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Response <br />The production level referred to r"rpm the West Central Drat ES <br />is the low level of coal production, a level that v:ould result <br />if na neti;~ or modified mining plans were approved and r~o new <br />leasing (either short-term or Bureau-initiated) r:ere to occur <br />• in the Morth fork (alley. The production level in the Draft <br />TE/EA is within 20 percent of the production level r"cr midlevel <br />production analyzed in the ldest Central Colorado Coal ES. <br />It should also be noted that production projections are subject <br />to constant revision. Since publication of the Draft TE/EA, <br />the North Fork Valley coal projections have been revised to <br />conform to new information, which was unavailable at the time <br />the Draft was published. See errata for text changes. <br />Comment <br />Table 1-1 presents coal projections for. the area without clari- <br />fying the significance of the two short-term lease applications. <br />Response <br />'. See text changes in errata. <br />• Comment <br />The TE/EA should more clearly explain why Cl•!I has submitted a <br />second short-term lease application within a year of the time <br />that a coal lease containing three years' of ceai reserves was <br />issued. <br />Response <br />See errata fior text change made in Chapter 1. <br />Comment <br />"The final TE/EA should indicate that the approved mining plan, <br />as depicted in Figure 1-2 on the original iease application (C- <br />25079), has been changed slightly. Since the time of filing <br />the lease application, a mining plan change in t'ne ?hire Ea<t <br />' panei has peen approved and the Third East panel is presently <br />being driven north to the lease boundary line. This means that <br />• the submain "A" panels tiaill not have to be driven as far south <br />as depicted in Figure 1-2 in order to meet Third East." <br />