The Secretary may grant further approvals and issue the lease to the winner
What the document says“with respect to a previously issued coal lease, grant any additional approvals of the Department of the Interior required for mining activities to commence; and”
The section lets the Secretary grant any further Interior Department approvals needed before mining can start on a coal lease already issued, and, once the four required steps are done, grant the qualified application and issue the lease to the person who filed it if that person submitted the winning bid.
What the document actually says“with respect to a previously issued coal lease, grant any additional approvals of the Department of the Interior required for mining activities to commence; and”
The Interior Secretary may sign off on a coal lease already granted. Those sign-offs are the ones needed before mining can start.
The Secretary may also hand the new lease to the winner. That is the person who filed the application and won the sale. Both of these are choices, not duties.
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