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<br /> <br />or change. The use of the immediate applicants plans as part of <br />this proposed action x111 provide a basis for assessing the <br />environmental impacts that will occur if these areas are surface <br />mined, however, this does not indicate a preference on the part <br />of the BLM as to xhat entity the leases should be awarded to. <br />After the lease is issued, a mining plan x111 be developed or <br />revised in accordance with applicable Office of Surface Mining <br />(OSM) regulations and the mitigating measures developed in the <br />TE/EAR and included as stipulations in the lease. The mining <br />plan will be developed or reviaed through coordination and <br />consultation between the BLM, USGS, OSM, and state agencies (as <br />appropriate). <br />A, C-22644 <br />Coal lease application C-22644 is the largest of the three <br />application areas and comprises 2720.36 acres, The appli- <br />cation lies immediately to the southwest of Energy's Pit 61 <br />and is contiguous to federal coal lease C-081330 (Pit ~1 <br />operating lease), <br />Energy Fuels began operations at the Energy Mine No, 1 in <br />1962, The first coal was produced during the last quarter <br />of that year, and thereafter annual production increased at <br />relatively modest rates for the next nine years, Yearly <br />production records for the first 10 years of operation are <br />as follows, and all of that production was recovered from <br />6 <br />