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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (the Division) for the New Horizon Mine. This document includes: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve the renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of <br />the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation, <br />and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance <br />the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a renewal to a permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine. The application was submitted by <br />Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC. The mine will be operated by Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC. <br />The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal description <br />of the lands included within the permit area is: all or portions of the following: <br />New Horizon Mine 1 (98.62 acres MOL) <br />Section 25, Township 47 North, Range 16 West <br />SW 1/4 <br />New Horizon Mine 2 (827.44 acres MOL) <br />Section 6, Township 46 North, Range 15 West: <br />W 1/2NE 1/4; W 1/2 SW 1/4NE 1/4; NW 1/4; N 1/2NE 1/4 SW 1/4; <br />N 1/2 SE 1/4; N 1/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 <br />Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 15 West: <br />SW 1/4 <br />Section 1, Township 46 North, Range 16 West: <br />N 1/2NE 1/4NE 1/4; NW 1 /4NE1 /4;NW 1/4SE 1/4NE 1/4; <br />NE 1/4NW 1/4; N 1/2SE 14 NW 1/4 <br />Section 36, Township 47 North, Range 16 West: <br />SW 1/4; SE 1/4 <br />The above mentioned tracts of land containing 926.06 acres more or less are shown on the USGS <br />7.5 minute Nucla Quadrangle map. <br />2 <br />