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• _III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^ Doc Date:1211112001 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR King Coal Mine Federal Leases C-29125 and COC-49465 Mining Plan Decision Document A. Introduction National King Coal, LLC(NKC) submitted a permit application package (PAP) for a permit revision for the King Coal Mine to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) under the Colorado State program (30 CFR 906). The PAP proposes extending underground mining operations into about 260 acres of Federal leases C-29125 and COC-49965. The proposed mining plan actions would create no acres of additional surface disturbance in the mining plan areas. • Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant Secretary, B. Background Land and Minerals Management, must approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the mining plan actions for Federal leases C-29125 and COC-99465. Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 796, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is recommending approval of the mining plan actions without conditions. The King Coal underground coal mine is located in La Plata County, Colorado. The mine has been in operation since 1941. About 11 acres within the State's permit area have been affected by surface disturbance to date. The mining operations utilize room-and-pillar mining methods and are conducted at an average production rate of about 0.2 million tons per year. Mining is currently planned to continue for 10 years. A total of about 58 employees work at the mine. The King Coal Mine mining plans for Federal leases C-29125 and P- 058300 were initially approved on May 20, 1982. Since that approval there have been no mining plan modifications for those Federal leases. Anew mining plan was approved on July 22, 1992 • for Federal lease COC-99965. A total of 602 acres of Federal 1