Rolnictwo i żywność · 18.09.2003
Gray Mountain Coal Lease Proposal
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is preparing a Land Use Analysis/Environmental Impact Statement (LUA/EIS) to analyze the environmental impacts of leasing three federal coal reserve tracts. The three tracts total 1,210.44 acres and underlie lands administered by the Redbird Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest. The tracts are adjacent to an existing underground coal mine on private lands. The name of the project has been modified since the previous Notice of Intent was published. The Notice of Intent (NOI) that was published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2003; (pgs. 7338-7340) had the project named as the "Beech Fork Coal Lease Proposal." It has been revised to the Gray Mountain Coal Lease Proposal. The second revision pertains to the type of documentation that was to be prepared for the project. The previous NOI stated that a project specific Land and Resource Management Plan amendment was to be done in conjunction with the EIS. The proposal will be analyzed by a LUA/EIS. A LUA is provided to address coal lease applications by 43 CFR 3420.1-4. The previous NOI also states that the EIS will address the Unsuitability Criteria listed in (43 CFR 3461). The crite