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U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Royal Gorge Field Of[Ice <br />3170 E. Main Street <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />I <br />NUMBER: CO-200.2006-0056 EA <br />CASEFII.EfPROJECT NUMBER: 3610 ACA products <br />PROJECT NAME: Minerals -ACA Products Mineral Materials Permit <br />PLANNING UNIT: Arkansas River, # 1 <br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Chaffee County, 6th Principal Meridian <br />T14S, R78W, Section 26 W%sNW%,SW%, <br />APPLICANT: ACA Products - 702 Greg Drive -Buena Vista, Colorado 81211(719)395-3790. <br />Companyrepresentative - I{ayette Hutchison <br />ISSUES AND CONCERNS: None <br />DE5CRIE'TTON OF PROPOSED <br />ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES: <br />BackeroundlIntroducdon: Historically <br />Trout Creek came through the narrow <br />gorge where the dam backing up Trout <br />Creek is constructed as seen on the map to <br />the right. Below the reservoir location, a <br />homestead was built in 1864 by a rancher <br />named Benjamin Schwander. In addition <br />to the ranch, the Denver South Park and <br />Pacific (DSPP) constructed a rail line <br />through the gap in the 1880s and built a <br />water tank, coat chute, a wve, side track, <br />and some section housing for railroad <br />workers. Several floods in the area <br />washed out the track and the rail line was <br />abandoned in 1908. According to survey <br />records of the area in the early 1900s, <br />Trout Creek simply fanned out over the <br />