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KENT Op., <br />u.ti� u�vraon a rw mruw. <br />United States Department of the Interior °'""'"""�"`" <br />N O <br />� A <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />�, Aa TRES RIOS FIELD OFFICE <br />ggCN 3 �� 29211 Highway 184 <br />Dolores_ CO 81323 <br />www.blni.gov/co,'stien/fo/-jplc.litinl <br />In Reply Refer To: RECEIVED <br />3410 (COSO1000) <br />COC -76563 JUL 15 2013 <br />July 11, 2016 DIVISION OF REC LA,R4Ar;':I <br />MIN,NGAND v,.i �I f <br />Dear Interested Party: <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado has issued a Decision Record (DR) that <br />authorizes the issuance of a coal exploration license to GCC Energy, LLC (GCC). This <br />exploration license will allow GCC to drill up to 23 exploration holes in order to test for <br />economically recoverable federal coal resources underlying private and federal lands located <br />near the existing King II coal mine in La Plata County, Colorado. <br />The exploration drill sites will be located on relatively flat and open ground and access to those <br />sites would be by existing county roads, two -tracks, and overland travel. The total surface <br />disturbance for the project is estimated to be approximately 5.3 acres. The project is expected to <br />occur over a period of approximately two months. Once exploration activities are complete, the <br />exploration holes would be plugged and the surface disturbances would be reclaimed. <br />The BLM prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-2014-0025, and <br />Finding of No Significant (FONSI) in order to document its analysis of the potential <br />environmental effects associated with the proposed coal exploration project. As documented in <br />the EA and FONSI, the BLM determined that the subject coal exploration project will not <br />significantly affect the quality of the human environment, individually or cumulatively with <br />other actions in the general vicinity of the project area. Therefore, preparation of an <br />environmental impact statement is not required for the project. This finding was based upon a <br />consideration of the criteria for significance, as described in the Council on Environmental <br />Quality's regulations, which implement the National Environmental Policy Act, at 40 CFR <br />1508.27. <br />On July 11, 2016, the EA, FONSI, and DR for the aforementioned coal exploration project were <br />posted to the BLM Tres Rios Field Office NEPA Register internet website located at the <br />following address: <br />http://www.blm.gov/co/st/cn/BLM Infonnation/nepa/TRFO NEPA.html <br />The EA, FONSI and DR are located and can be reviewed at the above website in the "Action <br />Number & Type" column identified by the project number SO10 2014-0025EA. <br />