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DEC. 3 '98 10:15AM DMG,GJCT 1 303 2410336 P.6 <br /> Maintain a healthy forest , contributing to aesrhPric , <br /> recreation, wildli[e and watershed vxluP.a . <br /> -*Retains the option for cxpanaian of the exisLing <br /> Sunlight ski area ro '000 PAOT and protects the- Cpal <br /> Basin inventoried :;:ci area for future development u£ <br /> 3000 PAOT (People at One Time) . <br /> -Communit7 growth would nor be Stimulated at a <br /> rate which could he a burden to local. government . <br /> -Provides for 12 , 200 aces of Parham Creek roadless <br /> area. <br /> -Increase Annual Water Yield - <br /> -Provides for continued energy development . <br /> -Use of the transportation system beyond the <br /> Tl,nmpson Creel: Ditch by vehicles for general enjoyment <br /> and sightseeing will not be permitted . <br /> -Nineteen miles of additional roadway would be <br /> necassar' , Latin; 104 acres of :latioa3l forest out of <br /> production. <br /> -Increased recreation adjacent to State Highway <br /> 133 could affect the natural environment . <br /> -Water quality may be temporarily reduced , <br /> -'In Coal Basin and Sunlight , forgo developments <br /> other than those compatible with winEer sports. <br /> -The natural appearing landscape will he altered . <br /> *For Coal Basin, the plan, as stated above : <br /> -Retains the option for expansion of the existing Sunlight <br /> ski .area to 3000 PAOT and protects the Coal Basin <br /> inventoried ski area for future development of 3000 <br /> PAOT (People at One Time) . <br /> The Forest Transportation System proposed for this <br /> alternative selected includes , for Coral Basin, use uf <br /> the existing road system (Fxhibit II-B-5) . <br /> Mid-Continent believes it is obligated to incor- <br /> porate the multiple-use policies of the Forest Service <br /> as nandatcd in the Multiple Use Su-.tamed Yield Act of <br /> 1950 (P .L . 86-517 ) and of the Thomason Creek Laud Use <br /> Plar. in planninb For the postmining land u8e of not <br /> only the natio:al forest lands buc the ad� oiaiug areas <br /> which .are under vrivate ownership by Xid-Continent . <br /> -4- <br />