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• • <br />Ulliteci States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />CRAIG DISTRICT OFFICE <br />455 EMERSON STREET <br />CRAIG, COLORADO 81625 <br />September 4, 1985 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />iii iiiiiiiuiiu iii <br />999 <br />~aoocl~) <br />.:: ~~Q~91 ~~~ <br />`rs.C- 3d~~ <br />cT ` : '* <br />~ V^ /,' <br />is <br />. t9 <br />~.~ ~J <br />~~:`:~ <br />T0: Office of Surface Mining, Denver, Colorado <br />ATTENTION: Mark Humphrey <br />FROM: District Manager, Craig District Office <br />SUBJECT: Technical Revision of Area 60, Federal leases C-26914 and C-081330, <br />Permit 79-177, Dated July 19, 1985, Colorado Yampa Coal Company <br />The subject technical revision has been reviewed by this office. Our <br />response to each request is as follows: <br />1. Identification of lands unsuitable for surface mining and <br />• reclamation pursuant to Section 522 of SMCRA. <br />No lands have been. identified as unsuitable within the subject <br />coal leases. <br />2. Postmining land uses for any conflicts with land management <br />plans and policies. <br />The proposed postmining land use does not conflict with our land <br />management plans and policies for this specific area. <br />3. The proposed resource recovery and protection plan and any <br />conflicts with future recovery of coal resources. <br />Revision of the southeast pit end in area 60 due to the prairie <br />falcon buffer zone results in a reduction of recoverable coal <br />resource. Justification provided is adequate and this loss is <br />deemed unavoidable. <br />Save Energy and You Serve America! <br />