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TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />June 10, 2016 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RECEIVED <br />RE: New Horizon Mine (C-1981-008) <br />JUN 13 ZU16 <br />Minor Revision No. 102 <br />DiMSION OF RECLAMATION <br />Mineral Ownership Map Update <br />MININGANDWETY <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent <br />company to Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC, New Horizon Mine. The New Horizon <br />Mine operates under Permit No. C-1981-008. Therefore, Tri-State on behalf of the New Horizon <br />Mine is submitting three (3) copies of minor revision 102 (MR -102). <br />On June 9, 2016, Tri-State received a letter from the Division indicating Map 2.03.4-2 <br />Oil, Gas, and Coal Ownership and Leases inaccurately showed GW46 Irrevocable Trust mineral <br />ownership and that the owner shown was listed as San Miguel Power Association. This minor <br />revision proposes revisions to Map 2.03.4-2 — Mineral Ownership from publicly available <br />information acquired from Montrose County GIS. <br />Tri-State emphasizes that some of the boundaries displayed on Map 2.03.4-2 are <br />currently disputed and that therefore, the map may be deemed inaccurate as to the true location <br />of those property boundaries. Specifically, the boundaries of Lot 3, and the SE/4NW/4, and the <br />NE/4SE/4, all of Section 6, T46N, R15W, N.M.P.M., are disputed as between and among the <br />GW46 Irrevocable Trust, Mel Staats, and Lester Goforth, owners of neighboring properties. Tri- <br />State therefore submits Map 2.03.4-2 as directed by the Division, and subject to the disclaimers <br />stated in the Division's June 9, 2016 correspondence. Tri-State also incorporates by reference: <br />(1) its letter from counsel, Christopher Kamper, to John Roberts and Jeff Fugate, counsel for the <br />Division, dated June 16, 2015 and submitted in concert with the revised application for MR -95, <br />and (2) the letter from Lester Goforth to Rick Wolney, dated March 11, 2016, that was provided <br />to the Division along with the permit submittal for TR -71. Nothing in Map 2.03.4-2 constitutes <br />any admission or opinion by Tri-State, or by Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC as to the <br />actual locations of said boundaries or as to the property interests actually held by any of the <br />foregoing parties. <br />ATouchstone Energy°Cooperative?-, <br />CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />CRAIG, CO 81626-1307 PREWITT, NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 81424-0698 <br />970-824-4411 505-876-2271 970-864-7316 <br />