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• <br /> <br />The lands would stay under the present land uses, which are <br />primarily wildlife habitat and livestock grazing. the only public <br />• surface within the proposed lease areas is within T. 4 N., R. 87 W., <br />Sec. 23. All other surface is in private ownership. <br />• B. The Getty Alternative <br />Under the Getty Alternative, the surface mineable Federal coal <br />• underlying the lands identified as the Little Middle Creek area <br />would be leased. Issuing coal lease application C-40672 would allow <br />the recoverable coal in this specific area to be surface mined <br />• through the existing mining sequence. <br />The Little Middle Creek area encompasses part of an existing seam <br />• specific lease, C-22644 for the Wadge and any overlying seams. An <br />environmental assessment was completed on October 30, 1978 for <br />surface coal leasing, on the existing lease area, during the leasing <br />• process for lease application C-22644. The analysis of the Getty <br />Alternative assesses the impacts of leasing and development of the <br />Wadge and Wolf Creek coal seams both on the leased and unleased <br />• portions of the Little Middle Creek area. <br />The assumptions and analysis guidelines used under this alternative <br />• are as follows. <br />1. One development scenario would be assessed, an <br />• extension of existing surface mine. This will involve <br />all of the Little Middle Creek area (1,045.90 acres). <br />E-7 <br />0001E <br />• 08/15/85 <br />