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BL•Mi~1SFS ID~9702405367 JAN 04'99 <br />•YI YV/VV ~V.\ iV.1V .'(.6 YVV iYi vYVY rrraraav... ~.r..r.. <br />p tOly0lpR <br />OFF1(~ OF 1iEARIIVOS AND APPFAIS <br />tmatorlow ottaae~~ <br />~ofs w~i,~ emfer.re <br />ANin~fan. Y~ia ]r~o] <br />OTC 2 11998 <br />~- 99-90 <br />~ t39ItVII~1 ?4t.4A CITI2Qf8 <br />905 No .001 P.02 <br />Ill Illllllllllll III <br />999 <br />~~~~dT~~ <br />Of~EB <br />°~-ae~~ <br />ooc-612091 m No. ~ 23 ~~ <br />t7os1 Leese implication <br />vacated and Fso~fded <br />Qi Novefiber 23, 1998, OorforJSfed Gavin Mesa Gitif:ezfa filed a notice of <br />appeal 81111 a request inai a stay of the Joint Findi:fg of Bb Significaat <br />Iupact and Derision Notice/Aationale signed oII October 19. 1999, by the <br />State Direcrtor, Colorado State Office, BuLami of Land Hanegaaent (BI2i), and <br />on October 14, by the forest Sf~ervisat, Grand Mena. ~h~oottpahgre and <br />Qftmie0tl Neti0tf31 Forests, U.5. fbrrst Secvict, RacJcy Mblfatain Region, <br />apDrovinq the anal lease apgliratian subnittad by Howls PeeouxOea, Ltd., <br />fox the Irar- Point 1Yact, Delta County, Coloracb (CbC.L61209). the joint <br />decisiact was based on the ettviro~attal atfalyais oatteined in the <br />Af]gct9t 1998 rnvlx~ental asseasttesft (IIU pxepn>•ed for the applirat~,ptt (f7- <br />No. U-98-23)'. <br />In a mOtiGtf filed on f]sceaber 14, 1998, f$M fequesta that the Boat+d <br />vacate atfd fetcs'atfd the cfecisiatf to clreeft the coal lease Otf the gtolIIld that <br />tfewly dieaovered e~videffcx has revealed that the actlal fni]ting rate of 4 to <br />6 tailli.+.. torts per year will be eignificatmly higber t2fan the projected <br />fnininq zeta upon which the analysis in the FA was prodfrited, i.e., l.5 to <br />2 adlliaa tote per year. ffiH states that this evidence renders its f7- <br />flafdame<ftally flawed sad that vamticu a~ retmnd of the lease app¢wal is <br />neoeeaary to alla~+ further affe-lyaia of the et'tvifot~meeftal iffpeete of mining <br />st the liighn"r rate. eecaffee we rind n6' reb>9aen to do'othezrrtse, wa great . <br />ffiM'! mOtlatl, ve~te t3fe lease app oval, etld ieIDBild Ufa t~9e for flfrther <br />analysis. <br />~refofx, pursuant to the mutlfority delegated to the BOatd o! Land <br />l~panls by the Secretary of the Datezior, 43 G.F.R. § 4.1, B2ll's deeteion <br />TA grant the lease Sa vacated atfd the m~e is r~ded. <br />BCUOe R. Harr <br />Duty Chief 71dm!_^+~~+ve Judge <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />