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• No portion of the permit area is within an area designated unsuitable for <br />underground mining under 30 CFR 764 and 765 or under further study for <br />such designation. <br />With respect to BLM unsuitability criterion #4, an area of the North Fork <br />of the Gunnison which encompasses the mine plan application area has <br />been reviewed by the BLM for potential designation as a wilderness area <br />and has been found not to have wilderness characteristics. The mine plan <br />area is no longer subject to the BLM wilderness inventory and has been <br />released from the management restrictions imposed by Section 60(c) of the <br />Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. For further <br />information, see Federal Register, Volume 44, #199, Friday, October 14, <br />1979. <br />(2) Not applicable. <br />(3) With the exception of the West Mine, the surface facilities have been in <br />operation since 1976. Therefore, the affected area, is subject to valid <br />existing rights as of August 3, 1977 so waivers from the owners of <br />occupied dwellings within 300 feet of the surface mining activities are not <br />required. No occupied dwellings are located within 300 feet of the West <br />• Mine surface facilities. Therefore, no waivers are required. <br />2.03.8 Permit Term Information. <br />(1) Not applicable. <br />(2) The mine commenced operations on the ] 20-acre Pavlisick lease in 1976. <br />On March 29, 1978, mining commenced on the 311-acre Federal Lease C- <br />25079. Mining began on the 854-acre Federal Lease C-27432 in October, <br />1979. Lease C-27432 was modified on April 12, 1983, adding 160 acres <br />to the original lease acreage and providing access to Lease D-036955. <br />Mining began in the Lease C-27432 modification area on June 7, 1983, and <br />in Lease D-036955 on September 9, 1983, with the approval of both State <br />and Federal regulatory authorities. <br />The Operator obtained approval of a 5-year permit for the entire area of <br />Lease C-37210 and the pYeviously issued leases. An additional lease <br />modification application for Federal Lease COC-37210 was initiated in <br />October, 1991. This application incorporated approximately 40 additional <br />acres into the leased area. A subsequent additional lease application for <br />Federal Lease COC-53356 was initiated in October, 1991. This application <br />incorporated approximately 520 additional acres to the leased area. <br /> <br />27i 2/98 <br />T~-~~/RN-o 3 <br />12~rY~9q <br />