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?Pt?,ENT OR T? <br />i <br />• 0 <br />H 3 AB? <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Memorandum <br />To <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Glenda H. Owens <br />Acting Director <br />From Allen D. <br />Regional <br />1 8 SEP 2009 <br />Subject: Recommendation for Appr?val, Without Special Conditions, of the Mining Plan <br />Modification for Federal Lease COC-72980 at Twentymile Coal Company's <br />Foidel Creek Mine located in Routt County, Colorado <br />1. Recommendation <br />I recommend approval, without special conditions, of a mining plan modification for <br />Federal lease COC-72980 at the Foidel Creek Mine. This is a mining plan modification <br />for an underground coal mine being permitted under the Federal lands program, the <br />• approved Colorado State program, and the cooperative agreement. <br />My recommendation to approve the mining plan modification is based on: <br />Twentymile Coal Company's complete permit application package (PAP); <br />2. Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; <br />3. Documentation assuring compliance with applicable requirements of other <br />Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders; <br />4. Comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, and <br />the public; <br />5. The findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management regarding <br />the resource recovery and protection plan, the Federal lease requirements, and the <br />Mineral Leasing Act, and; <br />6. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety's (CO-DRMS) Foidel <br />Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056) Proposed Decision - Technical Revision <br />No. 68 (TR-68) Interim Phase III Development of Western Mining District. <br /> <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />P. O. Box 46667 <br />Denver, Colorado 80201-6667 <br />TAKE PRIDE 6M.? <br />INAMERICA :- ?