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• ~ <br />9. Comment: The stipulatkxts restricting actfvttles during designated periods should be relaxed to <br />allow fw periodic inspections of the vent fides drilled in these areas. <br />Response: See revised text and responses to Comments 1 and 8. <br />10. Comment: The cover letter (dated December 21, 1990) states that, '...disturbance to the area <br />would be ... construction of drill pads on 160 acre comers.. '. The actual spacing w01 be much <br />doser than t60 acre sparing. <br />Response: Wh6e this Commem dkl not address the Draft Environmental Assessmem (DEA), h <br />shows a possible need for darKcatlon regarding the gob gas vem~ation fides. the EA text has <br />been revised fw darificatlon. <br />11. Commem: The first paragraph of page 9 of the DEA requires more deflnftlon and dariflcatlon. <br />Response: Text has been revised for darificatlon. See response to Commem 10. <br />12. Commem: The referenced fides (page 9, paragraph 1, et alj should be referred to as '... gob <br />gas ventilation fides...' and not'... degasfication wells.' <br />Response: Text so revised throughout the document <br />13. Commem: Page 22, under'OY and Gas': The second paragraph states, '... venting of methane <br />from the mine would reduce the coalbed methane reserves available fw production by the flak! <br />• mineral lessee.' This statemem falsely assumes the vented methane can be produced by a fluid <br />mineral lessee. <br />Response: See revised text The vdume and pressure of methane presem would not allow <br />economic recovery by the o0 arxi gas lessee. <br />14. Comment: Page 22 and Page 23 under 'Air Quality': The second paragraph, 'The Deserado <br />Mine operation .. 'should be removed from the DEA as the successful bidder for the competRive <br />coal lease wll be required to comply with all applicable Federal, State and local regulations. <br />Response: See revised text. The need to evaluate gas emissions due to mining operations and <br />the nti I need for a permit hom the Cdorado Air Qualhy Contrd Office at the mine plan <br />stage w91 stand. <br />t5. Commem: Page 23 under'SoGS': The first paragraph suggests that settling and cracMng d <br />the surface due to subsidence wYl resuh In offsetting up to five (5) feet at the surface requiring <br />resloping end seeding. <br />Response: See revised text <br />16. Commem: Descriptions of eftects of subskdence under Wildlife on page 25 are more accurate. <br />Response: See revised text The subsklence effects described under WIIdIHe were inducted In <br />the general description d subsidence at the start of the Environmental Consequences section. <br />• <br />