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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1980007
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
Doc Date
7/15/2002
Doc Name
Environmental Assessment, Panels 16-24
Section_Exhibit Name
Exhibit 80 Drilling Activities - TR96
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Coal Melbane Drainage Project - Paneb' 16-74 We.r7 E!k Mine • PaBt 1-13 <br />habitats and stable stream channels. The 9A prescription is an overlay prescription that applies to <br />areas adjacent to all perennial and intermittent streams and some ephemeral streams. Riparian areas <br />aze geographically delineable azeas with distinctive resource values and characteristics that include the <br />aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The 9A prescription areas are overlaid on the SA and 6B <br />management azeas, and the riparian area goals listed in the Forest Plan (page III-173 through III-]88) <br />are added to the standards and guidelines listed for the management area in which the riparian area is <br />located. <br />Mining activities may occur in 9A prescription areas, but must minimize disturbance to riparian <br />resources. Timely and effective rehabilitation must occur during and after mining activity to restore <br />riparian areas to a state of productivity compazable to that before disrurbance. Roads should be <br />located outside riparian areas unless alternate routes are more environmentally damaging. Roads <br />should cross streams at right angles. Roads should not parallel streams in or adjacent to riparian azeas <br />except where absolutely necessary. The miles of road and number of drill pads proposed within <br />riparian areas is described in Section 3.2.2 of this document. <br />The GMUG I_RIvII' management direction for each Management Area in the project area provides <br />for road construction activities even though the project area is in the West Elk IRA. Road <br />construction is allowed in this portion of the West Elk IRA. <br />Implementation of any of the action alternatives will require several USFS permits to be issued and <br />administered. Required USFS permits include road use permit for use of USFS roads, special use <br />permit for occupancy of National Forest lands, and mineral material permit fox any mineral materials <br />used in road or drill pad construction. <br />1.5.4 Inventoried Roadless Area Management <br />In 2000, the USFS proposed to prohibit future road construction and reconstruction in IRAs. After <br />public input and environmental analysis, the USFS published the final Roadless Area Conservation <br />Rule (RACR) in the Federal Regirter on ]anuary 12, 2001. It included specific prohibitions on road <br />construction and reconstruction in IRAs on National Forest lands. The RACR contained language <br />exempting existing mineral leases from certain prohibitions in the rule. As a result of lawsuits, a <br />Federal District Court in Idaho issued an injunction staying implementation of the RACR pending <br />federal review and resolution of eight lawsuits pending in state, Federal District, and Federal Circuit <br />courts. The RACR will not be implemented until the lawsuits have been resolved. The Secretary of <br />Agriculture began a review of the RACR in late January 2001, and is considering a revised rule. <br />The Forest Service Chief issued an Interim Directive (ID) to the Forest Service Manual on December <br />14, 2001 that guides roadless azea management for a period of 18 months. In this directive (ID, FSM <br />1900 Chapter 1920), the Chief delegated decision authority to the Regional Forester to act as the <br />Responsible Official for certain decisions on road construction/reconstruction projects in an <br />inventoried roadless azea (ID 1925.04b). The decisions considered in this environmental analysis aze <br />within the Regional Forester's delegated authority because the roads are proposed for development of <br />a coal lease that existed before January 12, 2001, and because road access is needed ptttsuant to rights <br />granted under the lease. <br />The Chief's most recent interim directives also clarified when an EIS is required for road construction <br />or reconstruction in IRAs. Previous directives from the Chief automatically required an EIS fox any <br />road construction or reconstruction proposed in an IRA outside of proposals in azeas of valid <br />existing rights. The most recent direction refers to standards provided in the existing Forest Service <br />Handbook (FSH 1909.15, Sec. 20.6) on when an EIS must be completed. An EIS is required <br />whenever any activity would substantially alter the chazacter of an IRA. If substantial alteration is not <br />proposed, then an EA can be used to provide sufficient evidence and analysis for determining <br />whether to prepare an EIS or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Significant impacts aze <br />Environmental A.rtutment <br />/A/ ~(yG/E~/OnJi l/~/4SF/IYFt <br />1/S/O)d <br />
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