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<br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Doc Date:12111/2001 <br />OFFICE OF SURE~CE ~1INING <br />Rec4amatirnt and Enforcement <br />NashinQton, D.C. °0?411 <br />June 14, 1996 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management <br />From: Robert J. Uram <br />Director tt <br />Subject: Recommendation for Approval of the Twentymile Coal <br />Company's Foidel Creek Mine Mining Plan Actions for <br />Federal Leases C-081330, COC-54608 and D-052547, Routt <br />County, Colorado <br />You may approve a mining plan for Federal leases under 30 U.S.C. <br />§§ 207(c) and 1273(c). Please sign the enclosed mining plan <br />approval document if you agree with the following: <br />Pursuant to 30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter D, I find that <br />the proposed mining plan actions will meet all applicable <br />• laws and regulations. Therefore, 2 recommend approval <br />without conditions of the Twentymile Coal Company's Foidel <br />Creek Mine new mining plan for Federal lease COC-54608 and <br />mining plan modifications for Federal leases C-081330 and D- <br />052547 pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as <br />amended. <br />My recommendation to approve the Foidel Creek Mine mining plan <br />actions is based on: <br />(1) Twentymile Coal Company's complete permit application <br />package (PAP), <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of <br />1969, <br />(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable <br />requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and <br />executive orders, <br />(4) comments and recommendations or concurrence of other <br />Federal agencies, and the public, <br />(5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land <br />Management regarding the resource recovery and protection <br />• plan, the Federal lease requirements, and the Mineral <br />Leasing Act, and <br />