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United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />I N REPLY REFER TO: <br />Memorandum <br />To: <br />From: <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE M]NING <br />Reclamation and EnForcemert <br />P.O. Cio~ =iFi667 CO-0043 <br />Dem°er, Co)~lyyorado 80201-6667 <br />~~ ~ a~VL LJ~IE <br />Brent Wahlquist, Acting Director <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Allen D. Klein <br />Regional Director, Western egion <br />Subject: Recommendation for Approval, Without Special Conditions, of a New Mining <br />Plan for Federal Lease COC-62920 at National King Coal, LLC's King II Mine <br />located in La Plata County, Colorado <br />I. Recommendation <br />lJ <br />~I <br />I recommend approval, without special conditions, of a new mining plan for Federal lease <br />COC-62920 at the King II Mine. This new mining plan is for an underground coal mine <br />being permitted under the Federal lands program, the approved Colorado State program, <br />and the cooperative agreement. <br />My recommendation to approve the mining plan is based on: <br />(I) National King Coal, LLC's complete permit application package (PAP); <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; <br />(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable requirements of other Federa] <br />laws, regulations, and executive orders; <br />(4) comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, and <br />the public; <br />(5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management regarding <br />the resource recovery and protection plan, the Federal lease requirements, and the <br />Mineral Leasing Act, and; <br />(6) the Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for Permit Revision No. 8, <br />King Coal and King II Mines, C-81-035, of the Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology and the Colorado State Program. <br />1 <br />TAKE PRIDE®~~ <br />1rv~MERIGA=~~~ <br />