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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />SALT CREEK MINING COMPANY'S <br />MUNGER CANYON MINE <br />The technical analysis prepared by Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />(MLRD) and the environmental assessment (EA) prepared by the Office of Surface <br />Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) preceding this "Finding of No <br />Significant Impact" identify certain environmental impacts that would result <br />from the Federal approval of the mining plan, as modified for Salt Creek <br />Mining Company's Munger Canyon mine. The permit application package, <br />submitted to the State under its approved State program, proposes a total <br />permit area of 1049 acres, 776 acres of which were previously permitted and <br />273 acres not previously permitted. The permit area encompasses portions of <br />Federal leases C-0125515 and C-0125516. <br />The regional impacts of coal mining in the West-Central Colorado Region are <br />addressed in West-Central Colorado Coal environmental impact statement (EIS), <br />1979. Site specific impacts of the existing operations were discussed in the <br />following document: <br />OSMRE's Environmental Assessment, Salt Creek Mining Company's Munger <br />Canyon Mine, December, 1982. <br />The State determined that impacts to the Loma area would result from mining at <br />the Munger Canyon mine. However, OSMRE finds that impacts would not be <br />significant. <br />