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Finding of No Significant Impact <br />The environmental assessment preceding the Finding of No Significant Impact <br />identifies certain environmental impacts that would occur from the 1,800-acre <br />expansion of the Energy Fuels mining operation. The regional and <br />site specific EIS on the Energy Fuels mines and BLMs 1979 environmental <br />assessment report on lease tract C-22644 analyzed the impacts of this <br />proposed expansion, including the adverse impacts to wildlife. Other adverse <br />impacts would be appropriately mitigated to prevent harm to the environment by <br />environmental-protection measures specified in the mine plan and by <br />stipulations that have been attached to the proposed plan approval. <br />Based on the evaluation of impacts in OSMs environmental assessment, in the <br />previous BLM regional and site-specific EIS, and in BLMs environmental <br />assessment report, we find that no significant impacts to the human <br />environment other than those previously identified and evaluated in these <br />documents would resulC from this operation. Therefore, an additional EIS is <br />not required, and I am recommending that the subject major modification to the <br />mining and reclamation plan be approved with stipulations. <br /> <br /> <br />- 19 - <br />y <br />°Date <br />