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<br /> Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
<br /> Dunn Ranch Area Lease-By-Application and Mine Plan Modification
<br /> DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-2019-0003-EA
<br /> Project number: COC-78825
<br /> LOCATION:
<br /> New Mexico Principal Meridian,Colorado
<br /> T. 35 N., R. 11 W.,
<br /> sec. 18, lots 2 thru 5, 8, 9,and 10, SE 1/4NW 1/4, and NE I ASW 1/4;
<br /> sec. 19, lots 1, 2,6, and 7,NEIANW1/4,and N1/2SEIANW1/4.
<br /> T. 35 N., R. 12 W.,
<br /> sec. 13, S1/2NE1/4, SEI/4NW1/4, S1/2SW1/4,NEIASEI/4, and SI/2SE1;4;
<br /> sec. 14, S1/2NE1/4SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4SE1:'4, and S1 2SEF4;
<br /> sec. 15, SEl/4SW1/4 and S1/2SE1/4;
<br /> sec. 22,NI.,2NE1/4,NI/2SW1/4NE1/4, SEI/4SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NEV4, El/2NE1 4NW1:4,
<br /> NE1/4SEI.4NWIA, and E1/2NW1/4SEI/4;
<br /> sec. 23,N1/2NE1/4, SEIANE1/4,N1/2NW 1/4, SEIASW1/4, and SEI/4;
<br /> sec. 24,N1/2, SWI/4 and NW1/4SEI/4;
<br /> sec. 26,ND2NEIANEI/4, SWI/4NE1/4NE1/4,NWl/4NE1/4,N1 2NWI/4,N1/25W1:4NW1'4.
<br /> SE14SW1 e'4NW1/4,and SEI/4NW1/4;
<br /> sec. 27,NE1/4NE1/4 and SEI/4NW1/4NE1/4.
<br /> The area described contains 2,462.07 acres.
<br /> PROJECT NAME:
<br /> Dunn Ranch Area Lease-By-Application and Mine Plan Modification
<br /> APPLICANT:
<br /> GCC Energy, LLC
<br /> BACKGROUND:
<br /> The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has conducted an environmental analysis along with the Office
<br /> of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) as joint-lead agencies (DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-
<br /> 2019-0003-EA)for a proposed action to address GCC Energy,LLC's(GCCE)Lease by Application(LBA)
<br /> for a proposed new federal coal lease(COC-78825)in the Dunn Ranch area in La Plata County.The project
<br /> would allow BLM to offer the lands for competitive leasing encompassing approximately 2,462 acres
<br /> adjacent to the northern boundary of GCCE's existing federal coal lease COC-62920.The underlying need
<br /> for the proposal would be met which is established by BLM's responsibility under the Mineral Leasing Act
<br /> of 1920(30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq.),as amended by the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, and
<br /> the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), which states that public lands shall be
<br /> DOI-BLM-CO-SOl0-2019-0003-EA FONSI
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