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• <br /> <br />• <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enfomment <br />WASHIIVGTON~ D.Q 2020 <br />~~ <br />MIDfN~ <br />~ ~ <br />Memorandum <br />To: Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management <br />From: Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation <br />and Enforcement <br />Subject: Recommendation for Approval of the Bear Coal <br />Company's Bear Mine Mining Plan Modification for <br />Federal Lease C-42481, Gunnison County, Colorado <br />recommendations of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology with respect to the PAP and the Colorado State <br />program. <br />National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, (3) <br />documentation assuring compliance with applicable <br />requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and <br />executive orders, (4) comments and recommendations or <br />concurrence of other Federal agencies, and the public, (5) <br />the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land <br />Management with respect to the resource recovery and <br />protection plan and other requirements of the Federal lease <br />and the Mineral Leasing Act, and (6) the findings and <br />I recommend approval with conditions of the Bear Coal <br />Company's Bear Mine mining plan modification for Federal <br />lease C-42481 pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, <br />as amended. This mining plan modification supplements the <br />Bear mining plan for Federal leases D-052501 and C-42481, <br />approved on December 26, 1985 and modified on June 8, 1989. <br />My recommendation to approve the Bear Mine mining plan <br />modification is based on: (1) Bear Coal Company's complete <br />permit application package (PAP), (2) compliance with the <br />The Secretary may approve a mining plan modification for <br />Federal leases under 30 U.S.C. §§ 207(c) and 1273(c). <br />Pursuant to 30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter D, I find that <br />the proposed mining plan will be in compliance with all <br />applicable laws and regulations. The decision document for <br />the proposed mining plan action is attached. <br />Attachment <br />