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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />September 11, 2015 <br />Chris Gilbreath <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assoc., Inc <br />P.O. Box 33695 <br />Denver, CO 80233-0695 <br />Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008) <br />Bond Release Application No. 17 (SL -17) <br />Dear Mr. Gilbreath: <br />We have received your application, proof of publication, and copies of written notices <br />concerning bond release at the New Horizon Mine. Our initial review indicates that all <br />preliminary items required by Rule 3.03.2(1) regarding bond release applications and contents, <br />have been submitted. Thus, your application has been deemed complete for the purposes of <br />filing on September 11, 2015. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this date of filing. <br />If you are a permittee of a federal mine, and you have not yet done so, please submit a copy of <br />your bond release application to: Alan Boehms, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, 1999 <br />Broadway Suite 3320, Denver, CO 80202. <br />The staff is currently reviewing your bond release application to determine whether the items <br />you have submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and <br />Regulations. Weather permitting, we will conduct a bond release inspection of the site within <br />thirty (30) days. You will be contacted by the Division to notify you of the scheduled <br />inspection, which you may elect to attend. The Division will issue a proposed decision on the <br />release application within 60 days of the inspection. <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />