GENERAL44936

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/13/2002
• Doc Name: FED MINE PLAN APPROVAL DOCUMENT 7/21/92
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• •U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
FOR
Deaerado Mine
Federal Lease COC 51551
Mining Plan Decision Document
A. Introduction
Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. submitted a permit application
package (PAP) for a permit revision for the Deserado Mine to
the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD) under
the Colorado State program (30 CFR Part 906). The PAP
proposes to extend the permitted area to include Federal
lease COC 51551, which contains 1,320 acres. No new surface
disturbing activities are proposed within the proposed
amendment area, however about 1,000 acres may be affected by
subsidence.
western Support Center
Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management must approve,
approve with conditions, or disapprove the mining plan for
Federal lease COC 51551. Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 746, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
is recommending approval of this mining plan.
• B. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed
Action
The undersigned person has determined that the approval of
the mining plan 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.
This finding of no significant impact is based on the
attached environmental assessment (EA) jointly prepared by
the Bureau of Land Management and OSM in February, 1991.
OSM has independently evaluated the EA in conjunction with
the application for permit revision and the State's Decision
and Findings of Compliance and has determined that the EA
adequately and accurately assesses the environmental impacts
of the proposed action and provides auffi.cient evidence and
analysis for this finding of no significant impact. OSM
takes full responsibility for the accuracy, scope, and
content of the attached environmental assessment.
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