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constrar_ted on too sCCep tcrrai.n would be inipassi.blc to °.iiCi- <br />• gate. Carth-moving, equipracnt simply.canuet neguciate slopes <br />thaC are Coo steep, and therefore attendant cut-and-fill slopes <br />would remain unmitigated. Specific combinations of available <br />topography and vcgetatin^ do no[ always allow i:nplemen[~tiun <br />of a mitigating measure L'o Che extent possible under id cal <br />conditions; the result is onl}• partial mitigation. In fact, <br />the visibility of these residual impacts can only be re~uced <br />by constructing them so they can borrow visual dominance <br />elements from the characteristic landscape (and become ?'_us <br />deviations). ?11 dust and noise levels could not be totally <br />mitigated. The size of the area, adverse winds, t:te nat~~re <br />of overburden blasting, and coal-loading procedures all could <br />make total dust control unfeasible. <br />• <br />In the event that the aforementioned mitigating measures <br />stipulating buffer zones for waterfowl and elk migration <br />corridors are put into effect, the proposed mining operation <br />would be adversely affected. Increased non-productive =ove- <br />ment of dragline and other heavy equipment would be required <br />resulting in a loss of the economic productivity of the <br />operation. In,addition, there would be a lass of t}~e c:,al <br />reserves underl}•ing these buffer zones which could adversely <br />affect the ability of the applicant to meet his contractual <br />CORlm 1L'meRts. <br />The loss of EF-00G would be an unavoidable loss a~ would the <br />visual integrity of the Rossi Ranch (EF-001). <br />• <br />155 <br /> <br />