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UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

This mining plan approval document is issued by the United States of America to: 

Bridger Coal Company

P.O. Box 68

Point of Rocks, WY 82942

for a mining plan modification for Federal lease WYW2727 at the Jim Bridger Mine. This 

mining plan approval supplements all previous mining plan approvals for the Jim Bridger Mine. 

The approval is subject to the following conditions. Bridger Coal Company is hereinafter 

referred to as the operator.

1. Statutes and Regulations: This mining plan approval is issued pursuant to Federal lease 

WYW2727; the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); and in the 

case of acquired lands, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 

U.S.C. 351 et seq.). This mining plan approval is subject to all applicable laws and 

regulations of the Secretary of the Interior which are now or hereafter in force; and all such 

laws and regulations are made part hereof. The operator shall comply with the provisions of 

the Federal Water Pollution and Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 

U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), and other applicable Federal laws. 

2. This document approves the mining plan modification for Federal lease WYW2727 at the 

Jim Bridger Mine and authorizes coal development or mining operations on the Federal lease 

within the area of mining approval. This authorization expands the approved mining plan 

area into the following Federal coal lands:

WYW2727

Sixth PM, T20N, R100W, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Section 12 SW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4

Section 24 W1/2

These lands in Federal lease WYW2727 encompass 560 acres and are found on the United 

States Geological Service 7.5 minuet Quadrangle map of Red Desert: Black Rock South and 

North, as shown in the map appended hereto as Attachment A.
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3. The operator shall conduct coal development or mining operations only as described in the 

complete permit application package, and approved by the Wyoming Department of 

Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division, except as otherwise directed in the conditions 

of this mining plan approval. 

4. The operator shall comply with the terms and conditions of the lease, this mining plan 

approval, and the requirements of Wyoming Permit No. 338-T7 issued under the Wyoming

State program, approved pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.).

5. This mining plan approval shall be binding on any person conducting coal development or 

mining operations under the approved mining plan and shall remain in effect until 

superseded, canceled, or withdrawn.

6. If, during mining operations, unidentified prehistoric resources are discovered, the operator 

shall ensure that the resources are not disturbed and shall notify the Wyoming Department of 

Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division and the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement. The operator shall take such actions as are required by the 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division in coordination with 

the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. 

7. The Secretary retains jurisdiction to modify or cancel this approval, as required, on the basis 

of further consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to section 7of the 

Endangered Species Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

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