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<br /> <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 | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />April 29, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Assistant State Supervisor <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Ecological Services <br />445 W. Gunnison Ave, Suite 240 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-5711 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089) <br /> Permit Revision Application No. 1 (PR-1) <br /> Revised Haul Roads, PMT, PMLU, Irrigation Designs, Culverts and Stockpile <br />Location <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 29, 2016, an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the New Horizon North Mine was considered <br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and <br />the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />Permit Revision 1 (PR-1) is proposing to remove the East and Northwest haul roads, install North <br />haul road, install South access road, revise postmining topography, revise post mining land use <br />configuration, update irrigation designs, update culverts and stockpile locations. The applicant is <br />not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 2.5 miles Northwest of Nucla. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Portions of Sections 25 and 36, T 47 N, R 16 W, N.M.P.M. <br />