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• CHRONOLOGY - <br />Orchard Valley Mine <br />Federal Leases C-25079, C-27432, D-036955, C-37210 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />DATE EVENT <br />January 29, 1991 Cyprus Orchard Valley Coal Corporation <br />(COVCC) submitted the permit application <br />package (PAP) under the approved Colorado <br />State Program to the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (NERD) for a permit <br />revision for the Orchard Valley Mine. <br />January 30, 1991 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and <br />Enforcement (OSM) received the PAP. <br />February 8, 1991 Colorado MLRD determined that the PAP was <br />administratively complete for public review <br />and comment. <br />March 6, 1991 COVCC published in the Delta County <br />Independent that its complete PAP was filed <br />• with Colorado MLRD. <br />April 15, 1991 OSM received COVCC's submittals amending the <br />May 8, 1991 PAP. <br />May 17, 1991 <br />June 20, 1991 <br />September 11, 1991 The Bureau of Land Management provided its <br />findings and recommendations on the approval <br />of the mining plan. <br />October 9, 1991 OSM's Archaeologist indicated that the <br />reduced mining will not result in any <br />changes to previous clearances by the State <br />Historic Preservation Officer. <br />November 22, 1991 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided <br />its final consultation comments on the <br />mining plan. <br />November 25, 1991 Colorado MLRD approved the PAP. <br />November 26, 1991 OSM received Colorado MLRD's final Decision <br />and Findings of Compliance. <br />July 1992 OSM's Western Support Center (WSC) <br />• recommended that the mining plan <br />modification be approved. <br />