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Introduction <br />This document is the Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance prepared by the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) for the New Horizon Mine, Permit <br />Number C -1981 -008, Permit Revision Number 8 (PR 8). This document includes: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a summary of the PR 8 review <br />process and the required environmental resource information; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance made by the Division as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision (PR 8) to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine. The application was submitted by <br />Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC (WFC). The Mine is 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 within the permit area includes all or portions of the following: <br />New Horizon Mine 1 (98.62 acres) <br />Section 25, Township 47 North, Range 16 West <br />SW '/4 <br />New Horizon Mine 2 (827.44 acres), <br />Section 6, Township 46 North, Range 15 West: <br />W 1 /2 N E 1 /4 ; W 1/2 S W 1 /4 N E 1/4; N W 1 /4 ; N 1 /2 N E 1 /4 SW 1 /a ; <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 '/4 <br />Section 1, Township 46 North, Range 16 West: <br />N %2 NE 1/4 NE 1/4; NW 1/4 NE 1/4; NW 1/4 S E 1/4 NE 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 />