GENERAL45129

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/16/2007
• Doc Name: Environmental Impact Statement-Final
• From: US Foreset Service
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
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Table of Contents
List of Tables
Table 2-1 Design Criteria ..............................................................................
Table 2-2 Comparison of Alternatives ..........................................................
Table 3-1 State of Colorado and National Ambient Air Quality Standards .
Table 3-2 Summary of Soil Resources ..........................................................
Table 3-3 Maximum Acres Disturbed by Soil Map Unit Under the Propose
Table 3-4 Acres of Vegetation Cover Types [n The Project Area ................
Table 3-5 GMUG Sensitive Plants, Habitats, and Occurrence .....................
Table 3-6 Maximum Acres of Cover Type Disturbance Under the Action E
Table 3-7 Approved Mountain Shrub Habitat Seed Mix ..............................
Table 3-8 Acres of Riparian Cover Types in Road Disturbance Buffers anc
Drainage Well Locations .........................................................
Table 3-9 Summary Determination of Impacts on Forest Service Sensitive
Table 3-10 Management Indicator Species for the GMUG National Forest;
Table 3-11 Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species With the Potent
project area ...............................................................................
Table 3-12 Water Depletions associated with Mineral Activities in the Not
River, GMUG NF ....................................................................
Table 3-13 Summary of Impacts on Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive
Table 3-14 Existing NFSRs Under RUP to MCC that will be Used to Acce
Table 3-15 Maximum Acres of Cover Type Disturbance .............................
Table 3-16 Life of Mine Potential Loss in AUMs ........................................
Table 3-17 Population by Category, 1990 and 2000, Delta County and the
Table 3-18 Population by Category, 1990 and 2000, Gunnison County anc
Colorado ...................................................................................
Table 3-19 Minority or Low-income Populations Delta County and State o
Table 3-20 Summary of Economic Benefit from West Elk Mine by Alternt
Table 4-1 Interdisciplinary Team Members ..................................................
Table 4-2 Tetra Tech, Inc ..............................................................................
Table 5-1 DEIS Comments and Responses ..................................................
List of Figures
Figure 1. Project Location Map ............................................
Figure 2. No Action Alternative ...........................................
Figure 3. Proposed Action ....................................................
Figure 4. Typical Shaft Construction ....................................
Figure 5. Alternative 3 - No Activity in Roadless ...............
Figure 6. Project Area Surface Water and Wetland Features
Figure 7. Slope ......................................................................
Figure 8. Geologic Hazards ...................................................
Figure 9. Soils .......................................................................
Figure ]0. Vegetation Types .................................................
Figure 11. Reclaimed Methane Drainage Well .....................
Figure 12. Lynx Analysis Areas and Habitat .........................
Figure 13. Mount Gunnison LAU and the Project Area........
Figure 14. Roads ...................................................................
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1' Action .................... ... 77
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lternatives ................ ... 85
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Potential Methane
................................. ... 88
'lams ........................ ... 89
(May 2005) .............. ... 93
al to Occur in the
................................. .. 101
h Fork Gunnison
................................. .. 115
Species .................... .. 121
s the Project Area... .. 132
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State of Colorado .... .. 145
the State of
................................ .. 146
'Colorado, 2004 ...... .. 147
Live .......................... .. 149
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ii Deer Creek Ventilation Shaft and E Seam Methane Drainage Wells FEIS '