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<br />Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Division of Minerals and Geology (the <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 reclamation 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 />The original permit area: <br />Township 3!i North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 31: N''/z N'/a SE'/a, SE'/a NE'/a <br />Section 32: SW'/a, SE1/a NW'/a, W'/z NW'/a <br />Section 29: SW'/a SW'/a SW'/a <br />For Permit F:en~e-w' 0 <br />T34N R11W, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 5: E'/z NW'/a <br />T35N R111'N, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 32::iE'/a <br />For Permit Revision 03: <br />T35N Rll~l, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 28::iW'/a SW'/a <br />Section 29: ;iE'/a SE'/a <br />Section 32::E'/z NE'/a <br />For Permit Revision 04: <br />~r~ -~~ <br />I°~2-~S <br />~ ~ ~~~ <br />T34N R11V'/, N.M.P.M. <br />Section 6: E'fz NW'/a, W'/z NE'/a <br />