2013-11-15_REVISION - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/15/2013
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Phyllis Philipps
• Type & Sequence: PR8
• Email Name: DAB
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 15, 2013
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D 1 v i s 1 ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Phyllis Philipps Mike King
Natural Resources Conservation Service Executive Director
State Conservationist Loretta E. Pineda
P.O. Box 25426 Director
Denver, CO 80225 -0426
Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -008), Permit Revision Application No. 8 (PR -8) Revision of
Prime Farmland Reclamation Practices Including Topsoil Redistribution and Revegetation Plans.
Dear Ms. Philipps:
This letter is sent to you upon the recommendation of Mr. William J. Shoup. Our initial letter to your agency was sent
on October 7, 2013 (copy attached), and we mistakenly addressed the letter to Mr. Shoup. Thank you in advance for
your assistance, and please accept my gratitude for the ongoing assistance that we are receiving from Mr. Shoup.
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 4, 2013, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the New Horizon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The revision addresses prime farmland reclamation practices, including topsoil redistribution and revegetation plans;
replacement of the irrigated cropland technical standard with a reference area; and determination of prime farmland
areas.
The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 1.7 miles Northwest of Nucla, Colorado. The
permit area is farther described as follows:
1.7 miles northwest of the Town of Nucla
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map(s): Nucla.
A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Montrose County Courthouse, 300 Main
Street, Nucla, CO. 81424 and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or to
request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman
Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866 -3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the San Miguel
Basin Forum.
David Berry
Director, Coal Regulatory Program
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines