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United States Department of the Interior <br />�OvNT OR l/r <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />Interior Region 7 <br />�ggCH 3, eA� PO Box 25065 <br />Denver, CO 80225-0065 <br />Approval of an Application for Minor Permit Revision <br />Certificate of Liability Insurance <br />Federal Permit for Indian Lands CO-0106C <br />GCC Energy, LLC (GCCE) <br />King II Mine <br />In a Permit Revision Application dated October 2, 2020, GCC Energy, LLC (GCCE) submitted <br />to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) a permit revision <br />application to modify the King II Mine Permit Application Package (PAP); Federal Permit for <br />Indian Lands: CO-0106C. <br />Based on its review of the permit revision application, OSMRE has determined that: <br />I . Reclamation as required by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as <br />amended, (SMCRA) and the Indian Lands Program at 30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter E <br />can be accomplished under the reclamation plan contained in the permit application, as <br />revised. <br />2. The revision application is accurate and complete, and the applicant has complied with all <br />requirements of SMCRA and the Indian Lands Program for the permit revision. <br />3. No other approval requirements at 30 CFR 750.12(c)(3)(ii)(C) and 773.15 are applicable <br />to this permit revision application. <br />4. The King II Mine Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment (CHIA) required under 30 <br />CFR 780.21(g) does not need to be updated due to this proposed minor permit revision. <br />5. Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision under the National <br />Environmental Policy Act. <br />a. The proposed permit revision would not result in any additional environmental <br />impacts beyond those identified in the Bureau of Land Management and Office of <br />Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Environmental Assessments entitled, <br />Environmental Assessment, EA Number DOI-BLM-004O10-2011-0074-EA Federal <br />Coal Lease (COC-62920) Modification and Federal Mine Permit (CO-0106A) <br />Revision and Renewal; and Environmental Assessment, EA Number DOI-BLM-CO- <br />S010-2019-0003-EA Dunn Ranch Area Lease -By -Application and Mine Plan <br />Modification for the King II Mine. <br />b. EA Numbers DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-2011-0074-EA and DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-2019- <br />0003-EA adequately address the impacts of the mine operation. <br />INTERIOR REGION 7 • UPPER COLORADO BASIN <br />COLORADO NFW MFXTC0 TTTAH WYOWNG <br />