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• Miners would be able to have well-paying jobs and <br />live in their home towns. Local people dependent <br />upon coal for home heating would have a dependable <br />local supply. Two tourist trains important to the <br />area would have a local source of coal for their <br />operation. <br />Indirect Impacts- No impacts have been identified. <br />Cumulative Impacts- No impacts have been <br />identified. <br />C. Alternative 2 - No Action <br />There are no known impacts to the following resources in <br />the proposed modification area: climate, air quality, <br />recreation, soils, geology, mineral resources, water <br />resources, vegetation, wildlife, land use, cultural or <br />visual resources. <br />1. Socioeconomics <br />• <br />Direct Impacts- If the proposed modification was <br />not issued, the 71 people employed at the mine and <br />in transporting the coal would still remain <br />employed for approximately seven (7) years which <br />would be the remaining life of the mine. Impacts <br />of not issuing the modification would be that the <br />employment period would be cut short by the number <br />of years of production that the coal reserves in <br />the modification area would afford. Present <br />company contracts would continue to be filled until <br />all of the company's coal reserves are utilized. <br />Indirect Impacts- No impacts have been identified. <br />Cumulative Impacts- No impacts have been <br />identified. <br />V. AGENCIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED <br />Tom Bird, National King Coal, Inc. <br />Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement <br />. ~ 17 <br />