Navajo-El Paso/Consolidation coal lease and mining plan, Navajo Reservation, San Juan County, New Mexico. Final environmental statement

Technical Report · Wed May 11 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7254036

The Federal actions being considered are the approvals of the lease between the Navajo Tribe and a partnership composed of the El Paso Natural Gas Company and the Consolidation Coal Company, and the Mining and Reclamation Plan for the mining of coal on 40,287 acres of the Navajo Reservation. It is proposed to remove 677,940,000 tons of coal by surface mining over the next 38 years. The major environmental impacts of the proposal will include substantial income to the Navajo Tribe, relocation of the Navajo people residing on the mining area, and the temporary disruption of all surface uses in the area; audio-visual impact of strip mining and railroad operations, and the permanent alteration of topography. The alternatives considered are approval of the lease in its present or modified form, disapproval of the lease; rejection of the mining plan or its approval with a different rate of production, with different mining methods; alternative railroad locations and alternatives to the proposed trucking of coal.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Window Rock, AZ (USA). Navajo Area Office
• OSTI ID: 7254036
• Report Number(s): FES-77-13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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