values, areas of <br />rivers. <br />Prime or unique farmlands. <br />Pater quality. <br />Air quality. <br />Visual resources. <br />environmental concern, sr;epic <br />4. <br />5. <br />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />The proposed alternative is in conformance with BLM Land Use <br />Planning. <br />Given the life of the project (10 years), long-term produ=tivity <br />should remain fairly constant. No irreversible or irretrievable <br />commitments are expected to result from the project as proposed. <br />B. No Action Alternative <br />The no action alternative - assumed here to mean BLM denial of <br />the application and subsequent unauthorized construction - could <br />result in irreparable damage to cultural resources and <br />vegetation, if the construction occurred with no mitigation to <br />protect these resources. Other impacts would be similar to <br />those described above. <br />If the no action alternative meant no upgrading of County .toad <br />25 occurred, Sunnyside's attempts to reclaim the disturbed area <br />at Lake Emma would be thwarted or would at least be made <br />economically unfeasible, access would De limited to smaller <br />trucks, and materials and ore-hauling would require considc+r ably <br />longer time. Access restrictions necessitating the use of <br />lighter equipment might also prevent economic development cf <br />Sunnyside's patented claims in the area. <br />Doubtless, either of the above options would generate <br />social/political responses from a community whose cultural <br />identity and economic survival are tied to the mining industry. <br />V. Agencies Consulted <br />San Juan County Administrator, Douglas S. Murray. <br />