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United States Department of the Interior <br />Office of Hearings and Appeals <br />Interior Board of Land Appeals <br />801 N. Quincy St., Suite 300 <br />Arlington, VA 22203 <br />703-235-3750 <br />August 25, 2016 <br />703-235-8349 (fax) <br />IBLA 2016-80 ) COC -54608 <br />WILDEARTH GUARDIANS ) Coal Lease <br />Motion to Supplement <br />Administrative Record Denied; <br />Set Aside and Remanded <br />ORDER <br />Appellant has appealed from a December 31, 2015, decision record (DR) <br />issued by the field manager for the Little Snake Field Office (Colorado) Bureau of <br />Land Management (BLM). The field manager approved Twentymile Coal LLC's <br />application to modify Federal coal lease COC -54608 to include 310 acres of unleased <br />contiguous Federal coal lands. <br />BLM's Motion for Leave to Submit Ratification <br />BLM has filed with the Board a Motion for Leave to Submit Ratification <br />(Motion) . BLM moves the Board to accept documentation into the administrative <br />record, which shows that on May 25, 2016 -- after WildEarth Guardians appealed the <br />field manager's DR -- BLM Colorado's Deputy State Director for Energy, Lands, and <br />Minerals ratified the DR. BLM asks to supplement the administrative record with the <br />ratification document in response to WildEarth Guardians.' In that case, appellant <br />appealed from a BLM Colorado field manager's decision to approve a coal lease. We <br />found that the field manager was not authorized to approve the coal lease, and <br />therefore we set aside the DR and remanded the matter back to BLM. <br />BLM considers it appropriate to submit the ratification for acceptance into the <br />administrative record to alleviate the need to address any issues that may be raised <br />1 <br />187 IBLA 349 (2016). <br />