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• February 18, 2000 Page Two Besides the No-Action Alternative (Alternative A) and the coal leasing as applied for by Bowie Resources Ltd. and Oxbow Mining Inc. (Alternative B), we examined two other alternatives in the completion of the Final EIS. In these other alternatives, we analyzed the possibility of multi- seam mining and the restriction of subsidence due to underground mining in key sensitive areas. Alternative D is the agencies' preferred alternative and the environmentally preferred alternative. Copies of the Final EIS, and other relevant documents such as the scoping report, are available for review at the following locations: Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office 2465 S. Townsend Avenue Montrose, Colorado 81401 Forest Service Paonia Ranger District Office North Rio Grande Avenue Paonia, Colorado 81428 Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office • 2850 Youngfield Street Lakewood, Colorado 80215 Forest Service Supervisor's Office 2250 Highway 50 Delta, Colorado 81416 Office of Surface Mining 1999 Broadway, Suite 3410 Denver, Colorado 80202 Copies of the Final EIS have also been placed in the local libraries in Paonia, Hotchkiss, Delta, Montrose, and Grand Junction. Due to the minor comments and revisions on the figure volume, the figure volume has not been republished with the Final EIS. The reader will need to refer to the existing figure volume when referenced in the text of the Final EIS. This EIS is not a decision document. The BLM and Forest Service will document their decisions on coat leasing and the exploration license in documents known as Records of Decision (ROD). The BLM requires a 30~ay waiting period before the ROD can be issued. The BLM and Forest Service will issue their RODS concurrently. The public may anticipate the agences to publish their RODS on or about March 27, 2000. The agencies' decisions for actions affecting lands under their jurisdiction are appealable. Appeals filed on Forest Service decisions must be filed pursuant to regulations at 36 CFR 215. Appeals filed on BLM decisions must be filed pursuant to regulations at 43 CFR, Part 4 and Fonn 1842-1. Additional, specific information on filing appeals will be included in the RODS.