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Permit Issuance: If a Final Decision regarding a permit application is to approve, partially <br />approve, or approve with conditions, we are required to issue a permit to the applicant upon <br />submission and approval of a reclamation bond in the amount approved in the Final Decision. <br />There is no time limit following a Final Decision within which an applicant is required to <br />submit a bond. Within ten days following permit issuance, we inform local government <br />officials of the permit issuance and of the location of the lands within the permit azea. <br />B. Environmental Impact Studies <br />Information pertaining to potential environmental impacts from proposed coal mining operations is <br />provided in our permit applications. If a proposed coal mining operation would affect federally- <br />managed surface lands or coal, the permit application may contain or refer to information from federal <br />environmental assessments or environmental impact studies that may have been conducted, or are in <br />the process of being conducted, in conjunction with federal leasing processes. These federal leasing <br />processes aze typically managed by the US Bureau of Land Management. Once we find an application <br />for a coal mine Complete, the applicant is required to post a copy of the permit application in a public <br />location (usually a county courthouse) for pubic review. You would be able to review information in <br />the application regarding potential environmental impacts from the mine at our office in Denver or at <br />the location where the public copy of the application had been placed. <br />C. Permitted Coal Mines and Coal Exploration in Fremont County <br />There is currently one permitted coal mine in Fremont County. This is the Southfield mine, permitted <br />by Energy Fuels Coal Inc. This non-federal underground mine ceased production in 2000, and is being <br />reclaimed at this time. Information regarding the Southfield mine is available for review in our office <br />and at the Energy Fuels Coal Inc office in Florence (719-784-6395). <br />We are awaze of only one coal exploration project in Fremont County having any recent activity. This <br />is the Northfield Project, operated by Northfield Partners LLC. Information on this project is enclosed. <br />[ hope I have responded to your inquiry satisfactorily. Please let me know if I may be of further <br />assistance. <br />Sincerely, <br />c,~~~ ~~ Q <br />Daniel I. Hernandez <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Coal Program <br />Cc: David A. Berry, Coal Program Supervisor <br />Enclosures: Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining <br />Northfield Project file information <br />