Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22.11.1996

Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Intent

Ark Land Company has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obtain a Federal coal lease on 4145.15 acres of Federal coal lands located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The BLM has determined that an EIS must be prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts of coal mining which could result from the issuance of this lease. The application will be processed according to the coal lease- by-application (LBA) regulations at 43 CFR 3425. The Carbon Basin coal tract has not been identified in the Great Divide Resource Management Plan (RMP)(1990) as an area available for further coal leasing consideration. As a result, a planning review of the proposed coal lease project area will be conducted concurrently with the preparation of the coal lease EIS. The Federal Coal Management Program established four major steps, collectively called ``the coal screening/planning process'' (43 CFR 3420.1-4), to be used in the identification of Federal coal areas that are acceptable for further leasing consideration. During the planning review, the coal screening process, including application of the coal unsuitability criteria (43 CFR 3461), will be conducted on the proposed project ar