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• :'OL::TAIV COAL COYPA.VY <br />COAL L?11SE APPL_CAT_ION COC-56447 <br />E:'VIR01^7EVTAL `IALYSIS U-94-37 <br />Prepared by BL`f in cooperation with USFS and OSM <br />Z. PURPOSE AND NEED <br />CHANGES HADE BET~iEEN DRAFT AND FZNAL <br />As a result of public comments and review by Mountain Coal Company, <br />the BLM and the Forest Service, several changes were made to the draft <br />environmental assessment. <br />A section on Forest Service minerals management policy and the leasing <br />process was added, as was a brief discussion of the public involvement <br />process for this EA. Pursuant co the Forest Service appeal regulations (3b <br />CFR 2'_5.6(d)), Appendix 3 - Resoor.se to Comments was also added. <br />Mountain Coal Company provided more information relative to their <br />potential development needs on the Box Canyon tract; A reasonably <br />foreseeable development scenario was added based upon their input. <br />Several of the maps were removed because the maps did not accurately <br />portray the resources present on t:~e proposed lease tract. The stipulation <br />map vas found to be inaccurate - _ _ ore is included in this EA. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Colorado State Office of the 3ureau of Land Management (BLM) <br />received on March 11, 1994, a coal lease application from Mountain Coal <br />Company; it was assigned serial n~~:^be: COC-56447. The application was <br />submitted under the Mineral Leasing =c. of 1420, Federal Coal Leasing <br />Amendments Act of 1976, and 43 !"~ 3C=0. The coal reserves are managed by <br />the Montrose District Office o? t::e E'_'".. The purpose of the environmental <br />assessment (EA) is to evaluate potential impacts of lease issuance upon the <br />physical and socioeconomic environment and to develop mitigating measures <br />co be included as lease stipulations .n the event the lease is issued, <br />As a result of the lease alp:ica='.on, the Box Canyon coal lease tract <br />was delineated. The Box Can•~or. Tract lies co the ease of federal coal <br />leases C-1362, D-044509, CJC-:4553 ar.d ~: ':17192 which are leased by <br />:fountain C•=..1 Company. "ouncain Coal Company would like to continue <br />development of their underground :fining operation into the lease <br />application area, Mining would occur in the B and D/E Seams on the Box <br />Canyon Tract. <br /> The competitive Lease application submitted by Mountain Coal Company <br /> identified a 2769.67 acre tract of federal coal. The Box Canyon Tract, <br />. analyzed in this EA, is described aS _o1LOws: <br />