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• APPENDIX A RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS A Public Hearing 3z On January 15, 1997 a pudic hearing on the Draft Ernironmental Assessment and the Maximum Economic Recovery Report was held ffi Rangely, Cdoredo. Three (3) Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. end two (2) Bureau d Land Management representatNes were present No comments were receNed. B. Wrttten Comments Only sbc (6) letters were receNed by the Bureau d Land Management during the 30 day comment perfod. Of these oNy four (4) had comments which required responses. There were 28 comments kfenttfled and numbered. The responses to those comments fellow. The letters and the numbered comments are attached to this appendoc Comment: This trail was evaluated and ranked for sultablliry for leasing during preparetlon for the EIS for Green ANer-Hams Fork Round tl ... I feel the mitigation requiremerrts [Appendlz 6 d the Drett Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)] should be Incorporated Into the present Errvironmerrtal Assessmem (EA) aril they should become lease stipulations as was Intended back in 1983, • Response: See revised text We agree In principle, however, the Green RNer-Hams Fork Round II DEIS was ortfy draft Our specialists believe that the E+4, with few exceptions, has adequately addressed the expected Impacts, and Indusion d Appendbt 6, in total, as lease stipulations is unwarrarried. We have provided for Indusion d a Habitat Recovery and Replacement Plan (HRRP), with modifications to reflect species present Also, the no surface - occupancy and seasonal restrictions identfied in Append'a 6 for ferruginous hawks in the NE diagonal, Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 101 West, 6th Principal Meridian, b no longer applicade. 2. Comment: Our only commerrt regards paragraph three (3) on page 27. We do not believe formal consultation w91 be required for this ecttvlty. We believe potential Impacts to lack-footed ferrets can be appropriately addressed and avoided through the informal consuRatlon process allowed under Section 7 d the Endangered Species Act Response: We concur, see revised text 3. Comment: Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. (Western Fuels) requests exdusbn d the 80 acres added to the proposed lease trail. h b not true that addRional coal w0i be recovered by adding this tract The mine plan wil nil change by adding thCs tract Response: See revsed text The addRlonal 80 acres w~l remain as an ahematHe. There b some question whether or not there are minade reserves wRhin those 80 acres. If, In fact, there are minade reserves then Indusion d the 80 acres would allow their removal wRhout further lease appffcatlons.