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D c Date:12/11/2001 ~ II I I II III I II IIII III ~` <br />sss <br />• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />For <br />Mt. Gurinlson No. 1 Mine <br />Federal Leases C-1362, C-0117192, and D-044569 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />A. Introduction <br />west Elk Coal Company (WECC) submitted a technical revision <br />application for the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 mine to the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division (MLRD) under the Colorado <br />State program (30 CFR Part 906). The technical revision <br />application proposes modifications to the F-seam mining <br />plan, extending underground mining operations into the B <br />seam in Federal leases C-1362, C-0117192, and D-044569, and <br />adding about 35.5 acres within Federal lease C-1362 to the <br />mining plan approval area to accommodate the B-seam main <br />entries. <br />Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant <br />Secretary must approve, approve with conditions, or <br />disapprove the mining plan modification for Federal leases <br />C-1362, C-0117192, and D-D44569. Pursuant to 30 CFR <br />Part 746, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and <br />_• Enforcement (OSM) recommends approval with conditions. <br />B. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed <br />Action <br />The undersigned person has determined that the approval with <br />conditions of the mining plan modification would not have a <br />significant impact on the quality of the human environment <br />under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and therefore, an <br />environmental impact statement is not required. <br />This finding of no significant impact is based on the <br />attached environmental assessment prepared by OSM which <br />identifies and discusses the environmental impacts of the <br />proposed action and the following documents: <br />- BLM, 1979. West Central Colorado Coal Environmental <br />Statement. <br />- OSM, June 1981: Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mining Plan <br />Approval Technical Environmental Assessment. <br />- OSM, August 1985. Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mining Plan <br />Modification Environmental Assessment. <br />•_ - OSM, September 1985. Mt. Gunnison Mine Mining Plan <br />Modification Environmental Assessment. <br />