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SECTIONTVVO Scoping process • Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Office of Surface Mining The Colorado Division of Wildlife was unable to attend the agency scoping meeting, but they sent concerns to the BLM prior to the meeting about critical deer and elk winter range issues that needed to be addressed. During the agency scoping meeting, the project description, purpose and need, other needed pernuts, key environmental issues, and agency concerns were discussed. A copy of the agenda, meeting notes and attendance sheet are provided in Appendix C. 2.3 PUBLIC SLOPING One public meeting was hosted by the BLM, CAM, and URS Corporation. It was held at the City of Fruita Council Chambers on Thursday, August 24, 2006 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The format of the meeting was set up as a combination open house and presentation. There were informational boazds and maps explaining the project and showing the proposed project site and proposed rail spur line. There were 54 attendees who signed in (sign-in sheets are included in Appendix D). The following documents were available at the meetings: • Comment Form • Map of proposed project site and proposed rail spur line • Fact Sheet about the project Copies of these documents aze contained in the Appendix B. During the meetings David Lehmann, the Project Manager for the BLM, and Nick Glancy, the Senior Vice President for CAM Holdings, LLC, presented an overview of the proposed project and NEPA process. Following the presentations there were limited questions taken by Mr. Glancy and Mr. Lehmann. In the second half of the room, an open house format was set up so the public would have the opportunity to have one on one conversations with the project team and subject matter experts. The comments and concerns presented at the public scoping meetings are summarized in Section 3 of this document. ~' ~l 2-2 '