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<br />CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIOPI RECORD <br />NUMBER: CO-SJFO-OZ-034CER <br />CASEFILE/PROJECT NUMBER: COC 065720 <br />PROJECT NAME: Robert Dougherty Decorative Rock Quarry in Dry Creek Basin <br />RECE~~1~D <br />ECOREGION/PLANNING UNIT: SJFO <br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION: T45N, R18W, Sec 25 SW ~U~ 2 s <br />Division of Ni~aroisyn>Zt~t-~^ <br />APPLICANT: Robert Dougherty <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTION: Robert Dougherty is proposing to develop a <br />decorative stone quarry in Dry Creek Basin. The permit will be for 500 tons of rock to be mined <br />over the next 5 years. Surface disturbance will not exceed 1.5 acres at any given time and will be <br />contained within the permitted area (map). Staging and equipment storage will occur within the <br />1.5 acre boundary. The mining operation will include a Rock Drill used to drill large rocks and <br />splitting the stone into sections about the size of 4' x 4' x 8'. The scrap stone will be made into <br />landscape stone, or used for reclamation. The stone to be cut, is all on the surface or <br />outcropping, and will require no dirt work. All trees removed will be stock piled along perimeter <br />and used for reclamation. The stone will be placed on pallets using a track hoe excavator or a <br />loader with forks. The location is in the vicinity of an abandoned oil and gas pad, and the same <br />access road will be used to access the rock permit area. Minimal improvements will be made to <br />the two track road. Reclamation will proceed concurrently as mining is occurring. <br />PLAN CONFORMANCE REVIEW: The proposed action is subject to the following plan: <br />Name of Plan: San Juan Resource Management Plan <br />Date Approved: September 1985 <br />Paee or Decision Number: Page 41 <br />The proposed action has been reviewed for conformance with this plan (43 CFR 1610.5, BLM <br />1617.3). "BLM will monitor saleable and leasable mineral operations to ensure proper resource <br />recovery and evaluation, production verification, diligence and inspection, and enforcement of <br />the lease, sale, or permit terms. BLM will ensure receipt of fair market value for minerals <br />commodities unless otherwise provided for by stature." <br />CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION REVIEW: The proposed action qualifies as a categorical <br />exclusion under 516 DM_2, Appendix 5.4, Number: F. (10). None of the following exceptions <br />