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~; It can be assumed [hat the mining would be completed within <br /> eight years and that reclamation would be an ongoing process <br />i1 along with the mining. All reclamation would be done ac- <br />~~ --cording to the specifications of the surface management _gcn~~•, <br />!! the Bureau of Land ?fanagement. Prelir..inary reclamation on ;i:.• <br />'! araa could be considered complete when the disturbed lands ',in.•~• <br />1) been backfilled, graded, contoured, and seeded. Complete rc- <br /> clamation caould be when the area is restored to its pres~~nr. <br />~~ productivity and suitable for the existing ].and uses, wtuch me <br />~~ ~ <br />~, wildlife habitat, livestock grazins and dispersed recreation. <br /> _ <br />i <br />years beyond mine.liic~o acl~ic~•a <br />~ •`This may require up to five <br />~; - <br />-J complete reclamation. <br /> <br />~~ If leased, the successful lessee would have to comply o~ith all <br />;i federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing tl~c <br />{ <br />1 development, operation and abandonment of the mine, environmental. <br />+ protection and safety. This includes, but is not limited to, <br />{{ the following: <br /> <br />~ 1. Dfineral Leasing Act of 1920 <br /> 2. Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 <br /> <br />ii' <br />3. Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976 <br /> <br /> 4. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 <br />• ~{ <br />~ <br />! 5. 43 CFP. 3400 <br />~; 6. 30 CFR 211 <br />ii <br />j <br />{ <br /> <br />30 CFR 700-899 <br />7 <br />; <br />j~ . <br /> <br />1 <br />_~ _. <br />8. 36 CFR VIII 800 <br />~ <br />~ Further environmental assessment will occur when a detailed <br />~ mining and reclamation plan is submitted, and when additional <br />~j applications are received for ancillary facilities needed for <br />~ the mining operation (such as rights-of-way, temporary use <br />'~ permits, etc.) that would occur outside the area of operations <br />~i of the mine. <br />This environmental assessment has shoran that there are no known <br />reasons why this site cannot be properly reclaimed, provided <br />that the identified precautions are implemented during reclamation. <br />B. Do not offer the 770-acre [rn~t of strippable coal. roservos f~n~ <br />lease. <br />I. Under the alternative the tract would not he leased, no coal <br />~; 'development would occur and the 4,980,500 tons of recovcral,lc <br />~ coal would not he removed or used. The use of the surface anal <br />• ~~ the resources would continue in the present manner. <br />7 <br />