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<br /> <br />cF.RTIFIED NAIL 15 AUG 1979 <br />Colorado Aestmoralaad, Ise. <br />P. 0. Boz S , <br />Pt~onia, CO 81428 , <br />DECIS IO*i <br />LEASE ISS[IED <br />Sabject to execution by the authorized officer(s) of Colorado <br />,Westmoreland. Inc. and of this office, Coal Lease C-27432 ie hereby <br />leaned effective September 1, 1979. Section 30c of the lease eon- <br />[aina a nazinum coal production limitation of 700,000 tone per year. <br />Thi.a limitation is consistent with the lease proposal addreaeed in <br />the Environmental Assessment (CO-030-9-34) dated Y.arch 13. 1979, and <br />contained in the notice of sale pablished is the Federal Recister on <br />June 1, 1979, (FR reference 79-17017) and in the detailed statement <br />for the lease proposal. Th1a proposal vas consistent with the pro- <br />• vialona of the amended court order 1n.NRDC v. ilu hem 454 F. Supp. <br />148 (O,D.C. 1978), under vhlch this lease proposal vas addreaeed and <br />the sale held. <br />me Bureau o! Land Hanageaeat is no longer subject to the reatrie- <br />tiane of the amended court order in 1,T.DC v. Aurhes. Therefore, <br />apon execution of thin lease eontaiuiag the coal production limita- <br />tioa in Seetioa 30, the Bureau viii pro~tly initiate the enviroa- <br />nmatal aaalyaie and other procedures necessary to determine whether <br />it i.e in the public interest to exercise the authority reserved in <br />Section 30 of the lease. Section 30 providca thnt, by mutual consent <br />of the partlea to the lease. the production llnltation contained in <br />Section 30ccmay be 3eleted. Should the parties agree to delete t2ie <br />praductiaa limitation fros Section 30c, the lessee'vould tbm be <br />subject to the time frame limitatlane of 43 CFR 3425.1-4 retarding <br />" an7 future applications for and iasuanee of leaaea related to the <br />• Orchard Valley Nina. <br />CO-946 (HCA) <br />C-27432-Coal <br />• <br />