Laserfiche WebLink
December 7. 20U3 <br />Table 2-1, Comparison of Environmental Impacts <br />Page 2-6 <br /> Alternative 1 Alternative 2 <br />IssuelConcern <br /> Pro osed Action No Action <br />Land Use. Effects to inventoried Negligible impacts to grazing and None. <br />roadless area, range management, recreation. Tract is in West Elk IF2A, no <br />recreation. surface use is ro osed. <br />GeologylSubsidence Effects to Low to moderate. Surface area above Low. Area to the east of lease tract is <br />existing geologic hazards, faulting and lease tract would be subject to subject to underground mining. This <br />impacts from land subsidence. subsidence caused by underground adjacent mining could create some <br /> longwall mining. Subsidence may subsidence on lease tract. <br /> enhance movement of natural landslides. <br /> Mining may encounter faults in the <br /> subsurface, and may cause mining <br /> o eration difficulties. <br />Water Resources Effects on water Low. Surface area above lease tract Negligible. Underground longwall mining <br />resources. would be subject to subsidence caused being conducted adjacent to West <br /> by underground longwall mining. No Flatiron LBA tract. <br /> subsidence of perennial sVeams would <br /> be allowed; no known s rin s resent. <br />Vegetation (Potential effect to None. No threatened, endangered, Not applicable. <br />threatened, endangered, candidate or candidate or sensitive plant species <br />sensitive lams. known to exist on lease tract. <br />Wildlife (Potential effect to threatened, Low. Subsidence above mining could Negligible. Adjacent underground <br />endangered, candidate or sensitive cause some disturbance to wildlife mining would cause subsidence that <br />wildlife species.) habitats. No effects to TES species or could create some disturbance to <br /> their habitats are expected. habitats. No effects to TES species or <br /> their habitats are ex ected. <br />Socioeconomics (Potential effect to , No added employment to West Elk Mine. No added employment to West Elk <br />coal production, employment, federal Estimated additional three months of Mine. Estimated 2.3 million tons of coal <br />royalties, and taxes.) production (2.3 million tons of wap. bypassed. No benefits from three <br /> Three months extra of royalties and months of employee payroll, federal <br /> taxes. ro allies and federal/stateAocal taxes. <br />Environmental .-ssessrnent <br />VJesL Flatiron LBA Tract <br />t.;unrllson County, Colora~wo <br />