GENERAL39666

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Name: Recommendation of Approval of Federal Leases C-0125437, C-0125515 & C-0125439
• From: OSM
• To: LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Reclamation and En(orc<mcm
Stools Towers
1020 lith Sveet
Denvcr, Colorado 80202
MEMORANDUM
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THROUGH: Deputy Director
Operations and Technical Services
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FROM: Assistant Director
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SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval of the Grand Valley Coal
Company's McClane Canyon Mine Mining Plan for Federal
Leases C-0125437, C-0125515, and C-0125439, Garfield
County, Colorado
I. Recommendation
I recommend approval of the McClane Canyon Mine mining plan
for Federal leases C-0125437, C-0125515, C-0125439. This
mining plan will supersede the McClane Canyon mining plan
for Federar lease~C=0125439 approved on July 6, 1982, and
modified on June 2, 1986. My recommendation to approve the
McClane Canyon Mine mining plan is based on: (1) Grand
Valley Coal Company's (GVCC) complete permit application
package (PAP), (2) compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, (3) documentation assuring
compliance with applicable requirements of other Federal
laws, regulations, and executive orders, (4) comments and
recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies,
and the public, (5) the findings and recommendations of the
Bureau of Land Management with respect to the resource
recovery and protection plan and other requirements of the
Federal leases and the Mineral Leasing Act, and (6) the
findings and recommendations by the Colorado Division of
Minerals and Geology with respect to the PAP and the
Colorado State program.
Approval of this mining plan will authorize mining of about
18.4 million tons of Federal coal within 2400 acres of
Federal leases C-0125437, C-0125515, and C-0125439, as shown
on the map included with this decision document. The review
of the PAP indicated that GVCC's proposal would not require
special conditions to be included in the mining plan
approval document to comply with Federal law.