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United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Redama[ion and Enforccmcn[ <br />1999 Broadway. Suim 3320 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />Irv REPLY REFER TO AU G 1 7 ~°95 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Director <br />SFp 1 FlV ~~ <br />~%vso 4199S <br />~07M. <br />nil dl S ~ yep%9Y <br />THROUGH: Deputy Director <br />Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and <br />E~nforcemen <br />FROM: I~Rdgio~~ n~D recto <br />Western Re tonal Coordinating Center <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval of the Seneca Coal <br />Company's Yoast Mine Mining Plan for Federal <br />Lease C-0114093, Routt County, Colorado <br />I. Recommendation <br />I recommend approval of the Yoast Mine mining plan for <br />Federal lease C-0114093. This mining plan was submitted <br />in conjunction with a permit application for the <br />proposed Yoast Mine. My recommendation to approve the <br />Yoast Mine mining plan is based on: (1) Seneca Coal <br />Company's (Seneca'e) complete permit application package <br />(PAP), (2) compliance with the National Environmental <br />Policy Act of 1969, (3) documentation assuring <br />compliance with applicable requirements of other Federal <br />laws, regulations, and executive orders, (4) comments <br />and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal <br />agencies, and the public, (5) the findings and <br />recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) <br />with respect to the resource recovery and protection <br />plan and other requirements of the Federal lease and the <br />Mineral Leasing Act, and (6) the findings and <br />recommendations of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (DMG) with respect to the PAP and the Colorado <br />State program. <br />Approval of this mining plan would authorize mining of <br />approximately 6.26 million metric tons (t) (6.9 million <br />tons) of Federal coal within the approved mining plan <br />area covering 518.0 hectares (ha) (1,280 ac) within <br />