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• 10. Federal, State, regional, and/or local land use plans, <br />programs, and policies <br />Gunnison Board of County Commissioners approved a land use <br />change application for the proposed mining plan modification <br />on March 1, 1994. <br />C. Impacts of Disapproval <br />If the mining plan is disapproved, the impacts described <br />above for the "Approval With Special Federal Conditions" <br />alternative would not occur. The Bear No. 3 mine would <br />continue to operate under the terms and conditions of the <br />previously approved mining plan, the impacts of which were <br />described in OSM's environmental assessment prepared for the <br />1989 mining plan approval for the Bear No. 3 mine. <br />Disapproval would result in 650,000 additional tons of <br />Federal coal not being mined. Coal reserves would be <br />depleted by July 1994, and the mine would be closed and <br />reclaimed resulting in the loss of employment for the <br />Somerset area. <br />~J <br />• 15 <br />