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L PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC (WFC) applied for Partial bond release under the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act following reclamation of the New Horizon Mine. <br />The mine is located in Montrose County, 1.7 miles northwest of the Town of Nucla. The <br />mine area is located in all or portions of the following: <br />New Horizon Mine 1: <br />Section 25, T47N, R16W: SW 1/4 <br />New Horizon Mine 2: <br />Section 6, T46N, R15W: W' /2 NE' /4; W' /2 SW' /4 NE' /4; NW 1/4; <br />N '/2 NE 1/4 SW 1/4; N '/2 SE 1/4; N '/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 <br />Section 31, T47N, RI 5W: SW 1/4 <br />Section 1, T46N, R16W: N' /2 NE' /4 NE' /4; NW' /4 NE' /4; NW' /4 SE' /4 NE' /4; <br />NE 1/4 NW 1/4; N' /2 SE 14 NW 1/4 <br />Section 36, T47N, R16W: SW 1/4; SE 1/4 <br />Summary of Bond Releases for the New Horizon Mine <br />SL -01 granted Phase I, 11 and III release of 55.6 acres from the northeast corner of the Mine <br />1 permit area. The property was to be used Montrose County, the landowner, to expand the <br />adjacent landfill. Release was approved on July 5, 1989. <br />SL -02 granted Phase I, 11 and III release of an additional 14.02 acres from Mine 1 for <br />expansion of the Montrose County landfill. Release was approved on October 6, 1993. <br />SL -03 approved Phase I bond release for 215.5 acres at the New Horizon Mine 1. The <br />release was granted on December 16, 1994. The application also requested Phase 11 release <br />for portions of Mine 1, but the request was denied due to insufficient revegetation. <br />SL -04 granted Phase I bond release for the remaining 98.6 acres of Mine 1 (the "Rice <br />tract'). Phase I release was also granted for 51.8 acres in the southeastern corner of New <br />Horizon Mine 2. The release was approved on May 6, 1996. <br />SL -05 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 67.4 acres at Mine 2. The release was <br />approved on January 8, 1998. <br />SL -06 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 43.4 acres at Mine 2. This release was <br />approved on July 23, 1999. <br />SL -07 approved additional bond releases at New Horizon Mine 1. Included were Phase II <br />release for 67.95 acres; Phase III release for 215.5 acres; and release of 24.06 acres that were <br />undisturbed. The releases were approved on December 21, 2001. <br />3 <br />