[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4800]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Cancellation of a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement on the Proposed Development of the Bull Mountains Mine 
No. 1 and Associated Support Facilities, Musselshell and Yellowstone 
Counties, Montana

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Cancellation of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is cancelling the notice published in 
the Federal Register on May 9, 1990 (55 FR 19365) for the preparation 
of an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed development 
of the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 and its associated support facilities. 
Meridian Minerals Company (Meridian) had submitted a permit application 
package (PAP) for their proposed underground coal mine and its 
associated support facilities, located about 35 miles northeast of 
Billings, Montana and 12 miles southeast of Roundup, Montana. Decisions 
on the application for a Federal permit to mine coal and for the 
possible Federal approval of a mining plan are no longer required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Floyd McMullen, Environmental Project 
Manager, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Western 
Regional Coordinating Center, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-5733 (telephone: 303-672-5601).

    Dated: February 14, 1996.
Richard J. Seibel,
Regional Director, Western Regional Coordinating Center.
[FR Doc. 96-4800 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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