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state permit requirements (Tr., 208, 475). In addition, it <br />should also be noted that the present configuration of the land <br />supports the uses and objectives for the land and surrounding <br />areas established by the Bureau of Land Management which owns and <br />manages the surface and minerals rights (Tr., 321, 335). <br />~ At no time prior to the circumstances concerning the issu- <br />ance of the present NOV did OSM formally object to, or start pro- <br />ceedings to formally object to, the permit revisions approved by <br />the Division concerning final contour. Rather, later OSM issued <br />an NOV which ordered abatement actions not required by the state <br />permit and actions which may require a revision to that permit <br />(M. Longs deposition, p. 41, allowed into record at Tr., 495). <br />This type of action undermines the DMG's primary jurisdiction <br />over permitting, reclamation, and enforcement issues covered by <br />its cooperative agreement with OSM. <br />Moreover, the DMG's interpretation of AOC requirements and <br />its approval of the permit revisions concerning AOC were proper, <br />contrary to OSM's argument. <br />Rule 4.14.1(2)(a) provides that except as exempted in the <br />rules, all areas disturbed by surface coal mining operations <br />shall be returned to their approximate original contour. <br />"Approximate original contour" means that surface configuration <br />-10- <br />