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~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />BROOKS TO6VERS <br />1020 15TH STREET <br />DENVER. COLORADO 80202 <br />2191M December 9, 1988 <br />>~` ~a ~~.>.i ~T. v - :-fie :~~ <br />John Walters _ :_ . ~r: ~ .`~ ~. . o i~-i' <br />Salt Creek Mining Company ,~ ~ ,,, <br />751 Horizon Court ~~`-~ ~ ' ~ 1:',c3 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 _ <br />.:r-~. .....:.i <br />Dear Mr. Walters: tcC_a;~~!T.';:i;•d ~;i`.~.',::..)`d <br />TAIL ~~ <br />~~ <br />~ i <br />In Reply Refer To: <br />4441 <br />CO-0069 <br />The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has <br />terminated, effective immediately, Federal permit CO-0069, issued on December <br />22, 1982, for Salt Creek Mining Company's Munger Canyon mine. The Federal <br />permit xas terminated is accordance xith OSMRE's Directive on the Termination <br />of Federal Permits because the State has a cooperative agreement that <br />delegates the permitting reaponaibilitiea on Federal lands to the State, and <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD) has issued State permit <br />C-81-020 for the Munger Cagvon mine in accordance xith the Colorado State <br />program and cooperative agreement. <br />I have enclosed the memorandum terminating the Federal permit. Attached to <br />the memorandum are the applicable standard conditions of approval of the <br />Munger Canyon mine mining plan approved by the Assistant Secretary on December <br />22, 1982, for Federal leases C-0125515 and C-0125516. These conditions rare <br />previously incorporated in the Federal permit. Notxithetanding the <br />termination of the Federal permit, these conditions remain in full force and <br />effect. <br />Colorado MLRD is nor the regulatory authority for surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations on Federal lands at the Munger Canyon mine under <br />Colorado State permit C-81-020, the Colorado State program, and the <br />Cooperative agreement. Mining operations on Federal lessee C-0125515 sad <br />C-0125516 must be conducted in accordance xith the approved mining plan <br />including the standard coaditione, the leases, the Mineral Leasing Act of <br />1920, as amended, and its implementing regulations, ae rail as the State <br />permit. <br />If you have any questions, please contact Rick Williamson at (303) 844-2915• <br />Encloeures <br />cc: Fred Banta, MLRD / <br />Robert Hagen, OSMRE/Albuquerque Field Office <br />Harold Belisle, Bureau of Land Management <br />Jeff Ondvke. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />