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Summary The Review Process The Division received a complete application for PR No. 2 on January 24, 1990. Acknowledgement of this was made to the operator on February 8, 1990. Publication of the proposed permit revision was made February 19 and 26, March 5 and 12, 1990 in the Durango Herald. Staff comments generated in regard to adequacy issues identified during review of the proposed revision were conveyed to National King Coal , Inc. in a letter dated April 4, 1990. A meeting with the operator in regard to these adequacy issues and the possible nature of the responses required for approval was held in Division offices May 3, 1990. The operators' responses to the adequacy summary of April 4, 1990 were received by the Division on June 7, 1990. Since the 120th day of the review period was reached June 5, 1990, the review period was extended an additional 60 days or until August 5, 1990 as permitted by Rule 2.07.4(6) . As a result of certain deficiencies identified by the staff during review of the operator's initial adequacy responses, a second adequacy summary was sent to the operator on June 26, 1990. Revised narrative and maps in response to this summary were received from the operator July 14, 1990. Since the major remaining concerns were addressed with this material , the Division is proposing to approve the application for PR No. 2 with stipulations. Although the permit area for the King Coal Mine includes federal acreage, the proposed PR No. 2 involves only privately owned surface and mineral rights. No federal resources are directly affected and the application was not reviewed by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) . OSM has determined that the revision would not require a federal mine plan modification. Description -of the Environment Please refer to the July 9, 1987 Findings of Compliance (Renewal ) . Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans When the area of proposed PR No. 2 is added, the revised permit area of the mine will total approximately 889 acres. All of the surface ownership is private; approximately 400 acres of mineral ownership is federal ; the remaining 480 acres of mineral ownership is private. The 480 acres added by PR No. 2 lie adjacent to the current permit area and comprise the SW1/4 SW1/4 28, S1/2 SE1/4 29, NE1 /4 NW1/4 32, and E1/2 32, T35N, R11W. Mining techniques are unchanged from those described in the July 9, 1987 Findings of Compliance (Renewal ) . Anticipated life of the mine, however, is estimated to increase to 262 months based on a projected production of 175,000 t.p.y. Reclamation will consist of dismantling and removing all structures, backfilling and sealing the underground portals, regrading the area to achieve a stable, productive land form, topsoiling, seeding, and mulching. The proposed post-mining land use is rangeland and wildlife habitat. -1 -