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C- '~~~en ;nSer ~• Scenic fe..._i .ends ;analysis: The B'.M-administered •l ands within :he lease area have bean designated by visual resource management analysis as Class II. Only those federal lands designated as C1nss I, and not currently on the National Register of Natural Landmarks, shall be considered as unsuitable. Therefore. this criterion is not applicable, since no Class I areas have been identified. Criterion Number 6: Lands Used for Scientific Studies Analysis: Examination of the MTP indicates no permits hive been issued for scientific studies on these Federal lands. Criterion Number 7: Historic Lands and Sites Analysis: About 150 acres of BLMr•administered land in these lease areas have undergone 100 percent Class III inventory (Applegarth and Hurlbutt. 1977). One site. 5GN36. was located. 5GN36 is the remains of a ca. 1915-1926 homesuad. It is not considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places. A file senrch was node at the Office of the State Archaeologist and in the National _ Register of Historic Places Federal R aster, April ]. 1980, Volume 45, Humber 64}. No ad tional sites eligible to or included in the National Register were identified. ____ _-__ Due to the lack of identified sites eligible to or nominated for ~- the National Register within the leased area and iven the provisions as es`s blished in Criterion 7, 43 LFR 3461.1(g)(1~ and given the stipulations that will be applied under the Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Federal Coal Management Program, this area is considered suitsble. Criterion Number 8: Natural Areas Analysis: None of the Federal lnnds administered by the BLM within the lease area have been designated as Natural Areas or. .. _.-_~ _._ National Natural Landmarks. Criterion Number 9: federally-Designated Endangered Species Analysis: No endangered .plant species have been documented in the ~ mountain brush zone in the North Fork Valley. The lease tract does not provide essential habitnt for nny Federally listed threatened or endangered species. __ _ __. Criterion Number 10: State-Listed Endangered Species ' Analysis: No critical or essential habitat for plant or animal • ~. species listed by the State as threatened or endangered have been identified.