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<br />-;- <br /> <br />• Svb]case" at cached hereto. F.?plicant h2s been informer, ty United <br />S ,.ztes S'.eel Corporation :h2: they do not have a cor.~petitive interest <br />in v:h at is co r..-only Y.nor.-+ and desirn zted as the "D" znd "9_" sezr..s <br />within the bounds of f.nnlicant's request for amendment and this request <br />for modification the rep:, 2s present lease holdin es and min inr <br />operations of '.he P.pp11C~.t, 20 re Cher v:ith atzndoned mires ad ,-:o ir.in,=_ <br />(Oliver ~o. 3 -fine--"D" Sea-) and contained Within (Oliver i•:o. 1 <br />r..in e--"D" Sezr..) the bcundzries o` Federzl Cozl ;.ease D-0$672=, <br />su'ostantizliv prevent Ur.cted Sates Steel Corporatior. `rcr.. er.terine zn~ <br />minine cozl from the "P•' znd "D" sez^s. ?urther, zn alytiezl testing <br />to dzte by the 6pplicart znd United St2tes Steel Ccrpora ;ion indi- <br />cares that the co'r.ing charzc.eristics inherent in "D" and "E" sear <br />cozl zre sobs antially inferior tc those o` lor+er sezm coal ("9_" <br />a-:d "C" Se aT:) and for this reason, upper sezm coal does not constitute~~ <br />a~ acceptable blending 2gent zt t're Geneve P1znt of Unified States Stee: <br />Co rp_ora :ion. <br />• 6s to the existence of z competitive interest by zny pax _y <br />otter thzn '.he Applicant and ~m fired St2tes Steel Corporzt ion fir. the <br />subject zcrea ee, it is sc'cmitted that any such pores ill in .erest <br />would be (dye to the ir,zecesszbility znd sr.,zll size o; the acreage <br />applied for) purely speca alive in nature znd would prevent The <br />continued development of lands norr held by the Applicant. In this <br />res?ec t, AppllCant :125, since I::zy 1. 1970, invested in ercess o; <br />5E90,000 in the develo ~^ent of z new ;r:ine within the bounds o` <br />?eder2l Cczl ~e2se D-O5672L ('r.awY.•s i7est Tio. 3--norr prodvcin~_n <br />er.cesa o` 14,OOD tors per r..~onth) inclvdinc a 2,600 ^.. ert erasion <br />c'_' ,he iio-.^ =art =_z-,ch c` :.*.e Derver 'v:d F.io Grznde ?aa rczd: <br />?u ether, Applicant's rz~id cevelo ~r.er.= of }izwk's i:est ::o. 9 -fine <br />..*.ac ,l) provided ner+ job o??crt::-ities (thirty ir.d ividuzls provided <br />• <br />