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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />August 14, 2015 <br />Janet Kieler <br />Colo. Dept. of Public Health & Environment <br />Water Quality Control Division Permit Section <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, CO 80246-1530 <br />Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008) <br />Bond Release Application No. 15 (SL -15) <br />Dear Ms. Kieler: <br />Western Fuels -Colorado, LLC has applied for a bond release at the New Horizon Mine. The <br />bond release application was found complete by this Division on August 12, 2015. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />The applicant has requested Phase II bond release on 77.4 acres of irrigated pasture and <br />dryland reclamation units. The parcels are located northeast and northwest of the intersection <br />of 2700 Road and BB Road. The surface ownership is private, and the coal mined was <br />private. <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 1.7 miles Northwest of <br />Nucla, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />1.7 miles northwest of the Town of Nucla <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Nucla. <br />For additional information, to provide written comments, or to file an objection and request an <br />informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, <br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />OF`c <br />o <br />1876 <br />