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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (the Division) for the King Coal Mine. This document includes: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in <br />the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct surface coal mining <br />and reclamation operations at the King Coal Mine. The application was submitted by GCC <br />Energy, LLC. The Mine will be operated by GCC Energy, LLC. The mine is located on federal, <br />state and private lands within La Plata County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands <br />included within the permit area is: <br />Township 34 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M. <br />Sec. 5: SW/4, E/2SE/4, Portions of W/2SE/4, Portions of S/2NE/4, <br />Portions of NW/4 <br />Sec. 6: N/2, N/2SW/4, E/2SE/4, Portions of W/2SE/4 <br />Sec. 7: Portions of NE/4 <br />Sec. 8: N/2NW/4, Portions of S/2NW/4, Portions of N/2NE/4 <br />Township <br />35 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M. <br />Sec. <br />18: <br />Lot 2, SW/4 NW/4, NE/4 SE/4 <br />Sec. <br />22: <br />E/2 NE/4 NW/4, NE/4 SE/4 NW/4 <br />Sec. <br />23: <br />SE/4 NE/4 <br />Sec. <br />26: <br />N/2 SW/4 NW/4, SE/4 SW/4 NW/4 <br />Sec. <br />27: <br />NE/4 NE/4, SE/4 NE/4 NE/4 <br />Sec. <br />28: <br />SW/4 SW/4 <br />Sec. <br />29: <br />S/2 SE/4, Portions of SW/4 SW/4 SW/4 <br />Sec. <br />30: <br />Portions of SE/4 SE/4 SE/4 <br />Sec. <br />31: <br />SE/4, S/2 NE/4, S/2 SW/4, Portions of the NE/4 NE/4 NE/4 <br />Sec. <br />32: <br />NE/4, NW/4, SW/4, Portions of NW/4 SE/4, western portions of <br />SW/4 SE/4, portions of NW/4 NE/4 SE/4 <br />Township 35 North, Range 12 West, N.M.P.M. <br />Sec. 13: S/2 NW/4, SE/4 NW/4, <br />Sec. 35: N/2 SE/4, NE/4 NW/4, S/2 NW/4, SW/4, S/2 SE/4 <br />Sec.36: All <br />Containing 3,102.9 acres, more or less- <br />1 <br />