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T F yy <br />i* <br />4 yp United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TAKE PRIDE <br />t Tres Rios Field Office T NAM ERICA <br />Lands and Minerals <br />15 Burnett Court <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br />In Reply Refer To: 3432 <br />COC 62920 RECEIVED <br />November 23, 2012 <br />NOV 2 6 2012 <br />OPTIONAL REPLY: due December 24 2012 Durango Field Office <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office (BLM), is seeking comments on t e Safety <br />proposed modification of a federal coal lease on split- estate lands. GCC Energy, LLC (GCC) <br />has applied to the BLM to modify their existing federal coal lease (COC 62920). The lease and <br />proposed modification are located. near Hesperus, in La Plata County, Colorado. The proposed <br />lease modification would add approximately 952.21 acres to existing coal lease, COC 62920. <br />The proposed modification tracts are adjacent to the existing federal coal lease. If granted, the <br />modification would allow the expansion of the currently operating King Coal II Mine. <br />The lease modification is located on lands in which BLM manages the coal estate. All of the <br />surface estate is private. The application was made to obtain known mineable federal coal <br />reserves and prevent bypass of those reserves. The BLM is required by law to consider leasing <br />Federal Coal for economic recovery. <br />The coal lease modification areas are described below and illustrated in Figure 1: <br />COC -69290 Modification <br />Tract A <br />Township 35 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M, <br />Section 19; NE4 <br />Section 20: NW4NW4 <br />containing 194.44 acres, more or less <br />Tract B <br />Township 35 North, Range I I West, N.M.P.M <br />Section 19; Lot 3 <br />Section 30; Lots 1 -4, E2NW4, NW4NE4 <br />Township 35 North, Range 12 West, N.M.P.M <br />Section 24; Lot 3 <br />Section 25; Lots 3 -8 <br />containing 354.85 acres, more or less <br />