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Surface P,eclarr.ation <br />• WSC haS not subr~itted information on the surface reclamation of <br />disturbed areas. Hc~~rever, regulations in 30(CFR): 724 require tha± the <br />mine perliit application contain information en the reclamation o_eratien <br />designed by the cor::pany. In addition, section 515 of the Surface ~:ininy <br />control ar.d Beclar.~ation Act (SfSC~r;} requires that reclamation of an area <br />• to the previous land-use be assured before an area is ccnsiGered <br />suitable for surface coal riming operations. Coordinatfen'~„ith tl~e <br />state of Colorado on appropriate surface reclamation of these sites is <br />required. <br />Authorizinc P.cticns and Interrelationshi <br />Discussions cf required authorizations and interrelationshi,a for <br />this short-ter... lease application nay be found- later in this chapter. <br />Authorizing ~.ctions <br />Bureau of Land ;;ana5ement (BLt;) <br />BLA;, in consultation with the USGS, revie;rs short-terra coal lease <br />applications sub;~.itted under the criteria for short-tern leasing derineC <br />by the June 14, 1°78, court decision in i„DC vs N.uches. In coordination <br />with L'SGS, BLi. prepares a technical exa;njenvircn.,:ental ass essr::er~t <br />(TE/EA) to analyze the potential impacts cf any proposed short-term <br />lease which meets the above criteria and to develop riiicatinc ceasures <br />to be included as lease stipulations in the event cer..petitive sales cn <br />the tracts are held. BL.. conducts a public hearin5 ar.d provides <br />opportunity for public co:.r.;ent on the draft TE/E~.. BLi! must also <br />evaluate short-term lease proposals with respec*_ to the prop~esed <br />unsuitability criteria developed by the Department of the Interior in <br />co~,~pl i ance with Section 522 of S'•1CRA. <br />Following completion of the final TE/EA on short-term lease <br />applications C-27432 and C-27103, tiie '^ontrose Cistrict Cr"fice or BLh^. <br />will for;,'ard the short-term lease applications, tine unsuitability <br />criteria report, the TE/EA, and peel iminary recc-..~endaticns to fire BL''. <br />State Director in Denver. The State Director will cape a preliminary <br />determination of the need for an environintal impact statement, publish <br />the determination, and receive comments from the public and other local, <br />state, and federal asencies for a period of 30 days. After the com~,ent <br />period has closed and the ccir.:,.ents have been revie;ied, the State <br />Director vrill either decide that an environmental state:aent is needed or <br />trill forward the case to the Secretary of the Interior for his decision. <br />The State Director grill then send case files, the TE/E A, unsuitability <br />reports, and his recon~aendations to the Secretary. <br />• <br />