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Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's No Name Permit Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act Permit Application

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement· Navajo Mine Lease 14-20-603-2505, No Name Permit area, Navajo NationFederal Register 2026-00702 ↗

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OSMRE is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a new surface coal mining permit that'd cover 11,526 acres within the Navajo Nation's existing Navajo Mine lease area in New Mexico. If approved, the No Name Permit would authorize mining and reclamation on 9,042 acres and extraction of up to 502 million tons of coal. The agency is opening a public scoping period to gather input on what environmental issues should be studied, directly affecting Navajo Nation lands and surrounding communities.

In the agency’s own words

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is publishing this notice to announce that it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's (NTEC) proposed Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) permit for the No Name Permit area within NTEC's existing Navajo Mine Lease 14-20-603-2505. With this notice, OSMRE is also providing notification to the public that it will hold a public scoping meeting and provide for a public scoping period to receive comments on the environmental issues that OSMRE should analyze in this EIS. If approv…

Federal Register 2026-00702 ↗

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