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Miners would be able to have well -paying jobs and live in their <br />home towns. Local people dependent upon coal for home heating <br />would have a dependable local supply. Two tourist trains important <br />to the area would have a local source of coal for their operation. <br />No indirect or cumulative impacts have been identified. <br />8. Paleontology <br />The coal -bearing formations that would be mined via this project <br />area rarely contain significant museum -quality fossil resources <br />(mostly plants). If these are encountered during the mining <br />process, they would be destroyed. If museum quality fossils are <br />encountered operations must halt and the BLM will be notified <br />immediately. <br />NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE <br />Under this alternative current production and land use would remain <br />unchanged. The life of the existing mine would end in <br />approximately 6.3 years. Associated with the end of the mine would <br />be the subsequent loss to jobs and royalties currently provided by <br />the mine. <br />V. AGENCIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED <br />Tom Bird, National King Coal, LLC <br />Trent Peterson, National King Coal, LLC <br />Jim Vorwald, National King Coal, LLC <br />VI. LIST OF PREPARERS <br />Loren Wickstrom Minerals/All <br />Desty Dyer Minerals/All <br />Gary Thrash Ecologist <br />Kathy Nickell Wildlife and T & E Species <br />Kristie Arrington Archaeology/Historic/Native <br />Religious Concerns/Paleontology <br />Charlie Higby Realty <br />Dennis Murphy Hydrology <br />Floyd McMullen All/OSM Coordination <br />Donald Englishman Environmental Coordinator <br />21 <br />American <br />