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<br />Finding of No Significant Impact <br />The technical analysis and environmental assessment identifies certain <br />environmental impacts that could be caused by continued mining of the P.oadside <br />and Cameo Mines. Impacts from subsidence are considered significant if not <br />properly mitigrated. The subsidence control plan submitted by the company has <br />been detailed to avoid subsidence damage to overlying existing facilities <br />within the limits of best available engineering. Possible adverse impact to <br />the alluvial valley floors (AVF) of Rapid Creek and the Colorado Rioer are <br />considered to be minor is nature and will not affect the hydrologic functions <br />of the AVF as revealed by the Technical Analysis identified by the Office of <br />Surface Mining (OSM). Special emphasis has been made through the use of <br />special stipulations in the approval to avoid undue damage to ooerlying <br />cultural resource sites by subsidence. <br />Based on the evaluation of impacts in the Technical Analysis prepared by the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, the Environment Assessmene prepared <br />OSM, the concurrence prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S.C.S. <br />technical assessment on the mine plan and the BLM Environmental Impact <br />Statement entitled West-Central Colorado Coal issued February 1979, Z find <br />that no significant impacts to the human environment vould result from <br />permittl~ of this operation. Preparation of an enviro ®ental impact <br />statement (EIS) under the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. <br />4321 ec seq., therefore, not required. <br />Allen D. Klein, Administrator <br />Western Technical Center <br />-ala3/ 8~ <br />Dace <br />