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<br />LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS <br />INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED ACTION <br />If leases are issued, the company must comply with all federal, state, and <br />local laws and regulations and with decision governing development, operation, <br />abandonment, and reclamation of the mine and transportation routes. In <br />addition, based on interpretation of Office of Surface Mining requirements, <br />the company is required to submit a mine and reclamation plan for the <br />demonstration of feasible methods to accomplish: 1) successful reclamation <br />within 10 years after mining has ceased and 2) the reestablishment of <br />vegetative cover, vegetative composition, and soil productivity to premining <br />levers in the area of the refuse and waste stockpiles and transport routes as <br />described under the preferred alternative (section 2). Before the issuance of <br />BLM rights-of-way for transportation and utility incidental to mining <br />activities on the lease applications, the Office of Surface Mining must <br />approve or indicate its pending approval of the federal mine plan related to <br />mining activities on the leases. All rights-of-way applications are con- <br />sidered as separate actions and will be subject to specific environmental <br />analyses prior to issuance. <br />GENERAL AND SITE-SPECIFIC ASSUMPTIONS <br />1. Development (new authorized construction) would begin in 19A1 upon <br />approval of these leases. <br />2. Full scale mining on these federal leases would begin in 1983. <br />3. Maximum production would be reached year 8 and remain constant for mine <br />life. <br />4. Life of the mine of these federal leases pursuant to current regulatory <br />requirements is projected to be 40 years. <br />5. Transportation route and method of transport to be selected. <br />6. Final reclamation to be completed in the year 2033. <br />7. Approximately 10 years is required, based on BLM technical assessments <br />and current regulatory requirements, to establish vegetation that would <br />support small animals and birds and 15 to 20 years for the support of <br />larger wildlife. <br />8. Impacts on vegetation would continue until reclamation completed. <br />9. Refuse disposal areas will be rehabilitated on a continuing basis, <br />- 10. An estimated 2 years is required for filling, shaping, contouring, <br />seedbed preparation, and seeding of the surface facilities. <br />1-3 <br />