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

Technical Report · Wed Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7301740

The Federal action being considered is the approval of a coal mining lease and associated mining and reclamation plan on the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico. 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: 7301740
• Report Number(s): DES-77-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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