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United States Department of the Interior <br />�osNT OF TH <br />P <br />Mrs. Sarah Vance <br />Environmental Engineer <br />GCC Energy, LLC <br />11783 Highway 337 South <br />Tijeras, NM 87059 <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />Interior Region 7 <br />PO Box 25065 <br />Denver, CO 80225-0065 <br />December 8, 2020 <br />of SURFACE <br />� W <br />AND <br />CO-0106C <br />Re: Approval of Revision to the Permit Boundary and Low Cover Crossing Completion <br />OSMRE Project Tracking Code: UM.CO.0106.2946 <br />King II Mine Federal Permit CO-0106C <br />Dear Mrs. Vance: <br />In correspondence dated September 25, 2019, GCC Energy, LLC (GCCE) submitted to the Office of <br />Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) a minor permit revision to the approved King <br />II Mine Permit Application Package (PAP) for Federal Permit CO-0106C. GCCE's September 25, 2019 <br />revision included a proposed new federal coal lease, COC-78825, that would contain approximately <br />2,462 acres located adjacent to and immediately northwest of the King II Mine and existing federal coal <br />lease COC-62920. This revision also includes the design of a low cover crossing in East Alkali Gulch <br />as well as updated estimated bond calculations. <br />OSMRE sent initial technical deficiencies on the revision application to GCCE in letter dated November <br />7, 2019. GCCE provided responses to deficiencies identified in letter dated January 28, 2020. After <br />review, additional deficiencies required resolution, and GCCE was responsive to those items on April <br />28, 2020, May 11, 2020, November 16, 2020 and December 2, 2020. <br />As provided in the attached Findings and Technical Evaluation documents, OSMRE finds that the <br />proposed permit revision application is technically adequate and complies with the requirements of the <br />Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the implementing Federal regulations. In <br />accordance with 30 CFR 750.12(c)(1)(ii) and 30 CFR 774.13(c), I Approve GCCE's Minor Permit <br />Revision Application to revise the permit boundary and complete the low cover crossing for King II <br />Mine Federal Permit CO-0106C. GCCE must submit to OSMRE within 30 days, six (6) electronic <br />copies and one (1) paper copy of the approved permit revision for the King II Mine that <br />incorporates the permit boundary lease addition and low cover crossing. Upon receiving the <br />INTERIOR REGION 7 • UPPER COLORADO BASIN <br />COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, WYOMING <br />