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Amendments Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the Energy Policy Act of <br />2005 <br />B. Regulations implementing the above authorities: <br />1. Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1501 et seq.) <br />2. Bureau of Land Management coal leasing regulations (43 CFR 3432) <br />C. The DRMS authorities to enter into this MOU include, but are not limited to: <br />1 . Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) <br />2. 30 CFR Part 700 to end <br />3. Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (34 -33 -101 et seq.) <br />4. Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining (2 <br />CCR 407 -2) <br />This MOU is an extension of the USDI and USDA MOU for Providing Coordination of <br />Activities Pursuant to the Federal Coal Management Program (1980). <br />IV. Roles and Responsibilities <br />A. BLM and Forest Service Responsibilities: <br />1. As c o -lead agencies, the BLM and Forest Service retain final responsibility <br />for the content of the Draft and Final EA. The BLM and Forest Service's <br />responsibilities include determining the purpose of and need for the EA, selecting <br />alternatives for analysis, identifying effects of the proposed alternatives, selecting <br />the preferred alternative, and determining appropriate mitigation measures within <br />the applicable legal and regulatory framework. In meeting these responsibilities, <br />the BLM and Forest Service will follow all applicable statutory and regulatory <br />requirements. <br />2. To the fullest extent consistent with its responsibilities as co -lead agencies, <br />the BLM and Forest Service will consider the comments, recommendations, <br />data, and /or analyses provided by DRMS in the EA process, giving particular <br />consideration to those topics on which the Cooperator is acknowledged to <br />possess jurisdiction by law or special expertise. <br />3. The BLM, as the keeper of the official file, will provide DRMS with copies of <br />documents underlying the EA relevant to the Cooperator's responsibilities, <br />including technical reports, data, analyses, comments received, working drafts <br />related to environmental reviews, and Draft and Final EAs. <br />B. Cooperating Agency Responsibilities: <br />1. The DRMS is a Cooperating Agency in this EA and is recognized to have <br />jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise in the following areas: <br />a) All phases of coal mine permitting, inspection and enforcement. DRMS will <br />participate to the extent reasonable and resources allow. <br />2. The DRMS will, to the extent resources allow, provide information, <br />comments, and technical expertise to the BLM and Forest Service regarding <br />those elements of the EA, and the data and analyses supporting them, in which <br />they have jurisdiction or special expertise, or for which the BLM and Forest <br />Service requests their assistance. In particular, the DRMS will, to the extent <br />resources allow, provide information on the following topics: <br />