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Introduction <br />• This document is the decision package prepared by the Division of Minerals and Geolosy ([he <br />Division) for the King Coal Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve <br />the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit <br />revision application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description <br />of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has <br />made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information <br />concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct surface coal mining as <br />well as a revision to expand the surface coal mining and reclamatDn operations at the King Coal <br />Mine. The application was submitted March 18, 1997, by National King Coal, Limited Liability <br />Company (LLC). The mine will be operated by National King Coal LLC. The mine is located <br />on both federal and private lands within La Plata County, Colorado. The legal description of the <br />lands included within the permit area is as follows: <br />Township <br />Section 31: <br />• Section 32: <br />Section 29: <br />For Permit <br />35 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M. <br />N'h N'/< SE'/<, SE'/a NE'/. <br />SW'/a, SE'/s NW'/<, W'h NW'k <br />SW'/s SW'/s SW'/+ <br />Revision 02: <br />T34N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 5: E'h NW'k <br />T35N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 32: SE'k <br />For Permit Revision 03: <br />T35N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 28: SW'k SW'/ <br />Section 29: SE'k SE'k <br />Section 32: E'fz NE'/+ <br />For Permit Revision 04: <br />T34N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />• Section 6: E'h NW'/a, W'h NE'k <br />