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United States Department of the Interior <br />• <br />MEMORANDUM <br />June 13, 1996 <br />TO: <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and En(orconm[ <br />1999 Broadwry, Soire 332D <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />Director <br />4541 <br />CO-0093 <br />THROUGH: Deputy Director <br />FROM: eg D~ector, Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval without conditions of the <br />Twentymile Coal Company's Foidel Creek Mine Mining Plan <br />Actions for Federal Leases C-081330, COC-54608 and D- <br />052547, Routt County, Colorado <br />Action Required <br />• <br />Please sign the enclosed memorandum to the Assistant <br />Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, if you agree with <br />the recommendation described below. Then forward the <br />enclosed decision document to the Assistant Secretary for <br />his/her decision to sign the mining plan approval document. <br />If you are not in agreement with the recommendation, please <br />advise me of your concerns. <br />II. Recommendation <br />I recommend approval without conditions of the Foidel Creek <br />Mine new mining plan for Federal lease COC-54608 and mining <br />plan modifications for Federal leases C-081330 and D-052547. <br />This is a new mining plan and mining plan modifications for <br />an underground coal mine being permitted under the Federal <br />lands program, the approved Colorado State program, and the <br />cooperative agreement. , <br />My recommendation to approve the Foidel Creek Mine mining <br />plan actions is based on: <br />(1) Twentymile Coal Company's (TCC) complete permit <br />application package (PAP), <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969, <br />(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable <br />• requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and <br />executive orders, <br />