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• emissions would be extended an additional length of time necessary to mine the additional <br />coal reserves. <br />Environmental Consequences, No Action: The application would be denied and air quality <br />would not be affected. <br />Mitigative Measures: None <br />Name of specialist and date: Ole Olsen, 5/2/08 <br />AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN <br />Affected Environment: Not Present <br />Environmental Consequences, both alternatives: Not Applicable <br />Mitigative Measures: Not Applicable <br />Name of specialist and date: Rob Schmitzer, 5/5/08 <br />CULTURAL RESOURCES: <br />• Affected Environment: Cultural resources, in this region of Colorado, range from late <br />Paleo-Indian to Historic. For a general understanding of the cultural resources in this area <br />of Colorado, see An Overview of Prehistoric Cultural Resources, Little Snake Resource <br />Area, Northwestern Colorado, Bureau of Land Management Colorado, Cultural Resources <br />Series, Number 20, An Isolated Empire, A History of Northwestern Colorado, Bureau of <br />Land Management Colorado, Cultural Resource Series, Number 2 and Colorado <br />Prehistory: A Context for the Northern Colorado River Basin, Colorado Council of <br />Professional Archaeologists. <br />Environmental Consequences, Proposed Action: The proposed project, Lease by <br />Application for Foidel Creek Mine, has undergone a Class III cultural resource survey: <br />O'Brien Patrick K. <br />2007. Peabody Energy Twentymile Coal West Mine Subsidence: Intensive Cultural <br />Resource Inventory, Routt County, Colorado (54.1.08) <br />The survey identified no eligible to the National Register of Historic Places cultural <br />resources. The proposed project may proceed as described in this EA with the following <br />mitigative measures in place. <br />Environmental Consequences, No Action: The application would be rejected; cultural <br />• resources would not be affected.