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After a complete inspection is conducted, OSMRE certainly has authority (indeed, the <br />responsibility) to determine whether WildEarth Guardians' allegations are, in fact, true and to <br />take appropriate action. However, OSMRE does not have the authority under SMCRA and <br />SMCRA regulations to ignore or second-guess WildEarth Guardians' factual allegations in a <br />citizen complaint and request for inspection. See West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, 152 <br />IBLA 158, 194 (April 25, 2000) (rejecting OSMRE's "second-guessing" of appellants in relying <br />on later "independent investigation" to deny citizen complaint). Accordingly, Mr. Strand's <br />decision must be reversed. <br />B. OSMRE's Authority to Enforce Surface Coal Mining Laws, Regulations, <br />And Permit Conditions Applies to Violations of Clean Air Laws and <br />Regulations <br />Mr. Strand's decision also inappropriately suggests that OSMRE believes it has no <br />authority to determine whether a surface coal mining operator is or is not in compliance with <br />applicable State and Federal clean air laws and regulations. He asserts in his decision, "SMCRA <br />does not provide state or federal regulators with authority to regulate air pollution other than that <br />attendant to erosion." He also asserts, "OSMRE [] lack[s] authority to implement the Clean Air <br />Act (CAA)." <br />To be abundantly clear, nothing in WildEarth Guardians' complaint requested that <br />OSMRE assert authority to implement the Clean Air Act or to regulate air emissions that are not <br />properly within the agency's regulatory jurisdiction. To this end, Mr. Strand wildly misread and <br />misconstrued Guardians' complaint. <br />As was made clear in its complaint, Guardians requested that OSMRE undertake an <br />inspection on the basis of alleged violations of SMCRA, SMCRA regulations, and Arch -Coal's <br />applicable permit conditions. These alleged violations relate to surface coal mining operations, <br />