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P, ~ S, <br />~} f. <br />~' <br />/ , ~S~cr.'~~~,~~Ss20~Colo. <br /> Februarj 3,'197 <br />r <br /> <br />:',e;;ional Ad.~,:inistrator ~ <br />v~ornmental Protection P,goncy <br /> <br />13b0 Lincoln SCroat <br /> <br />Ucnvar <br />Colorado 80203 ~ ~t <br />, -T''S <br />Dear i•ir. i4erson: <br />`•~e would lice to ts:co t'ris op;~ortunity to present to yo~.~ ou.r eoreerns <br />regarding LP:1's commitment to insure enviornmant;al protection 2t the <br />Colorado ~lestr..oraland Orchard Va.liey Tdine. As ?Gl] ore arell .ware, <br />Sacrotnry Andrus, on December 15, 1?77 ~;avc ;:;~;,roval to proceed with <br />le^.se r•ale in response to C';lI's short-term lea~.se application <br />(C-7[079). Sinca then lease stipulations have been developed., the <br />mi:in~ flan has been submitted and made available for comment and the <br />BL., has set fire coal lease sale date for Febr. ~?2 1978. <br />, <br />In response to a Section 309 (Clean Air Act) request by. fire Nlostern <br />Slop. ~:e:~gy 3ee.earcit Centar, ti:e FP A conducted a review of the draft <br />a.:d final ~viornmental P~ssessment P,ecords ( Ai'.5) the C'::I <br />addressing <br />lor.se a~ ~licntion ^.nd other pro; used ;~.ctions. i <br />T;:o F~`'lviornmertal Protection. .4gercy concluded tl.~zt an .IS 1'o'~ld bo <br />recuirc•d for all of tha leasing alt~;rnatives e~cent a short-germ leasa <br />- ~ <br />Frith a 2-3 yours worth of res~-rv©s based on a production lwai o~ ro <br />^o re tTlan 7^C,G00 tons per year. (As shotirn ir. corres~,ondenue~ fro.: t::e <br />EP?, to ti:e Eureau of Land T;anagement and Departn~~nt of the Ii terior <br />dated P.ugust 11, 1977, ilcvember 1'~, 1977 December 14, 1977) <br />T'ne 1:PA letters listed above, state that the leasing alterna~ive(rahich <br />rrr:s chosen by Interior because it complied tiritir tine court order issued <br />i:z :I:',:C v. TTughas) might 'oe acceptable bUT that L',P1 acceptance wc.s <br />conditional upcn the im.rlementation of stipulations in both ~Ithe lease <br />r:rrd any approved mind plan which satisfactorily mitigates adverse im- <br />piiCiV.. <br />1 <br />LS~:,~ STIPULATIOTvS ~ <br />The lease stit:•ulations hr;vc already been devele_~ed and can b'le found i <br />Section 30 of the Draft goal i~ease (C.-25079) wl~.ich is part of t::c <br />"detailed Statement" prei~arcd by the Colorado State OfficC of tha <br />°ureau of Land ;anaoement. The Offica o: i]~rer~y Activities of EP:. has <br />a cony of the "Detailed Statement". <br />These stipulations gore developed iaithout fire benefit of in;iut from <br />either the ]3A or citizens of the area. Tho Department of fire Interior <br />made a commitment to imalement lease stipulations to sa4isf;'cc'ncerns <br />of the i?.:1. (ace enclosures: Dec. 16, 19771xI Press P,ele2se,!, Dec. 12, <br />1977 ^amo from Guy Tlartin to Andrus and DeC. 9, 1977 mper~gyy~~ fgg~" tha, <br />I ~I:~IIII I~~~i~Itll^ i I <br />~I ~l ~ ~~,~ ~~ <br />V.,~ <br />