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F <br />°' ~ ^.-~. <br />o` <br />'" o <br />. ~ <br />*M~ , nn <br />2153M <br />MEMORANDUM <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECL.a~LYfION AND ENFORCEJIENT <br />BROOKS fOR'ERS <br />10°0 l~ fH S"TREE"C <br />DEN1'ER, COLOR.IDO 80?0? <br />November 17, 1988 <br />T0: Chief, Federal Programs Division <br />j~~ ~ <br />MICE N ~ <br />-~ ~ <br />^ <br />In ReNly Relrr 'I n: <br />4441 <br />Co-0030 <br />THROUGH: d~` Chief, Federal Lands Branch~/~ ,~i1 <br />FROM: Richard }{olbrook, Project Leader ~j~ <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation to Terminate Federal Permit CO-0030 for the Kaiser <br />Steel Corporation Chimney Rock Cosl Mine, Archuleta County, <br />Colorado <br />I. Recommendation <br /> <br />I recommend termination of Federal permit CO-0030, issued on January <br />24, 1984, for the Kaiser Steel Corporation Chimney Rock Coal mine. i4y <br />recommendation is based on the existence of the Colorado cooperative <br />agreement which provides for the delegation to the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (NERD) of the permitting responsibilities for <br />operations on Federal lands pursuant to Section 523 of the Surface <br />Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA); the issuance of the <br />Colorado State perruit C-81-023 in accordance with the Colorado State <br />program and cooperative agreement; incorporation of all necessary <br />Federal permit conditions in the State permit; and the approved mining <br />plan for Federal lease, C-34886. Attached to this memorandum are the <br />applicsble standard and special conditions of approval of the Chimney <br />Pock Coal mine mining plan approved by the Assistant Secreta.-y on <br />January 23, 1984, for Federal lease C-34886. These conditions were <br />previously incorporated in the Federal permit. Notwithstanding the <br />termination of the Federal permit, these conditions will remain in <br />full force and effect. <br />Colorado DiLRD has reviewed the permit application package (PAP) for <br />the Chimney Rock Coal mine under the Colorado State program and <br />cooperative agreement (30 CFR 906.30) and has issued Colorado permit <br />C-81-023 authorizing surface coal mining and reclamation operations on <br />Federal and non-Federal lands in the permit area pursuant to the State <br />program and cooperative agreement. A copy of the bond in the amount <br />of 800,000.00, payable to the United States and the State of <br />Colorado, is on file with OSMRE. <br />