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Determination of the Necessity of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Long I^ke Improvement Project Page 3 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS An EIS for the Project must be prepared if either (1) the Project falls within a mandatory EIS category as set out in Minnesota Rule 4410.4400; or. (2) the Project has the potential for significant environmental effects according to the criteria and procedures set out in Minnesota Rule 4410.1700. Pursuant to Minnesota Rule 4410.1700, the factors to be used in deciding whether a project has the potential for significant environmental effects are as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. type, extent, and reversibility of environmental effects; cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects; the extent to which environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public regulatory authority; and. the extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated and controlled as a result of other environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the project proposer, or of EIS’s previously prepared. Pursuant to the suggestions of the staff of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, as set forth in their publication Guide to the Rules of the Minnesota Environmental Review Program (1989 Edition), the MCWD’s findings of fact regarding each of the above four facto.'s will be organized according to the various types of environmental effects listed in the EAW. A.Land Use A complete description of recent past, current and proposed land use of the Project is set out in sections 9 and 26 the EAW. The types and extent of the Project’s effects on land use have been examined by the MCWD as indicated in Section 9 of the EAW and the responses to the comments. As for reversibility of the effects, there are no potential negative environmental impacts on adjacent and nearby land uses that would need to be reversed. The cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects has also been considered by the MCWD in making its determination of no significant impact. There are no related projects and there are no reasonably foreseeable future projects that, combined with the current project, would result in significant environmental impacts on land use in the area. 066/22090508 8/11/95