Kane Springs Valley Groundwater Development Project EIS Final Scoping Summary Report

The purpose of the scoping report is to summarize the issues that were brought to the attention of the BLM during the scoping period and to explain to what extent each issue will be carried through the analysis.  

During the public scoping period, BLM received 95 responses (defined as one completed comment form, e-mail, fax, letter, or website submittal).  Some responses contained multiple comments, and therefore the BLM received a total of 228 comments.  The general categories of issues that were brought forward were:

• The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process: 86 comments regarding how the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) adheres to NEPA
• Social Resources: 51 comments regarding impacts to the human or built environment
• Physical and Biological Resources: 90 comments regarding impacts to air quality, biological resources, geologic resources, soil resources, and water resources.

The Kane Springs Valley Groundwater Development Project EIS Final Scoping Summary Report was made available to the public in September, 2006.  The report gives detailed information about public scoping efforts made by the BLM, agency coordination, scoping comment analysis, an explanation of significant issues to be considered in the EIS, and a summary of future steps.  The appendices give detailed information about the specific comments received, the Federal Register Notice of Intent, the BLM media release and distribution list, and the public scoping announcement mailers. 

View the Kane Springs Valley Groundwater Development Project EIS Final Scoping Summary Report