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Item-by-item guidance Chapter <br /> purpose of avoiding adverse CPE. Another example of such a plan would be a TMDL plan developed <br /> by the PCA for cumulative water pollution abatement for impaired waters. In the common situation <br /> where there is no plan,the RGU should make this clear in response to this factor.If there is a <br /> qualifying plan,then the question becomes whether the project under review will be in compliance <br /> with the specific mitigation prescribed in the plan. <br /> • Factor 4. The efforts of the proposer to minimize the contributions from the project. If there is no <br /> plan in existence to mitigate a CPE but the proposer has made an effort to avoid or minimize the <br /> contribution from the project through design or mitigation,the RGU should take that effort into <br /> consideration in determining the significance of the contribution from the project to the cumulative <br /> potential effect. For example,has the proposer made only a token effort,or have state-of-the-art <br /> measures been incorporated into the analysis?Has the proposer been responsive to suggestions for <br /> mitigation from the RGU or from public comments? How do the efforts compare to those of similar <br /> projects? <br /> Category Specific Guidance: <br /> Non-Metallic Mineral Mining(Subp 12):If appropriate, discuss how the mine may be expanded in the future, or how the <br /> mine relates to past mining in the vicinity with respect to cumulative environmental impacts. <br /> Highway projects(Subp 22):Describe the relationship of the present project to the existing highway network and to <br /> anticipated future roadways.NOTE:Review of highway networks—that is, how the whole is divided up for review purposes— <br /> is constrained by Minn.Rules 4410.1000, subp 4, which should be consulted prior to preparing the EA W. Chapter 2 of the <br /> Guide to Minnesota Environmental Review Rules also provides guidance on defining "the whole project." <br /> Marinas(Subp 25):Include other marina development up and down the river from the site. <br /> Environmental Quality Board EAW Guidelines—October 2013 45 <br />