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• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />FOR <br />King II <br />Federal Coal Lease COC-62920 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />1. Introduction <br />National King Coal, LLC. submitted a permit application package (PAP) for a permit <br />revision for the King II Mine to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(CO-DMG). The PAP proposed extending underground mining operations into <br />approximately 80 acres of Federal lease COC-62920. Under the Mineral Leasing Act of <br />1920, the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, must approve, approve <br />with conditions, or disapprove the new mining plan for Federal lease COC-62920. <br />Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 746, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is recommending <br />approval of the mining plan action without special conditions. <br />2. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed Action <br />• The undersigned person has determined that the above-named proposed action would not <br />have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment under section <br />102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. <br />4332(2)(C), and therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. <br />3. Reasons <br />This finding of no significant impact is based on the attached Bureau of Land <br />Management prepared Environmental Assessment entitled, Environmental Assessment, <br />EA Number CO-SJFO-00-102EA, National King Coal, LLC, Coal Lease Application, <br />East Alkali Tract, COC-62920, which has been independently evaluated by OSM and <br />determined to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed action adequately and <br />accurately. This document provides sufficient evidence and analysis for this finding of no <br />significant impact. OSM takes full responsibility for the accuracy, scope, and content of <br />the attached environmental assessment. <br />Chief, Northwest Branch <br />,~,e 28, 2 av6 <br />Date <br />• <br />