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• if the operation helps co reveal more of nature's sec- <br />tacular grandeur. <br />The total adverse aesthetic impact would not be sicnifi- <br />can[ regionally. Local significance would be moderate <br />because projected adverse impacts would add to and prolong <br />the aesthetic obtrusiveness .of existing mining operations. <br />9. Air Quality <br />It is not anticipated that there will be a significant <br />change in the ambient air quality conditions in tFe area <br />due to [hc leasing of the three coal lease applicat'_ons. <br />No new equipment will be used on the new leases, as existing <br />machinery will be shifted to mine ,the adjacent coa_ reserves <br />• on the three subject tracts. It should also be re=_ized <br />that Energy Fuels, if they are awzrded the ieases, r•ould <br />have to comply with the State of Colorado ambient air <br />quality standards. <br />10. Noise <br />No increases in noise levels would be expected fro.^ <br />development of the subject tracts, as existing equipment <br />will be used. The source points of noise would be moved <br />as existing equipment is positioned on the subject parcels. <br />Inhabitants of dwellings in proximity co the lease appli- <br />cations would be subject to increased noise ]evels. The <br />magnitude of these increased levels would depend or. the <br />abilicy of natural barriers (e.g., ridges) to act as <br />• , <br />sound buffer or barriers. <br />133 <br /> <br />