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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII_ 999 Doc Date:12/11/2001 • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR Bear Mine Federal Lease C-42481 Mining Plan Decision Document A. Introduction Bear Coal Company submitted a permit application package (PAP) for a permit revision for the Bear Mine to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) under the Colorado State program (30 CFR Part 906). The PAP proposes extending underground mining operations into about 165 acres of Federal lease C-42481. The proposed mining plan would cause no new surface disturbance except mining-induced subsidence in the mining plan area. Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, must approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the mining plan modification for Federal lease C-42481. Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 746, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is recommending approval of this mining plan modification with conditions. • B. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed Action The undersigned person has determined that the above-named proposed action would not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4332(2)(C), and therefore, an environmental impact statement is not required. This finding of no significant impact is based on the attached environmental assessment prepared by OSM which identifies and discusses the environmental impacts of the proposed action and which provides sufficient evidence and analysis for this finding of no significant impact. OSM takes full responsibility for the accuracy, scope, and content of the attached EA. ` ~ Chief, Federal Programs Division Western Support Center G~9y Date •