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4. The Division finds that the affected area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, <br /> 1977, not within: <br /> a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); <br /> b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations <br /> (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br /> c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, <br /> the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild <br /> and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and National <br /> Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); <br /> d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional <br /> building, or public park(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); <br /> e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); <br /> f) The boundaries of any National Forest( 2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); <br /> g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of-way line of any public road except where <br /> mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the <br /> necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing <br /> opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)); <br /> h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner <br /> has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). <br /> 5. A survey of cultural resources on the King I Mine was performed in 1980 by Jamie A. <br /> Karlson, Staff Archeologist, Fort Lewis College. This survey did not identify any <br /> cultural resources eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> GCC also obtained a letter, dated March 4, 1980, from the State Historic Preservation <br /> Officer pertaining to a file search of their records for the King I Mine. No known <br /> sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places were identified. The <br /> Colorado State Historical Society updated this finding for the King I Mine on <br /> December 7, 1993, and again on March 12, 1998. <br /> A cultural resource inventory was performed for the King I Mine in July of 1997 by <br /> Complete Archeological Service Associates (CASA) of Cortez, Colorado. The <br /> inventory found a projectile point and two isolated occurrences of flakes. A review <br /> of the records maintained by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer indicates <br /> no sites eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. A 60-acre <br /> portion of the King I Mine was not studied as the landowner strictly prohibited any <br /> access to this property for a search. A letter to this affect is included in the permit. <br /> 11 <br />