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• MEMORANDUM United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamadun and Enforcement Bruols Towers 1020 15th 8vee~ Denver. Coloadu 80?OL' TAKES ~ PRIDE INS AMEBIC-= ~ ^ TO: Director THROUGH: Deputy Director Operations and Technical Services FROM: Assistant Director Western Support Center SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval of the Grand Valley Coal Company's McClane Canyon Mine Mining Plan for Federal Leases C-0125437, C-0125515, and C-0125439, Garfield County, Colorado I. Recommendation • I recommend approval of the McClane Canyon Mine mining plan for Federal leases C-0125437, C-0125515, C-0125439. This mining plan will supersede the McClane Canyon mining plan for Federal leases C-0125439 approved on July 6, 1982, and modified on June 2, 1986. My recommendation to approve the McClane Canyon Mine mining plan is based on: (1) Grand Valley Coal Company's (GVCC) complete permit application package (PAP), (2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, (3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders, (4) comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, and the public, (5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management with respect to the resource recovery and protection plan and other requirements of the Federal leases and the Mineral Leasing Act, and (6) the findings and recommendations by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology with respect to the PAP and the Colorado State program. Approval of this mining plan will authorize mining of about 18.4 million tons of Federal coal within 2400 acres of Federal leases C-0125437, C-0125515, and C-0125439, as shown on the map included with this decision document. The review of the PAP indicated that GVCC's proposal would not require • special conditions to be included in the mining plan approval document to comply with Federal law.