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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT <br />trop Potnf Coal Lease Tract <br />Elk Creek Coal Lease Tract <br />Iron Point Coal 6cploration License - <br />FEBRUARY 2000 <br />Lead Agencies: USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office <br />USDA, Forest Service, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National <br />Forests <br />Cooperating Agency: USDI, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />Responsible Officials: <br />Ms. Mn Morgan, State Director Mr. Robert Storch, Forest Supervisor <br />Bureau of Land Management Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison <br />2850 Youngfield Street National Forests <br />Lakewood, Colorado 80215 2250 Highway 50 <br />Delta, Colorado 81416 <br />For Further Information: Mr. Jerry Jones, EIS Coordinator <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />2465 S. Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />Abstract: The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) describes the physigl, biological, <br />social, and economic resources that would be potentially affected by teasing of the Iron Point <br />and Elk Creek Coal Lease tracts as well as Issuing an exploration license for an area within and <br />surrounding the Iron Point Coal Lease Tract. The federal deasions to be made involve the <br />approval or disapproval of coal leasing (the Iron Point and Elk Creek tracts) and of an <br />exploration license. Some of the key issues for these proposed actions include: the potential <br />effects of transporting over f 9 million tons of coal per year from the North Fork Valley on the <br />Union Paafic Railroad, the effects of increased highway traffic on State Highway 133; the <br />potential effects to the integrity of watersheds and irrigation facilities within and surrounding the <br />lease tracts, the effects to the local social and economic structure of Delta and Gunnison <br />counties, and the cumulative effects of coal exploration and mining activities. <br />