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CHAPTER 7 <br />IRREVERSI[3LE-IRRETP,I'EVACLE C0~1'1IT11EIJTS OF P.ESOURCES <br />• <br />SHOP.T-TEP,~~1 COAL LEASE APPLICATIOPJ C-27432 <br />t•iining ~•rould irreversibly and irretrievably commit 5.6 million tons <br />of coal on the lease area to prcduction; an additional 22.g million ions <br />would be unrecoverable by currer~t technology. <br />Energy, in the forms of petroleum products and electricity, would <br />be expended to obtain the coal. <br />Soil productivity, vegetation, and wildlife habitat ~•rould be lost <br />on the vent shaft/access road until the area is reclaimed. <br />An undetermined number of fossils and cultural sites could be <br />destroyed. <br />SHORT-TERii COAL LEASE APPLICATIOit C-27103 <br />t~tining vrould irreversibly and irretrievably com~r.it 1.25 million <br />tons of coal on the lease area to production; an additional 1.25 million <br />tons would be unrecoverable by current technology. . <br />,`, Energy, in the forms of petroleum products and electricity, ti•rould <br />be expended to obtain the coal. <br />Soil productivity, vegetation, and ~•rildlife habitat ti:~ould be lost <br />on the vent shaft/access road until the area is reclaimed. <br />An undetermined number of fossils and cultural sites arould be <br />destroyed. <br />t;ORTH FORK VALLEY <br />Other than the small amounts of ccal, energy sources, cultural <br />sites, and fossils mentioned above, no irreversible/irretrievable <br />impacts ~:~ould occur in the total valley environment due to the proposed <br />lease applications. <br /> <br />