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~ecemh~er 1.2003 <br />Table 2-1, Comparison of Environmental Impacts <br />Pare 2-5 <br /> Alternative 1 Alternative 2 <br />Issue/Concern <br /> Pro osed Action No Action <br />Land Use. Effects to inventoried Negligible impacts to grazing and None. <br />roadless area, range management, recreation. Tract is in West EIk IRA, no <br />recreation. surface use is ro osed. <br />GeologylSubsidence Effects to Low to moderate. Surface area above Low. Area to the east of lease tract is <br />existing geologic hazards, faulting and lease tract would be subject to subject to underground mining. This <br />impacts from land subsidence. subsidence caused by underground adjacent mining wuld create some <br /> longwall mining. Subsitlence may subsidence on lease tract. <br /> enhance movement of natural landslides. <br /> Mining may encounter faults in the <br /> subsurface, and may cause mining <br /> o eration difficulties. <br />Water Resources Effects on water Low. Surface area above lease tract Negligible. Underground longwall mining <br />resources. would be subject to subsidence caused being conducted adjacent to West <br /> by underground longwall mining. No Flatiron LBA tract. <br /> subsidence of perennial sVeams would <br /> be allowed; no known s rin s resent. <br />Vegetation (Potential effect to None. No threatened, endangered, Not applicable. <br />threatened, endangered, candidate or candidate or sensitive plant species <br />sensitive loots. known to exist on lease tract. <br />Wildlife (Potential effect to threatened, Low. Subsidence above mining could Negligible. Adjacent underground <br />endangered, candidate or sensitive cause some disturbance to wildlife mining would cause subsidence that <br />wildlife species.) habitats. No effects to TES species or could create some disturbance to <br /> their habitats are expected. habitats. No effects to TES species or <br /> their habitats are ex ected. <br />Socioeconomics (Potential effect to No added employment to West Elk Mine. No added employment to West Elk <br />wal production, employment, federal ~ - ,Estimated additlonal three months of ~ Mine. Estimated 2.3 million tons of coal, <br />royalties, and taxes.) production (2.3 million tons of teal). bypassed. No benefits from three <br /> Three months exUa of royalties and months of employee payroll, federal <br /> taxes, ro allies and federal/state/local taxes. <br />rrvirc~nme:nta! r',s>esSriRiit <br />'u!~a5t !=!atitoi r LF~F, T!`act <br />Gunnison Gaunty, Colrain <br />• <br /> <br />• <br />