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SHORT-TERtt COAL LEASE APPLICATION C-27103 <br />Should this lease application be approved, adverse impacts vrould be <br />limited to those caused by construction of an access road and vent shaft <br />.and perhaps, some subsidence since the cngoing mining t:~ould continue with <br />or ~,~ithout the short-term lease. <br />The access road/vent shaft ~•,ould remove 1.5 acres from ve4etative <br />productivity as pinyon-juniper :~rildiife habitat until it is reclai~:~d. <br />An additional 0.3 ecre could be disturbed by relocation of tl~e power/ <br />telephone line depending upon the final location selected for the vent <br />shaft. These constructicn activities could disturb vri',dlife temporarily <br />and vrould temporarily increase fugitive dust slightly. Erosion cff of <br />construction areas lrould increase slightly. Cultural sites recorded by <br />salvage techniques ti•rould be lost for further study. <br />Subsidence could increase erosion rate <br />1.25 million tons of coal ~•rould be mined on <br />percent cf the in-place reserves). r-uture <br />more difficult due to the presence of older <br />tional coal co;.~ld be considered lost. <br />NOP,TH FORt: VALLEY <br />s slightly. An estimated <br />the proposed lease site (50 <br />Wining in the area ~rould be <br />vine ~h~orrings and the addi- <br />Approval of the proposed lease applications i:rould have no adverse <br />impacts upon the i:orth rr-ork Valley o±her than a slicht contribution to <br />the continued mining activity in the area. <br />~~ <br />