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§ 406.20 roads under Colorado's program, or otherwise modify its program to qual- ify the exemption for public roads to consider the degree of effect that min- ing use has on the road. [56 FR 1372, Jan. 14, 1991, as amended at 56 FR 33384, July 22, 1991; 59 FR 28260, June 1, 1994; 59 FR 62583, Dec. 6, 1994; 60 FR 64122, Dec, 14, 1995; 61 FR 26801, May 29, 1996; 65 FR 70487, Nov. 24, 2000] § 906,20 Approval of Colorado aban- doned mine land reclamation plan. The Colorado Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan, as submitted on February 16, 1982, and as subsequently revised, is approved effective June 11, 1982. Copies of the approved plan are available at: (a) Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203. 30 CFR Ch. V11 (7-1 -11 Edition) (b) Office of Surface Mining Reclama- tion and Enforcement, Western Re- gional Coordinating Center, Technical Library, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80202 -5733. 160 FR 54593, Oct. 25, 1995] § 906.25 Approval of Colorado aban- doned mine land reclamation plan amendments. The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the FEDERAL REGISTER and the ,State cita- tfons or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication in the FEDERAL REG- ISTER. Original amendment I Date of final publi- I submission date cation f Citabonldescdp6on April 29, 1985 .........., January 9 Reclamation of noncoal sties. October 29, 1996 and September 18, 2006 Colorado inactive Mine Reclamation Plan, Chapter VI. June 15, 2005. [62 FR 9937, Mar, 5, 1997, as amended at 71 FR 54585, Sept. 18, 20061 § 906.30 State - Federal cooperative agreement. The Governor of the State of Colo- rado, acting through the Mined Land Reclamation Division (MLRD), and the Secretary of the Department of the In- terior, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals, and the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), enter into a Cooperative Agreement (Agreement) to read as follows. ARTICLE I: INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE 1. This Agreement is authorized by section 523(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec- lamation Act (Act), 30 U.S.C. 1273(c), which allows a State with a permanent regulatory program approved by the Secretary under 30 U.S.C. 1253, to elect to enter into an Agree- ment for the regulation and control of sur- face coal mining operations on Federal lands. This Agreement provides for State regula- tion, consistent with the Act, the Federal lands program (30 CFR part 745) and the Col- orado State Program (Program) for surface coal mining and reclamation operations, on Federal lands. 2. The purpose of this Agreement is to (a) foster Federal -State cooperation in the regu- lation of surface coal mining; (b) eliminate Intergovernmental overlap and duplication; and (c) provide uniform and effective appli- cation of the Program on all non - Indian lands in Colorado, in accordance with the Act and the Program. ARTICLE II: EFFECTIVE DATE 3. After being signed by the Secretary and the Governor, the Agreement shall be effec- tive upon publication in the FEDERAL REG- ISTER as a final rule. This Agreement shall remain in effect until terminated as provided in Article XI. ARTICLE III: SCOPE 4. Under this Agreement, the laws, regula- tions, terms, and conditions of the Program conditionally approved effective December 15, 1980, 30 CFR part 906, or as hereinafter amended in accordance with 30 CFR 732.17, for the administration of the Act, are appli- cable to Federal lands within the State ex- cept as otherwise stated in this Agreement, the Act, 30 CFR 745.13, or other applicable laws. Orders and decisions issued by MLRD in accordance with the State Program that are 498