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BLM Uncompahgre Field Office Sunset Trail Area Coal Exploration Plan EA <br />3.16.2 Environmental Consequences <br />3.16.2.1 Proposed Action <br />Direct and Indirect Effects <br />Surface disturbance may be visible, including temporary roads and drilling pads because of <br />associated vegetation removal on approximately 30 acres. These features, however, should not be <br />visible from public travelways due to the distance from existing publicly accessible travelways, and <br />topographic and vegetative screening. Use of the lease stipulation for visual resources will further <br />reduce visual impacts. <br />Cumulative Effects <br />Reasonably foreseeable activities could result in cumulative impacts on visual resources when <br />combined with other vegetation and ground disturbing projects affecting form, line, color, texture, <br />and pattern of the surrounding area. The heights, type, and color of potential development, together <br />with their placement with respect to local topography, short duration of features on the surface and <br />application of stipulation are factors that would contribute to minimizing the extent of visual <br />intrusion on the landscape. <br />3.16.2.2 No Action <br />Under the No Action Alternative, there would be no disturbance and therefore no impacts on visual <br />quality. <br />4.0 INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEW <br />The following federal agency personnel have contributed to and provided interdisciplinary review <br />of this environmental assessment. <br />Name <br />Title <br />Agency <br />Area of Responsibility <br />Chad Meister <br />Resource Specialist <br />BLM <br />Air Quality <br />Ryan Taylor <br />Paonia District Geologist <br />USFS <br />Geology /Document review <br />Niccole Mortenson <br />Engineering and Minerals NEPA <br />Specialist <br />USFS <br />Over all document review <br />Levi Broyles <br />Paonia District Ranger <br />USFS <br />Review for concurrence <br />Desty Dyer <br />Mining Engineer <br />BLM <br />Mining/Document review <br />Christina Reed <br />BLM Colorado State Office Planning <br />and Environmental Coordinator <br />BLM <br />NEPA review <br />Teresa Pfifer <br />Lands & Minerals Supervisor <br />BLM <br />Document review <br />Bruce Krickbaum <br />Uncompahgre Field Office Planning <br />& Environmental Coordinator <br />BLM <br />Document review <br />Gina Jones <br />Southwest District Planning & <br />Environmental Coordinator <br />BLM <br />Document review <br />June 2013 32 <br />