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3.1.9 Public Notification o1' Proposed Approval and Issuance of the Renewal <br />The proposed decision will be published in the Craig Daily Press twice, and letters of proposed <br />decision notification sent u> the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service, Office of Surface ]vlining, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers, Department of E~rchaeology and Historical Preservation, Colorado Natural Heritage <br />Inventory, Department of natural Resources, Colorado Department of Public Health and <br />Environment, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Natural Areas Program, State Boazd of <br />Land Commissioners, Mofi=at County Board of Commissioners, and the Moffat County Planning <br />Department at the addresses above. If no objections are made, the decision becomes final within <br />30 clays (public comment period) of the first publication. With clearance from a final AVS <br />check, the Permit will be issued within five days of the close of the public comment period. <br />3.2 Description of the Invironment <br />3.2.1 Maps <br />United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topographic Map 7.5 Minute Quadrangles Axial and <br />Ninemile Gap, Colorado, cover the azea of the permit. Map 10 (an extract of composite 7.5 <br />minute maps), Regional H}~drology, January 1981 of the Permit shows the permit azea, and <br />delineates major drainages, divides and basins. <br />3.2.2 General, Disturbed and Affected Area <br />The Mine is located appro~;imately 28 miles southwest of Craig, Colorado, on State Highway 13 <br />The great majority of the pemtit area and current operations (including the mine pits, the <br />adnrinistrative, shops, warehouses, general offices and a rail loadout facility) are located in <br />Moffat County. A relatively small part of the permit area is located in Rio Blanco County. <br />]U <br />