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t7 <br />n <br />F' <br />0 <br />C <br />o' <br />Cn <br />w <br />a <br />M <br />Cn <br />CD <br />C <br />CD <br />d <br />w <br />ro <br />d <br />• <br />• • <br />Table S-1 <br />Comparison of Alternatives <br /> Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 <br />Issue No Action Proposed Action No Activity in Roadless <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action <br />Minerals No additional coal removed E Seam MDWs: 75 million tons of coal E Seam MDWs: 65 million tons of coal <br /> removed removed <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as <br /> disturbance already exists disturbance already exists <br />Range Resources 0 acres disturbed E Seam MDWs: Maximum of 185 acres of E Seam MDWs: Maximum of 165 acres of <br /> Gambel oak, and 13 acres of grass/shrub Gambel oak, and 13 acres of grass/shrub <br /> disturbed disturbed <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as <br /> disturbance already exists disturbance already exists <br />Wetlands No effect E Seam MDWs: Minimal risk of vegetation E Seam MDWs: Same as Alternative 2 <br /> disturbance <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action as <br /> disturbance already exists disturbance already exists <br />Forest 0 acres disturbed <br /> E Seam MDWs: Maximum of 108.5 acres of E Seam MDWs: 88.5 acres of aspen disturbed <br /> aspen and 2.4 acres of spruce-fir disturbed 0.8 acres of spruce-fir disturbed <br /> Shaft/Escapeway & E Seam MDWs: Minor Shaft/Escapeway & E Seam MDWs: Minimal <br /> seasonal modification of recreational user's risk of vegetation disturbance Impacts on <br />Recreation No impact activity (such as hunting in adjacent area) and dispersed recreational opportunities would <br /> access during the construction and operation generally be similar to Alternative 2. <br /> of the methane drainage. <br /> Shaft/Escapeway: Same as No Action Same as Alternative 1. <br /> Road use <br /> associated with the E Seam MDWs: 0.4 miles of upgraded OHV <br />Inventoried Roadless previously temporary access, 0.6 miles of temporary <br />Area approved methane road reroute to mitigate resource degradation <br /> drainage activities (no net gain of roads from reroute), and -1.7 <br /> would continue miles of new temporary road construction <br /> within IRA <br />