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• The original mining plan for the Bear Mine was approved <br />under the Federal lands program on July 16, 1982, for mining <br />the C seam in Federal lease D-052501. Since that approval <br />there have been three other mining plan actions for the Bear <br />Mine. In 1985, BCC subleased a part of Atlantic Richfield <br />Company's Federal lease C-0117192. BLM designated the <br />subleased area as Federal lease C-42481. The Bear Mine <br />mining plan for adding the C seam of Federal lease C-42481 <br />was approved on December 26, 1985. In 1989, BCC constructed <br />ramps down from the C seam underground workings to the <br />B seam, and a mining plan modification for mining the B seam <br />in Federal leases D-052501 and C-42481 was approved on <br />June 8, 1989. On June 24, 1994, a mining plan modification <br />was approved for extending B seam mining into an additional <br />165 acres of Federal lease C-42481. <br />In October 1994, BCC was assigned rights to mine the B seam <br />in an additional 260 acres of Atlantic Richfield Company's <br />Federal leases C-0117192 and C-044569. BLM designated the <br />assigned areas as Federal leases COC-57632 and COC-57633. <br />This proposed mining plan action would extend B seam mining <br />into the additional 260 acres of Federal leases COC-57632 <br />and COC-57633. <br />The underground mining operations utilize room and pillar <br />mining methods. The Mesaverde Formation, Lower Coal Member, <br />• B coal seam is mined at an average production rate of about <br />500,000 tons per year. No additional surface disturbance <br />except mining-induced subsidence will result from this <br />action. <br />A chronology of events related to the processing of the PAP <br />is included with the decision document. The information in <br />the PAP, as well as other information identified in the <br />decision document, has been reviewed by Colorado DMG staff <br />in coordination with the OSM Project Leader. <br />During the review of the PAP, no major issues were <br />identified. <br />The public was notified of the availability of the PAP for <br />review by publication of newspaper notices for four <br />consecutive weeks, with a last publication date of <br />January 4, 1995. No public comments on the PAP were <br />received after the public notice was published. <br />Colorado DMG determined that a bond in the amount of <br />$155,000 is adequate for the Colorado Permit No. C-81-033 <br />associated with this mining plan action. The bond is <br />payable to the State and the United States. <br />• The PAP submitted by BCC and updated through January 19, <br />1995, Colorado DMG's Proposed Decision and Findings of <br />Compliance provided to OSM under the cooperative agreement, <br />