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March 2000 Record of Decision Page 16 <br />Transportation. This decision will have minor effects on the local transportation on lands <br />actually within the Elk Creek Coal Lease Tract. There is concern however over public safety <br />and off-site impacts generated from truck and rail transportation of coal from the lease tract <br />through the local communities. Mitigations are referenced on Table 3.14-6 of the Final EIS, <br />and are discussed in Section III of this ROD. Also see Maior Issues of Importance to the <br />Public presented earlier in this section. <br />Socioeconomics. The decision reasonably allows for recovery of the coal resource while <br />providing measures to protect the environment. The decision to leasing of additional coal <br />reserves supplies the local economies with long term economic benefits. There are other <br />impacts and benefits to both the social and economic conditions as a result of the decision. <br />Also see Maior Issues of Importance to the Public presented earlier in this section. <br />BLM -Elk Creek Coal Lease Tract <br />