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• Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (MLRD) has reviewed the PAP associated with this mining plan modification under the Colorado State program, the Federal Lands Program (30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter D) and the Colorado Cooperative Agreement (30 CFR Part 906) and has recommended approval of the mining plan, as modified. Pursuant to the State program and the cooperative agreement, Colorado MLRD approved the permit revision for the proposed operations at the Energy No. 1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mines on September 29, 1985. The operation and reclamation plan portion of the PAP was reviewed by OSMRE for compliance with SMCRA, the Federal Lands Program, and all other requirements of applicable Federal laws. The resource recovery and protection plan xas reviewed by the Bureau of Land Management for compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, and 43 CFR Part 3480. The mining plan approval document included with this memorandum will be in conformance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), the applicable Federal regulations, and the Colorado cooperative agreement. I recommend that you advise the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, under 30 CFR Part 746, that the Colorado Yampa Coal Company's Energy Na. 1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mine mining plan, as modified, • is ready for approval. I concur with Colorado MLRD that a bond in the amount of $7,499,000.00 is adequate. I have determined that this action will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. II. Background The Energy No. 1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mines are located in Routt County, Colorado, approximately 25 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and have been operating since 1962. The mines were permitted under the approved Colorado permanent regulatory program in March 24, 1980. Since the original approval of the mining plan, there have been no mining plan modifications. The permit revision area associated with this mining plan modification contains approzimately 30 acres, all of which are leased Federal coal (CO-26914)• The surface acreage is non-Federal. Including the permit revision area associated xith this mining plan modification, the Energy No. 1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mines permit area will contain approzimately 6,711 acres. Upon approval of this mining plan, as modified, the approved mining plan area for the Energy No. 1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mines xill contain approximately 4,655 acres within Federal leases C-22644, C-20900, C-128433, C-081330, D-052547, C-16284 and C-26914.