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Environmental Assessment <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> 1. Purpose and Need for Action..............................................................................................................12 <br /> 1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................... 12 <br /> 1.2 Background................................................................................................................................... 13 <br /> 1.3 Lead and Cooperating Agencies................................................................................................... 16 <br /> 1.4 Purpose of the Proposed Action.................................................................................................... 19 <br /> 1.5 Need for the Proposed Action....................................................................................................... 19 <br /> 1.6 Decisions to be Made....................................................................................................................20 <br /> 1.7 Conformance with Applicable Land Use Plan(s) .........................................................................20 <br /> 1.8 Relationship to Statutes, Regulations, or Other Plans ..................................................................21 <br /> 1.8.1 Federal Agencies ...............................................................................................................21 <br /> 1.8.2 State Agencies, Laws and Regulations..............................................................................23 <br /> 1.8.3 Local Agencies, Laws and Regulations.............................................................................24 <br /> 1.9 Scoping, Public Involvement, and Issues .....................................................................................25 <br /> 1.9.1 Internal Scoping BLM and OSMRE(2017)......................................................................25 <br /> 1.9.2 External BLM Scoping (2012) ..........................................................................................25 <br /> 1.9.3 Annual External Scoping by OSMRE (2015)....................................................................27 <br /> 1.9.4 External Scoping La Plata County(2012-2016)................................................................29 <br /> 1.9.5 2017 Supplemental Scoping Comment Summary.............................................................31 <br /> 1.9.6 Draft EA Public Comment and Agency Response............................................................33 <br /> 1.10 Resources Considered,but Eliminated from Further Analysis...................................................33 <br /> 2. Proposed Action and Alternatives(s)..................................................................................................35 <br /> 2.1 Proposed Action............................................................................................................................35 <br /> 2.1.1 Legal Description of Lease Modification..........................................................................35 <br /> 2.1.2 Coal Removal ....................................................................................................................36 <br /> 2.1.3 Coal Production and Transport..........................................................................................37 <br /> DOI-BLM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA <br /> September 2017 <br />