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United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE JI[\ING <br />R£CLAb1ATION .aYD EVFORCE~IEVT <br />BROOKS TOI1'ERS <br />1020 15TH STREET <br />DEVI'ER. COLOR.~DO 80202 <br />TAI~~ ~ <br />PRIDE IN ~ <br />~ ~ <br />~ ^ <br />In Repl} Rrfrr Tu: <br />1925M <br />:day 24, 1988 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Peter A. Rutledge, Chief <br />Federsl~Progrsms Di vis~ion~ <br />THROUGH: Ranvir Sinv gh~, Chief " <br />Federal Lands Branch <br />FROM: Rick Williamson, Project Leader ~/~, <br />Federal Lands Branch <br />'411 <br />CO-v'015 <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation to Terminate Federal Permit CO-0015 for the Colowyo <br />Mine, Moffat County, Colorado <br />c <br />I. Recommendation <br />I recommend termination of Federal permit CO-0015. issued on February 22, <br />1983, for Colowyo Cosl Company's Colowyo mine. My recommendation is based <br />on the existence of the Colorado cooperative agreement which provides for <br />the delegstion to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD) of <br />the peraitting responsibilities for operations on Federal lands pursuant to <br />Section 523 of SMCRA; the issuance of the Colorado State permit C-81-019; <br />incorporation of all necessary Federal permit conditions in the State <br />permit; and review of the mining plan approved on Februaxg 18, 1983, for <br />Federal leases D-034365 and C-35874. The applicable conditions of the <br />existing approval of the mining plan, which were previously incorporated in <br />the Federal permit, are appended to this memorandum as Attachment A. <br />The termination of the Federal permit is being done is conjunction with the <br />renewal of the Colorado State permit C-81-019• Colorado MLRD reviewed the <br />permit application package (PAP) under the Colorado State program, the <br />Federal lands program (30 CFR Chapter YII, Subchapter D) and the Colorado <br />cooperative agreement (30 CFR 906.30) and issued Colorado permit C-81-019 <br />which authorizes surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Federal <br />and non-Federal lands fn the permit area pursuant to the State program and <br />cooperative agreement. 'A copy of the bond is the amount of $8,747,405 <br />payable to the United State snd the State of Colorado, is on file with <br />OSMRE. <br />