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• TAB 23 <br />Fish and Wildlife Plan <br />Introduction <br />The Fish and Wildlife Plan addresses the applicable requirements of Rules 2.05.612) and 4.18 of the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The plan was developed <br />from: 11 baseline environmental information in Tabs 6 through 11 pertaining to geology, hydrology, <br />climatology, soils, vegetation, and wildlife; 21 assessment of both potentially beneficial and potentially <br />adverse impacts of mining operations (Tabs 12 through 141 and reclamation (Tabs 18 through 221; 31 <br />information contained in, and observations related to the effectiveness of the approved fish and wildlife <br />plans for the adjacent Seneca II and Seneca II-W Mines; and 41 information derived from consultation <br />with appropriate regulatory authorities. The objectives of the plan are to minimize disturbances and <br />adverse impacts on fish, wildlife, and related resources during and after surface coal mining and <br />reclamation activities, and enhance these resources where feasible. <br />Discussion of Potential Mining Impacts <br />• Impact analysis is performed on the basis of the findings of the baseline studies performed to quantify <br />fish and wildlife and their habitats on and surrounding the Yoast permit area. Consideration is given to <br />the potential impacting activities as welt as potential impact mechanisms. The following sections present <br />assessments of direct and indirect impacts of the Yoast Mine on fish and wildlife resources within and <br />adjacent to the permit area. <br />General Impacts. The acreages of each habitat contained in the permit area are given in Table 1. Table 1 <br />also contains the projected maximum disturbance area by habitat and the percentage of each habitat that <br />will be disturbed. The total acreage proposed for disturbance during the life-of mine is 986.9 acres, or <br />43.8 percent of the 2,253.3-acre permit area. The incremental disturbance, by year, will be less than the <br />total disturbance acreage, since incremental reclamation of the coal resource area partially offsets habitat <br />loss depicted in Table 1 . <br />C J <br />TR-25 1 Revised 9/04 <br />