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Board 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 Mazch 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 azeas into the permit and allow for <br />longwall and room and pillaz mining of the D seam in those two azeas. After an initial <br />incompleteness determination, the Permit Revision No. 4 submittal was called complete on <br />October 23, 2000 and the appropriate notification letters were sent out. In response to the <br />Division's completeness letters, several state and federal agencies sent comment letters to the <br />Division conceming PR-04. The Division did not receive any comments from the public <br />conceming Permit Revision No.4, nor were there any requests for an informal conference. <br />The Division sent its first adequacy review letter on November 8, 2000. Additional adequacy <br />review letters were sent by the Division on December 27, 2000 and on February 5, 2001 <br />The Division requested and the Office of Surface Mining confirmed that the activities proposed <br />in Permit Revision No. 4 did constitute a federal mine plan change requiring Secretarial <br />approval. The Secretarial approval was granted after the Division issued its proposed decision. <br />In a submittal dated December 8, 2003, BRL modified its mine plan, based on the results of a <br />recent exploratory drilling program. <br />The operator sent responses to [he Division's adequacy review letters in submittals dated <br />December 8, 2000, February 5, 2001, February 19, 2001 and Febmary 23, 2001. <br />The Division's concerns and those of other governmental agencies were answered satisfactorily. <br />Therefore, on February 27, 2001, the Division proposed to approve with conditions Permit <br />Revision No. 4. Three new stipulations, numbered 8, 9 and 10, were attached to the approval of <br />Permit Revision No. 4. <br />The submittal for Permit Revision No. 5, dated May 14, 2001, was received at the Division on <br />May 16, 2001. This revision proposed to increase the permit boundary to the west by 480 acres <br />and allow for longwall mining west of the present mining, and west of the main fault but just east <br />of Terror Creek. Also, one gob vent borehole and its associated road would be constructed. <br />Permit Revision No. 5 was called complete on May 29, 2001. Completeness letters were sent out <br />and the public notice of completeness was published. <br />The Division received comment letters from several governmental agencies, including the <br />Colorado Historical Society, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife <br />Service. <br />7 <br />