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CHAPTER 5 <br />• <br />ADVERSE IiiPACTS ~:lHICH CAI1iJOT EE AVOIDED <br />SHORT-TERi•1 COAL LEP•SE APPLICATIOhI C-27432 <br />Should this lease appliczticn be approved, land use on the site <br />would be governed by cozl mining operztions. Therefore, it^pzcts occur- <br />ring due to the onooing operation as discussed in chzpter Z ~•:ould con- <br />tinue for an additional 8 years. These mould include: <br />1. Approximately 9.8 tens of fugitive dust would be emitted per <br />year . <br />2. Consumptive use of r•rater would continue at its present rate. <br />3. The area used for refuse disposal would continue to be out of <br />vegetative production. <br />4. The impzcts of mine employee traffic, coal hzuline, and train <br />traffic ~:!ouid continue on the transportation system. <br />5. 4lildlife ir. the area vrould be impacted by human activity. <br />• <br />6. Vandzlism and destruction to cultural sites :could centinue. <br />7. The mine t~;ould continue to dominate the usual setting of <br />the area. <br />S. Impacts ~•rould continue to locally provided services such as <br />recreational, housing, and social support resources. <br />Adverse imozcts due to the ne:•; lease itself would be confined to <br />the 1.6 acres disturbed by the access road and vent shaft. The acreage <br />v;ould be removed from vegetative productivity as pinyon-juniper ~rildlife <br />habitat. Actual construction ~,~ouid temporarily disturb ::~ildlife due to <br />heavy machinery. Slight increases in fugitive dust ~,~ould occur as the <br />road and vent pad are built. Also, slieirt increases in erosion could <br />occur from the road/vent shift and due to subsidence over undercround <br />mine workings. An estimated 5.6 million tons of coal (20 percent of the <br />in-place reserves) ::could be mined. Future mining in the area could be <br />made more difficult due to the presence of older mine workings and the <br />additional coal could be considered lost. <br /> <br />