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C)ec<;mber'1, 24Q3 Aupendix A Page A-:S the interests of the public and the landowners affected by mining within 100 feet of a public road will be protected, or (iv) for which owners of occupied dwellings have given written permission to mine within 300 feet of their buildings. Analvsis No public roads, cemeteries, occupied dwellings, public buildings, schools, churches, community, or institutional buildings exist within this area. Criterion 4 Federal lands designated as wilderness study areas shall be considered unsuitable while under review by the Administration and Congress for possible wilderness designation. For any federal land which is to be leased or mined prior to completion of the wilderness inventory by the surface management agency, the environmental assessment or impact statement on the lease sale or mine plan shall consider whether the land possesses the characteristics of a wilderness study area. If the finding is affirmative, the land shall be considered unsuitable, unless issuance of noncompetitive coal leases and mining on leases is authorized under the Wilderness Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Analvsis No lands within the review area are designated Wilderness Study Areas. The West EIk Wilderness area is located about six miles south of the tract. Criterion 5 Scenic federal lands designated by visual resource management analysis as Class I (an area of outstanding scenic quality or high visual sensitivity) but not currently on the National Register of Natural Landmarks shall be considered unsuitable. A lease may be issued if the surface management agency determines that surface coal mining operations will not significantly diminish or adversely affect the scenic quality of the designated area. Analvsis No lands within the review area are designated as visual resource management Class I areas. Criterion 6 Federal lands under permit by the surtace management agency, and being used for scientific studies involving food or fiber production, natural resources, or technology demonstrations and experiments shall be considered unsuitable for the duration of the study, demonstration, or experiment except where mining could be conducted in such a way as to enhance or not jeopardize the purposes of the study, as ! determined by the surtace management agency, or where the principal scientific use or agency give written concurrence to all or certain methods of mining. Analvsis No lands within the review area are under permit for scientific study. Criterion 7 All publicly-owned places on federal lands which are included in the National Register of Historic Places shall be considered unsuitable. This shall include any areas that the surface management agency Environmental Assessment V?lesi Flatiron I_E.4 -fr2ct Gunnison County, Coicradc