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Page 1 of 2 <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />This mining plan approval document is issued by the United States of America to: <br />National King Coal, LLC <br />4424 County Road 120 <br />Hesperus, Colorado 81326 <br />for a mining plan modification for Federal lease COC -62920 at the King 11 Mine. The approval <br />is subject to the following conditions. National King Coal, LLC is hereinafter referred to as the <br />operator. <br />I. Statutes and Regulations. --This mining plan approval is issued pursuant to Federal lease <br />COC -62920; the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 gt sM.); and <br />in the case of acquired lands, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as <br />amended (30 U.S.C. 351 et seMc .). This mining plan approval is subject to all applicable <br />regulations of the Secretary of the Interior which are now or hereafter in force; and all <br />such regulations are made a part hereof. The operator shall comply with the provisions of <br />the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et sem,.), the Clean Air Act (42 <br />U.S.C. 7401 et M.), and other applicable Federal laws. <br />2. This document approves the mining plan modification for Federal lease COC -62920 at <br />the King II Mine and authorizes coal development or mining operations on the Federal <br />lease within the area of mining plan approval. This authorization is not valid beyond: <br />Township 35 North, Range 11 West, New Mexico P.M. <br />Section 19, lots 4, 5, E%SWI/s, SEI/a; <br />Township 35 North, Range 12 West, New Mexico P.M. <br />Section 24, lots 1, 2, SW�00/s; <br />Section 25, lots 1, 2, W%NE 1/4, W%; <br />Section 26, SE'/4NEI/, EIASEI/, SW'/4SE'/a. <br />These lands encompass approximately 1,224 acres and are found on the USGS 7.5 minute <br />Quadrangle maps of Hesperus, Kline, Mormon Reservoir, and Thompson Park Colorado, <br />and as shown on the map appended hereto as Attachment A. <br />3. The operator shall conduct coat development and mining operations only as described in <br />the complete permit application package, and approved by the Office of Surface Mining <br />Reclamation and Enforcement, except as otherwise directed in the conditions of this <br />mining plan approval. <br />