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f <br />~\ ' L <br />r'te'; <br />.~ <br />Memorandum <br />United States Depaztment of the Interior <br />OFFICE Or SURFnC.G MTNIrIG <br />RccLutLttioa and Enfaroccirnt <br />WASHINGTON, A,G. 20240 ~v~ 1 ~ ~g~ <br />To: Assistant Secretary for <br />Fram:~C'INCDirector, 0£f ice of Sur <br />Sub3ect: Recommendation for Mine <br />Mines, Gunnison Countp, <br />D-p52501, D-044569, and <br />Energy and Minerals <br />Face Mining <br />Plan for B ar bl, A2, and b3 <br />Colorado (Federal I.esae <br />C-0117192) <br />Pursuant to 30 CFR 741.12(d), I am advising you that the Office <br />of Surface 141ning (OSM) is prepared to approve a permit for the <br />Bear dl, b2, and b3 Hines. Mp decision to approve Bear Coal <br />Company's application for a permit under the Federal lands <br />program is based on the applicant's complete permit application <br />and the attached stipulations, public participation, sad the <br />review and processing of the application by 6Sri and the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division ae required by <br />Subchapter D of 30 CFR Chapter VII and the approved Colorado <br />State Program and in compliance with the National Environmental <br />Policy Act. <br />I adopt the Administrator's recommended decision, which <br />includes the findings required by 30 CFR 741.17. Accordingly, <br />I sm prepared to issue the attached permit if your 3ecision on <br />the mining and reclamation plan is favorable. The updated plan <br />that iacludee Hear 03 was submitted on November 12, 1981, with <br />supplemental information submitted in February and March 1982 <br />and comprising volumes 1 through 4 as aummari:ed herein. These <br />volumes and addendums are on file in OSM's Western Technical <br />Center. Ieeuaace of the permit, together with this memorandum <br />and the contents of the attached regional recommendation <br />package, will constitute my fiual decision under 30 CFH <br />741.21(s)(S). Under 30 CFR 787.11, my final decision may be <br />appealed to the Office of ftearinbe and Appeals. <br />Attachments <br />I concur: <br />sistant Secretary for Energy and Miae,~ala <br />i4 ~ ~ ~U <br />Dare <br />'t'. u <br />