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J <br />7) Approval of production level increase to 4.5 million <br />tons per year from the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board on July 24', 1980 and from the Office of Surface <br />Mining on August 29, 1980. <br />8) The assignment to Colowyo, a portion of Consolidation <br />Coal Company Lease No. C-29224 on July 14, 1982 <br />allowing Colowyo to mine through Section 11. The <br />assignment, Coal Lease No. C-35874 was also approved by <br />the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Geological <br />Survey. <br />9) Issuance to Colowyo, by the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division, Mining Permit-Coal Permit No. C-81-019 on <br />November 4, 1982. <br />10) Issuance to Colowyo, by USDI, Office of Surface Mining, <br />Permit Number CO-0015 on February 22, 1983. <br />11) The assignment to Colowyo, Coal Lease C-29224 from <br />Consolidation Coal Company effective February 1, 1989 <br />with approval by the Bureau of Land Management. <br />L J <br />12) January 25, 1989, approval by MLRD of a Technical <br />Revision Providing for the Mining of Section 11. <br />13) February 24, 1989, approval by USDI, OSMRE of Colowyo <br />Mine Mining Plan for Federal Lease No. C-29224. <br />14) June 4, 1992,. approval by CDMG of PR-O1 to add the <br />Section 16 Mining area to the Permit. <br />15) August 3, 1992, approval by OSMRE of the mine plan for <br />Federal Coal Lease 29224 pursuant to PR-O1. <br />l.J <br />In addition, an analysis of the Colowyo operation was included in <br />the Northwest Colorado Coal Environmental Impact Statement, <br />Regional Analysis, with separate detailed analyses of the Colowyo <br />mine and Colowyo railroad prepared as site specifics. This <br />Environmental Impact Statement was completed in January, 1977. <br />Because the Colowyo mine is an <br />environmental impacts from mini <br />facilities, such as office building <br />already in place and will continue <br />reserves are mined. The area w <br />reclaimed to beneficial uses simil <br />existing operation, additional <br />ng will be minimal. Support <br />s, railroads, tipples, etc., are <br />to be utilized as the additional <br />hich will be disturbed will be <br />ar to adjacent areas. <br />Colowyo respectfully requests <br />Reclamation Division (Division) <br />to the mining and reclamation <br />application. <br />that the Colorado Mined Land <br />renew/revise the permit according <br />plan as delineated within this <br />2 Fievi;;ion ApPrev~-. ~~ ~ i z / 4 `F <br />F.e~^sion Kv. G( ? <br />