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• Section I - Purpose and Need for Action <br />Wyoming Fuels Company submitted an application, C-30168, which <br />~mcets the Emergency Coal Leasing Criteria pursuant to 43 CFR 3425.1-4 <br />(a) (I) (i). The purpose of the emergency leasing program is to offer <br />unleased coal deposits for lease sale, apart from the competitive leasing <br />process described in 43 CFR 3420.4 through 3420.1, where an emergency <br />need for that coal is demonstrated. In this case, ldyoming Fuels has <br />shown that its Canadian Strip Mine will close if federal coal is not <br />made available for lease sale before Tfay 1, 1980. ldyoming Fuels` <br />existing mining operation on private coal lands has been producing coal <br />for at least two years before the date of application, and the federal <br />coal is needed to maintain the existing operation at the current annual <br />level of production. <br />• The United States Geological Survey (USGS) documents that the lands <br /> required for mining the needed coal reserves are described as follows: <br />- T. 8 N., R 78 W., 6th P.M. <br />Sec. 3: SW'%,1dW3L, SlJiy <br />Sec. 10: W~NF:LNF~, NWl,,NF}L, NW'ti, S'~NF~ <br />and are located approximately 12 miles east of the town of Walden, Colorado. <br />Is"suance of the lease would allow Wyoming Fuels to continue to mine <br />and remove approximately 108,575 tons per year for eight years from the <br />Sudduth Coal Seam. <br />A surface mining operation using scrapers, crawler tractors and <br />trucks is proposed by the applicant. This method is currently employed <br />on Wyoming Fuels' existing mines and the Kerr Afine, located just north <br />of the Sigma 1•Sine. USGS believes this is the best method to gain the <br />• maximum economic recovery of [he coal resources in this area. <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />