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December 1. 2Q03 <br />Page 7-1 <br />Chapter 7 -Acronyms and Glossary <br />7.1 Acronyms <br />BLM Bureau of Land Management <br />DMG Division of Minerals and Geology <br />DN Decision Notice <br />EA Environmental Assessment <br />EIS Environmental Impact Statement <br />EPA Environmental Protection Agency <br />FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact <br />GMUG Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison <br />IDT InterdisciplinaryTeam <br />IRA Inventoried Roadless Area <br />LAU Lynx Analysis Unit <br />LBA Lease-by-Application <br />LRMP Land and Resource Management Plan <br />MCC Mountain Coal Company <br />MER Maximum economic recovery <br />MLA Mineral Leasing Act <br />NEPA National Environmental Policy Act <br />NFS National Forest System <br />NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />OSM Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement <br />PAP Permit application package <br />RFDS Reasonably foreseeable development scenario <br />RMP Resource Management Plan <br />ROD Record of Decision <br />SMA Surface Management Agency <br />SMCRA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 <br />USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture <br />USDI U.S. Department of the Interior <br />WIZ Water Influence Zone <br />7.2 Glossary <br />A <br />affected environment - A physical, biological, social, and economic environment within which human <br />activity is proposed. <br />alternatives - A choice of two or more things. For NEPA purposes, alternatives to the proposed action <br />must be examined in the EA or EIS. The discussion of alternatives must define the issues and provide a <br />clear basis for choice by the decision maker and the public (40 CFR 1502.14). <br />Environrnenl;~! Assessment <br />iR~2si. FiaPiron (_6.A Tract <br />Gunnison County. Co:orado <br />