ATP ARQS DEP25-122 AML Drews Creek A Highwall.pdf

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This document is an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) letter from the United States Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Charleston Field Office, addressed to Travis Parsons at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. The letter authorizes the Drews Creek A Highwall (aka Drews Creek Dangerous Impoundment) abandoned mine lands reclamation project (WV-3391), which has met specific criteria including entry into the enhanced Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS) and completion of environmental documentation with a Finding of No Significant Impact.

The authorization allows the recipient to proceed with the project and expend Federal funds in accordance with AML grant terms and conditions. The document specifies that if the project involves funding a subrecipient through a subaward, the subrecipient must be separately approved by OSMRE. The letter is dated May 30, 2025, and is signed by Justin Adams, Director of the Charleston Field Office, who digitally signed the document on May 28, 2025.

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United States Department of the Interior

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING

RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Charleston Field Office

1027 Virginia Street, East

Charleston, West Virginia 2S301

May 30, 2025

AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED

Travis Parsons, Deputy Director Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 60 I 57th Street Charleston, West Virginia 25304

Dear Mr. Parsons:

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has detennined that the

Drews Creek A Highwall (aka Drews Creek Dangerous lmpoundment) (WV-3391) abandoned mine lands reclamation project has met the following criteria:

l . The project has been entered, or will be entered, into the enhanced Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System ( e-AMLIS) prior to construction activities, in compliance with Directive

AML-1.

2. Environmental documents, including compliance information for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other environmental requirements, have been documented with a Finding of No Significant Impact, signed by OSMRE on May 28, 2025.

3. The Authorization to Proceed (ATP) request included an AML eligibility statement and basis for documenting AML eligibility.

Accordingly, pursuant to 30 CFR 886.16, you are authorized to proceed with this project and expend

Federal funds in accordance with AML grant tenns and conditions. If this project provides funding to a subrecipient through a subaward, the subrecipient must be approved by OSMRE separately from this ATP. OSMRE sub-recipient approval can be requested either through the initial award application or through a separate request.

Please contact us should you have any questions.

Sincerely, JUSTIN

ADAMS

Digitally signed by JUSTIN

ADAMS

Date: 2025.05.28 14:19:55 -04'00'

Justin Adams, Director

Charleston Field Office

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