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<br />Introduction <br />This document has been prepared in response to a Permit Revision application <br />(PR No. 1) submitted by National King Coal, Inc. (NKC) on Aoril 6, 1989. The <br />revision would incorporate into the permit area an additional 60 acres <br />recently acquired by NKC through a modification of Federal Lease C-29125. The <br />60 acre revision area is immediately adjacent to the current permit area. <br />The permit revision does not involve additional surface disturbance, nor does <br />it extend the projected life of mine. In essence, coal to be mined within the <br />revision area replaces unmineable reserves in the existing permit area.. <br />Due to the absence of surface disturbance and relatively minor impacts of the <br />proposed revision on the approved mining and reclamation plan, most sections <br />of the Division's July 9, 1987 Findings of Compliance for the King Coal Mine <br />remain applicable and are not changed by the proposed revision. <br />This document is based on information in the permit application, the permit <br />revision application and adequacy review responses. Fora number of <br />disciplines, the July 9, 1987 Findings of Compliance have not been affected by <br />the revision and the reader is referred to that document where applicable. <br />This document contains the following items: <br />1). A summary which includes a description of the Division's review <br />process. <br />2). A description of the existing environmental conditions. <br />3). A description of the operation and reclamation plan. <br />4). The written findings of compliance the Division is required to make <br />pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of <br />1979. <br />The permit revision application is on file at the office of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, and at <br />the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Avenue, Durango, Colorado. <br />-2- <br />