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Mid-Term Review <br />King Coal Mine - Permit No. C-035-81 <br />Introduction <br />This document presents the results of the Division's mid-term review of <br />the National King Coal, Ines, King Coai Mine. This mid-term review was <br />conducted to fulfill the requirements of Rule 2.08.3, 2.06.2(9), 2.06.3(4), <br />2.06.5(3) 2.06.1(5) and 3.02.2(4). <br />Rule 2.08.3 requires that the Division conduct a review of each permit issued, <br />prior to its mid-term (2 1/2 years). Based on this review, for good cause <br />shown, the Division may require reasonable revision or modification of the <br />permit provisions to ensure compliance with the Act and Regulations. <br />Rules 2.06.2, 3, 5, and 7 requires that experimental practices, mountaintop <br />removal variances, variances from AOC, and variances from contemporaneous <br />reclamation be reviewed by the Division where applicable. The King Coal Mine <br />permit does not have any operations under these categories. <br />Rule 3.02.2(4) requires that the Division review the amount of the bond and <br />the terms of acceptance of the bond every 2 1/2 years. <br />The mid-term review consisted of a aetailed review of the King Coal Mine <br />permit application. The Division also reviewed all subsequent revisions and <br />stipulation responses to ensure that all permit commitments and conditions <br />were being followed. Hydroloyic monitoring data was reviewed in conjunction <br />with the review of the application to assess the adequacy of the monitoring <br />plan and discussion of hydrologic impacts. Problems and observations from <br />past inspections were also considered while conducting the review. <br />This docwnent is organized as follows: Section I includes a summary of our <br />decision to require revisions with regard to the mid-term review required <br />under Rule 2.08.3. Section IA includes a listing by category of what items <br />need to be revised and a rationale for requiring these revisions. Section IB <br />presents a summary of the status of the stipulations attached to the King Coal <br />Mine permit C-035-81 and any revisions required with regard to the <br />stipulations. Section II presents the results of the bond review required <br />under Rule 3.02.2(4). Section III is a summation of this review which <br />highlights the major items of concern. <br />