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Soutl~(eW Miu Minns Recision Request No. 20 -South Fan /restallation <br />ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES (2.04) <br />The information on existing environmental resources presented in the EFCI <br />permit application document addresses the Southfield permit area and is <br />applicable to the proposed fan installation site. Also, the proposed <br />installation will not result in any significant additional environmental impacts <br />beyond those contemplated in the existing permit application. <br />The following sections summarize and/or reference relevant environmental <br />information from the permit application. <br />Site Description and Land Use (2.04.3) <br />• The area to be effected by the proposed fan installation is an existing portal <br />bench established in conjunction with the previous mining activities. The <br />bench area is approximately five to ten feet above the level of the nearby <br />intermittent drainage and consists of partially consolidated outwash <br />materials. Vegetation in the surrounding undisturbed areas is dominated by <br />the transitional pinon-pine, juniper community. Some volunteer vegetative <br />reestablishment has occurred in existing disturbance areas with grasses, <br />fortis and low shrubs dominant. <br />Current and historical land uses for this area are similar and include <br />rangeland, wildlife habitat and mining. Expanded site description and land <br />use information is presented in Section 2.03.4 of the EFCI permit <br />application document (Volume 11. <br /> <br />AQ lnt. • P.O. Bat 7740/8• Arambav Spnngt, Colorado ffi4T7. 1303)87¢6360 <br />