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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Delver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303)8663567 <br />PAR: (303) 832-8106 <br />February 16, 2007 <br />Tom Bird <br />National King Coal, LLC <br />4424 County Road 120 <br />Hesperus, CO 81326 <br />Re: King Coal Mine (Permit No. C-1981-035) <br />Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5) <br />Dear Mr. Bird: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- &- <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />We have received your application to renew your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial review <br />indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, <br />Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your renewal application has been considered complete <br />for the purposes of filing as of February 16, 2007. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement submitted with the <br />application has been found to be satisfactory. You should commence publication of this advertisement as specified in <br />Rule 2.07.3(2) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be filed with the Division no <br />later than four weeks after the last publication date. <br />Coincident with the initial publication, a copy of the renewal application, less confidential items, must be filed for <br />public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent changes or <br />additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to the Division. <br />The Division is currently reviewing your renewal application to determine whether the items you have submitted are <br />adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. Additional information may be required, <br />and in accordance with the provisions of Section 34-33-118(5) of the Act, you will be notified no later than April 17, <br />2007 should that be the case. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />TAK/Jrc <br />C-RN-02 C19gI015 TAK 021620070d2330 <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />