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a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); <br /> b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations <br /> (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br /> c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, <br /> the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild <br /> and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and National <br /> Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); <br /> d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional <br /> building, or public park(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(13)); <br /> e) One hundred feet of a cemetery(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); <br /> f) The boundaries of any National Forest unless the required finding of compatibility <br /> has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture <br /> (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)). <br /> The proposed operation(portions of the lease areas) is within the boundaries of Grand <br /> Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. The Secretary of Interior has <br /> approved this by indicating that West Elk leases within the Forests are suitable for <br /> underground coal mining. Refer to the OSM 1981 Mine Plan Approval, the BLM <br /> Report of Coal Unsuitability Criteria and a letter from the U.S. Forest Service dated <br /> October 3, 1986, concurring with West Elk's Mining Plan(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)). <br /> Refer also to a letter written by the BLM on March 8, 2005, stating that MCC's plan <br /> is adequate to meet all current Federal regulations regarding the Resource Recovery <br /> and Protection Plan(R2P2). Refer also to the Coal Unsuitability Analysis for Jumbo <br /> Mountain Coal Lease, prepared by the Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area of the <br /> BLM, which includes an Environmental Assessment. The Apache Rocks Permit <br /> Revision is addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of December 5, 1995, <br /> and by the BLM in their letter of November 24, 1995. The Box Canyon Permit <br /> Revision is addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of January 6, 2000, and <br /> by the BLM in their letter of December 10, 1999. The South of Divide area(PR-10) <br /> is addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of April 27, 2006. The Dry Fork <br /> lease area (PR-12) is addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of October <br /> 15, 2007, and by the BLM in their letter of October 10, 2007. The E-seam methane <br /> drainage wells for longwall panels 1 (TR-111) and 2 through 12 (PR-14) are <br /> addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of June 6, 2008. Exploration <br /> drilling in Dry Fork Area and on Lion's Mesa (MR-352) was addressed by the U.S. <br /> Forest Service in their memo of May 8, 2009. Revisions to Methane Drainage Wells <br /> on panels E3 and E4 (TR-121) were addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their <br /> memo of May 28, 2009. Further revisions to Methane Drainage Wells on panel E3 <br /> (TR-123)were addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of January 3, 2011. <br /> Further revisions to Methane Drainage Wells on panel E4 (TR-129)were addressed <br /> by the U.S. Forest Service in their letter of June 13, 2012. Revisions to Methane <br /> Drainage Wells on panel E5 (TR-130)were addressed by the U.S. Forest Service in <br /> 29 <br />