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RM Potash Exploration Project <br />DOI- BLM- CO -S010- 2009 -0076 <br />Table of Contents <br />1.0 PURPOSE & NEED 1 <br />1.1 Introduction 1 <br />1.2 Background 2 <br />1.3 Purpose(s) of the Proposed Action 4 <br />1.4 Need for the Proposed Action 4 <br />1.5 Decision to be Made 4 <br />1.6 Conformance with BLM Land Use Plan 5 <br />1.7 Relationship to Statutes, Regulations, or other Plans 7 <br />1.7.1 Climate Change Policy 8 <br />1.7.2 Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 8 <br />1.7.3 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 8 <br />1.8 Identification of Issues 8 <br />1.8.1 Cultural Resources 9 <br />1.8.2 Geology and Minerals 9 <br />1.8.3 Land Use and Realty 9 <br />1.8.4 Livestock Grazing 9 <br />1.8.5 Migratory Birds 9 <br />1.8.6 Noise 9 <br />1.8.7 Recreation 10 <br />1.8.8 Socioeconomics 10 <br />1.8.9 Soils 10 <br />1.8.10 Federal Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate; BLM Sensitive and <br />Species of Concern; State of Colorado Endangered and Threatened species, <br />and Federal Birds of Conservation Concern 10 <br />1.8.11 Transportation 10 <br />1.8.12 Vegetation, Including Invasive Species/Noxious Weeds 10 <br />1.8.13 Waste - Hazardous, Fluid, and Solid 10 <br />1.8.14 Water Resources /Quality (drinking /surface /ground) 11 <br />1.8.15 Wildlife 11 <br />1.8.16 Air quality and Climate Change 11 <br />1.9 Issues and Resources Considered but Eliminated 11 <br />1.9.1 Air Quality 11 <br />1.9.2 Paleontological Resources 12 <br />1.9.3 Special Designations 12 <br />1.9.4 Potash Production Concerns 12 <br />1.9.5 Public Health and Safety 12 <br />1.9.6 Additional Issues and Resources Considered But Eliminated from <br />Analysis 13 <br />1.10 Summary 13 <br />RM Potash Exploration Project i <br />Environmental Assessment <br />