Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties 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 two public scoping periods, BLM received 210 oral comments (given at public meetings), 1,210 substantive letters, and 4,958 form letters.  The general categories of issues that were brought forward were:

• The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process: comments received were related to the purpose and need of the project, the project description, project alternatives, and connected actions, related projects, and cumulative impacts.
• Natural and Human Resources: comments received were related to climate and air quality, geology, soils, water resources and water rights, biological resources, wild horses and burros, land use, aesthetics, cultural resources, socioeconomics, and public health and safety.

The Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project EIS Scoping Summary Report from Round 1 of scoping was made available to the public in September, 2006.  The Final Scoping Summary Report, which summarizes the issues from both rounds of scoping, was made available to the public in January 2007 and was updated in February 2007. The final 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.   

View the Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project EIS Scoping Summary Report, Round 1 (1014 KB)

View the Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project EIS Final Scoping Summary Report, February 2007 (1481 KB)