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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />• Eagle Mines No. 5 and No. 6 Mine <br />Empire Energy Corporation <br />September 1987 <br />The Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared by the Office of Surface Mining <br />Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and the Decision and Findings of <br />Compliance prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (MLRD) <br />and preceding this finding of no significant impact identify certain <br />environmental impacts that would result from the Federal approval of the <br />Eagle Mines No. 5 and No. 6 mine mining plan, as modified, for Federal leases <br />C-30656, D-056298, and C-0126480. The permit application package, submitted <br />by Empire Energy Corporation to the State under its approved State program, <br />proposes underground mining operations in a permit area of 6,840 acres, of <br />which approximately 1,100 acres are in the proposed mining plan approval area. <br />The Eagle mines mining area has been the subject of several in-depth <br />environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, and professional <br />papers. The regional impacts of coal mining in the area of the Eagle mines <br />are addressed in the following documents: <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Electrification Administration, <br />1975, Yampa Project, Craig Generating Station, Final Environmental <br />Statement (USDA-REA-ES) (ADM-72-2-F ). <br />t • Bureau of Land Management, 1977, Final Environmental Statement, <br />Northwest Colorado Coal. <br />Bureau of Land Management, 1979, Northwest Supplemental Report, a <br />supplement to the Northwest Colorado Coal Environmental Statement. <br />Buzeau of Land Management, 1980, Green River - Hams Fork Regional Coal <br />Final Environmental Impact Stat •~nt. <br />Site specific impacts of the existing operations were discussed in the <br />following documents: <br />Office of Surface Mining, 1979, Environmental Assessment, Eagle Mines, <br />Modification for the Construction of Coal Loadout Facility. <br />Office of Surface Mining, 1982, Environmental Assessment, Increase of <br />Permit Area, Eagle No. 5 mine to include Federal Coal Lease C-30656. <br />Office of Surface Mining, 1983, Environmental Assessment, Permanent <br />Program Approval, Eagle No. 5 mine and the environmental monitoring and <br />deferred reclamation at the Eagle No. 9 mine. <br />Office of Surface Mining, 1984, Environmental Assessment, Mining Plan <br />Modification, Eagle No. 9 mine. <br />i <br />