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~ \J <br />J <br />1591M <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: <br />TFIItOUGH: <br />FROM: <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SCIRFACE JIiNING ~~ <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />BROOKS TOWERS '~ ~ <br />1020 {5TH STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80202 <br />In Reply Refer To: <br />4441 <br />CO-0019 <br />Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement <br />Deputy Director, Operations and Technical Services <br />Assistant Director, Western Field Operations <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation to Approve the Eagle Mines No. 5 and No. 6 Mine <br />Mining Plan, as Modified, Empire Energy Corporation, Moffat <br />County, Colorado, Federal Leases C-30656, D-056298, and C-0126480 <br />I. Recommendation <br />• <br />I recommend approval with conditions of the Empire Energy Corporation <br />(EEC) Eagle Mines No. 5 and No. 6 mine mining plan, as modified. <br />Approval of this mining plan, as modified, will supersede the mining <br />plans approved on November 2, 1983 and July 16, 1984 for the Eagle <br />Mines No. 5 and No. 9 mine. My recommendation is based on the complete <br />permit application package (PAP), updated to March 18, 1967, an <br />Environmental Assessment of the proposed mining and reclamation <br />operations and alternatives prepared by the Office of Surface Mining <br />Reclamation and Enforcement (OSDIRE), a technical analysis prepared by <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD), and the <br />administrative record. Approval of the mining plan, as modified, will <br />authorize continued mining within the mining plan area which will <br />contain approximately 1,100 acres within Federal leases C-30656, <br />D-056298, and C-0126480, as shown on the map included with this <br />memorandum. During the review of the PAP, certain elements of the <br />applicant's proposal were identified that require special conditions to <br />comply with Federal law, and those special conditions are incorporated <br />into the proposed mining plan approval document. <br />In conjunction with OSMRE's processing of the mining plan modification <br />associated with this action, OSMRE also reviewed the previously <br />approved mining plans and the Federal permit number CO-0019, issued on <br />November 2, 1983 and revised on July 20, 1984, for the Eagle Mines <br />No. 5 and No. 9 mine. All terms and conditions of the Federal permit <br />will be included in the Colorado permit number C-81-044 and the mining <br />plan approval document. <br />• <br />