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<br />w aFrir arl'tn ro: <br />4541 <br />~~(~j_~1l~~CO-0043 <br />PICT ~ ~ lflfl~ <br />Fl I1IiC IRO Rt IIUO~iHw ,p MLRR OL <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Director <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE NIDVING <br />Reclamarion and Enforcement <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />THROUGH: Deputy Director /e6~~~ <br />I. Action Required <br />FROM: ~ Regional Director, Western Regional rdinating enter <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation for approval without conditions of the <br />National King Coal, LLC's King Coal Mine Mining Plan <br />Actions for Federal Leases C-29125 and COC-49465, La <br />Plata County, Colorado <br />Please sign the enclosed memorandum to the Assistant <br />• Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, if you agree with <br />the recommendation described below. Then forward the <br />enclosed decision document to the Assistant Secretary for <br />his/her decision to sign the mining plan approval document. <br />If you are not in agreement with the recommendation, please <br />advise me of your concerns. <br />II. Recommendation <br />I recommend approval without conditions of the King Coal <br />Mine mining plan modifications for Federal leases C-29125 <br />and COC-49465. These are mining plan modifications for a <br />underground coal mine being permitted under the Federal <br />lands program, the approved Colorado State program, and the <br />cooperative agreement. <br />My recommendations to approve the King Coal Mine mining plan <br />modification is based on: <br />(1) National King Coal, LLC's (NKC) complete permit <br />application package (PAP), <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969, <br />(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable <br />• requirements of other Federal laws, regulations, and <br />executive orders, <br />1 <br />