摘要: |
This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to analyze Uintah County's proposal to receive a Title V Right-of-Way on an existing Class D, as-is-where-is road, No. 1710. The EA is site-specific analysis of potential impacts that could result with the implementation of a proposed action or alternatives to the proposed action. The EA assists the BLM in project planning and ensuring compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and in making a determination as to whether any significant impacts could result from the analyzed actions. Significance is defined by NEPA and is found in regulation 40 CFR 1508.27. An EA provides evidence for determining whether to prepare an Environmental Impact statement (EIS) or a statement of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). A Decision Record (DR), which includes a FONSI statement, is a document that briefly presents the reasons why implementation of the selected alternative would not result in significant environmental impacts (effects) beyond those already addressed in the Vernal Field Office RMP/ROD (October 31, 2008). If the decision maker determines that this project has significant impacts following the analysis in the EA, then an EIS would be prepared for the project. If not, a Decision Record may be signed for the EA approving the alternative selected. |