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<br />W <br />C7 <br />CD <br />M <br />n <br />C <br />a <br />o' <br />Cn <br />w <br />M <br />Cn <br />N <br />C <br />CD <br />d <br />w <br />ro <br />in <br />d <br />M <br />Table S-1 <br />Comparison of Alternatives <br />Issue Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 <br /> No Action Proposed Action No Activity in Roadless <br /> Maintain current Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action Shaft/ Escapeway: Same as No Action <br /> <br />Workforce level of <br />employment at <br />E Seam MDWs: Maintain current level of E Seam MDWs: Maintain current level of <br /> <br />employment at West Elk Mine through about <br /> West Elk Mine employment at West Elk Mine through about 2015, however approximately 2 years less <br /> through 2008. 2015. <br />than Alternative 2. <br />Revenues Generated No revenue or Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action Shaft/ Escapeway: Same as No Action <br />includes royalties) royalties received if <br />coal not mined <br />E Seam MDWs: $ 729 million E Seam MDWs: $ 622 million <br /> Shaft/Escapeway• Same as No Action Shaft/ Escapeway: Same as No Action <br />Coal Supplied 0 tons after 2008 E Seam MDWs: 75 million tons E Seam MDWs: Perhaps as low as 65 million <br /> tons <br />Safety of mine Mine worker safety Shaft/Escapeway & E Seam MDWs: Mine Same as Alternative 2. <br />workers protected through worker safety protected through adequate <br /> mine closure ventilation and escapeway. <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Short-term loss of winter Same as Alternative 2. <br /> habitat for bald eagles. <br />Threatened, <br />Endangered, No effect E Seam MDWs: Short-term loss and <br />Sensitive Species temporary disturbance of Canada lynx <br /> habitat. Mitigation measures would ensure <br /> that species would not be adversely affected. <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as Same as Alternative 2. <br /> disturbance already exists <br /> E Seam MDWs: Short-term loss of habitat <br />Management No effect and temporary disturbance for those MIS <br />Indicator Species occupying the project area. Species may be <br /> temporarily displaced, but there would be no <br /> long-term impacts and population viabilities <br /> would not be reduced.