2017-06-13_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981035

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The BLM must decide whether to: 1) approve, 2) approve with modifications, or 3) deny a modification of existing Federal Coal Lease COC62920 for the King II Coal Mine. If approved, the lease modification would result in the modification of Federal Coal Lease COC62920 by approximately 950 acres on four tracts adjacent to the current operation. Most of the lease area consists of split estate, in which the federal government manages the subsurface mineral estate, but not the surface lands. 2. OSMRE must decide whether or not to approve a Permit Revision Application Package consisting of a water monitoring program, Probable Hydrologic Consequences analysis, Right of Entry information, Subsidence Control Plan, and an Operations and Reclamation Plan. 3. OSMRE must decide whether or not to approve an application to renew Federal Mine Permit CO - 106A. The permit would reauthorize operations associated with the mining of federal coal from the areas within Federal Coal Lease COC62920 where the surface of the land is under the ownership of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, but outside of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. 4. The DOI Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management must decide whether to: 1) approve; 2) approve with conditions; or 3) deny a mining plan modification to incorporate the lease expansion into Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Permit C-1981-035. The BLM and OSMRE are seeking public comments on the EA and separate unsigned FONSIs. The EA and unsigned FONSIs are available for review as of June 9, 2017. Comments must be postmarked by July 10, 2017 in order to be considered. The EA, maps, and related materials are available on BLM's ePlanning website at: http://go.usa.gov/x92jw. Your name and address must be included in order for your submission to be considered. All submissions received will be forwarded to OSMRE. Email: coalcommenttresrios@blm.gov Postal Service: BLM Attn: Jennifer Maiolo - King I1 Coal Mine EA 455 Emerson St., Craig, CO 81625 Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment — including your personal identifying information — will be publicly available. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses will be available for public review to the extent consistent with applicable law. The BLM and OSMRE will host an open house to provide an opportunity for the public to learn more about the project and how to provide comments on the EA and unsigned FONSIs. Representatives from both agencies will be available to answer questions. The open house will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at the Breen Community Building, 15300 Highway 140 in Hesperus, Colorado. If you have questions about the BLM coal program or analysis, please contact Jennifer Maiolo at (970) 826-5077 or email jmaiolo@blm.gov. For questions regarding the OSMRE regulatory process, please contact Paul Clark at (303) 293-5065 or email pclark@osmre.gov.