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• 1816M MEMORANDUM T0: THROUGH: FROM: United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING o RECLA~b1ATiON AND ENFORCEMENT ~ BROOKS TOWERS ~ 1020 15TH STREET DEN VER, COLORADO 80202 In Reply Refer "f o: March 31, 1988 4441 CO-0038 Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Deputy Director, Operations and Technical Services Assistant Director, Western Field Operations SUBJECT: Recommendation to Approve the De se redo Mine Mining Plan, as Modified, Western Fuels-Utah, Inc., Rio Blanco County, Colorado, Federal Leases C-023703, D-047201, C-8424, C-8425, C-012669, and C-44693 I. Recommendation I recommend approval with conditions of the Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. (WFU) De serado mine mining plan, as modified. Approval of this mining plan, sa modified, will supersede the mining plan approved in May 1986 for the De serado mine. My recommendation is based on the complete permit application package (PAP), including revisions, updated to November 23, 1987, an Environmental Assessment of the proposed mining and reclamation operations and alternatives prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BEM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), a technical analysis prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD), and the administrative record. Approval of the mining plan, as modified, will authorize mining of approximately 1.8 million additional tone of Federal coal within the mining plan modification area which will contain approximately 344.3 acres within Federal lease C-44693, as shown on the maps included xith this memorandum. During the review of the PAP, certain elements of the applicant's proposal xere identified that require special conditions to comply xith Federal law, and those special conditions are incorporated into the proposed mining plan approval document. In conjunction with OSMRE'e processing of the mining plan modification associated with this action, OSMRE also reviewed the previously approved mining plan, and mining plan modifications for the Deserado mine. The mining plan approval document contained herein reflects the mining plan as previously approved along with the modification recommended herein for approval. The mining plan approval document identifies the leased Federal coal lands in the previously approved mining plan area along with the leased Federal coal lands recommended for approval with this • modification.