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For fasrther injormation about the feedlot GEIS project, contact Susan Schmidt, GEIS project manager, 651/296- 2~8~. analysis; and drafting and finalizing the LEIS document. A 25-member Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) was estab- lished by the EQB to provide advice on the scope and content of the GELS. This GEIS scoping document-- astudy outline based on exten- sive public input received from June through December 1998- was adopted by the EQB on December 17, 1998. The scoping document includes an explanation of the I2 eco- nomic, environmental, social and health topics to be ad- dressed in the feedlot GEIS. Current GEIS activity is fo- cused on a literature summary and a feedlot inventory, both of which are described below. Feedlmt GEIS literature summary The EQB recently initiated the second phase of the GEIS, aimed at study and analysis of the 12 identified topics. The first step of this phase is a summary of the existing litera- ture on these 12 study topics. EQB is currently working under contract with the Univer- sity of Minnesota and its partners to conduct this litera- ture summary from April through September 1999. The EQB, working with the CAC, will use the results of all the literature review work to address the study questions related to the 12 topics of concern outlined in the GELS scoping document and to determine the need for addi- tional research on the remaining study questions or topics. ~'eedl®t inventmry The EQB is also compiling inventory information on feedlots in order to understand feedlot location, species, size and number. This feedlot inventory information will enable the EQB to understand the location and concentration of feedlots relative to other variables of interest to the GEIS, such as population, population density, land use, water resources, groundwater sensitivity, wells, land base, soil type, etc. The inventory will be based first and foremost on existing data sources, including all the county level feedlot inventories conducted to date. The LEIS feedlot inventory will be tar- geted at those parts of the state that lack data on location, size, species and number. The inventory work will be con- ducted under EQB direction through an interagency agree- ment with the Land Manage- ment Information Center (CHIC) and other technical resources. Again, EQB is committed to working with state, county and producer groups to design the simplest, most cost effective, least intrusive inventory to determine location, size and species of facilities throughout the state. 6