Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Western Energy Company's Coal Lease Application (MTM 80697) and Request for Public Comment; Montana

摘要

The Bureau of Land Management, Miles City District, Powder River Resource Area Office has produced a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Western Energy Company Federal Coal Lease Application MTM 80697. By this notice the public is informed that the draft EIS is available, and that interested individuals may obtain copies by request. Notice is also given that public meetings will be held on Monday, March 7, 1994, at the Dull Knife College, Lame Deer, Montana, and on Tuesday, March 8, 1994, at the Bicentennial Library of Colstrip, Montana. This environmental impact statement addresses the socioeconomic and environmental impacts that would likely result from leasing these federal coal lands, the cumulative impacts of the coal lease application, and the irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources involved with this action. The environmental impact statement provides a sound basis for public review, decisionmaking, and is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. On January 29, 1992, the Western Energy Company filed a coal lease application (MTM 80697) for federal coal resources within the Powder River Coal Production Region in conjunction with