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<br /> <br />The tlo Action alternative would lead to the estimated 201,600 recoverable <br />tons of coal being by-passed and this isolated, unleased coal deposit could <br />not be economically mined as an individual operation in the foreseeable <br />future. The estimated production royalty payment loss from proposed Lease <br />C-26914 would be approximately $651,000 in current dollar value. The <br />Development alternative assumes that the tract would be leased and <br />developed as a maintenance tract for the adjoining mine. <br />Under this alternative, there would be no irreversible/irretrievable, short- <br />term/long-term productivity or unavoidable adverse and cumulative impacts. <br />A. Development Alternative <br />Under this alternative the proposed lease tract would be leased and <br />• the recoverable coal extracted through continuance of current surface <br />mining operations on the strike, using draglines and trucking methods. <br />The economic impact of this alternative will result in an estimated <br />production royalty payment gain of approximately $651,000 in current <br />dollar value from proposed lease C-26914. There would be an esti- <br />mated production royalty payment gain From Lease C-081330 of approxi- <br />mately $140,000 in current dollar value since the buffer area could <br />be mined. Therefore, the total production royalty payment gain from <br />this alternative would be approximately $791,000. <br /> <br />Since the following resources do not occur on the tract, no impacts <br />are expected to them. They are: threatened or endangered animal or <br />• <br />6 <br />