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Forest Service Agreement # 12 -MU -11020400-044 <br />CDRMS Agreement # <br />III. Authorities for the MOU <br />A. The authorities for the Parties to enter into and engage in the activities <br />described within this MOU include, but are not limited to: <br />1. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) <br />2. National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) <br />3. Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) <br />4. Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the Federal Coal Leasing <br />Amendments Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the Energy Policy Act of <br />2005 <br />B. Regulations implementing the above authorities: <br />1. Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1501 et seq.) <br />2. Bureau of Land Management coal leasing regulations (43 CFR 3432) <br />C. The authorities CDRMS to enter into this MOU include, but are not limited to: <br />1. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) <br />2. 30 CFR Part 700 to end <br />3. Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101 et seq. <br />4. Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining (2 <br />CCR 407-2) <br />This MOU is an extension of the USDI and USDA MOU for Providing Coordination of Activities <br />Pursuant to the Federal Coal Management Program (1980). <br />IV. Roles and Responsibilities <br />A. Forest Service Responsibilities: <br />1. As lead agency, the Forest Service retains final responsibility for the content <br />of the Draft and Final EIS. The Forest Service's responsibilities include <br />determining the purpose of and need for the EIS, selecting alternatives for <br />analysis, identifying effects of the proposed alternatives, selecting the preferred <br />alternative, and determining appropriate mitigation measures within the <br />applicable legal and regulatory framework. In meeting these responsibilities, the <br />Forest Service will follow all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. <br />2. To the fullest extent consistent with its responsibilities as lead agency, the <br />Forest Service will consider the comments, recommendations, data, and/or <br />analyses provided by CDRMS in the EIS process, giving particular <br />consideration to those topics on which the Cooperator is acknowledged to <br />possess jurisdiction by law or special expertise. <br />3. The Forest Service will provide CDRMS with copies of documents underlying <br />the EIS relevant to the Cooperator's responsibilities, including technical reports, <br />2 <br />