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u <br />• <br /> <br /> <br />and land use will be mitigated through stipulations and conditions <br />developed to comply with the requirements of the Surface Mining Control <br />and Reclamation Act during mine plan approval. <br />The only irreversible/irretrievable impact will be the removal of the <br />coal resource and the alteration of natural topography. The coal mined, <br />consumed, and left underground as unrecoverable due to present mining <br />technology would be irretrievably lost to future uses. <br />The natural topography and interbedded sandstone, siltstone, shale, and <br />minor coal bed would be irreversibly altered in the mined area. <br />The short-term use of the tract for surface mining of coal would mean <br />the permanent removal of the recoverable coal. If the coal is not <br />mined at present, there would not be an increase in long-term coal <br />productivity due to the isolated nature of this tract. <br />There will not be any unavoidable adverse and cumulative impacts from <br />this alternative. <br />Mitigation that will be committed under the Development alternative <br />and carried forward as lease stipulations will be as follows: <br />1. In order to protect the active prairie falcon nest site, no <br />activity shall be permitted withi}~ 100 feet of the northwest side <br />of the ridge top. Prior to mining, the lessee, in consultation <br />I <br />J <br />with the BLPI, USFWS, and DOW, will develop a monitoring study <br />9 <br />