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Chapter 1 ~ subsidence monitoring, water resources during the peri ~ d of mine operation, and the Standard Notice for Lands Under I reclamation, and An extended reclamation the Jurisdiction of the USDA; and liability period, an~has primary authority in The modification was issued with a ]ease environmental em rgencies. The DRMS notice regarding the RACR of 2001. operates under an Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement OSM-approved Lease COC-56447 permanent progra~} for administering coal 1995 issue date; mining operations inl the State of Colorado. The Modified with 160-acre extension in performance standards for drilling, surface October 2001'; disturbance, road c~nstrnction, mitigation and monitoring, and re lamation administered by 2,919 acres total (including modification3), DRMS are part of the Colorado Surface Coal all within the West Elk IRA; Mining Reclamation Act (CRS 34-33-101) and Lease issued with protections for non- attendant regulations; which are based on mineral resources (i.e. stipulations) for big requirements in Title 30 CFR Chapter VII, game winter range, moderate and steep Parts 816 and 817. ~'he implementing Federal slopes, geologic hazards, riparian areas, and State regulations give the Federal land subsidence monitoring, water resources, management agency, or surface managing and the Standard Notice for Lands Under agency (FLMA or SMA, in this case the Forest the Jurisdiction of the USDA; and Service) responsibility to determine the post- . The modification was issued with a lease mining use of the I land, protection of non- notice regarding the RACR of 2001. mineral resourcesp require appropriate Lease COC-67232 conditions to regulate surface use and reclamation, and review and concur with coal March 1 s', 2007 effective date; mining permit applications and revisions 1,517 acres, 620 within the West Elk IRA; (30CFR 740.4(e)). Cbl'orado's approved federal and coal program procedures include at all points in ~ Lease to be issued with protections for the mine permittin process, a role for the non-mineral resources (i.e. stipulations) federal land manage ent agency to review an ' for wildlife or their habitats (lynx, big s submittal to ensure that it provides applicant game, threatened and endangered species, for post-mining land use consistent with the raptors, breeding birds) riparian areas, land use plan and has adequate protections for geologic hazards and erosion potential, Federal resources (3~ CFR Part 906, Appendix ' steep slopes, water sources, and existing f ili i S d d N i f L d A). The FLMA/SMA s review and concurrence role includes the res~~onsibility to ensure that it ac t es, tan ar ot ce or an s Under the Jurisdiction of the USDA, and a contains the necessary information for NEPA i h h l l d ; lease notice pertaining to IRAs. , an compliance w t coa ease, t e i other applicable federal laws. Surface uses on federal coal leases are also governed by the Surface Mining Control and The proposed projec lies within the approved The DRMS permit area for the West Elk Mine Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) which . , establishes requirements for planning, DRMS is responsible for ongoing permit permitting, and monitoring compliance with compliance, including inspection and the mine's t r ents durin f specific operations, and reclamation , g en orcemen egmrern OSM retai s oversi ht responsibility o eration requirements for surface disturbance associated g p . with surface and underground coal mining for state compliance nd enforcement activities. operations. In Colorado, the Colorado DRMS Federal coal leaseh 1'ders in Colorado must enforces specific performance standards and hold a State-approved mining permit before permit requirements under the State program mining and reclamat#on operations on Federal 1 V_ J 6 Deer Creek Ventilation Shaft and E Seam ethane Drainage Wells FEIS