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iii iiiiiiiiiii • U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Doc Date:1211112001 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTICE OF A DECISION AND AVAILABILITY OF BOTH A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR, TRAPPER MINING, INC. PERMANENT PROGRAM PERMIT TRAPPER MINE MOFFATT COUNTY, COLORADO The IInited States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), hoe approved, with stipulations, a 5-year permit for Trapper Mining, Inc. to mine coal at its Trapper Mine. The Trapper Mine surface coal mine is located in Moffatt County, Colorado, located in Sections 5 and 6, TSN, R90W; portions of Sections 1 and 5 and all of Sections 2, 3, and 4, TSN, R91W; portions of Sections 30 and 32, and all of Section 31, T6N, R90W; and portions of Sections 21, 25, 26, 5:7, 28, 29, 32, 33. 34. 35, and 36, T6N, R90W. The proposed permit area will. cover approximately 10,335 acres, 810 acres of surface has been disturbed to date with and additional 1730 acres to be disturbed by future surface mining. Maaimum mine production is at a rate of 2.3 million tone of coal over 31 years. Any person with an interest which is or maybe adversely affected by this Federal permit approval action may request an adjudicatory hearing oa the final decision within 30 days after publication of this notice, in accordance with Section 514(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Any hearing will be governed by provisions of 5 U.S.C. Section 554. A petition for review of the OSM decision should be submitted to: Hearings Division Office of Hearings and Appeals U.S. Department of the Interior 4015 Wilson Boulevard Arliugton, Virginia 22203 Pursuant to 40 C.P.R. Sections 1501.4(c) and 1506.6, notice ie hereby given that Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division has completed a technical analysis (TA) for the mining and reclamation plan (MRP) for the Trapper Mine, Moffatt County,. Colorado. OSM has supplemented this TA with ire ow environmental assessment (EA). OSM's recommendation to approve Trapper Mining, Inc. MRP and the permit application with atipnlatione is in accordance with Sections 510 and 523 of SMCRA. OSM's analysis is that no significant environmental inpacta would result from such approval. Hoth the TA and the EA are available for public review at the following locations: []