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USDA- Forest Service Role and Responsibility Utah Coal Program

USDA- Forest Service Role and Responsibility Utah Coal Program. Liane L. Mattson Solid Leasable Minerals Specialist USDA- Forest Service Minerals and Geology Management Centralized National Operations lmattson@fs.fed.us. FS Minerals Mission.

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USDA- Forest Service Role and Responsibility Utah Coal Program

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  1. USDA- Forest Service Role and Responsibility Utah Coal Program Liane L. Mattson Solid Leasable Minerals Specialist USDA- Forest Service Minerals and Geology Management Centralized National Operations lmattson@fs.fed.us

  2. FS Minerals Mission “Foster and encourage private enterprise in the development of economically sound and stable industries, and in the orderly and economic development of domestic resources to help assure satisfaction of industrial, security, and environmental needs.“

  3. The Coal House Leasing Permitting Utah DOGM SITLA Forest Service is the Surface Managing Agency (SMA) Forest Service is Federal Land Managing Agency (FLMA) Is it Federal Coal or State Coal ?

  4. Legal and Regulatory Framework On the Leasing side of the house: • Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 • Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1975 • Regulations at 43 CFR 3400 On the permitting side of the house • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 • Regulations at 30 CFR 700 to end • Utah Coal Rules And… • 1999 MOU implementing USLEA of 1998

  5. Groundwork • Include management of coal resources in Forest Plans • Interagency Agreement with BLM • MOU with OSM • MOU implementing the 1998 USLEA

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