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Miners would be able to have well-paying jobs and live in their home towns. Local people <br />dependent upon coal for home heating would have a dependable local supply. Two tourist trains <br />important to the azea would have a local source of coal for their operation. <br />Indirect Impacts - No impacts have been identified. <br />Cumulative Impacts - No impacts have been identified. <br />8. Paleontology <br />Direct Impacts -The coal-bearing formations that would be mined via this modification do <br />occasionally contain significant museum-quality fossil resources (mostly plants). If these aze <br />encountered during the mining process, they would be destroyed. Notification and inspection by <br />the BLM would be needed to remove and protect them. <br />Indirect Impacts - No impacts have been identified <br />Cumulative Impacts - No impacts have been identified. <br />Mitigating Measures - If complete or museum quality fossil resources are encountered during <br />mining operations, operations in that area will cease and a BLM representative notified so that <br />aBLM orBLM-permitted paleontologist can inspect and remove any fossils that are scientifically <br />• significant or are museum quality specimens. <br />NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE <br />Under this alternative current production and land use would remain unchanged. The life of the <br />existing mine would end in approximately 4 years. Associated with the end of the mine would <br />be the subsequent loss to jobs and royalties currently provided by the mine. <br />VI. AGENCIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED <br />Tom Bird, National King Coal, LLC <br />Trent Peterson, National King Coal, LLC <br />Ilyse Auringer, Minerals-BLM <br />Loren Wickstrom, Minerals-BLM <br />Gary Thrash, Ecologist-BLM <br />Melissa Werkmeister, Weeds-BLM <br />Richard Speegle, Recreation Planner-BLM <br />16 <br />,~ <br />• <br />