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P4MEST OF rhP <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> 9 <br /> n° OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br /> Reclamation and Edorcemen, <br /> y - aq 1777 Broadway,Suite 3320 <br /> ,RCH 3 s9 Deaver,Colorado 80202-5733 <br /> December 8 , 1994 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Director <br /> THROUGH: Deputy Director <br /> FROM: Acting Assistant Director, Western Support Center <br /> SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval with a Condition of the <br /> Mountain Coal Company' s West Elk Mine Mining Plan for <br /> Federal Lease COC-54558 , Gunnison and Delta Counties, <br /> Colorado <br /> I . Recommendation <br /> • I recommend approval with a condition of the West Elk Mine <br /> mining plan for Federal lease COC-54558 . Approval of this <br /> mining plan supplements the West Elk Mine mining plans for <br /> Federal leases C-0117192 , D-044569 , C- 1362 approved on July <br /> 15 , 1981 and modified on August 16 , 1985, September 27, <br /> 1985 , November 21, 1987 , and December 22, 1,989 . My <br /> recommendation is based on: (1) Mountain Coal Company' s <br /> (MCC) complete permit application package (PAP) , (2) <br /> compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of <br /> 1969 , (3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable <br /> requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and <br /> executive orders, (4) comments and recommendations or <br /> concurrence of other Federal agencies, and the public, (5) <br /> the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land <br /> Management with respect to the resource recovery and <br /> protection plan and other requirements of the Federal lease <br /> and the Mineral Leasing Act , and (6) the findings and <br /> recommendations of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology with respect to the PAP and the Colorado State <br /> program. <br /> Approval of this mining plan will authorize mining of <br /> approximately 10 million tons of Federal coal within the <br /> approved mining plan area covering 1, 012 acres within <br /> • Federal lease COC-54558 , as shown on the maps included with <br /> this decision document . The U.S . Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> requested that the mining plan be approved with a special <br />