Opinion ID: 331837
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Heading: Disposition of Appellants' Claims.

Text: 65 Because of the issues above expressed we dispose of the claims before us in the following manner. The district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees is affirmed as to the appellants third and fourth claims. As to the first and second claims it is reversed. We remand to the district court and direct that it enter an order (1) which declares that the approval of the leases was 'major federal action' which requires the preparation of an EIS that satisfies the mandate of NEPA, and that the EIS prepared in conjunction with the five-year mining plan on the 770-acre tract was not adequate for this purpose; and (2) which enjoins all future operations under the leases, except those taken pursuant to, and authorized by, the five-year mining plan on the 770 acres approved by the USGS. The injunction shall be effective pending preparation of an adequate EIS covering the entire project and upon the basis of which the Secretary must reconsider his approval of the leases. In reconsidering his approval and in considering any future mining plans, the Secretary must ignore investments or commitments made by Westmoreland under the five-year plan on the 770-acre tract. 12 66 Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.