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i <br />or chance. The use of the immediate applicznts plans zs part of <br />l this proposed action rill provide a basis for assessing the <br />environmental impacts that x111 occur if these areas are surface <br />pined, hoxever, this does rot indicate a preference on ttie part <br />of the HLM as to xhat entity the leases should be axarded tc, <br />After the leas= is issued, a mining plan xill be developed or <br />revised in accordance xith applicable Office of Surface ~ti.^.i-g <br />(OSP;) regulations and the mitigating censures developed.in the <br />TE/EAE gad included as stipulations in the lease. The mini^g <br />plan xill be developed or revised through coordination and <br />consu'_tat'_on `=_txeen the SL'?, USOS, OSM, and state agencies (as <br />apnrooriate). <br />A. 2o4u <br />~ Coal lease application C-22544 is the largest of the three <br />I <br />i application areas and comprises 2120.35 acres, Tire appli- <br />! cation lies inmediztely to the south,.rest of Energy's Pit O1 <br />r <br />and is contiguous to federal coal lease C-031330 (Pit !f1 <br />operating lease). <br />Energy Fuels began oper=_tions at the Energy t4ine too. 1 in <br />1962, The first coal xas produced dLring the last quarter <br />of that year, and thereafter annual production increased at <br />relatively nodest rates for t;:e rezt nine years. Yearly <br />production records for the first 10 years of operation are <br />as folloxs, and all of thzL production xas recovered from <br /> <br />6 <br />