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PART 750 Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations on Indian <br />Lands <br />750.12 Permit Applications for Indian Lands <br />GCC Energy, LLC will submit all application fees and permit <br />application package copies (PAP) in accordance with OSMRE <br />schedules and requirements. <br />750.12(d)(1) Mining Plan and Resource Recovery and Protection Plan <br />The mining plan as required by 43 CFR 3480, Subpart 3482 <br />(Resource Recovery and Protection Plans) is included in this PAP as <br />Appendix 6 (1). Subpart 3487 (Logical Mining Unit) is not applicable <br />to this area. <br />750.12(d)(2)(i) Socioeconomic Impacts From the Mining Plan <br />The King I Mine began operation in 1941 and achieved its average <br />production level by 1988. The mine was been an integral part of the <br />economy and society of La Plata and Montezuma counties, Colorado <br />for more than 67 years. No change is anticipated in any information <br />required by 750.12(d)(2). The BLM Lease and permit area is an <br />extension of mine workings to be developed beginning in the State of <br />Colorado lease. The King I Mine workings were depleted and the mine <br />was closed in January of 2009, and the workforce was moved to the <br />King II Mine with no changes in the levels of personnel, production or <br />economic and environmental impacts. <br />The King II Mine Workforce <br />As of August, 2014, GCC Energy, LLC employed approximately 139 <br />persons. Employment is expected to vary no more than twenty <br />percent from this level throughout the life of the mine. At this time it <br />is not possible to accurately estimate when fluctuations in the size of <br />the workforce might occur. <br />The GCC Energy workforce is broken down into the following classes: <br />Administrative/ Office 7 <br />Underground employees 115 <br />Surface employees 17 <br />Employees of GCC Energy live primarily in La Plata, Montezuma and <br />San Juan Counties of Colorado and San Juan County of New Mexico. <br />GCC Energy, LLC <br />Part 750 <br />Page 1 <br />King II Mine Extension PAP CO -0106 <br />(BLM Lease COC- 62920) <br />October 24, 2014 (RN -01) <br />