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Doc Date:12/11/2001 • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR Foidel Creek Mine Federal Coal Lease COC-54608 Mining Plan Decision Document A. Introduction Twentymile Coal Company submitted a permit application package (PAP) for a permit revision for the Foidel Creek Mine to the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG). The PAP proposed extending underground mining operations into 866 acres of Federal lease COC-54608. Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, must approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the mining plan modification for Federal lease COC-54608. Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 746, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is recommending approval of the mining plan action without special conditions. • • B. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed Action The undersigned person has determined that the above-named proposed action would not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. C. Reasons This finding of no significant impact is based on the attached BLM prepared Environmental Assessment, Environmental Assessment CO-016-95-020, which has been independently evaluated by OSM and determined to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed action adequately and accurately and to provide sufficient evidence and analysis for this finding of no significant impact. OSM takes full r ponsibility for the accuracy, scope, and content of the tached en ronmental assessment. •S /s 9d~ Chie Federal rograms ivision ate Western Regional Coordinating Center Attachment