PERMFILE133132

• Permit No: C1981035A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

• ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
CO-038-96-30
NATIONAL KING COAL, INC.
COAL LEASE MODIFICATION
C-29125 & COC 49465
I. PURPOSE AND NEED
The Colorado State Director of the Bureau of Land Management
has received a lease modification application from National
King Coal, Inc., dated September 5, 1995. The application
involves modification of lease C-29125 in the amount of 100
acres and COC 49465 in the amount of 160 acres. The
application was submitted under the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920, Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, and 43 CFR
3432.1. The coal reserves are managed by the Montrose
District Office of the BLM. The applicant has need for the
coal in order to maintain an existing operation at its current
level of production. The purpose of the environmental
assessment (EA) is to evaluate potential impacts of the
modification upon the physical and socioeconomic environment
and to develop mitigating measures to be included as lease
stipulations in the event the lease modification is issued.
• The application area, adjacent to existing coal lease C-29125
leased to National King Coal, Inc., is described as follows:
C-29125
T. 34 N., R. 11 W., N.M.P.M., North of Ute Line
Section 5: S'hSW/.NW'/e, E'hW'hSW/.
Section 6 : E'hE'fiNE'/a
Containing approximately 100 acres
COC 49465
T. 34 N., R. 11 W., N.M.P.M., North of Ute Line
Section 5: NPbV~'hSW'k
Section 6 : W'hE'hNE'/. , E'hSE'/
Containing approximately 160 acres
The application area is located in LaPlata County, Colorado
(see maps 1 and 2). The surface is privately owned and the
coal rights are reserved to the United States. Oil and gas
lease C-41643, issued October 30, 1965, is indicated as being
partly located within the modification area (E'/CIE'/.) (see map
3). According to the serial register page for this lease, it
was terminated on November 1, 1985.
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