Internal scoping:
Provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Unites States Forest Service (USFS), the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) and cooperating agency staff.
An interdisciplinary process to define issues, alternatives and data needs.
External scoping:
Involved notification and opportunities for feedback from other agencies, organizations, tribes, local governments and the public.
Two scoping meetings were conducted, and written comments were also accepted. Following the scoping period, a scoping report summarizing the issues, impacts and potential alternatives suggested for analysis was submitted.
Tribal scoping letters were sent to local Indigenous Peoples who might have had concerns about the Project area. Several meetings were held to describe the project and give them the opportunity to participate in the review process.
Tribes and interested groups include:
The Benton Mono Lake Kutzadika´a
Basketmakers
Big Pine and Lone Pine tribes
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 was consulted for this process.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) was consulted to determine conservation measures needed for any species under the Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA).
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was consulted to ensure that any endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) would not be disturbed.