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~ S I~ 4.16.1 GENERAL Doc Date:12/11/2001 1 4.16 POST-MINING LAND USE iii~ii~ii-iii-ii~ii As detailed in Section 2.04.3, Site Description and Land Use, and illustrated by the Mine and Loadout Area Land Use Map, (Map 4), pre- mining land uses for both the Southfield mine and loadout areas were rangeland, mining, and wildlife habitat. Implementation of the reclamation plans presented in Section 2.05.4, Reclamation Plan, will result in a post-mining configuration and productive self-sustaining vegetative community capable of effectively supporting rangeland and wildlife land uses on mine disturbance areas. 4.16.2 DETERMINING POST-MINING USE OF LAND Proposed post-mining land uses were determined on the basis of both pre- • mining uses and evaluation of land use capabilities. Pre-mining land uses for the Southfield mine area were rangeland, mining, and wildlife habitat. However, mining use of this area occurred as early as 1860 and has extended to the present. Land use patterns for the Southfield mine area . have not changed significantly over the past forty years, with the dominant land uses of mining for disturbed areas and rangeland and wildlife habitat for undisturbed areas. EFCI plans to restore all areas effected by mining and related operations to the historical pre-mining land uses of rangeland and wildlife habitat. In addition to being consistent with historical pre-mining land uses, planned post-mining land uses are compatible with both land use patterns for adjacent lands and Federal and local land management plans and zoning. The pre-mining land use of the Southfield loadout area was rangeland and wildlife habitat. However, with construction of the loadout facilities the land use designation was changed to industrial/commercial. Upon completion of all coal production operations and removal of loadout . facilities, EFCI will reclaim the loadout area to post-mining land uses consistent with the historical pre-mining uses. 4.16-1