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A application for access to the town-site of Alta, Colorado under Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) has been submitted for approval. The Forest Service (USFS) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of improved road and utilities access to the private inholdings at Alta, Colorado. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest is initiating an environmental analysis in response to an application submitted by Silver Mountain Industries, Inc (SMI) for road and utility improvements, and year round access to SMI owned properties at and around the town-site of Alta. The SMI Property is located about one mile south of the incorporated limits of the Town of Mountain Village, in San Miguel County, Colorado. This project is commonly referred to as the Alta Access project. SMI is planning the development of 28 residential lots on 540 acres of SMI owned private land at Alta. The application to the Forest Service for road and utility improvements is to support this planned residential development. The SMI cluster development plan has been approved by the San Miguel County Board of County Commissioners. Portions of the proposed road improvements would occur on National Forest System (NFS) lands; others would occur on private property over which the Forest Service has easements for existing National Forest System Road (NFSR) 632. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has determined that the existing intersection of Alta Access Road with State Highway 145 fails to meet AASHTO road design standards, is unsafe, and needs to be corrected. The Alta Access Road is designated as both NFSR 632 and San Miguel County Road 64F. This road is currently used primarily by persons visiting the USFS managed Alta Lakes dispersed recreation area. SMI visitation generates modest traffic on the road, as do visits or trips to other privately owned lands in the area. SMI claims, and the Forest Service agrees, that SMI does have a right of access to their property under the ANILCA. No Inventoried Roadless areas are affected by this proposal. The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of access and utilities development of the Alta Access Project. The EIS will comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. sections 4321-4370a), the National Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1600-1614), and their implementing regulations.
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