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operations, adverse social and economic impacts in the areas of mining will be severely felt in the local communities and will eventually • extend to the United States at large. By maintaining present production levels of 10,959 tons of coal per day for 365 days per year, approxi- mately 49,315 barrels of oil per day are displaced. At the present landed price of about $20 per barrel, Energy Fuels' daily production helps the nation save almost $1,000,000 per day, money that is rein- vested in this country, rather than exported to foreign oil suppliers. Moreover, unless a permit and an approval are forthcoming in an ex- pedient manner, a highly competent and trained work force will be reduced and a substantial investment in capital equipment may be lost. Because the C-22644 Lease Area is adjacent to Energy Fuels' existing operations, environmental impacts from mining will be minimal. No additional socioeconomics impacts to the surrounding communities will be experienced since the proposed mining from C-22644 Lease will only maintain existing levels of production and employment. Support facili- ties such as office buildings, railroads, tipples, etc, are already in • place and will continue to be utilized as the additional reserves are mined. Total surface area disturbed at any one time will not be in- creased because Energy Fuels is not expanding existing levels of produc- tion. The area which will be disturbed will be reclaimed to beneficial uses similar to adjacent areas already successfully reclaimed. Impor- tantly, the nation will continue to enjoy continued production of coal at existing rates, and will receive increased royalty revenue since a greater percentage of the coal mined will be Federal. No other alternatives are available to provide Energy Fuels with the relief necessary to maintain existing levels of coal production and employment or to satisfy its' existing contracts. Energy Fuels respect- fully requests that the Office of Surface Mining and the MLRB approve this application and the mining and reclamation plan as delineated within this application. -20- •