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r':OL:;TAL`7 COAL COMPANY <br />• COAL LF~15= APPL'_CATION COC-56447 <br />E::VIRO\^SE`7TAL _IALYSIS U-94-37 <br />Prepared by BL`i in cooperation with USFS and OSM <br />I. PDR305E AND NEED <br />CHANGES MADE BETWEEN DRAFT AND FINAL. <br />As a result of public comments and review by Mountain Coal Company, <br />the BLM and the Forest Service, several changes were made co 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 to the Forest Service appeal regulations (36 <br />CFR 2'_5.5(d)), Appendix 3 - P.esporse to Comments was also added. <br />Mountain Coal Company provided more information relative to their <br />• potential development needs on fire Bcx 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 =he oroposed lease tract. The stipulation <br />map was found to be inaccuracy - one 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•~^ber COC-56447. The application was <br />submitted under the Mineral Leasing ::ct of 1920, Federal Coal Leasing <br />Amendments Act of 1975, and 43 ~_'?, 34:0. The coal reserves are managed by <br />the Montrose District Office o: t^e B!'a. The purpose of the environmental <br />assessment (EA) is co evaluate potential impacts of lease issuance upon the <br />physical and socioeconomic env'_ronmen: and to develop mitigating measures <br />to be included as lease stipulations in the event the lease is issued. <br />As a result of the lease app:ication, the Box Canyon coal lease tract <br />was delineated. The Box Can•+or. Tract lies [o the east of federal coal <br />leases C-1362, D-044569, COC-;45:g ar.d ~: ":17192 which are Leased by <br />Mountain C•=..1 Company. :!ountain Coal company would like to continue <br />development of their underground mining operation into [he 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 describ=d 2s :ciLows: <br />