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Pikeview Quarry -Decision Notice and FONSI 08/30/01 Pate 13 CONTEXT The approved alternative, Alternative B, will impact approximately 26 acres of National Forest land, in the northern half of the currently disturbed site. The southern, steeper portion of the site will remain unchanged from what it is today. The operational period for this project will last up to 12 yeazs beginning in the fall of the year 2001. Reclamation and monitoring activities are expected to extend beyond that period. The Special Use Permit for the operation and reclamation of the quarry will expire on I?ecember 31, 2021 The additional length of time added to the permit would be to insure satisfactory reclamation has occurred. INTENSITY The physical and biological effects of this action will be confined primarily to the area occupied by the Pikeview Quarry, but it is expected that environmental benefits associated with the reduction of erosion and sedimentation will extend to downstream areas that are outside of the reclaimed area. Adverse effects on soils, water, air, wildlife, recreation and vegetation are judged to be not significant due to the temporary nature small scale of the operation impacts, and mitigation and monitoring measures required (as delineated in Chapter 5 of the EA). The long-term beneficial effects to soils, hydrology, water and air quality, wetlands, aquatic habitat,.vegetation, wildlife and scenic resources will be potentially significant. A variety of mitigation requirements for this project will insure that the proposed improvements are implemented in a manner that will minimise operation impacts. Monitoring requirements will be designed to insure that the proposed improvements are effective and functioning as intended to reduce erosion and sedimentation. This project will result in significant improvements in the aesthetic chazacteristics of the geographic azea, and will most likely induce further reclamation operations in the region. The project will result in short term impacts, but the long-term benefits are substantial. The envirotmtental effects are not scientifically or technically controversial, do not involve umFlue or unknown risks, nor are the environmental effects highly uncertain. Alternative B does not establish a precedent for future actions with significant effects, nor does it represent a decision in principle about a future consideration. Implementing this alternative, and other existing or foreseeable actions on or adjacent to the area, does not cause a significant cumulative effect. Based on a cultural resources inventory of the site of the proposed project conducted by Dr. Andrea I. Gerstle on July 8, 2000, in compliance with the USDA Forest Service requirements regarding Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Alternative B would not affect any cultural resource on National Forest System land.