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Battery Minerals Resources California, Inc. Inyo County, California Plan of Operations CACA-57756 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DOI-BLM-CA-D050-2019-007-EA Battery Minerals Resources California, Inc. Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Project Inyo County, California Plan of Operations CACA-57756 February 2019 U.S Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management California Desert District Office Ridgecrest Field Office 300 S. Richmond Road Ridgecrest, California 93555 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 2 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 It is the mission of the Bureau of Land Management to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations DOI-BLM-CA-D050-2019-007-EA 3 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 Acronyms and Abbreviations ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern LWC Land with Wilderness Characteristics APE Area of Potential Effect MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act BCC Birds of Conservation Concern msl mean sea level BLM Bureau of Land Management NEMO Northern and Eastern Mojave Management Plan BMP best management practice NEPA National Environmental Policy Act BMR Battery Mineral Resources, Incorporated NHPA National Historic Preservation Act CDCA California Desert Conservation Area NI present, but not affected to a degree that detailed analysis is required CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife NLCS National Land Conservation System CEQ Council on Environmental Quality NP not present in the area impacted by the proposed or alternative actions CFR Code of Federal Regulations NRHP National Register of Historic Places CHRIS California Historical Resources Information PI present with potential for significant impact and System analyzed in the EA CIPC California Invasive Plant Council PVC polyvinyl chloride CMA conservation management action RFO Ridgecrest Field Office CNDDB CDFW Natural Diversity Database S Sensitive DRECP Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan SRMA Special Recreation Management Area EA environmental assessment SSC Species of Special Concern EIC Eastern Information Center USC U.S. Code EO Executive Order USFS United States Forest Service ESA Endangered Species Act USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act of UTM Universal Transverse Mercator 1976 FP Fully Protected VRI Visual Resource Inventory GLO General Land Office VRM Visual Resource Management HFRA Healthy Forests Restoration Act VSL visual sensitivity level HMA herd management area VU Vulnerable IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature WIU Wilderness Inventory Unit LUPA Land Use Plan Amendment WL Watch List 4 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 [This page intentionally left blank] 5 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations 4 Table of Contents 6 Chapter 1 Introduction 9 1.1 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action 9 1.2 Decision to be Made 9 1.3 Conformance with BLM Land Use Management Plans 12 1.4 Relationship to Statutes, Regulations, or Other Plans and Requirements 12 1.5 Scoping and Public Comment 13 Chapter 2 Proposed Action and Alternatives 15 2.1 Proposed Action 15 2.1.1 General Description 15 2.1.2 Exploration Routes and Roads 16 2.1.3 Reclamation 16 2.1.4 Project Schedule 17 2.2 The No-Action Alternative 19 2.3 Alternatives but Eliminated from Detailed Study 19 Chapter 3 Affected Environment 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.2 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 24 3.3 Biological Resources 26 3.3.1 Wildlife 26 3.3.2 Vegetation 26 3.3.3 Special Status Species 27 3.4 Invasive Plants and Noxious Weeds 29 3.5 National Conservation Lands 29 3.6 Visual Resources 30 3.7 Lands with Wilderness Characteristics 31 Chapter 4 Environmental Consequences 34 4.1. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS STUDY AREA 34 4.1.1 Past and Present Actions 34 4.1.2 Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions 35 4.2 The Proposed Action 35 6 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 4.1.3 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 35 4.1.3.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 35 4.1.3.2 Cumulative Impacts 35 4.1.4 Special Status Species 35 4.1.4.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 35 4.1.4.2 Cumulative Impacts 36 4.1.5 Invasive Plants and Noxious Weeds 36 4.1.5.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 36 4.1.5.2 Cumulative Impacts 36 4.1.6 National Conservation Lands 36 4.1.6.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 36 4.1.6.2 Cumulative Impacts 37 4.1.7 Visual Resources 37 4.1.7.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 38 4.1.7.2 Cumulative Impacts 40 4.1.8 Lands with Wilderness Characteristics 40 4.1.8.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 40 4.1.8.2 Cumulative Impacts 41 4.2 The No-Action Alternative 41 4.2.1 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 41 4.2.1.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 41 4.2.1.2 Cumulative Impacts 41 4.2.2 Invasive Plants and Noxious Weeds 41 4.2.2.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 41 4.2.2.2 Cumulative Impacts 41 4.2.3 National Conservation Lands 41 4.2.3.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 41 4.2.3.2 Cumulative Impacts 41 4.2.4 Visual Resources 41 4.2.4.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 41 4.2.4.2 Cumulative Impacts 42 4.2.5 Lands with Wilderness Characteristics 42 4.2.5.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts 42 7 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 4.2.5.2 Cumulative Impacts 42 Chapter 5 Literature Cited 43 Chapter 6 Consultation and Public Input 45 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Project Locations. 10 Figure 1-2 Land Ownership and Access Routes Figure 2-1 Sample Reclaimed Exploration Site 15 Figure 3-1 DRECP Land Status Map 24 List of Tables Table 2-1 Project Drilling Sites 14 Table 2-2 Proposed Action Mobile Equipment List 15 Table 3-1 Supplemental Authorities Identified in the BLM NEPA Handbook 19 Table 3-2 Special Status Species with Potential to Occur within the Project Area 27 List of Separate Appendices Appendix A: Panamint Battery EA Interdisciplinary Checklist Appendix B: DrillMud Hydraulez MSDS Appendix C: Biological Assessment Appendix D: VisualResource Simulations - KOPs 8 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 Chapter 1 Introduction On November 15, 2017, Battery Mineral Resources California, Incorporated (BMR) submitted a plan of operations for the Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Project (Project). The Project is located on four unpatented placer mining claims on public lands in Inyo County, California, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office (RFO). The proposed project locations as shown on Figure 1-1 are in: ● Section 6, Township 21 south, range 44 east; and ● Sections 4, 8, 10, and 27, Township 22 south, range 44 east, These sections are located in Mount Diablo Meridian, California. The project locations are accessed by Ballarat, Wingate, and Indian Ranch roads. This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared in conformance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] § 1500-1508) and the BLM NEPA Handbook H-1790-1. This document further describes the applicant’s committed environmental protection measures specifically designed to eliminate or reduce potential environmental impacts and summarizes the conservation management actions (CMAs) relevant to the proposed activities and locations. 1.1 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION BLM has a need set by Section 302(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) to respond to an application to enter, drill, and gather samples from certain placer claims in conformance with 43 CFR 3809.400. The purpose of the present assessment is to complete BLM’s environmental review of this proposal as required by NEPA and 43 CFR 3809.411(a) (3) (ii). Surface Management regulations 43 CFR §3809 implement the goals of FLPMA by establishing procedures and standards for operations on public land authorized by the mining laws. The stated objectives of these directives are to provide for mineral entry, exploration, location, operations, and purchases pursuant to mining laws, “in a manner that will not unduly hinder such activities” but “will assure that such activities are conducted in a manner that will prevent unnecessary or undue degradation” and that will protect other non-mineral resources on federal lands. Objectives include setting reclamation standards for disturbed areas and requiring coordination with appropriate State agencies. The regulations establish when activities must have an authorized plan of operations as opposed to a notice, and whether BLM's authorization of such plans and plan modifications is subject to review under NEPA. 1.2 DECISION TO BE MADE BLM will decide whether to approve, approve with modification, or deny the proposal for mineral exploration as presented by BMR per 43 CFR 3809.411(d). 9 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 Figure 1-1: Panamint Valley, CA Project Location 10 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 Figure 1-2: Land Ownership Map and Access Roads 11 Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Environmental Assessment February 2019 1.3 CONFORMANCE WITH BLM LAND USE MANAGEMENT PLANS This proposal is in conformance with the California Desert Conservation Area Management Plan of 1980 as amended (CDCA Plan) (BLM 1980), the Northern and Eastern Mojave Management Plan (NEMO) (BLM 2002), and the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), approved on September 14, 2016 (BLM 2016). The NEMO and DRECP plans are land use plan amendments (LUPAs) to the CDCA Plan. Each subsequent plan amendment supersedes previous plans and plan amendments where it has made changes. These and other plans are publicly available at the California BLM website for land use planning at https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do.
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