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• <br />10. Transportation would be via existing operation. <br />f <br />11. Environmental consequences would be based on the <br />residual impacts remaining after application of <br />• <br />mitigation measures developed under each resource <br />section and requirements of the Surface Mining <br />Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. <br />• <br />III. <br />• <br />• <br />AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT <br />Best available data indicates the following resources do not exist <br />within the affected areas: threatened and endangered species, <br />wetlands, wilderness values, areas of critical environmental <br />concern, wild and scenic rivers, and prime and unique farmlands. <br />ri;m~+e <br />• <br />The proposed lease areas have a continental climate characterized by <br />mild sinners and very cold winters. Precipitation is fairly evenly <br />[7 <br />[] <br />distributed throughout the year. Because of the lease area <br />locations in very complex terrain, wind flow is substantially <br />influenced by terrain-induced flows, such as channeling and anabatic <br />and katabatic circulations. In well-exposed areas of the proposed <br />leases surface winds are at least partially reflective of the <br />synoptic flow over the region, with a westerly component <br />[7 <br />• <br />E-11 <br />0001E <br />08/15/85 <br />