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PlM NT OF ThP <br />a <br />• s $ <br />,~ . <br />"+CN s '° <br />Memorandum <br />To: ~~ Ass <br />s14'..-~"'' <br />From: `~Dir <br />EEB 9 1990 <br />• <br />Subject: <br />Coal Compan <br />for Federal <br />C-0125439, <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 <br />_ ^ <br />~i~ <br />.~ <br />~ ^ <br />Land and Minerals Management <br />ion f Approval of the Grand Valley <br />y's M lane Canyon Mine Mining Plan <br />Leases C-0125437, C-0125515, and <br />Garfield County, Colorado <br />I recommend approval of the Grand Valley Coal Company's <br />McClane Canyon Mine mining plan for Federal leases <br />C-0125437, C-0125515, and C-0125439 pursuant to the Mineral <br />Leasing Act of 1920, as amended. This mining plan <br />supersedes the McClane Canyon mining plan for Federal lease <br />C-0125439 approved on July 6, 1982, and modified on <br />June 2, 1986. My recommendation to approve the McClane <br />Canyon Mine mining plan is based on: (1) Grand Valley Coal <br />Company's complete permit application package (PAP), <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act <br />of 1969, (3) documentation assuring compliance with <br />applicable requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, <br />and executive orders, (4) comments and recommendations or <br />concurrence of other Federal agencies, and the public, <br />(5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land <br />Management with respect to the resource recovery and <br />protection plan and other requirements of the Federal <br />leases and the Mineral Leasing Act, and (6) the findings <br />and recommendations by the Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology with respect to the PAP and the Colorado State <br />program. <br />The Secretary may approve a mining plan for Federal leases <br />under 30 U.S.C. §§ 207(c) and 1273(c). Pursuant to 30 CFR <br />Chapter VII, Subchapter D, I find that the proposed mining <br />plan will be in compliance with all applicable laws and <br />regulations. The decision document for the proposed mining <br />plan action is attached. <br />Attachment <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />• <br />