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Introduction <br /> This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology (the Division) for the New Horizon Mines. This document includes: 1) the <br /> proposed decision to approve Permit Revision No. 03; 2) a summary which includes a <br /> history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by <br /> the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written <br /> findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br /> Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be <br /> found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board' for Coal Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct reclamation-only <br /> operations at the New Horizon 1 Mine. The application was submitted by Western <br /> Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company. The Mine will be operated by Western <br /> Fuels-Colorado. The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. <br /> The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br /> Mine I Area: Portions of S 1/2 Section 25, portions of N 1/2 Section 36, <br /> Township 47 North, Range 16 West, and portions of NW 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 <br /> NW 1/4 Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 15 West, containing 426.6 acres, <br /> more or less. <br /> Mine 2 Area: E 1/2 NW 114, W 1/2 NE 1/4, W 1/2 W 1/2 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 and <br /> portions of NE 1/4 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4, and N 1/2 SE 1/4 <br /> SE 1/4, all in Section 6, Township 46 North, Range 15 West, containing 220 acres, <br /> more or less. The total permit area encompasses 646.5 acres, more or less. <br /> 1 <br />