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Introduction <br />This uocument has been prepared in regard to a Permit Revision application <br />(PR No. 2) submitted by National King Coal, Inc. (NKC) on January 24, 1990, <br />The revision would incorporate an additional 480 acres into the existing <br />permit area. Both the surface and mineral interest in the added acreage are <br />privately owned. The acreage lies immediately east of and adjacent to the <br />current permit area. <br />The Permit Revision does not involve additional surface disturbance and will <br />extend the estimated life of the mine from 124 months to 262 months based on <br />reserve estimates made November 30, 1989 and a projected production of <br />175,000 t.p.y. <br />Due to the absence of additional surface disturbance and relatively minor <br />impacts of the proposed revision on the approved mining and reclamation plan, <br />many sections of the Division's July 9, 1987 Findings of Compliance for the <br />King Coal Mine permit renewal and July 12, 1989 Findings of Compliance for the <br />King Coal Mine Permit Revision No. 1 remain applicable and are not changed as <br />a result of proposed PR No. 2. <br />This document is based on information provided in the permit application, the <br />permit renewal application, both PR No. 1 and PR No. 2 applications and on <br />adequacy review responses. Where sections of the July 9, 1987 Findings <br />(Permit Renewal) and July 12, 1989 Findings (PR-01) documents have not been <br />affected by this proposed revision, the reader will be referred to those <br />documents. This Findings Document contains or references the following: <br />A summary which includes a description of the Division's review process; <br />A description of the existing environmental conditions; <br />3. A description of the operation and reclamation plan; <br />4. The written findings of compliance that the Division is required to make <br />pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. <br />Copies of the application for Permit Revision No. 2 are on file at the Mined <br />Land Reclamation Division, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado anc <br />at the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Avenue, Durango, Colorado. <br />-1- <br />