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Tom Bird, GCCE July 23, 2012 C- 1981 -035 RN -6 PAR Page 2 of 3 • State Board of Land Commissioners Southwestern Water Conservation District • La Plata County o Board of County Commissioners, Planning Department, and County Clerk The Division received three responses. The Division of Water Resources stated that since there are currently no water administration issues at the mine, the agency has no comments regarding RN -6. The State Historic Preservation Officer determined that a finding of "no historic properties affected" is appropriate, and also addressed the discovery of any previously unidentified archaeological resources. La Plata County's response indicates that they have communicated to GCCE and the BLM that a Class H Special Land Use Permit will be required. These letters are attached, for your records. The Division understands that the public notice for RN -6 was published in the Durango Herald. The Proof of Publication, as required by 2.03.12, has not yet been submitted by GCCE. Please submit proof of publication at,your earliest convenience. The reclamation cost estimate for the King Coal Mine is presently $855,134.05. As part of the RN -6 review, the Division has prepared an updated estimate, which is attached for your reference. The reclamation liability is now estimated to be $835,699.23. This represents a decrease of $19,434.82. Hourly equipment costs increased slightly, resulting in increases to some individual tasks, but decreased revegetation (seed) and structural demolition costs served to offset those increases. Adequacy Review Comments The Division has conducted a review of the permit application package for the King Coal Mine. The package is divided into two volumes: King I and King II. Section 2.03.4 Identification of Interests In King 1, this section was most recently updated with SO -3 in April 2008 and TR -15 in March 2010. The same section in the Ding II volume was updated in January 2012 under MR -35. Please update the King I Identification of Interests to reflect current information. Section 2.03.5 Compliance Information Notice of Violation No. CV- 2012 -003 was issued to GCCE on April 11, 2012. Please update this section to include the latest NOV (King I and King II Volumes). Section 2.03. 10 Identification of Other Licenses and Permits 1. For La Plata County, please add the Class II Special Land Use Permit for which GCCE has applied (King I and King I1). A copy of the permit, when issued, should be inserted with the county correspondence already found in Appendix 2(1).