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Short-term Lease Application C-27432 <br />' Comment <br />The mitigating measure included in Chapter 4, Mitigating ;•1ea- <br />sures; which restricts the season during ~•~hich construction of <br />. a ventilation shaft can occur cn the area of lease application <br />C-27432 should be changed to permit construction on approval of <br />DOW. <br />Response <br />See text change in errata. <br />Short-term Lease Application C-27103 <br />Comment <br />BLh1 misapplied the unsuitability criterion concerning prime <br />farmland. <br />Response <br />See errata for text change. <br />Comment <br />.: BLh1 incorrectly applied the unsuitability criteria and excep- <br />``=' tions to allow construction of an intake ventilation shaft in a <br />_ VRM Class II area. <br />Response <br />The TE/EA notes that at present no location for the site has <br />been chosen. If a site for the ventilation shaft is submitted <br />in the mining permit application, that site will be examined <br />for its suitability before the mining plan is approved. <br />Comment <br />BLM misapplied the unsuitability criterion concerning alluvial <br />valley floors. <br />Response <br />The TE/EA recoq_nizes that ±he disturbance of 1.6 acres for <br />mining-related activity will not preclude, disrupt, or dis- <br />continue farming in the area. In addition, the discussign in <br />the lr;ac: .:r. i_ `is s';~or, _s ;ne Cncl;,si1.'~ ,...-.` _ c.. ...: :._ <br />bil.t o~r::~~s~s -i:at ictcu a:i'i rc siq, <br />~~;~ flo~.J o. r~:: ter to the ailu~ie.l gal icy flow'. <br />