2008-04-04_PERMIT FILE - C1981038A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981038A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 4/4/2008
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.03 Legal, Financial, Compliance and Related Info
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

• 2.03.7 Relationship to Areas Designated Unsuitable for Mining,
(1) The areas of Leases C-37210 and C-27432 were studied for
designation as unsuitable for mining prior to obtaining the leases in
May, 1984, and September, 1979, respectively.
Unsuitability criteria were applied to the lands of Lease C-37210 in the
BLM's update of the Management Framework Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for Round Two of the Uinta-
Southwestern Utah regional coal sale. With the application of
exceptions to the criteria, and provided certain mitigation measures
were followed, the tract was considered suitable for mining (USDOI
BLM, 1983).
Based on an Environmental Analysis written on the Lease C-27432
tract, the BLM concluded that the area fell under none of the
unsuitability criteria. A copy of the unsuitability study can be found in
the TE/EA Appendix, Volume 9A which contains Technical
Examination/Environmental Analysis done by the BLM on the Lease
C-27432 application.
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Unsuitability criteria were applied to the lands of Lease COC-53356
in conjunction with the Uncompahgre Basin Resource Management
Plan (1989) and the Uinta-Southwest Utah EIS (1983). Unsuitability
decisions affecting the Lease COC-53356 application area were
reviewed and exceptions to Criteria 11 and 14, found applicable to the
lease C-37210 tract, were also found to apply to this tract. In addition,
new exceptions to Criteria No.'s 9 and 14 were found to apply to
Lease COC-53356. Discussion of the new exceptions found
applicable is presented in Environmental Analysis U-92-34 (BLM,
1992) completed for this tract and included in the TE/EA Appendix,
Volume 9A.
No portion of the permit area is within an area designated unsuitable
for underground mining under 30 CFR 764 and 765 or under further
study for such designation.
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With respect to BLM unsuitability criterion #4, an area of the North
Fork of the Gunnison which encompasses the mine plan application
area has been reviewed by the BLM for potential designation as a
wilderness area and has been found not to have wilderness
characteristics. The mine plan area is no longer subject to the BLM
wilderness inventory and has been released from the management
restrictions imposed by Section 60(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
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