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In Reply Refer To: <br />COS05000 <br />3480 <br />COC70615 <br />Memorandum <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />Uncompahgre Field Office <br />2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />www.co.blm.eov <br />December 10, 2012 <br />*A <br />To: Foster Kirby, Western Regional Coordinating Center, Program Support Division, <br />Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. <br />From: Uncompahgre Field Office Mining Engineer <br />Subject: R2P2 Review and Approval and Consent for Underground Coal Mining under <br />BLM Managed Surface- Oxbow Mining LLC (OML), Permit No. C- 1981 -022, <br />PR -07 Permit Revision, COC70615 Lease Issued July 1, 2012 <br />We have determined that the OML mining plan and proposed operations would comply with the <br />Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, all applicable requirements of both 43 CFR Subpart <br />3480 and the conditions and special stipulations of the federal lease involved. We also find that <br />maximum economic recovery of the federal coal within federal lease COC70615 would be <br />achieved. <br />Also, as a result of mine plan reviews, the UFO 150- 2008 -0053 EA & FONSI, and in harmony <br />with BLM's land use plan for the North Fork region, we are giving our consent as a land <br />management agency for underground coal mining where the surface included within boundaries <br />of federal coal lease COC70615 are managed by BLM. <br />These determinations cover the entire lease encompassed in PR -07. If you have any questions, <br />please call Desty Dyer at 970 - 240 -5302. <br />r <br />CC: Jim Kiger, Oxbow Mining, LLC <br />Brock Bowles, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />