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Minnesota Rule part 4410.1700, subpart 7, item B requires that the RGU consider the "cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects" when determining the need for an environmental impact statement. Identify any past, present or reasonably foreseeable future projects that may interact with the project described in this EAW in such a way as to cause cumulative impacts. Describe the nature of the cumulative impacts and summarize any other available information relevant to determining whether there is potential for significant environmental effects due to cumulative impacts (or discuss each cumulative impact under appropriate item(s) elsewhere on this form). The cumulative effects associated with this project are essentially the effects of sub-urbanization. This can have both positive and negative cumulative effects socially and environmentally. Some of the cumulative effects that can be observed fi-om the expansion of urban development in the City of Ramsey are loss of agricultural land and loss · and fragmaentation ofwildlif~ habitat. In addition, future development in the City of Ramsey will generate more traffic, which will put additional pressure on the surrounding transportation systems. To account for this, continued transportation planning at the local, county, and state levels is necessary to prov. ide for the long term construction and maintenance oftransportadpn facilities designed for the current and anticipated growth in the City of Ramsey. If the project may cause any adverse environmental impacts not addressed by items 1 to 28, identify and discuss them here, along with any proposed mitigation. This project is not believed to cause any anticipated adverse environmental impacts that have not been addressed by this EAW. Do not complete this section if the EAW is being done for ElS scoping; instead, address relevant issues in the draft Scoping Decision document, which must accOmpany the EAW. List any impacts and issues identified above that may require fu~her investigation before the project is begun. Discuss any alternatives or mitigative measures that have been or may be considered for these impacts and issues, including those that have been or may be ordered as permit conditions. Other than evaluation needed to gain the pe~i~ that are nece~aW for the project, no ~her investigation is proposed for the i~ues identified above.