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~.~?r <br />• • <br />U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T_1iF INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE 1•I?NING <br />RECLAliATION AND EA'FOF.CEMENT <br />NOTICE OF A ]ELISION AhT1 AVAILABILITY <br />OF 3CTE A TEC?iNICAL AITP.T~YSIS AND P.N <br />EWIROIv';1EIdTAL ASSESSMENT FOF, <br />L". S. STEEL MINING CO., INC. <br />PERMAA"EPTT FROGRtI". PERtiIT <br />SOMERSET MINE <br />DE:.TA AND GUNNISON CGT;TTTIES, COLORADO <br />The United States Department of the =nterior, Office of Surface Mining <br />P.eclamation and Enforcement (OSM), has approved, with conditions, a 5-year <br />permit for J. 5. Steel Mining Co., Inc. to mine coal at its Somerset ^ine. <br />The Somerset mine surface coal mine is located in Delta and Gunnisor. Counties, <br />Colorado, adjacent to the town of Somerset. The mine has been in operaticn <br />since 1902. The proposed permit area will cover approximately 2?75 aces, of <br />which appre:;imately 1d70 acres are Federal. Fifty seven (57) acres have beer_ <br />disturbed to date fcr surface facilities. Maximum mine production is at a <br />rate of 900,000 tons of coal per year. <br />Any person with ar. interest which is or nay be adversely affected by this <br />Federal petit approval action may recuest an adjudicatory hearing on the <br />final decision within 30 days after publicaticn of this rutice, in accordance <br />with Sec:'_en 514(c) of the Surface Mining Contrcl and Reclamation Act <br />(Sl1CR.9). Any hearing will be governed by provisions of 5 L'.S.C. Section 554. <br />A petition for review cf the OSM decision should be submitted to: <br />hearings Division <br />Office of 9earings and Appeals <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />4015 Wilson Boulevard <br />Arlington, Virginia 22203 <br />Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Sections 15G1.4(c) and 1506.6, nu*_ice is hereby given <br />that Colorado Mined land Re_lamation Divisicn has completed a technical <br />analysis (TA) for the permit application package for the Somerset nine, Delta <br />and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. OSM has supclemented this Td with its cwn <br />environmental assessm_rt (E.4). OSM's recommendation tc approve Somerset (MP°) <br />mining plat. and the permit application with conditions is fn accordance with <br />Secticns 510 and 523 of SMCRA. OSM's analysis is tha*_ no significant <br />environmental impacts would result from such approval. For information or <br />larification concerr_ing the approval of the Somerset ?line Fla:i, please <br />contact Ray Blake or Floyd Johnson at (303) 837-50:0, Office of Surrace <br />Mining, Denver, Co lcrado. <br />Botb the TA and the EA are available for public 'eviev at tae `_ollowing <br />locations: <br />