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United States Department of the Interior <br />• <br />w rtFrrs awe ro <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />December 9J .1998' <br />MEMORANDUM <br />CO-0043 <br />TO: Director, OffiFe~ of Surface Mining <br />FROM: Regi~-I Di~ ctor Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval Without Conditions of the <br />Mining Plan Action for Federal Lease COC-60941 at <br />National King Coal, LLC's King Coal Mine located in La <br />Plata County, Colorado <br />I. Action Required <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 a mining plan <br />modification for Federal lease COC-60941 at the King Coal <br />Mine. This is a mining plan modification for a underground <br />coal mine being permitted under the Federal lands program, <br />the approved Colorado State program, and the cooperative <br />agreement. <br />My recommendation to approve the mining plan modification is <br />based on: <br />(1) National King Coal, LLC's (NKC) complete permit <br />application package (PAP), <br />(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969, <br />• <br />