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United States Department of the Interior <br />• <br />IN pFq Y AFfF]I 1D <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MIMNG <br />Reclamation and Etlforeement <br />1999 Broadway. Suite 3320 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />May 15, 1998 <br />CO-0093 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Director <br />FROM: ~ Regional Director, <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation for <br />Mining Plan Action <br />Twentymile Coal Coi <br />County, Colorado <br />I. Action Required <br />Weste~nal Coordinating Center <br />Approval Without Conditions of the <br />for Federal Lease COC-54608 at <br />npany's Foidel Creek Mine, Routt <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 mining plan <br />modification for Federal lease COC-54608 at the Foidel Creek <br />Mine. This is a mining plan modification for an underground <br />coal mine being permitted under the Federal lands program, <br />the approved Colorado State program, and the cooperative <br />agreement. <br />My recommendation to approve the mining plan modification is <br />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 />• <br />