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disturbance of about 1.8 acres resulting from construction <br />/fN ;i?E;f of an access road to the adjacent Munger Canyon mine. <br />B. Existing Environmental Documentation <br />In 1979, the Bureau of Land Management published the final <br />environmental impact statement (EIS), "West-Central Colorado <br />Coal Environmental Statement" which describes and analyzes <br />the environmental impacts that would result from approval of <br />six mining and reclamation plans on Federal and private <br />lands in west-central Colorado; one of those mining plans <br />included the proposed life-of-mine operations at the McClane <br />Canyon mine. <br />In May 1982, OSM prepared an Environmental Assessment for <br />approval of the mining plan for the McClane Canyon mine. <br />The Environmental Assessment described the environmental <br />impacts resulting from the mining and reclamation operations <br />in 248 acres of Federal lease C-0125439, which included most <br />of the surface facilities at the McClane Canyon mine and <br />development of the entries, mains and submains. <br />In November 1985, OSM prepared an updated Environmental <br />Assessment of the operations for approval of a mining plan <br />_ _____ _ modification associated with termination of the Federal <br />permit and-reiiewsr~f-the-State=permib-for-the McClane <br />~~~ Canyon mine. The permit conditions discussed in the 1982 <br />~FJ Environmental Assessment were resolved during the State <br />permit renewal. <br />C <br /> <br />.ro <br />D <br />Aut,1~°R ~h'p~ <br />wuc~E~ <br />r-~~- <br /> <br />OSM has reviewed the <br />assessments and has <br />assessments describe <br />existing surface c <br />activities. <br />EIS and the attached environmental <br />determined that both environmental <br />the environmental impacts of the <br />wou'Y-d~~onstructed along the edge of the Salt Creek <br />drainage bottom, which is used for rangeland and consists <br />greasewood shrubland vegetation, common to the area. No <br />stream channels would be crossed. The vegetation would be <br />of <br />removed and the topsoil stripped and stockpiled. After <br />mining, the roadbed would be graded to its approximate <br />original contour, the topsoil would be replaced and the <br />disturbed area would be revegetated consistent with the <br />vegetation of the area. GVCC has committed to undertake the <br />Environmental Impacts <br />