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z~ <br />c. Rejection of Application. An application for suspension of a coal <br />or solid mineral lease or IM1 may be rejected for failure to file <br />an acceptable application or the lessee's inability to justifq the <br />need for a suspension. <br />Vhere there is an incomplete application and the applicant <br />does not respond rithin the time alloyed, and does not request <br />an ezteasioo of time la which to comply, a decision subject to <br />appeal, shall be issued by the authorized officer rejecting <br />the application. <br />° If after reviering the required reports from the appropriate <br />field offices and other Federal Agencies, the authorized <br />officer determines that a lease suspension cannot be approved <br />for the coal or solid mineral lease or i?!U, a decision <br />document, affording the suspension applicant the right of <br />appeal, shall be issued. the decision document shalt clearly <br />state the reason(s) for rejecting the suspension application <br />either in whole or in part. The rationale for the rejection <br />must be supported by documentation in the case file. <br />•* Update AIa1RS and SLtlS that the application has been <br />rejected. <br />d. Appeals. All decisions rejecting applications for suspension of <br />:riich aporcve an application for a di:`e_ent ?e:iod t`:an <br />requested, are subject to appeal to the Interior Board of is ad <br />Appeals. These decisions must contain the standard paragraph <br />describing the right of appeal. If the applicant appeals the <br />rejection of the suspension application, the complete case file Le <br />forwarded to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBIA) by <br />certified mail, return receipt requested. <br />*• Update AI?IItS and SI21.S that as appeal has been tiled. IIpon <br />IBIA ruling end return of the case file, update both systems <br />as necessary. <br />e. dies to Other Offices. Copies of decisions approving or <br />rejecting a suspension application rill be sent to the appropriate <br />BI?! Mstrlct or Area Office and any Federal Agency that ran <br />consulted during the decision process. 2445 shall be sent a copy <br />of all decisions effecting rental, royalty, or production <br />requirements. <br />`_.~ <br />Attachment 1-30 <br />