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all character of the .^.u~atigraphic section, at lcas_ some <br />• fossil destruction r:ould ro:,u].C. C.•uuficial impacts <br />would result. licneficial impucts mould occur iC unoarthed <br />fossils were collected and studied. <br />3. ldir.eral. Fasources <br />A beneficial effect o: the applicant's mining met;re~s <br />• would be the recovery of more coal than possible b}• <br />undersrouiid mining methods. <br />The coal resources of th.= region would be depleted :~• <br />the sum of the coal produced plus coal lost in mini. g. <br />A 10 percent loss of the mined coal bed is usually <br />expected with surface mining methods. Coal resources in <br />'thin 'and/or discontinuous seams above the mined beds, i_' <br />• disposed of caith other overburden rather than recovered <br />during mining, would be an additional loss. The amcunt <br />present in these areas is expected to be minimal in <br />'comparison to the amount of "coal that would be extracted. <br />4. Flater Re.=.ources <br />Environmental impacts ster,.mino from the proposed act_on <br />are separated into tcao categories, (1) those occurring <br />during the period of mining and (2) those occurring <br />following the completion of mining and reclamation. <br />It is true that disturbances associated with mining <br />operations in any area tend to alter pre-mining hydro- <br />logic equilibrlum with consequent changes in the qna^tity <br />U <br />120 <br />