GENERAL56566

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/17/1992
• Doc Name: FEDERAL LEASE COC-49465 ‎(1)‎ RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL
• From: osm
• To: land and mineral management
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• Reclamation and Enforcement, Western Support Center,
evidence that the reclamation bond contains the
following condition:
If the Colorado State/Federal Cooperative
Agreement (30 CFR 5 906.30) is terminated, this
bond shall be payable only to the United States to
the extent that Federal lands are involved.
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (NERD) reviewed the
permit revision application under the Colorado State
program, the Federal lands program (30 CFR Chapter VII,
Subchapter D), and the Colorado cooperative agreement (30
CFR 906.30). Pursuant to the Colorado State program and the
cooperative agreement, Colorado MLRD approved the permit
revision application on June 7, 1991.
OSM has consulted with other Federal agencies for compliance
with the requirements of applicable Federal laws, and their
comments and concurrences are included in the decision
document. The resource recovery and protection plan was
reviewed by the Bureau of Land Management (BEM) for
compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended,
and 43 CFR Part 3480, and BLM recommended approval of the
mining plan in a memorandum dated September 6, 1991. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided its final
• consultation comments under Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act in a memorandum dated October 21, 1991. The
State Historic Preservation Officer concurred with OSM's
assessment and recommendations for protection of cultural
resources in a letter dated October 7, 1991.
2 have determined that the proposed area of mining plan
approval is not unsuitable for mining in accordance with
section 522 (b) of SMCRA.
The permit revision area is not on any Federal lands within
the boundaries of any national forest.
OSM has determined that approval of this mining plan will
not have a significant impact on the quality of the human
environment. The impacts of approval of this mining plan
and alternatives are described in the environmental
assessment included with the decision document.
The mining plan approval document included in the decision
document is in conformance with the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920, as amended, and applicable Federal regulations. I
recommend that you advise the Assistant Secretary, Land and
Minerals Management, under 30 CFR Part 746, that the NRC's
Ring Coal Mine mining plan for Federal lease COC-49465 is
• ready for approval.