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• <br /> <br /> <br />Assistant Secretarial Findings Fdr <br />Minine Plan Aooroval <br />1. The Assistant Secretary determines tY.at approval of the Energy No. <br />1, Energy No. 2 and Eckman Park mines mining elan, as modified, <br />including the operation and reclamation plan portion of the permit <br />application, complies with the Hineral Leasing Act of 1920, as <br />amended, the terms of the lease, the Federal Lands Program, and a'_1 <br />other requirements of applicable Federal laws. (See Office of <br />Surface Mining Reclamatior. and Enforcement Findings and Bureau of <br />Land Management letter dated September 4, 1985.) <br />2. The Department has considered the effect of a decision on the <br />mining plan, as modified, on historic properties in accordance with <br />the National Historic Preservation Act. (See State Historic <br />Preservation Officer letter dated February 8, 1980.) <br />3. The proposed operation is not likely to jeopardize the continued <br />existence of threatened or endangered species or result in the <br />destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats, as <br />determined under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 <br />et sec.). (See letter from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />dated December 16, 1985 and the verification of the applicant's <br />payment to the Upper Colorado River Basin endangered fishes fund.) <br />• <br />l~4oASSist <br />cw <br />rotary for Land and Minerals Management <br />L - z. G 5 J <br />Date <br />• <br />