{"id":106479,"date":"2016-02-29T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/king-ii-coal-mine-permit-may-be-approved-next-week\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:58:21","slug":"king-ii-coal-mine-permit-may-be-approved-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/king-ii-coal-mine-permit-may-be-approved-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"King II Coal Mine permit may be approved next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"GCC
GCC Energy has operated King II Coal without a land-use permit for years. The La Plata County Planning Commission will consider the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s application Wednesday.<\/span>Shaun Stanley\/Durango Herald file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The King II Coal Mine in southwestern La Plata County may obtain recommendation for approval next week for an overdue county land-use permit, though the terms of that permit remain unclear.<\/p>\n

After a Feb. 25 public hearing was postponed, the La Plata County Planning Commission rescheduled a review of the application for Wednesday and will make a recommendation to the county board of commissioners.<\/p>\n

King II opened in 2007 as an offshoot of King I, owned by Mexico-based cement producers Grupos Cementos de Chihuahua but has never held a license to operate in the county.<\/p>\n

The county did not require the business, which supplies coal to cement factories, to have a permit until the owners announced expansion plans.<\/p>\n

Commissioners last fall gave mine representatives a hard February deadline to apply for a license, warning that the King II has operated unpermitted for years with sufficient time to come into compliance.<\/p>\n

Residents of County Road 120, which GCC trucks travel both ways daily, vehemently protested the traffic and noise at the October meeting.<\/p>\n

As terms of the land-use permit, GCC may have to cover the cost of paving the road and improvements.<\/p>\n

County planning staff members say they engage on a daily basis with mine officials to work through the licensing process and look forward to its conclusion.<\/p>\n

The planning commission will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the county board room at 1101 East Second Ave.<\/p>\n

jpace@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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