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and submain entries off of which panels are driven for <br />• pillar extraction. The pillars in panels will be square <br />or rectangular in shape and developed on 60- or 70-foot <br />centers with the entries 18 feet wide. This allows for <br />better ventilation and systematic pillar recovery. This <br />proposed modification area would be mined as an extension <br />of the existing National King Coal mine. <br />The existing surface facilities would be used to support <br />continued mining activity at the King Coal Mine. No <br />additional surface disturbance would occur. It is <br />anticipated that production, employment and truck traffic <br />rate would remain the same throughout the remaining life- <br />of-the-mine. Issuance of the modification would extend <br />the life-of-the-mine by approximately seven years. <br />Compliance With the Land Use Plan <br />This application is considered to be in compliance with <br />the existing BLM land use plan. That plan, the San <br />Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP), was <br />completed and approved in September, 1985. The <br />information in the approved land use plan determined that <br />the area was suitable for coal development and coal <br />production could occur without conflicting with other <br />land uses. <br />The following stipulations were included in the lease <br />document for Coal Lease C-29125, but were not included in <br />the lease document for Coal Lease COC 49465. Therefore, <br />the stipulations are being identified here to ensure <br />that they appear on both lease documents as special <br />stipulations. <br />CULTURAL RESOURCES - (1) Before undertaking any <br />activities that may disturb the surface of the <br />leased lands, the lessee shall conduct a cultural <br />resource intensive field inventory in a manner <br />specified by the authorized officer of the BLM or <br />of the surface managing agency (if different) on <br />portions of the mine plan area and adjacent areas, <br />or explorati,~n plan area, that may be adversely <br />affected by lease-related activities and which were <br />.not previously inventoried at such a level of <br />intensity. The inventory shall be conducted by a <br />qualified professional cultural resource specialist <br />(i.e., archaeologist, historian or historical <br />architect, as appropriate), approved by the <br />authorized officer of the surface managing agency <br />(BLM if the surface is privately owned), and a <br />report of the inventory and recommendations for <br />• 5 <br />