2011-09-29_PERMIT FILE - M2009056

Home Browse Search

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office 3028 E. Main Street Canon City, CO 81212 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NUMBER: DOI- BLM -CO- 200 - 2009 - 0099 -EA CASEFILE /PROJECT NUMBER (optional): COC 073930 PROJECT NAME: Fairplay — Destiny Placer Mine PLANNING UNIT: South Park Subregion #4 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Park County, 6th Principal Meridian, T9S, R77W, Section 33 APPLICANT: Destiny Mining, LLC PO Box 51314 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 ISSUES AND CONCERNS: 1. A small BLM parcel is the site location for a mining proposal that is located adjacent to the City of Fairplay. A public meeting was held in the Fairplay area on September 22, 2009 as part of the analysis of the mine proposal to capture both the socio- economic concerns as well as other environmental issues identified by the public. The public comment period for this scoping process was held from September 22, 2009 through October 23, 2009. These are summarized in Appendix 1. The following is a list of possible impacts the public has raised regarding the proposed project (Issues warranting further analysis as part of this process will be brought forward in section 2.1.): • Negative impact to property values • Excessive noise from mine equipment and associated truck traffic • Negative impact on water quality and localized aquifer characteristics from water development, whether it involves a well or other mechanism (i.e. purchase) • Injury to nearby water rights • Negative impacts to air quality • Dust generation • Negative impacts to view shed of local community residents and businesses • Soil contamination • Loss of a hiking /ATV /Wildlife viewing area • Loss of wildlife habitat (primarily winter elk, including a locally known elk named "Tripod ") • Negative impacts to traffic and access from county roads 1