GENERAL49990

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Federal Lease C-1362 Decision Doc
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

The Colorado MLRD has reviewed WECC's PAP in accordance with the
approved State program and the cooperative agreement. In
coordination with Colorado MLRD's review, OSM reviewed the PAP,
including the operation and reclamation plan portion of the permit
• application, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
(SMCRA), the Federal Lands Program, and the cooperative agreement,
and provided its review comments to the Colorado MLRD.
The Colorado MLRD submitted on August 27, 1985, to OSM a decision
package containing the following: (1) its Proposed Decision and
Findings of Compliance for the State's approval with conditions of
the revision to State permit number C-007-80;(2) a chronology of
events relating to the processing of the PAP; and (3> the State's
permit document. The Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
was prepared by the Colorado MLRD in accordance with the cooperative
agreement to assist OSM in the preparation of this environmental
assessment in compliance with NEPA and the guidelines of the Council
on Environmental Quality. OSM has reviewed the Proposed Decision
and Findings of Compliance and agrees with the analysis and
conclusions except as discussed below; therefore, the Proposed
Decision and Findings of Compliance is incorporated as an integral
part of this environmental assessment.
2. Alternatives
Alternative 1, Approval Without Conditions--The Assistant Secretary
for Land and Minerals Management may approve the mining plan
modification in accordance with the recommendation of the Colorado
• MLRD.
Alternative 2, Disapproval--The Assistant Secretary for Land and
Minerals Management may disapprove the mining plan modification.
This alternative would have the same effect as taking no action.
Alternative 3, Approval With
Land and Minerals Management
modification with additional
attached to the State permit
of the mining plan approval
alternative.
Conditions--The Assistant Secretary for
may approve the mining plan
special Federal conditions beyond those
by Colorado MLRD and the requirements
document. This is the preferred
3. Affected Environment
The description of the affected environment within its resource
setting is contained in the Introduction of the State's Proposed
Decision and Findings of Compliance (pages 6 and 7).
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