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In several letters dated July 16, 1999, the Division received further comments from members of <br />the public. In addition to raising concerns similar to their concerns raised in Technical Revisions <br />Nos. 6 and 7, there were questions about the effects of subsidence, mining through a fault and <br />water rights. Also, there were several requests for an informal conference and a request to place <br />the BRL permit revision material in a location closer to the mine area, rather than in Delta. The <br />informal conference was held on August 5, 1999. The Division discussed the content of Permit <br />Revisions Nos. 2 and 3 and the company's responses to the Division's adequacy review of <br />Permit Revision No. 2. The operator did not have time to respond formally to the Division's <br />adequacy review of Permit Revision No. 3 at that time. The Division also answered questions <br />and received additional comments from the public conceming the proposed changes to BRL's <br />mine plans. <br />The Division also received two letters from the public after the informal conference. Concerns <br />with subsidence impacts, surface and groundwater impacts to water rights and water resources <br />and the separation in the submittal of the various mine plan revisions. <br />At the time of the first informal conference, the company did not have time to respond formally <br />to the Division's adequacy review of Permit Revision No. 3. Therefore, a second informal <br />conference was held on September 13, 1999. As at the first informal conference, the Division <br />answered questions and received further comments from the public conceming the changes <br />proposed in BRL's mine plans. <br />BRL satisfactorily answered all of the Division's adequacy questions for Permit Revisions Nos. <br />2 and 3. The Division proposed to approve with conditions Permit Revision No. 2 on <br />September 13, 1999. New stipulation number 7 was attached to the conditional approval of <br />Permit Revision No. 2. On October 12, 1999, the Division received objections to the proposed <br />decision and a request for a formal hearing. The proposed decision to approve Permit Revision <br />No. 2 was brought before the Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board) on October 20, 1999. The <br />Boazd approved the Division's proposed decision to approve with stipulations Permit Revision <br />No. 2 on that same date. <br />On February 1, 2000, the Division proposed to approve with stipulations Permit Revision No. 3. <br />No new stipulations were attached to the conditional approval of Permit Revision No. 3. No <br />requests for a boazd hearing were received at the Division. Therefore, the decision became final <br />on March 2, 2000. <br />The Division received the submittal for Permit Revision No. 4, dated October 5, 2000, on <br />October 6, 2000. This revision proposed to incorporate two areas into the permit and allow for <br />longwall and room and pillar mining of the D seam in those two azeas. One azea was a 1632 acre <br />portion of the Iron Point Tract Federal lease COC-61209 that was located to the north of the <br />permit azea. The second azea was 119 acres of private and federal coal on the east side of the <br />permit area. After an initial incompleteness determination, the Permit Revision No. 4 submittal <br />was called complete on October 23, 2000 and the appropriate notification letters were sent out. <br />In response to the Division's completeness letters, several state and federal agencies sent <br />comment letters to the Division concerning PR-04. The Division did not receive any comments <br />6 <br />