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FINDING- OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br /> WESTERN FUELS-UTAH, INC. 's <br /> DESERADO MINE <br /> The technical analysis prepared by Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division <br /> (MLRD) and the environmental assessment (EA) prepared by the Office of Surface <br /> Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) preceding this "Finding of No <br /> Significant Impact" identify certain environmental impacts that would result <br /> from the Federal approval of the mining plan, as modified, for Western <br /> Fuels-Utah, Inc. 's Deserado mine. The permit application package, submitted <br /> to the State under its approved State program, proposes a total permit area of <br /> 9,152 acres, 6,272 acres of which were previously permitted and 2,880 acres <br /> not previously permitted. The permit area encompasses portions of Federal <br /> leases D-047201, C-023703, C-8424, C-8425, and C-0126669. <br /> The regional impacts of coal mining in the Rio Blanco County are addressed in <br /> the Rural Electric Association, OSMRE, and Bureau of Land Management's Moon <br /> Lake Power Plant Project, Units 1 and 2, environmental impact statement (EIS), <br /> 1981. Site specific impacts of the existing operations were discussed in the <br /> following documents: <br /> OSMRE's Technical and Environmental Analysis for the Mining and <br /> Reclamation Plan for the Deserado Mine, June 3, 1981. <br /> OSMRE's Environmental Assessment for the Mining and Reclamation Plan <br /> Modification for the Deserado Mine, April , 1986. <br /> The Colorado MLRD determined that impacts to the Rio Blanco County area would <br /> result from mining at the Deserado mine. However, OSMRE finds that impacts <br /> would not be significant. <br /> Based upon the evaluation of impacts given in the technical analysis and <br /> environmental assessment, I find that no significant impacts to the quality of <br /> the human environment would result from the proposed operations. Therefore, <br /> an environmental impact statement is not required. <br /> �a, <br /> Administrator, We tern Technical Center Date <br /> I <br /> i <br />