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Environmental Assessment <br /> Tract B containing 360.55 acres more or less <br /> T35N, RI IW, Sec. 30, lots 1-4, E2NW, and NWNE; <br /> T35N, R12W, Sec. 25, lots 3-8 <br /> Tract D containing 10.00 acres more or less <br /> T35N, R12W, Sec. 26, SENENE <br /> Tract E containing 360.00 acres more or less <br /> T35N, R12W, Sec. 35,NENW, S2NW, SW, and S2SE <br /> The modification area containing 950.55 acres more or less. <br /> Table 2-1.Parcels proposed for addition to the existing coal lease <br /> Tract Legal Description Area <br /> (Acres) <br /> A Township 35 North, Range 11 West,NMPM: 220.00 <br /> Sec. 19,NE, S2SENW, and Sec. 20,NWNW <br /> B Township 35 North, Range 11 West,NMPM: 360.55 <br /> Sec. 30, lots 1-4, E2NW, and NWNE; <br /> Township 35 North, Range 12 West,NMPM: <br /> Sec. 25, lots 3-8 <br /> D Township 35 North, Range 12 West,NMPM: 10.00 <br /> Sec. 26, SENENE <br /> E Township 35 North, Range 12 West,NMPM: 360.00 <br /> Sec. 35,NENW, S2NW, SW, and S2SE <br /> TOTAL 950.55 <br /> Notes:NE=northeast,SE=southeast,SW=southwest;NMPM=New Mexico Principal Meridian,NW=northwest. <br /> 2.1.2 Coal Removal <br /> Coal removal from the lease modification areas would occur in the same manner as current operations at <br /> the King II Mine using existing surface facilities and the mine plan as approved by the CDRMS and in <br /> accordance with OSMRE permit renewal and revisions requirements. <br /> The type of mining utilized is the "room and pillar"method. The thickness of the coal seam ranges from 6 <br /> to 10 feet. The coal seam is mined using continuous mining machinery. After the coal is mined, it is <br /> brought to the surface via a conveyor into one of two stockpiles where it is crushed and prepared for <br /> transport. Coal refuse (underground development waste) from the King II Mine is transported less than <br /> one mile away to an approved refuse facility located on private lands at the King I Mine. <br /> GCC is currently mining within an area defined by the initial development main tunnels or mains. The <br /> development mains and sub-mains, and subsequent mining panels, are oriented in a northeast-southwest <br /> direction, following the topography(and coal seam) defined by a mesa bounded by deep drainages on the <br /> northwest and southeast. Following the development of new mains, GCC plans to mine room and pillar <br /> DOI-B LM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA <br /> September 2017 <br /> -36- <br />