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landowner with opportunities for irrigation. Riparian and shrub and <br /> tree plantings will also enhance the area for wildlife. <br /> The Nucla East mining area is more intensively used than the Nucla Mine. <br /> Irrigated pasture, haylands , and croplands predominate along with <br /> farmsteads and abandoned orchards. The postmining land use in the Nucla <br /> East area will be irrigated pasture, which will maximize the potential <br /> of the land for the variety of land uses which are found in the area. <br /> The Nucla Mine and Reclamation Plan, as presented herein, represents the <br /> continuing operation of a relatively small western surface coal mine. <br /> With about eleven employees and small areal extent, the environmental <br /> and socioeconomic impacts are minimal , especially considering that the <br /> mine has been in existence for almost 30 years (25 years with Peabody <br /> Coal Company) . In addition, this mine plan incorporates improvements in <br /> the water control facilities and revegetation methodologies which will <br /> further minimize these impacts and improve the postmining land use <br /> potential . <br /> 1-4 Revised 08/19/88 <br />