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~III~~II~~I~II~~'~I <br />cooo <br />cl.,~Tb <br />-- -- - <br />_.. .. .. ----.-....=mar s <br />-- <br />~~ t-1362 <br />. - -- ~ C-0117192 <br />. .. D-044569 <br />- - District Offin <br />~_ •• P. 0. Box 1259 <br />hbritrose. Colorado_8140Z .• <br />~raorandum ~ J1Ai 11 X81 . <br />To: State Director, Colorado (CO-932} <br />From: District Manager. ibntavse ~ - <br />\ Sib~ect: ADD1leation of Coal iJnsultability Criteria to ARCO <br />Coal Leases C-1362, C-0117192 and D-044569 <br />The coal unsuitability criteria analysis has been caapieted for portions <br />of the ARCO coal teases C-1362. C-0117192 nd D-044569. The report should <br />be fonrarded to OSFi ss nquesta!d. The criteria watt applied to those portions <br />of the leases sanaged by the SLM. The U. S. Forst Service has applied the <br />criteria to those portl ors of the ]eases sauuged by tMla. <br /> <br />unsuitability analysts and•reporls are required for all non-producing leases <br />_ issued prior to July 19. 1979. Therefore, they have been applied as a part <br />of the process of reviarr and eppr9va7 of the MG. Gunnison No. 1 Mine and. <br />Reclamation Plan ~ - - <br />- Four areas were eorssidared unsuitable for surface attntng. however. after t3~e ~ <br />exceptions ware applied, they wane considered suitable with stipulations. . <br />I am still in the piroClSS of consuiting witfi ISGS on floodplatns. The USf~ <br />requested (on Aprt1 14, 1981) an additional 45 days to respond. The <br />Colorado Mined Land Recta®tlon Board is•betng eonsultsd on alluvial valley <br />floors. Therefore, the analysis of Criteria Numbers 16 and 19 wt11 be eom- <br />pieced when consultation wt~ tb6'S and CMLRB is completed. <br />Also enclosed is a copy of a memorandum from the Uncompahgre Basin Resource <br />Area Wldllfe Biologist which may be of interest to OSM. This mtsmorend~ <br />~- indicates that then may be other areas unsuitable for coal miMng but are <br />not on lands managed by BLM. <br /> <br />- - -- -- - <br />