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<br />E. Land Use <br />Land use on coal lease applications C-22644 and C-26973 <br />consists principally of open space and wildlife habitat. <br />Lease application C-22676 consists principally of open space <br />areas and cultivated fields supporting dyrland farming. The <br />open space areas are used principally for xildlife habitat <br />and grazing and are covered by sagebrush and grasses. The <br />crop under cultivation within the lease application is <br />wheat. There are no prime agriculture lands associated with <br />any of the three coal lease applications. <br />The principle land use surrounding the coal lease appli- <br />cations include farming, ranching, open space wildlife <br />habitat, and strip mining by Energy Fuels. As previously <br />indicated in Chapter I, Energy Fuels is producing coal from <br />three pits in the area, (Pits 111, 2, 3) and in 1977 produced <br />3,981,291 tons of coal. Energy Fuels employs a total work <br />force of 287 employees. <br />A reservoir and 100' ditch right-of-way (CS-06427) for irri- <br />gation purposes is located within the limits of coal lease <br />application No. C-22676. Qwnership of the reservoir and <br />that part of the ditch lying in the SW1/4SW1/4 of sec. 34, <br />T, 6 N., R. 86 W., lies with the fee owner, Alfred and <br />Juanita Camiletti. That portion of the ditch lying in the <br />SE1/4SW1/4 and SW1/45E1/4 of sec, 34, T, 6 N., R, 86 W., <br />59 <br />