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• <br />United States Department of the Interior , <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Redamalion and Enforcement <br />Washington, D.C. 20240 <br />AUG . t z3ou <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />To: Sylvia Baca, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management <br />From: Kathrine L. Henry, Acting Direc ~I ,,, <br />Subject: Recommendation for Approval without Special Cf~ndi~ of Twentymile Coal <br />Company's Foidel Creek Mine Mining Plan Modification for Federal Lease COC- <br />54608, Routt County, Colorado <br />I recommend approval without special conditions of the Foidel Creek Mine mining plan <br />modification based on: <br />(I) Twentymile Coal Company's complete permit application package (PAP), <br /> <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, <br />(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable requirements of other Federal <br />laws, regulations, and executive orders, <br />(4) comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, and <br />the public, <br />(5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management regazding <br />[he resource recovery and protection plan, the Federal lease requirements, and the <br />Mineral Leasing Act, and <br />(6) the Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for Permit Revision No. 5, <br />Foidel Creek Mine, C-82-056, of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />regarding the PAP and the Colorado State program. <br />The Secretary may approve a mining plan for Federal leases under 30 U.S.C. §§ 207(c) and <br />1273(c). Under 30 CFR Chapter V[l, Subchapter D, I find that the proposed mining plan will be <br />incompliance with all applicable laws and regulations. <br />vQ7pE.IN~ <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />Attachment <br />