Laserfiche WebLink
Introduction <br />• This document is the decision package prepazed by the Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) for the King Coal Mine and the King II Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed <br />decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the <br />review of the permit revision application, a description of the environment affected by the operation <br />and a description ofthe mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings ofcompliance the <br />Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed <br />information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. ~ <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision to add to Permit C-81-035 the coal <br />mining and reclamation operations of the King II Mine. The f le number is Permit Revision 8 (PR- <br />8). Prior to PR-8, Permit C-81-35 included mining only at the King Coal Mine, located south of La <br />Plata County Road 120. PR-8 adds 720 acres to the permit area north of County Road 120, called <br />the King II Mine. The application for PR-8 was submitted October 11, 2005, by National King Coal, <br />LLC (NKC), the operator of the King Coal Mine and the King II Mine. The mines aze located on <br />federal, state, and private lands in La Plata County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands in <br />the permit area is as follows: <br />The on ig nal permit area: <br />Township 35 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P,M. <br />Section 31: N''/z N'/a SE'/<, SE'/a NE'/a <br />Section 32: SW'/<, SE%. NW'/<, W%z NW'/< <br />Section 29: SW'/<SW'/4SW'/< <br />For Permit Revision 02: <br />T34N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 5: E%z NW%. <br />T35N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 32: SE'/< <br />For Permit Revision 03: <br />T35N Rl l W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 28: S W'/< S W'/< <br />Section 29: SE'/4 SE'/< <br />Section 32: E''/z NE'/4 <br />For Permit Revision 04: <br />T34N Rl l W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 6: E%z NW'/a, W%z NE'/4 <br />