BLM seeks comments for coal-lease plan

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The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office is seeking comments
about a proposed federal coal-lease modification on public lands near
Hesperus.

GCC Energy LLC submitted an application to modify its existing federal
coal lease (COC 62920) to include an additional 952 acres. The surface
estate is privately owned, and the BLM manages the mineral estate.

The BLM is required by law to consider leasing federal coal for economic
recovery. The additional federal coal recovery would extend the life of
the current mine by about nine years. A description of the proposed
project, including maps, is available at
www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/nepa/TRFO_NEPA.html.

Public comments will assist in identifying issues that should be addressed
as part of the environmental assessment. Written comments may be submitted
by mail, email or fax no later than Dec. 24 to the BLM, Tres Rios Field
Office, Attn: Helen Mary Johnson, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301,
coalcomme...@blm.gov or 375-2338.

Comments and information submitted, including email and street addresses
will be available for public review and disclosure. If people wish to
withhold their name, e-mail address or street address from public view or
from disclosure, they must state this prominently at the beginning of the
written comment.

Also see: King Coal wants to grow: Hesperus-area mine must address
concerns about water quality, traffic
http://durangoherald.com/article/20121117/NEWS01/121119583/King-Coal-wants-to-grow